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Chest, Vol 97, 600-604, Copyright © 1990 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Comparison of flow-resistive work load due to humidifying devices

M Nishimura, MK Nishijima, T Okada, N Taenaka and I Yoshiya
Department of Anesthesia, Osaka Medical Center, Japan.

There are many kinds of humidifying devices. We evaluated six humidifiers from the viewpoint of AWLs. The AWL was obtained by calculating the area difference between pressure-volume tracings obtained without and with humidifiers. To examine the effect of pressure monitoring sites on AWL when a humidifier is placed, we measured AWL at three different pressure monitoring sites. The AWL was affected significantly by the pressure monitoring site for the ventilator. When a pressure monitor sensor was placed on the inspiratory limb between the inspiratory valve and humidifiers, the ventilator was not able to compensate for the pressure drop caused by impedance characteristics of the humidifier equipment. This resulted in significant inspiratory AWL on the patient. Thus, humidifying devices should be carefully selected from the viewpoint of not only humidifying capability but also AWL. Furthermore, we must recognize the importance of the pressure monitoring site for the ventilator.


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