RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Membrane humidification--a new method for humidification of respiratory gases in ventilator treatment of neonates.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1182
OP 1184
DO 10.1136/adc.67.10_Spec_No.1182
VO 67
IS 10 Spec No
A1 L Hanssler
A1 W Tennhoff
A1 C Roll
YR 1992
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/10_Spec_No/1182.abstract
AB A humidifier system for neonatology that functions according to the 'membrane humidification' principle was subjected to a performance test in our laboratory. Humidification and heating of the respiratory gases took place in a module consisting of a net of hollow fibres placed inside the incubator. In 18 measurement combinations flow, respiratory gas temperature, and incubator temperature were varied. At respiratory gas temperatures within the range of 33-37 degrees C the minimum international standard for the absolute air humidity in the respiratory gas was achieved or exceeded in all measurements. No controlled clinical tests regarding the importance and long term effects of different temperatures and different humidity levels in the inspiratory air are yet available for the ventilation treatment of neonates.