Humidification Performance of Humidifying Devices for Tracheostomized Patients With Spontaneous Breathing: A Bench Study

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Lower airway humidification in spontaneously breathing tracheostomized patients: Comparative study of trachea spray versus heated humidifier

✍ Tilman Keck; Ajnacska Rozsasi; Richard Leiacker; Marc Oliver Scheithauer 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 251 KB

## Abstract ## __Background.__ Our aim was to compare inhalation with molecular water (vaporizing humidifier) and particulate water (trachea spray) in spontaneously breathing tracheostomized patients. ## __Methods.__ We performed a randomized, 2‐way crossover study and a prospective, comparative