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Humidification in the Intensive Care Unit

The Essentials

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Antonio Matías Esquinas

    1. Murcia, Spain

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  • The first monograph devoted to the important subject of humidification in intensive care medicine
  • Examines in detail the available devices, their optimal use, and factors influencing their performance
  • Discusses humidification in a variety of settings, including mechanical and non-mechanical ventilation, in-patient and home care, and adult and pediatric patients
  • Designed as a practical guide for clinicians

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Humidification and Physiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. HUMIDIFICATION and PHYSIOLOGY

    1. Physiology Humidification: Basic Concepts

      • Jens Geiseler, Julia Fresenius
      Pages 3-9

    2. Airways: Humidification and Filtration Functions

      • Maire Shelly, Craig Spencer
      Pages 11-14

  4. Humidification and Devices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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  5. HUMIDIFICATION and DEVICES

    1. Heated Humidifier

      • Varun Gupta, Surendra K. Sharma
      Pages 17-26

    2. Heat and Moisture Exchangers (HME)

      • Jean-Damien Ricard, Alexandre Boyer, Didier Dreyfuss
      Pages 27-31

    3. Heat and Moister Exchangers and the Booster® System: Technology and Clinical Implications

      • Fabrice Michel, Marc Leone, Claude Martin
      Pages 33-40

    4. Active Versus Passive Humidification: Efficiency Comparison Between the Methods

      • Jens Geiseler, Julia Fresenius, Ortrud Karg
      Pages 41-48

    5. Main Techniques for Evaluating the Performances of Humidification Devices Used for Mechanical Ventilation

      • François Lellouche
      Pages 49-63

  6. Humidification and High-Flow Oxygen Therapy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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  8. Humidification and Noninvasive Ventilation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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  9. HUMIDIFICATION and NON INVASIVE VENTILATION

    1. The Humidification During Noninvasive Ventilation

      • David Chiumello, Antonella Marino, Elisabetta Gallazzi
      Pages 75-80

    2. Behavior of Hygrometry During Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation

      • Antonio Matías Esquinas, Ahmed S. BaHammam
      Pages 81-91

    3. Practice of Humidification During Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation (NIV): Determinants of Humidification Strategies

      • Antonio Matías Esquinas, Suhaila E. Al-Jawder, Ahmed S. BaHammam
      Pages 93-102

    4. Indications and Contraindications in Home Care

      • Antonio Costa, Ricardo Reis
      Pages 103-108

    5. Pros and Cons of Humidification for CPAP Therapy in the Treatment of Sleep Apnea

      • Arschang Valipour
      Pages 109-113

  10. Humidification and Invasive Mechanical Ventilation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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  11. HUMIDIFICATION and INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION

    1. Humidification in Intensive Care Medicine: General Approach to Selected Humidification Devices and Complications of Mechanical Ventilation

      • Pedro F. Lucero, David W. Park, Dara D. Regn
      Pages 117-121
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About this book

Inadequate humidification of inspired gases can cause a variety of serious problems, and humidification has accordingly become an important aspect of modern intensive care medicine. This book is designed to serve as a practical guide for clinicians, providing information on the theoretical background of humidification, the equipment, and its optimal use. The book starts by examining the physiological basis of humidification. Current devices are then discussed, with careful attention to factors influencing their performance and methods to evaluate their effectiveness. The two scenarios of mechanical and non-mechanical ventilation are considered, and the issue of ventilator-associated pneumonia is addressed in detail. Further chapters focus on such topics as humidification following tracheostomy, humidification of the artificial airway during secretion management, measurement of inspired gas temperature in the ventilated neonate, and humidification in the home care setting.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Murcia, Spain

    Antonio Matías Esquinas

About the editor

Antonio M. Esquinas, MD, PhD, is President of the International Association of Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Humidification in the Intensive Care Unit

  • Book Subtitle: The Essentials

  • Editors: Antonio Matías Esquinas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02974-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51929-5Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-02974-5Published: 20 December 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 288

  • Topics: Anesthesiology, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Pneumology/Respiratory System, Pediatrics

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