Humidification in the Intensive Care Unit

1. Physiology Humidification: Basic Concepts
Jens Geiseler, Julia Fresenius

2. Airways: Humidification and Filtration Functions
Maire Shelly, Craig Spencer

3. Heated Humidifier
Varun Gupta, Surendra K. Sharma

4. Heat and Moisture Exchangers (HME)
Jean-Damien Ricard, Alexandre Boyer, Didier Dreyfuss

5. Heat and Moister Exchangers and the Booster® System: Technology and Clinical Implications
Fabrice Michel, Marc Leone, Claude Martin

6. Active Versus Passive Humidification: Efficiency Comparison Between the Methods
Jens Geiseler, Julia Fresenius, Ortrud Karg

7. Main Techniques for Evaluating the Performances of Humidification Devices Used for Mechanical Ventilation
François Lellouche

8. Main Topic Related with Humidification: Discomfort Associated with Underhumidified High-Flow Oxygen Therapy in Critically Ill Patients
Gerald Chanques, Samir Jaber

9. The Humidification During Noninvasive Ventilation
David Chiumello, Antonella Marino, Elisabetta Gallazzi

10. Behavior of Hygrometry During Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation
Antonio Matías Esquinas, Ahmed S. BaHammam

11. Practice of Humidification During Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation (NIV): Determinants of Humidification Strategies
Antonio Matías Esquinas, Suhaila E. Al-Jawder, Ahmed S. BaHammam

12. Indications and Contraindications in Home Care
Antonio Costa, Ricardo Reis

13. Pros and Cons of Humidification for CPAP Therapy in the Treatment of Sleep Apnea
Arschang Valipour

14. 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

15. Effect of Airway Humidification Devices on Tidal Volume
Michael J. Morris

16. Humidification During Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: Selection of Device and Replacement
Jean-Damien Ricard

17. Humidification During Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: Hygrometric Performances and Cost of Humidification Systems
François Lellouche

18. Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation-Humidification
Leonardo Lorente

19. Humidification During Laparoscopy Procedures: Key Topics Technologic and Clinical Implication
Guniz Meyanci Koksal, Emre Erbabacan

20. Respiratory Filters and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Composition, Efficacy Tests and Advantages and Disadvantages
Leonardo Lorente

21. Efficacy of Heat and Moist Exchangers in Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP): Clinical Key Topics
Patrick F. Allan

22. Humidifier Type and Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Chronological Overview of Recommendations
Sonia Labeau, Stijn Blot

23. Humidification on the Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Evidence and Guidelines on the Prevention of VAP for the Use of HME or HH
Leonardo Lorente

24. Humidification Devices and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Current Recommendations on Respiratory Equipment
Jean-Damien Ricard, Alexandre Boyer, Didier Dreyfuss

25. A Portable Trachea Spray for Lower Airway Humidification in Patients After Tracheostomy
Tilman Keck, Ajnacska Rozsasi

26. Humidification and Mucus Transport in Critical Patients: Clinical and Therapeutic Implications
Naomi Kondo Nakagawa, Juliana Araújo Nascimento, Marina Lazzari Nicola, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva

27. Secretion in Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases. Key Major Topics, Technology and Clinical Implications
Jens Geiseler, Julia Fresenius, Ortrud Karg

28. Automated Airway Secretion Clearance in the ICU by In-line Inexsufflation: Clinical Implications and Technology
Eliezer Be’eri

29. Effect of Humidification on Lung Mucociliary Clearance in Patients with Bronchiectasis
Amir Hasani, Roy E. Smith

30. Physiology of Humidification in Critically Ill Neonates
Alan Klerk

31. Measurement of Inspired Gas Temperature in the Ventilated Neonate
Luke Anthony Jardine, David Cartwright, Kimble Robert Dunster, Mark William Davies

32. Humidification During Noninvasive Respiratory Support of the Newborn: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation, and Humidified High-Flow Nasal Cannula
Alan Klerk

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