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Humidification performance of a HME and a heated and humidified high flow (HHHF) for tracheostomized patients with spontaneous breathing

Not Applicable
Conditions
tracheostomized patients with spontaneous breathing
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000031318
Lead Sponsor
Tokushima university hospital
Brief Summary

Ten subjects were enrolled. The temperature with the HME was 29.9 and during heated-and-humidified high-flow use was 35.3 (P<.001). With both the HME and the heated-and-humidified high-flow system, the relative humidity reached 100%; absolute humidity with HME was 30.2 mg/L, and with the heated-and-humidified high-flow system, was 40.3 (P< .001).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete: follow-up complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
10
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

We excluded patients who met the following criteria: 1) aged less than 18 years old, 2) patients who have too much secretions and difficulty in expelling secretions, 3) patients with severe respiratory or hemodynamic instability, 4) who need more than 1L/min of oxygen or fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) > 0.25.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Absolute humidity
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Tidal volume,end-tidal carbon dioxide (Et CO2), breathing frequency, SpO2, heart rate, and blood pressure.
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