Difficult to wean chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: avoid heat and moisture exchangers?

Crit Care Med. 2003 May;31(5):1580-1. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000063283.97796.1E.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Critical Care / methods
  • Hot Temperature / adverse effects*
  • Hot Temperature / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Humidity / adverse effects*
  • Patient Selection*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy*
  • Ventilator Weaning / methods*