Humidification in the Intensive Care Unit: The Essentials

 Heated Humidifier.- Heat and Moisture Exchangers (HME).- Main techniques for evaluating the performances of humidification devices used for mechanical ventilation.- Humidification during conventional oxygen therapy. Physiology.- Humidification- High-Flow Oxygen Therapy in Critically Ill Patients. Devices and humidification technology. Clinical implications.- Humidification and Noninvasive Ventilation.- Humidification in mechanical ventilated patients and selection of devices.- Impact of humidification strategy during lung (and heart) protective ventilation.- Effect of Airway Humidification Devices in lung mechanics (volume/airflow).- Humidification during invasive mechanical ventilation.- Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation-Humidification.- Humidification in Laparoscopy.- Humidification and complications in invasive mechanical Ventilation.- Humidification in Post-Extubation Respiratory Failure.- Humidification tracheostomy: physiology and device.- Ineffective Complications in tracheostomized patients.- Humidification tracheostomized patients.- Humidification in Critically Ill Neonates.- Humidification during Non-invasive Respiratory Support of the Newborn.- Humidification in Neonatal-Pediatric Critical Care (Invasive Ventilation).- Technology, Complications, and Prevention.- Airway clearance in chronic respiratory disorders: obstructive CF, COPD, Asthma.- Airway Clearance Neuromuscular Disorders (Chronic and Acute Conditions).- Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation, Extubation and Airway Sections and Humidification Evaluation.- Airway clearance disorders hypoxemic (ARDS, pneumonia, cardiac pulmonary edema).- Airway clearance in conditions of high-risk infections (COVID19 and other conditions).- Airway clearance in Neonatology-Pediatric critical care.- Non Assisted airway clearance techniques.- Airway Clearance. Cough assisted devices.- High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillations And Compressions.- Humidification recommendations in High Frequency Percussive Ventilation.- Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation for Airway Secretions.- Aerosol therapy and humidification.- Airway clearance in critical ill patients.- Tracheostomized patients. Airway clearance in tracheostomized patients.

Prof. Antonio M. Esquinas, MD, PhD, FCCP, FNIV, International fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), is a critical care specialist and staff physician at the Intensive Care Unit at the Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain. He is the Director of the International School of Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, International College of Experts in Non Invasive Ventilation, Director, Academy of Non Invasive Ventilation and Director International Non-invasive Ventilation Fellowship Program and President of International Association of Non Invasive Ventilation. His main research activities are related to noninvasive mechanical ventilation in pulmonary and critical care. Prof. Esquinas is the author of more than 670 scientific publications (402 on peer-reviewed journals), editor of 60 books (published in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese) and author of 325 chapters of book/position paper. He was invited speaker at 356 presentations and presented 450 oralcommunications or posters at national and international congresses. He acts in international networking groups promoting education programs and research in noninvasive ventilation.

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Exhaustive description of the pathophysiology of humidification in critically ill requiring various forms of MV Represents a scientific reference for all healthcare professionals in ICUs Serves as a reference for the approach to clinical researchers and engineers for new humidification equipment