Medical Gas Humidification During Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation

The Humidification During Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Delivered by Helmet

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00124345

Enrollment

Registered

2005-07-27

Start date

2005-06-30

Completion date

2007-11-30

Last updated

2008-09-25

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Conditions

Critical Illness, Respiration, Artificial

Keywords

temperature, humidity, non invasive mechanical ventilation

Brief summary

In this study, the investigators aimed to study the role of medical gas humidification during noninvasive mechanical ventilation.

Detailed description

The medical gases are usually dry and cold thus when they are used during invasive mechanical ventilation they must be conditioned. No data are present on the necessity to condition the medical gases during non invasive mechanical ventilation. In this study the investigators studied the humidity and the temperature of the medical gases with and without any conditioning during non invasive mechanical ventilation in a group of healthy subjects and critically ill patients.

Interventions

DEVICEMR730

humidity measurement inside the helmet by a capacitative hygrometer and evaluation of patients' comfort

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Critically ill patients requiring non invasive mechanical ventilation

Exclusion criteria

* Comatose patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The level of temperature and humidity	5 minutes

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026