title: [Humidification during mechanical ventilation].
abstract: This review aims to emphasize the importance of humidification and to identify humidification method the most effective in the intubated or ventilated patients. Some details are also discussed on how to perform humidification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Disease, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China. chenxiaojuan17@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Xiao-juan
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Men-zhao
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kai-feng
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*