To humidify gases during non invasive ventilation, both to heated humidifier (HH) and heat and moisture exchanger (HME) are routinely used. Patients receiving non invasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure were randomized to HME or HH. The purpose of this study was to evaluate respiratory parameters and arterial blood gases (ABG) of patients during NIV with small dead space HME compared to HH.
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Air blood gases at the end of each study period (one with HME, one with HH)