Clinical Trial: Humidification Effects on Airway Complications and Clinical Outcomes in Trauma ICU Patients on Mechanical Ventilation

U.S., July 21 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07713238) titled 'Humidification Effects on Airway Complications and Clinical Outcomes in Trauma ICU Patients on Mechanical Ventilation' on July 08.

Brief Summary: This study compares the effects of two primary airway humidification methods-active heated humidifiers (HHs) and passive heat-and-moisture exchangers (HMEs)-on trauma intensive care unit (ICU) patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation. Adequate humidification is essential during mechanical ventilation because artificial airways bypass the body's natural ability to warm and moisten inhaled air. While existing guidelines show no overall superiority of one method over the other in g...