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The Shikani HME: A New Tracheostomy Heat and Moisture Exchanger.

Purpose: Tracheostomy patients face many adversities including loss of phonation and essential airway functions including air filtering, warming, and humidification. Heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) facilitate humidification and filtering of inspired air. The Shikani HME (S-HME) is a novel turbul...

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Published in:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 63; no. 9; pp. 2921 - 2930
Main Authors: Shikani, Alan H., Elamin, Elamin M., Miller, Andrew C.
Format: Article
Published: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Sep2020
Subjects:
Analysis of variance
Parameters (Statistics)
Tracheotomy equipment
Humidity control equipment
Air filters
Voice disorders
Airway (Anatomy)
Respiratory therapy equipment
Tracheotomy
Confidence intervals
Humidity
Longitudinal method
Mathematical statistics
Scientific observation
Paired comparisons (Mathematics)
Respiration
Respiratory measurements
Statistics
Data analysis
Statistical significance
Repeated measures design
Data analysis software
Descriptive statistics
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