[Measurement of the humidity of inspired air in ventilated patients with various humidifer systems].

Introduction: Humidification of inspired gas in artificially ventilated patients positively influences mucociliary function and secretolysis. We performed this study to examine the properties of heat and moisture exchangers in comparison with hot water humidifiers and dry artificial ventilation.

Methods: We measured inspired humidity with a special sensor in 41 patients after coronary artery bypass grafting with cardiopulmonary bypass.

Human small bowel motor activity in response to liquid meals of different caloric value and different chemical composition.

Previous animal studies have shown that the nature and duration of postprandial motility in the small bowel depend both on the caloric load and the chemical composition of a meal. It is not clear whether this is also true for the human small bowel. Therefore we investigated the motor activity of the human small bowel in response to nutrient liquids of different caloric value and different chemical composition.

Intubating conditions and onset of action after rocuronium, vecuronium, and atracurium in young children.

To evaluate muscle relaxant onset times and tracheal intubating conditions, 60 children (ASA physical status I or II) aged 18 to 72 mo were randomly assigned to receive a bolus of either rocuronium 0.6 mg/kg, vecuronium 0.1 mg/kg, or atracurium 0.