Randomized controlled trial on postoperative pulmonary humidification after total laryngectomy: external humidifier versus heat and moisture exchanger.

Objectives/hypothesis: Assessment of immediate postoperative airway humidification after total laryngectomy (TLE), comparing the use of an external humidifier (EH) with humidification through a heat and moisture exchanger (HME).

Study Design: Randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Methods: Fifty-three patients were randomized into the standard (control) EH (N = 26) or the experimental HME arm (N = 27).

Universal newborn hearing screening: a 27-month experience in the French region of Champagne-Ardenne.

Objectives: This article reports the creation of a Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) program in a French region, Champagne-Ardenne, and the results of its first 27 months.

Materials And Methods: We introduced a UNHS program in all the Champagne-Ardenne maternities in order to screen all newborns in the region. We used a two-step strategy.