• 1. The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P. R. China;
  • 2. School of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P. R. China;
  • 3. School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P. R. China;
ZHANG Zhigang, Email: zzg3444@163.com
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Objective To design a ventilator humidifier that can ensure water level and infuse fluid automatically, and evaluate its application effect in patients with mechanical ventilation.Methods Thirty-eight patients who received mechanical ventilation in ICU from March to June in 2019 were included. According to the order of admission, they were divided into a study group with 18 patients and a control group with 20 patients. Different ventilator humidifiers were used. The study group used self-designed ventilator humidifier, and the control group used the MR370 humidifier. The cases of sputum viscosity with Ⅲ degree after 48 hours’ mechanical ventilation, the times of fluid infusion and the total amount of fluid infusion were compared. The times of pouring out condensate water and the total amount of pouring out condensate water in 24 hours were also compared.Results The times of infusing liquid in the study group in 24 hours was less than that in the control group (3.3±0.5 vs. 11.2±1.7, P<0.01), but the other indicators were not statistically significant between the two groups (all P>0.05).Conclusions The self-designed ventilator humidifier can be used for patients with mechanical ventilation, which can keep the water level at the water line all the time and is beneficial to humidification treatment. It can reduce the times of fluid infusion and nurses' workload.

Citation: YANG Lin, YAO Li, ZHANG Zhigang, ZHAGN Caiyun, JIANG Youfei, YUE Weigang, FENG Xin, GAO Huiya, LI Na, HAN Lulu, CHEN Ke, WANG Shengjun, SHEN Xiping. The design and application of ventilator humidifier with infusing fluid automatically. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020, 19(6): 598-602. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.201907005 Copy

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