A heat and moisture exchanger is best placed where in the ventilator circuit?

a. Directly at the patient Y-connector
b. Twenty centimeters away from the endo-tracheal tube
c. At the ventilator outlet
d. At the ventilator inlet


ANS: A
Heat and moisture exchangers should be placed directly at the airway or patient Y-connector. Other heat and moisture exchanger locations that might also prove effective are 10 cm away from the endotracheal tube.

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