The American National Standards Institute has set a water vapor content level of 30 mg/L as the minimum absolute humidity required for patients whose upper airways have been bypassed. This equals what body humidity (BH)?

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The %BH of a gas is the ratio of its actual water vapor content to the water vapor capacity in saturated gas at body temperature (37° C). Thus, %BH is the same as relative humidity, except that the capacity (or denominator) is fixed at 43.8 mg/L.

The American National Standards Institute Has Set a Water Vapor