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Beneficial effects of humidified high flow nasal oxygen in critical care patients: a prospective pilot study

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HFNC has a beneficial effect on clinical signs and oxygenation in ICU patients with acute respiratory failure, and favorable results constitute a prerequisite to launching a randomized controlled study to investigate whether HFNC reduces intubation in these patients.
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Purpose To evaluate the efficiency, safety and outcome of high flow nasal cannula oxygen (HFNC) in ICU patients with acute respiratory failure.

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Failure of high-flow nasal cannula therapy may delay intubation and increase mortality

TL;DR: Failure of HFNC might cause delayed intubation and worse clinical outcomes in patients with respiratory failure and large prospective and randomized controlled studies on HFNC failure are needed to draw a definitive conclusion.
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Nasal high-flow versus Venturi mask oxygen therapy after extubation. Effects on oxygenation, comfort, and clinical outcome

TL;DR: Compared with the Venturi mask, NHF results in better oxygenation for the same set FiO2 after extubation, and use of NHF is associated with better comfort, fewer desaturations and interface displacements, and a lower reintubation rate.
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High-flow Oxygen Therapy in Acute Respiratory Failure

TL;DR: In this paper, a method has been described in which flows of up to 50 L/min are delivered through a nasal cannula with a heated humidifier that optimizes oxygen administration.
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Noninvasive ventilation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

TL;DR: In selected patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, noninvasive ventilation can reduce the need for endotracheal intubation, the length of the hospital stay, and the in-hospital mortality rate.
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Noninvasive Ventilation in Immunosuppressed Patients with Pulmonary Infiltrates, Fever, and Acute Respiratory Failure

TL;DR: In selected immunosuppressed patients with pneumonitis and acute respiratory failure, early initiation of noninvasive ventilation is associated with significant reductions in the rates of endotracheal intubation and serious complications and an improved likelihood of survival to hospital discharge.
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Research in high flow therapy: mechanisms of action.

TL;DR: The proposed mechanisms behind the efficacy of high flow therapy via nasal cannula are reviewed, which include washout of nasopharyngeal dead space, attenuation of the inspiratory resistance associated with thenasopharynx, improvement in conductance and pulmonary compliance, mild distending pressure and reduction in energy expenditure for gas conditioning.
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High-flow oxygen therapy in acute respiratory failure.

TL;DR: HFNC was better tolerated and more comfortable than face mask and was associated with better oxygenation and lower respiratory rate, which could have an important role in the treatment of patients with acute respiratory failure.
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High-flow Oxygen Therapy in Acute Respiratory Failure

TL;DR: In this paper, a method has been described in which flows of up to 50 L/min are delivered through a nasal cannula with a heated humidifier that optimizes oxygen administration.
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