After high flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy, 15% of patients had to be intubated and mechanically ventilated, but the majority stepped down to regular oxygen therapy. SAN ANTONIO — Elderly patients ...

The complexity of the disease has made ventilator use challenging. Treatment of COVID-19 has been a medical puzzle for front-line doctors largely learning about the disease in real-time without proven ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a multicenter retrospective cohort study, Winer and colleagues analyzed 15,155 children (48.3% aged younger ...

High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) treatment for patients with mild to moderate bronchiolitis may be associated with longer hospital stays and higher cost of care, according to a study led by Le Bonheur ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Treating bronchiolitis outside the ICU with weight-based high-flow nasal cannula protocols reduced ICU ...

High-flow nasal therapy overcomes some of the barriers associated with noninvasive ventilation, making the novel support beneficial for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive ...

Current guidelines recommend only supportive care such as supplemental oxygen and hydration for infants with bronchiolitis. [1] A multicenter, randomized trial [2] evaluated whether high-flow nasal ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, increasing the number of patients suffering from respiratory conditions and requiring respiratory support, softFlow offers clinicians across the continuum of care ...

Transitioning from an intensive care unit (ICU)-only high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) protocol to a weight-based non-ICU HFNC protocol was associated with reduced ICU admission rates for hospitalized ...

A recent study examined the effects of continuous 24-hour HFNT over 3 days in 10 patients with an acute COPD exacerbation and hypercapnia. The results of the study support the authors’ hypothesis that ...