Global and Regional Ventilation during High Flow Nasal Cannula in Patients with Hypoxia.

Dong-Hyun LeeEun Young KimGa Jin SeoHee Jung SuhJin Won Huh Sang-Bum Hong Younsuck Koh Chae-Man Lim

Published in: Acute and critical care (2018)

In patients with hypoxia, ventilation of iso-gravitational regions of the lung during HFNC was higher and more homogenized compared with NC. However, ventilation of gravitational layers increased only in the middle layers. (Clinical trials registration number: NCT02943863).

Keyphrases

respiratory failure
clinical trial
mechanical ventilation
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
endothelial cells
acute respiratory distress syndrome
solar cells
randomized controlled trial
obstructive sleep apnea