Nasal high flow higher than 60 L/min in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a physiological study.

Maria Cristina BasileTommaso MauriElena SpinelliFrancesca Dalla CorteGiacomo MontanariInes MarongiuSavino SpadaroAlessandro GalazziGiacomo GrasselliAntonio Pesenti

Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2020)

NHF delivered at rates higher than 60 L/min in critically ill patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure is associated with reduced respiratory rate, increased lung homogeneity, and additional positive pressure effect, but also with worse comfort.

Keyphrases

respiratory failure
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
resting state
functional connectivity
respiratory tract
chronic rhinosinusitis