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SUBMITTER: Frat JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5537116 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frat Jean-Pierre JP Coudroy Rémi R Marjanovic Nicolas N Thille Arnaud W AW
Annals of translational medicine 20170701 14
High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen therapy is a recent technique delivering a high flow of heated and humidified gas. HFNC is simpler to use and apply than noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and appears to be a good alternative treatment for hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (ARF). HFNC is better tolerated than NIV, delivers high fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO<sub>2</sub>), generates a low level of positive pressure and provides washout of dead space in the upper airways, thereby improving mec ...[more]