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SUBMITTER: Brainard J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5563272 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brainard Jason J Scott Benjamin K BK Sullivan Breandan L BL Fernandez-Bustamante Ana A Piccoli Jerome R JR Gebbink Morris G MG Bartels Karsten K
Journal of critical care 20170419
<h4>Background</h4>Thoracic surgery patients are at high-risk for adverse pulmonary outcomes. Heated humidified high-flow nasal cannula oxygen (HHFNC O<sub>2</sub>) may decrease such events. We hypothesized that patients randomized to prophylactic HHFNC O<sub>2</sub> would develop fewer pulmonary complications compared to conventional O<sub>2</sub> therapy.<h4>Methods and patients</h4>Fifty-one patients were randomized to HHFNC O<sub>2</sub> vs. conventional O<sub>2</sub>. The primary outcome wa ...[more]