High-Flow Nasal Interface Improves Oxygenation in Patients Undergoing Bronchoscopy

During bronchoscopy hypoxemia is commonly found and oxygen supply can be delivered by interfaces fed with high gas flows. Recently, the high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has been introduced for oxygen therapy in adults, but they have not been used so far during bronchoscopy in adults. Forty-five patien...

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Main Authors: Umberto Lucangelo, Fabio Giuseppe Vassallo, Emanuele Marras, Massimo Ferluga, Elena Beziza, Lucia Comuzzi, Giorgio Berlot, Walter Araujo Zin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Critical Care Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/506382