When Conventional Oxygen Therapy Fails—The Effectiveness of High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy in Patients with Respiratory Failure in the Course of COVID-19

High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) is recommended as a first-line treatment in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19. We assessed the effectiveness of HFNO and predictors of failure and death. The medical records of 200 consecutive adult patients treated with HFNO were analyse...

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Main Authors: Marta Rorat, Wojciech Szymański, Tomasz Jurek, Maciej Karczewski, Jakub Zelig, Krzysztof Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/20/4751