Should high-flow through nasal cannula be used during bronchoscopy in critically ill patients with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure?

Abstract Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) is an invasive procedure with diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes commonly used in critically ill patients. FOB may be complicated by desaturation, onset or worsening of the respiratory failure, and hemodynamic instability due to cardio-respiratory...

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Main Authors: Federico Longhini, Andrea Bruni, Giuseppe Saraco, Eugenio Garofalo, Giorgio Conti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s44158-021-00001-y