High Flow Nasal Cannula in the Emergency Department (HFNC)

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Respiratory Failure

Treatments: Device: High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03460119

3106

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to describe the changes in respiratory rate, heart rate and dyspnea, before and after using HFNC in patients presenting to our emergency department with ARF.

Full description

A retrospective cohort study was performed. To all adults presenting to the emergency department who used high flow nasal cannula to treat clinical signs of acute respiratory failure based on the presence of a breathing frequency ≥ 25 breath/min and increase work of breathing evidence by dyspnea, in-drawing, accessory-muscle use and/or diaphoresis despite conventional oxygen therapy ≥ 6 l/min. Demographic variables and clinical and gasometric parameters before and after two hours using HFNC were recorded.

Enrollment: 43 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients aged ≥ 18 years
• attended between July 1st, 2015 and January 31st , 2017 in the Emergency Department of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
• with clinical signs of acute respiratory failure

Exclusion criteria

• Pulse oximetry > 90% breathing room air