NHF in Acute Hypercapnic Acute Exacerbation of COPD

Jens Bräunlich, MD

Status: Completed

Conditions: Safety of NHF in Acute Hypercapnic AECOPD

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03523481

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients with AECOPD and NIV failure and in absence will be treated with NHF device. Inclusion criteria are pH < 7,38 and pCO2 > 45 mm Hg. Patients were treated if pH >7,38 or refusal of therapy.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• pH < 7,38
• hypercapnic AECOPD

Exclusion criteria

• Need of intubation

Trial design

38 participants in 1 patient group

NHF use