Failure of high-flow nasal cannula and delayed intubation: a new harmful sequence?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1170-

  Esquinas, Antonio M ^a   Parke, Rachael ^b   Gifford, Alex H ^c  

^a HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEVICE FAILURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HIGH FLOW NASAL CANNULA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MECHANICS; NASAL CANNULA; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; ANOXIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROCEDURES;

ANOXIA; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY;

EID: 84931957301     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-3804-3     Document Type: Letter

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