ReviewIntensive care medicine2016
Use of high-flow nasal cannula oxygenation in ICU adults: a narrative review.
Review in Intensive care medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 133 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Role of High Flow Nasal Oxygen as a Strategy for Weaning From Invasive Mechan
The Role of High Velocity Nasal Insufflation in Prevention of Respiratory Complications in Severe Chest Trauma
High-Flow Nasal Catheter (HFNC) Compared With Conventional Oxygenation During the Perioperative Period of Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery.
Who cites it
133 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 302 citations in OpenAlex.
- Perioperative oxygen therapy in patients undergoing surgical procedures: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of supraglottic jet oxygenation and ventilation to minimize sedation-related hypoxemia: a meta-analysis with GRADE approach.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The effectiveness of transnasal high flow nasal cannula in bronchoscopy under sedation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the effects of transnasal high-flow oxygen therapy in gastrointestinal endoscopy.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Performance of the ROX index in predicting high flow nasal cannula failure in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2023Pooled it
- High-Flow Nasal Oxygen for Severe Hypoxemia: Oxygenation Response and Outcome in Patients with COVID-19.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of Resveratrol in Experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Animal Models: A Stratified Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- High-flow nasal cannulae for respiratory support in adult intensive care patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- The role for high flow nasal cannula as a respiratory support strategy in adults: a clinical practice guideline.Intensive care medicine · 2020Guideline
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- High-flow nasal cannula in adults with acute respiratory failure and after extubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Respiratory research · 2018Pooled it
- Can high-flow nasal cannula reduce the rate of reintubation in adult patients after extubation? A meta-analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2017Pooled it
- High-flow oxygen via nasal cannulae in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- High-flow nasal cannulae for respiratory support in adult intensive care patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Comparison of High-flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) and Conventional Oxygen Therapy in Obese Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Pooled it
- High-Flow Nasal Cannula Versus Conventional Oxygen Therapy in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Thoracic cancer · 2026Trial
- Noninvasive ventilation in postoperative critically ill patients with morbid obesity: secondary analysis of the EXTUBOBESE multicentre randomised clinical trial.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Trial
- Bronchodilator Efficacy of High-Flow Nasal Cannula in COPD: Vibrating Mesh Nebulizer Versus Jet Nebulizer.Respiratory care · 2024Trial
- Effectiveness of high-flow nasal cannulae compared with noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation in preventing reintubation in patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
73 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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14 authors at 12 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Oxygen therapy can be delivered using low-flow, intermediate-flow (air entrainment mask), or high-flow devices. Low/intermediate-flow oxygen devices have several drawbacks that cause critically ill patients discomfort and translate into suboptimal clinical results. These include limitation of the FiO2 (due to the high inspiratory flow often observed in patients with respiratory failure), and insufficient humidification and warming of the inspired gas. High-flow nasal cannula oxygenation (HFNCO) delivers oxygen flow rates of up to 60 L/min and over the last decade its effect on clinical outcomes has widely been evaluated, such as in the improvement of respiratory distress, the need for intubation, and mortality. Mechanisms of action of HFNCO are complex and not limited to the increased oxygen flow rate. The main aim of this review is to guide clinicians towards evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. It summarizes current knowledge about HFNCO use in ICU patients and the potential areas of uncertainties. For instance, it has been recently suggested that HFNCO could improve the outcome of patients with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure. In other settings, research is ongoing and additional evidence is needed. For instance, if intubation is required, studies suggest that HFNCO may help to improve preoxygenation and can be used after extubation. Likewise, HFNCO might be used in obese patients, or to prevent respiratory deterioration in hypoxemic patients requiring bronchoscopy, or for the delivery of aerosol therapy. However, areas for which conclusive data exist are limited and interventions using standardized HFNCO protocols, comparators, and relevant clinical outcomes are warranted.
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