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ArticleRespiratory research2020

High flow nasal therapy during early pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with acute severe exacerbation of COPD: beneficial or illusory?

Guillaume Prieur, Yann Combret, Clement Medrinal

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Article in Respiratory research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Guillaume PrieurInstitut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Pôle de Pneumologie, ORL & Dermatologie, Groupe de Recherche en Kinésithérapie Respiratoire, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200, Brussels, Belgium. gprieur.kine@gmail.com.
Yann CombretInstitut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Pôle de Pneumologie, ORL & Dermatologie, Groupe de Recherche en Kinésithérapie Respiratoire, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
Clement MedrinalInstitute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, EA3830-GRHV, 76000, Rouen, France.
UCLouvain · BEUniversité de Rouen Normandie · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In study "Effect of high-flow nasal therapy during early pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with severe AECOPD: a randomized controlled study" by Tung et al., authors concluded HFNT utilization led to enhanced exercise tolerance and a reduction of systemic inflammation. Nevertheless, some points requires additional discussion, the conclusion of the trial seems overstated. The baseline differences between groups induces substantial modifications in the conclusions of this trial. HFNT does not seem to add any benefit on exercise tolerance or systemic inflammation, nor on pulmonary function. The only difference that remained significant in homogenous statistical significance is dyspnea on the mMRC scale but clinical significance is highly questionable.

Indexed as

Quality of LifeAcute DiseaseDisease ProgressionExercise ToleranceHumansPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRespiratory TherapyCOPDExacerbationHigh flow nasalPulmonary rehabilitation

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PMID32532262
PMCPMC7291494
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