ArticleAcute and critical care2021
High-flow nasal cannula for respiratory failure in adult patients.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Liberation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients: Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines.Acute and critical care · 2024Guideline
- Transnasal High-Flow Oxygen Therapy versus Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Treatment of COPD with Type II Respiratory Failure: A Meta-Analysis.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The Application Effect of Modified Pressure-Reducing Fixation Protective Nasal Strip in the Nursing Care of Patients Receiving High-Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy.Saudi medical journal · 2026Trial
- The effect of high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy on preventing hypoxemia during deep sedation extubation after laparoscopic surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2026Trial
- A comparative study of conventional, High-flow, and jet ventilation via the Wei nasal jet tube for oxygen therapy in patients undergoing bronchoscopic intervention under deep sedation: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Trial
- A comparison of conventional high-flow nasal cannula vs the duet high-flow nasal cannula in extubated patients: a randomized crossover trial.European journal of medical research · 2025Trial
- Effect of high-flow oxygen versus T-piece ventilation strategies during spontaneous breathing trials on weaning failure among patients receiving mechanical ventilation: a randomized controlled trial.Critical care (London, England) · 2022Trial
- Personalizing Peri-Intubation Oxygenation in Patients at Risk of Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: A Phenotype-Driven Narrative Review of High-Flow Nasal Oxygen and Non-Invasive Ventilation.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Hemodynamic and ventilatory effects of stepwise head-of-bed elevation in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients undergoing high-flow nasal cannula: a prospective sequential physiological study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Prediction of high-flow nasal cannula failure in critically ill patients: a narrative review.Journal of intensive care · 2026Review
- Physical and Physiological Mechanisms of Emergent Hydrodynamic Pressure in High-Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy.Advances in respiratory medicine · 2025Review
- Continuous non-invasive measurement of tidal volume and minute ventilation using a smart nasal cannula.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Article
- Implementation of High-Flow Oxygen Therapy in a Surgical High-Dependency Unit: A Cohort Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Trends and management of acute respiratory failure in hospitalized patients: a multicenter retrospective study in South Korea.Acute and critical care · 2025Article
- Unraveling relevant cross-waves pattern drifts in patient-hospital risk factors among hospitalized COVID-19 patients using explainable machine learning methods.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Home High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure: A Literature Review and Suggestions for Clinical Practice.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2025Article
- Comparison of high-flow nasal oxygen therapy and noninvasive ventilation in suspected sepsis patients with acute respiratory distress in the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of the Early Use of High-flow Nasal Cannula in Patients with Post-traumatic Lung Contusion: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- THRIVE Prevent Postoperative Hypoxemia in Elderly Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery in PACU: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Practice of High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Patients with Mild to Moderate COPD Among Healthcare Providers in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
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Abstract
The high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has been recently used in several clinical settings for oxygenation in adults. In particular, the advantages of HFNC compared with low-flow oxygen systems or non-invasive ventilation include enhanced comfort, increased humidification of secretions to facilitate expectoration, washout of nasopharyngeal dead space to improve the efficiency of ventilation, provision of a small positive end-inspiratory pressure effect, and fixed and rapid delivery of an accurate fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) by minimizing the entrainment of room air. HFNC has been successfully used in critically ill patients with several conditions, such as hypoxemic respiratory failure, hypercapneic respiratory failure (exacerbation of chronic obstructive lung disease), post-extubation respiratory failure, pre-intubation oxygenation, and others. However, the indications are not absolute, and much of the proven benefit remains subjective and physiologic. This review discusses the practical application and clinical uses of HFNC in adults, including its unique respiratory physiologic effects, device settings, and clinical indications.
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