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ArticleIntensive care medicine. Paediatric and neonatal2024

High-flow nasal oxygen in infants and children for early respiratory management of pneumonia-induced acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: the CENTURI randomized clinical trial.

Sasidaran Kandasamy, Ramachandran Rameshkumar, Thangavelu Sangaralingam, Nedunchelian Krishnamoorthy, N C Gowri Shankar, Vimalraj Vijayakumar, Balaji Sridharan

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Article in Intensive care medicine. Paediatric and neonatal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sasidaran KandasamyAdvanced Pediatric Critical Care Centre, Pediatric Acute Care Education & Research (PACER) Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Mehta Multi Speciality Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 031 India.ORCID 0000-0001-8031-0508
Ramachandran RameshkumarDivision of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, 605 006 India.ORCID 0000-0002-1911-3473
Thangavelu SangaralingamDepartment of Pediatrics, Mehta Multi Speciality Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 031 India.
Nedunchelian KrishnamoorthyDepartment of Research & Academics, Mehta Multi Speciality Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 031 India.
N C Gowri ShankarDepartment of Pediatrics, Mehta Multi Speciality Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 031 India.
Vimalraj VijayakumarAdvanced Pediatric Critical Care Centre, Department of Pediatrics, Mehta Multi Speciality Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 031 India.
Balaji SridharanPediatric Acute Care Education and Research (PACER) Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Mehta Multi-Speciality Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 031 India.
Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital · INCARE Hospitals · INDr. Mehta's Children's Hospital · INMohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences · AE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of early high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and low-flow oxygen support (LFOS) in children under 5 years with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) due to severe community-acquired pneumonia in low-middle-income countries. Methods: An open-label randomized clinical trial enrolled children aged 2-59 months with AHRF due to severe community-acquired pneumonia and randomized into HFNC and LFOS. In the LFOS group, the patient received cold wall oxygen humidified by bubbling through sterile water administered through simple nasal prongs at a fixed flow rate of 2 L/min. In the HFNC group, the patient received humidified, heated (37 °C), high-flow oxygen at a flow rate assigned based on weight range, with a titratable oxygen fraction. The primary outcome was treatment failure in 72 h (escalating the respiratory support method using any modality other than primary intervention). Results: Data was analyzed intention-to-treat (HFNC = 124; LFOS = 120). Median (IQR) age was 12 (6-20) and 11 (6-27) months, respectively. Treatment failure occurred in a significantly lower proportion in the HFNC group (7.3%, Conclusion: High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy used as early respiratory support in children under 5 years with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to severe community-acquired pneumonia was associated with significantly lower treatment failure compared with standard low-flow oxygen support. Trial registration: CTRI/2016/04/006788. Registered 01 April 2016, https://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/advsearch.php. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s44253-024-00031-8.

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ChildrenMechanical ventilationPneumoniaRespiratory support

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