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- Title
High-flow nasal cannula in the postoperative period: is positive pressure the phantom of the OPERA trial?
- Authors
Ball, Lorenzo; Bos, Lieuwe; Pelosi, Paolo; Bos, Lieuwe D
- Abstract
The authors discuss the efficacy of high-flow nasal cannulas (HFNCs) as preventive strategy in postperative period. They examine a report on a randomized controlled trial assessing the clinical value of HFNCs in preventing post-extubation hypoxaemia in non-obese patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.
- Subjects
NASAL cannula; CATHETERS; OXYGEN therapy equipment; POSTOPERATIVE period; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; ABDOMINAL surgery; CLINICAL trials; PREVENTION of surgical complications; TREATMENT of surgical complications; ABDOMINAL injuries; MEDICAL protocols; OXYGEN therapy; TRACHEA intubation; CONTINUOUS positive airway pressure; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2017, Vol 43, Issue 1, p119
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-016-4627-6