HFNC is the medical abbreviation for a high-flow nasal cannula. These devices blow humidified, heated oxygen into the nostrils. They can deliver up to 60 liters of oxygen per minute.

High-flow nasal cannula use appears safe and well-tolerated. Infants extubated to HFNC spent fewer days on the ventilator. Additional benefits may include a decreased rate of ventilator associated ...

A high-flow nasal cannula can deliver oxygen at a flow rate of more than 40 liters per minute. 7 Although commercial high-flow nasal cannula systems are available in many designs, all require a ...

Median Pressure,Rate Product was lower on high-flow humidified nasal cannula 8 L/min (median, 329 cm H 2 O·min; interquartile range, 195–402) compared with high-flow humidified nasal cannula 5 ...

BACKGROUND: Conflicting recommendations exist on whether high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen therapy should be administered to adult patients in critical care with acute hypoxemic respiratory ...

BOSTON — When capturing ROX index in acute hypoxic respiratory failure, time from the start of high-flow nasal cannula therapy impacted the index’s sensitivity and specificity, according to ...

High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen therapy is a relatively recent innovation in adult critical care units. It delivers warm humidified oxygen at high flow rates (between 15 and 60 L/min) through a ...

WestMed, another manufacturer of high-flow nasal cannula, says on its website that the need for its devices is at an "all-time high" and that "additional manufacturing capacity has been added and ...

Among pediatric patients hospitalized with bronchiolitis, use of weight-based non-ICU vs. ICU-only high-flow nasal cannula protocols was linked to lower yearly ICU admission rates, according to ...