Premature babies often need help breathing as their lungs are not fully developed. Nasal breathing support (through the nose) helps premature babies breathe without the need for breathing tubes in the ...

A nasal cannula is a medical device that provides supplemental oxygen therapy to people who have lower oxygen levels. There are two types of nasal cannulas: low flow and high flow. The device has ...

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 therapy (HFNC) is effective and safe in patients older than 75 with acute respiratory failure (ARF) unrelated to COVID-19, investigators reported in Pulmonology. The ...

More information: Jeffrey C. Winer et al, Variation and Outcomes of Hospital-Level High-Flow Nasal Cannula Usage Outside of Intensive Care, Hospital Pediatrics (2022). DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2022-006660 ...

High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) treatment for patients with mild to moderate bronchiolitis may be associated with longer hospital stays and higher cost of care, according to a study led by Le ...

Thirty-four percent of patients randomized to high-flow oxygen through a nasal cannula were intubated by day 28 compared with 51% of those randomized to conventional oxygen therapy (HR 0.62, 95% ...

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 ...