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01-12-2018 | Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine

Uncommon barotrauma while on high-flow nasal cannula

Authors: M. Piastra, T. C. Morena, M. Antonelli, G. Conti

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2018

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High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNC) as long been considered a safe treatment, hence the term “gentle CPAP” partly describing its mechanism. A 2-month-old infant was admitted to PICU having developed a massive right lung (RL) overinflation while on HFNC (2 L/kg/min, FiO2 0.6) over a 3-day course in the pediatric ward. On admission, the infant appeared polypneic and distressed. His clinical history reported normal birth and a bronchiolitis episode 3 weeks before. Both the HFNC device and the nasal cannula size were appropriate, as was the humidification setting. …

Title: Uncommon barotrauma while on high-flow nasal cannula
Authors: M. Piastra
T. C. Morena
M. Antonelli
G. Conti
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2018
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5279-5

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