Reduction of PaCO by high-flow nasal cannula in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure patients receiving conventional oxygen therapy
Background: It has been suggested that a high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) could help to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from anatomical dead spaces, but evidence to support that is lacking. The objective of this study was to elucidate whether use of an HFNC could reduce the arterial partial pressure of CO...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine
2019-08-01
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| Series: | Acute and Critical Care |
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| Online Access: | http://www.accjournal.org/upload/pdf/acc-2019-00563.pdf |