FIRST-line support for Assistance in Breathing in Children (FIRST-ABC): a multicentre pilot randomised controlled trial of high-flow nasal cannula therapy versus continuous positive airway pressure in paediatric critical care

Abstract Background Although high-flow nasal cannula therapy (HFNC) has become a popular mode of non-invasive respiratory support (NRS) in critically ill children, there are no randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing it with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). We performed a pilot RCT...

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Main Authors: Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Paula Lister, Troy Dominguez, Parviz Habibi, Naomi Edmonds, Ruth R. Canter, Jerome Wulff, David A. Harrison, Paul M. Mouncey, Mark J. Peters, on behalf of the United Kingdom Paediatric Intensive Care Society Study Group (PICS-SG)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-018-2080-3