Post Peer Reviewed By:Salim R. Rezaie, MD (Twitter:@srrezaie) Cite this article as:Frank Lodeserto MD,"High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) – Part 1: How It Works", REBEL EM blog,August 20, 2018. Available at:https://rebelem.com/high-flow-nasal-cannula-hfnc-part-1-how-it-works/. ...
Nasal high flow therapy (NHF), aka high flow nasal cannula therapy (HFNC), is a non-invasive mode of respiratory support involving the delivery of heated (to 37° C) and humidified (to nearly 100% relative humidity) gas (oxygen and/or medical air) through nasal cannulae at high gas flo...
critically ill patients with obesity, considering that obesity carries an intrinsic increased risk for difficult mask ventilation. HFNC might also have a role [50], especially in rapid sequence intubation in non-severely hypoxemic patients, where avoidance of bag ventilation might be desirable but is ...