High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy versus non-invasive ventilation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients after extubation: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen therapy is being increasingly used to prevent post-extubation hypoxemic respiratory failure and reintubation. However, evidence to support the use of HFNC in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with hypercapnic respiratory f...

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Main Authors: Dingyu Tan, Joseph Harold Walline, Bingyu Ling, Yan Xu, Jiayan Sun, Bingxia Wang, Xueqin Shan, Yunyun Wang, Peng Cao, Qingcheng Zhu, Ping Geng, Jun Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-020-03214-9