High flow nasal cannula in infants : Experience in a critical patient unit

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INTRODUCTION: The high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is a method of respiratory support that is increasingly being used in paediatrics due to its results and safety.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of HFNC, as well as to evaluate the factors related to its failure and complications associated with its use in infants.

PATIENTS AND METHOD: An analysis was performed on the demographic, clinical, blood gas, and radiological data, as well as the complications of patients connected to a HFNC in a critical care unit between June 2012 and September 2014. A comparison was made between the patients who failed and those who responded to HFNC. A failure was considered as the need for further respiratory support during the first 48hours of connection. The Kolmogorov Smirnov, Mann-Whitney U, chi squared and the Exact Fisher test were used, as well as correlations and a binary logistic regression model for P≤.05.

RESULTS: The study included 109 patients, with a median age and weight: 1 month (0.2-20 months) and 3.7kg (2-10kg); 95 percentile: 3.7 months and 5.7kg, respectively. The most frequent diagnosis and radiological pattern was bronchiolitis (53.2%) and interstitial infiltration (56%). Around 70.6% responded. There was a significant difference between failure and response in the diagnosis (P=.013), radiography (P=018), connection context (P<.0001), pCO2 (median 40.7mmHg [15.4-67 mmHg] versus 47.3mmHg [28.6-71.3mmHg], P=.004) and hours on HFNC (median 60.75hrs [5-621.5 hrs] versus 10.5hrs [1-29 hrs], P<.0001). The OR of the PCO2 ≥ 55mmHg for failure was 2.97 (95% CI; 1.08-8.17; P=.035). No patient died and no complications were recorded.

CONCLUSION: The percentage success observed was similar to that published. In this sample, the failure of HFNC was only associated with an initial pCO2 ≥ 55mmHg. On there being no complications reported as regards it use, it is considered safe, although a randomised, controlled, multicentre study is required to compare and contrast these results.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:86

Enthalten in:

Revista chilena de pediatria - 86(2015), 3 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 173-81

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Cánula nasal de alto flujo en lactantes: experiencia en una unidad de paciente crítico

Beteiligte Personen:

Wegner A, Adriana [VerfasserIn]
Cespedes F, Pamela [VerfasserIn]
Godoy M, María Loreto [VerfasserIn]
Erices B, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Urrutia C, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Venthur U, Carina [VerfasserIn]
Labbé C, Marcela [VerfasserIn]
Riquelme M, Hugo [VerfasserIn]
Sanchez J, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Vera V, Waldo [VerfasserIn]
Wood V, David [VerfasserIn]
Contreras C, Juan Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Urrutia S, Efren [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

142M471B3J
Acute respiratory failure
Cánula nasal de alto flujo
Carbon Dioxide
Falla respiratoria aguda
High flow nasal cannula
Infants
Journal Article
Lactantes
Oxigenoterapia
Oxygen therapy

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Date Completed 13.12.2016

Date Revised 30.12.2016

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rchipe.2015.06.003

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NLM252694635