Role and limitations of high-flow nasal oxygen therapy in COVID-19 patients : An observational study

Background: The management of acute respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients and the role and limitations of high-flow nasal oxygen therapy (HFNOT) remain unclear.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of HFNOT, identify the characteristics of patients who will benefit from therapy, and determine monitoring strategies to decide on endotracheal intubation for patients with COVID-19.

Patients and Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study of COVID-19 patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and required HFNOT for at least 2 days between 20 March 2020 and 20 June 2020. The exclusion criteria were a severe respiratory failure, reduced levels of consciousness, combination with other noninvasive ventilation strategies, and exhaustion. The patients were followed up until ICU discharge. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients with COVID-19 who were successfully weaned from HFNOT, whereas failure comprised intubation or death on HFNOT.

Results: Thirty-five subjects (24 males, mean-age: 61.62, standard deviation: 14.9 yr.) were included in the study. A total of 20/35 (57.1%) subjects survived to discharge. C-reactive-protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were significantly increased in the treatment failure group (CRP; effect size (r):0.35, P: 0.037, IL-6; r: 0.37, P: 0.03). Although there was a difference between repeated measures of partial-pressure-of-oxygen/fraction-of-inspired-oxygen (PaO2/FiO2:P/F) rates (partial-eta-squared (ηp2):0.79, P < 0.001), no difference was found between carbon dioxide levels (ηp2:0.29, p: 0.44). There was also no difference between ROX (ratio-of-oxygen-saturation/FiO2 to respiratory-rate) rates (Kendall's W: 0.33 P = 0.310).

Conclusion: In COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate dyspnea and hypoxemia who are nonresponsive to conventional-oxygen-therapies, the initial approach may involve the use of HFNOT. In this study, patient monitoring could be performed with ROX and P/F ratios, and the effectiveness of the treatment could be decided by looking at these rates in the second hour. Prolongation of the period and awake prone positioning did not improve the outcome.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Nigerian journal of clinical practice - 25(2022), 7 vom: 16. Juli, Seite 1088-1093

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kucukdemirci-Kaya, P [VerfasserIn]
Kilic, I [VerfasserIn]
Kaya, M [VerfasserIn]
Kelebek-Girgin, N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute respiratory failure
Awake prone positioning
COVID-19
High-flow nasal oxygen therapy
Intensive care unit
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Observational Study
Oxygen
S88TT14065

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.07.2022

Date Revised 22.07.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4103/njcp.njcp_1646_21

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343795043