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Lack of Benefit of High Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy as Ceiling of Treatment for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonitis in Elderly Frail Patients: A Single Centre Observational Study

BACKGROUND: Severe COVID-19 pneumonitis in elderly frail patients is associated with poor outcomes, and therefore invasive mechanical ventilation is often deemed an inappropriate course of action. Some evidence suggests high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) may prevent the need for invasive ventilation in o...

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Autores principales: Merchant, Fatema, Mavilakandy, Akash, Virk, Harvinder S., Khan, Sajid, Tsaknis, Georgios, Naeem, Muhammad, Mallik, Srikumar, Datson, Kirsty, Reddy, Raja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37273464
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/18743064-v15-e2206271