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No evidence of increasing COVID-19 in health care workers after implementation of high flow nasal cannula: A safety evaluation

BACKGROUND: Initial recommendations discouraged high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) in COVID-19 patients, driven by concern for healthcare worker (HCW) exposure. Noting high morbidity and mortality from early invasive mechanical ventilation, we implemented a COVID-19 respiratory protocol employing HFNC i...

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Autores principales: Westafer, Lauren M., Soares, William E., Salvador, Doug, Medarametla, Venkatrao, Schoenfeld, Elizabeth M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7539832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33059983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.086