TY - JOUR
T1 - High-Flow Oxygen Therapy Concepts
T2 - Time to Standardize Nomenclature and Avoid Confusion
AU - Miller, David C.
AU - Bime, Christian
AU - Partharsarathy, Sairam
AU - Mosier, Jarrod M.
N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: David C. Miller is supported in part by funding from the NIH Interdisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular Research T32 HL007249. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - High-flow nasal oxygen systems are rapidly being adopted as an initial noninvasive treatment for acute respiratory failure. However, the term “high-flow nasal cannula” is nonspecific and leads to imprecise communication between physicians, respiratory therapists, and nurses with the potential for patient harm. In this viewpoint and a brief review of the technology, we argue for a change in nomenclature in order to reduce the chance for future clinical, administrative, and research misunderstanding surrounding high-flow nasal oxygen systems.
AB - High-flow nasal oxygen systems are rapidly being adopted as an initial noninvasive treatment for acute respiratory failure. However, the term “high-flow nasal cannula” is nonspecific and leads to imprecise communication between physicians, respiratory therapists, and nurses with the potential for patient harm. In this viewpoint and a brief review of the technology, we argue for a change in nomenclature in order to reduce the chance for future clinical, administrative, and research misunderstanding surrounding high-flow nasal oxygen systems.
KW - high-flow oxygen
KW - noninvasive ventilation
KW - respiratory failure
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U2 - 10.1177/0885066620908243
DO - 10.1177/0885066620908243
M3 - Article
C2 - 32105158
SN - 0885-0666
VL - 35
SP - 519
EP - 523
JO - Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
JF - Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
IS - 5
ER -