High‑flow nasal cannula is not more effective than conventional oxygen therapy for acute exacerbation of COPD with mild hypercapnia: we are not sure

[...]the necessity for oxygen therapy in the enrolled patients is also questionable. According to the data presented, the initial mean values of PaO2 were about 70 mmHg (it is not clear, while breathing room air or during O2 inhalation 2 L/min), that is, many patients simply did not require even con...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Critical care (London, England) England), 2022-05, Vol.26 (1), p.156-156, Article 156
Hauptverfasser:	Avdeev, Sergey N, Yaroshetskiy, Andrey I, Nuralieva, Galia S, Avdeev, Ivan S, Shmidt, Anna E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cannula Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Clinical trials Correspondence Critical care Hospital costs Humans Hypercapnia - therapy Intubation Mortality Oxygen Oxygen Inhalation Therapy Oxygen therapy Patients Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - therapy Ventilators
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Zusammenfassung:	[...]the necessity for oxygen therapy in the enrolled patients is also questionable. According to the data presented, the initial mean values of PaO2 were about 70 mmHg (it is not clear, while breathing room air or during O2 inhalation 2 L/min), that is, many patients simply did not require even conventional oxygen therapy. [...]the oxygen therapy algorithm in this study also differs from accepted practice.
ISSN:	1364-8535 1466-609X 1364-8535 1366-609X
DOI:	10.1186/s13054-022-04022-z