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From: Delayed intubation associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure who fail heated and humified high flow nasal canula

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Increased Duration of HFNC Prior to Intubation Associated with High Mortality Rate

Among with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia who failed HFNC and were intubated, prolonged duration of HFNC prior to intubation was association with increased mortality. Those intubated within 24 h of HFNC had a 50% in-hospital mortality rate. Those who were on HFNC for more than seven days before intubation had a mortality rate of 80%

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BMC Anesthesiology

ISSN: 1471-2253

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