Nasal high-flow therapy for type II respiratory failure in COPD: A report of four cases

Ivan Pavlov; Patrice Plamondon; Stéphane Delisle

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.12.006

Nasal high-flow therapy for type II respiratory failure in COPD: A report of four cases

Respir Med Case Rep. 2017 Jan 1:20:87-88. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.12.006. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Ivan Pavlov¹, Patrice Plamondon², Stéphane Delisle³

Affiliations

¹ Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Hôpital de Verdun, 4000 LaSalle, Montréal, Québec, H4G 2A2, Canada.
² Dept. of Respiratory Therapy, Hôpital de Verdun, 4000 LaSalle, Montréal, Québec, H4G 2A2, Canada.
³ Dept. of Intensive Care, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, 5400 Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Québec, QC H4J 1C5, Canada.

Abstract

Herein we present a report of four cases of severe type II respiratory failure that had contraindications both to conventional non-invasive ventilation and to endotracheal intubation. In all four cases, we successfully used a high-flow nasal oxygen device as a rescue device, with very reassuring outcomes.

Publication types

Case Reports