Clinical trial NCT03460119: High Flow Nasal Cannula in the Emergency Department
Official title: Use of High-Flow Nasal Cannula for Acute Respiratory Failure in the Emergency Department
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Acute Respiratory Failure
Keywords: High Flow Nasal Cannula
Emergency department
Respiratory care
Lead sponsor: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-03-09
Enrollment: 43
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients with and without a history of lung disease who used high flow nasal cannula. We defined clinical signs of acute respiratory failure based on the presence of a breathing frequency ≥ 25 breath/min and increase work of breathing evidence by dyspnea, in-drawing, accessory-muscle use and/or diaphoresis, despite conventional oxygen therapy ≥ 6 l/min.

Brief summary: The aim of this study was to describe the changes in respiratory rate, heart rate and dyspnea, before and after using HFNC in patients presenting to our emergency department with ARF.

Detailed description: A retrospective cohort study was performed. To all adults presenting to the emergency department who used high flow nasal cannula to treat clinical signs of acute respiratory failure based on the presence of a breathing frequency ≥ 25 breath/min and increase work of breathing evidence by dyspnea, in-drawing, accessory-muscle use and/or diaphoresis despite conventional oxygen therapy ≥ 6 l/min. Demographic variables and clinical and gasometric parameters before and after two hours using HFNC were recorded.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* patients aged ≥ 18 years
* attended between July 1st, 2015 and January 31st , 2017 in the Emergency Department of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
* with clinical signs of acute respiratory failure

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pulse oximetry \> 90% breathing room air

Primary outcomes:
measure: Heart Rate
timeFrame: 2 hours
measure: Respiratory Rate
timeFrame: 2 hours
measure: Dyspnea
timeFrame: 2 hours
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Initial HFNC setting
timeFrame: 2 hours
measure: Acute respiratory failure etiology
timeFrame: 3 minutes
measure: Average time of use the HFNC
timeFrame: until 28 days
measure: Delay of HFNC treatment
timeFrame: until 24hs
measure: Efficacy of HFNC treatment
timeFrame: 28 days
measure: Failure of HFNC treatment
timeFrame: 28 days
measure: Mortality rate at 28 day from ED admission
timeFrame: 28 days
measure: Palliative Care
timeFrame: 28 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
name: Vanesa R Ruiz, RT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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