Early experience with high-flow nasal oxygen therapy (HFNOT) in pediatric endoscopic airway surgery

Publication date: May 2018
Source:International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Volume 108
Author(s): Thomas Riva, Lorenz Theiler, Yves Jaquet, Roland Giger, Lluís Nisa
ObjectiveReporting our institutional experience with high-flow nasal oxygen therapy (HFNOT), a recently-introduced technique, for endoscopic airway approaches.MethodsProspective collection of data of children (<16 years) undergoing endoscopic between January 2016 and August 2017 at a tertiary referral university hospital.ResultsHFNOT was used in 6 children who underwent 14 procedures for different forms and causes of upper airway obstruction of various origins. No intraoperative complications; related to oxygenation were observed, and the surgical procedures could be carried out as; initially planned.ConclusionsWe found that HFNOT is an effective and safe technique with a variety of potential applications in the field of endoscopic pediatric airway surgery.



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