Broadening the Berlin definition of ARDS to patients receiving high-flow nasal oxygen: an observational study in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) is increasingly used in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. It is uncertain whether a broadened Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), in which ARDS can be diagnosed in patients who are not receiving ventilation, results in similar groups of patients receiving HFNO as in patients receiving ventilation.

Methods

We applied a broadened definition of ARDS in a multicenter, observational study in adult critically ill patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), wherein the requirement for a minimal level of 5 cm H₂O PEEP with ventilation is replaced by a minimal level of airflow rate with HFNO, and compared baseline characteristics and outc

SUBMITTER: van der Ven FLIM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10349031 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature