When to Transfer: Predictors of Pediatric High Flow Nasal Cannula Failure at a Community Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify risk factors of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) failure at a US pediatric hospital without a co-located ICU.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of patients aged 0 to 18 years who were started on HFNC in the emergency department or inpatient unit at a community hospital over a 16-month period. Children with chronic medical conditions were excluded. Outcome was HFNC failure, defined as HFNC need greater than floor limit, noninvasive positive pressure, or mechanical ventilation. In bivariate analysis, we compared demographic and clinical factors between those with and without failure. We included variables in a multivariable model on the basis of statistical significance. We used Poisson regression with robust error variance to calculate the adjusted relat

SUBMITTER: Dunbar KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11321470 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature