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Nasal High Flow: Rationale and Indications

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When there is respiratory insufficiency in patients with upper airway problems, it is known that nasal high flow (NHF) with mixture of oxygen treatment results in a lowering in respiratory rate, an improvement in alveolar ventilation by decreasing dead space ventilation, and a decrease in respiratory work. It has also been demonstrated that the use of NHF does not result in carbon dioxide retention in well-defined the most appropriate upper airway disorder in newborn, pediatric, and adult patients. This section will review the rationale and indications for using NHF in adult patients with upper airway problems. This book contains details regarding noninvasive ventilation (NIV) support for upper respiratory illnesses.

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  1. Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, University of Health Sciences Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Zuhal Karakurt & Erdem Yalçınkaya

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Morales M, Murcia, Murcia, Spain

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  2. ENT, Ravenna Hospital, AUSL of Romagna Italy, Ravenna, Italy

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  3. Thoracic Surgery, Theageneio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Nikolaos Barbetakis

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Karakurt, Z., Yalçınkaya, E. (2023). Nasal High Flow: Rationale and Indications. In: Esquinas, A.M., De Vito, A., Barbetakis, N. (eds) Upper Airway Disorders and Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32487-1_8

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