High-flow nasal cannula is superior to noninvasive ventilation to prevent reintubation?

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Masaji Nishimura. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;5(5):107.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.01.22.

¹ Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokushima University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-18-15 Kuramoto, Tokushima, Japan.

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Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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