High flow nasal cannula is a good treatment option for COVID-19

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¹ Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 23001, China.
² Department of Intensive Care Unit, Division of Life Science and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), University of Science and Technology of China, No.17, Lu Jiang Road, Hefei 23001, China.
³ Department of Intensive Care Unit, Infectious Diseases Branch of Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, China.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 23001, China; Department of Intensive Care Unit, Division of Life Science and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), University of Science and Technology of China, No.17, Lu Jiang Road, Hefei 23001, China. Electronic address: aijunpan868@sina.com.

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¹ Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 23001, China.
² Department of Intensive Care Unit, Division of Life Science and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), University of Science and Technology of China, No.17, Lu Jiang Road, Hefei 23001, China.
³ Department of Intensive Care Unit, Infectious Diseases Branch of Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, China.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 23001, China; Department of Intensive Care Unit, Division of Life Science and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), University of Science and Technology of China, No.17, Lu Jiang Road, Hefei 23001, China. Electronic address: aijunpan868@sina.com.

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An Index Combining Respiratory Rate and Oxygenation to Predict Outcome of Nasal High-Flow Therapy.
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