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. 2020 Nov;46(11):2094-2095.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06199-9. Epub 2020 Jul 31.

Monitoring of high-flow nasal cannula for SARS-CoV-2 severe pneumonia: less is more, better look at respiratory rate

Damien Blez  1 , Anne Soulier  1 , Francis Bonnet  1 , Etienne Gayat  2 , Marc Garnier  3
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Monitoring of high-flow nasal cannula for SARS-CoV-2 severe pneumonia: less is more, better look at respiratory rate

Damien Blez et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Nov.
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Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves for the principal clinical parameters for the diagnosis of high-flow nasal cannula failure. SpO2 oxygen saturation, HR heart rate, FiO2 inspired oxygen fraction, ROX “Respiratory rate-Oxygenation” index
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