This prospective randomized controlled study was conducted in the emergency intensive care units (EICU) of the second affiliated hospital Zhejiang university school of medicine, a large tertiary university hospital in HangZhou, China.The aim of this randomized study was to compare the effectiveness of high-flow nasal cannula with conventional oxygen therapy in ICU patients with blunt thoracic injury.
This prospective randomized controlled study was conducted in the emergency intensive care units (EICU) of the second affiliated hospital Zhejiang university school of medicine, a large tertiary university hospital in HangZhou, China.The aim of this randomized study was to compare the effectiveness of high-flow nasal cannula with conventional oxygen therapy in ICU patients with blunt thoracic injury.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
90
high flow of air with supplemental oxygen was delivered by an Optiflow cannula interface using an AIRVO 2 blower humidifier
Conventional oxygen therapy
compare the effectiveness of high-flow nasal cannula with conventional oxygen therapy in ICU patients with blunt thoracic injury.
High-flow nasal cannula could reduce the intube rate of patients with blunt thoracic injury,and improve the the lung aeration for patients with thoracic injury
Time frame: 72 hours
number of days in ICU
High-flow nasal cannula could reduce the number of days for the patients treatments in ICU
Time frame: 7 days
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