High-flow nasal cannula therapy for infants with bronchiolitis

CONCLUSIONS: High-flow nasal cannula therapy may have some benefits over low-flow oxygen for infants with bronchiolitis in terms of a greater improvement in respiratory and heart rates, as well as a modest reduction in the length of hospital stay and duration of oxygen therapy, with a reduced incidence of treatment escalation. There does not appear to be a difference in the number of adverse events. Further studies comparing high-flow nasal cannula therapy and CPAP are required to demonstrate the efficacy of one modality over the other. A standardised clinical definition of bronchiolitis, as well as the use of a validated clinical severity score, would allow for greater and more accurate comparison between studies.PMID:38506440 | DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD009609.pub3
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research