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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · AJP Rep 2020; 10(03): e253-e254
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1715179
Case Report

Nasal High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation for Respiratory Failure due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis: Case Report

Pio Liberatore
1   Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Policlinico Riuniti, Foggia, Italy
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Gianfranco Maffei
1   Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Policlinico Riuniti, Foggia, Italy
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Abstract

The authors describe a case of acute respiratory failure due to severe bronchiolitis. During high-flow nasal cannula ventilation, the blood's high levels of hypercapnia had taken them to plan the sedation and the orotracheal intubation. However, before attempting intubation, a nasal high frequency oscillatory ventilation cycle was performed and it led to a marked improvement in the blood gas, avoiding in this way the invasive ventilation.



Publication History

Received: 09 May 2020

Accepted: 01 June 2020

Article published online:
27 August 2020

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