Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Department of Anaesthesia, Nepean Hospital, Derby St, Kingswood, NSW, Australia

Publications

• Research Article   
  High Flow Nasal Cannula use in Non-Operating Room Anaesthesia: A Prospective and Retrospective Observational Study
  Author(s): Kavitha Shetty*, Jonathan Chua, Alfonse Nguyen, Ashwani Kumar and Vanessa Wilkinson
  
  Background: The clinical applications of High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) are well established in the operating theatres. Objective: The objective was to study the impact of using HFNC in a Non-Operating Room Anesthetic (NORA) setting. Methods: This was a retrospective and prospective observational study looking at two periods (6 months and 5 months respectively in 2017 and 2018) in time-pre and post introduction of HFNC into clinical practice in sedation for gastroscopies, colonoscopies, Trans Oesophageal Echocardiograpies (TOE) and Bronchoscopies. The use of HFNC in NORA setting when introduced in 2018 was studied for a period of 5 months. Primary outcomes studied were Hypoxia during the procedure and secondary outcome was length of stay in the hospital post procedure. Results:.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-6148.23.14.1117

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