Oxygen Therapy

BOSTON — A woman with unexplained shortness of breath had improved symptoms with an electric incense device vs. stick incense, according to data presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

BOSTON — When capturing ROX index in acute hypoxic respiratory failure, time from the start of high-flow nasal cannula therapy impacted the index’s sensitivity and specificity, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Tomorrow, Oct. 2, several lung and respiratory organizations will come together to celebrate World Oxygen Day and patients using oxygen therapy.

The risk for any-cause hospitalization/death at 1 year was comparable between patients with severe hypoxemia receiving daily 24-hour vs. 15-hour oxygen therapy, according to findings published in New England Journal of Medicine.

Among ventilated adults, individualized oxygenation targets collected from a machine learning model that considers baseline characteristics may lower 28-day mortality, according to results published in JAMA.

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Use of CPAP, high-flow nasal cannula or bilevel positive airway pressure lowered odds for extubation failure within 2 to 3 days among critically ill children compared with conventional oxygen therapy, according to data in JAMA Pediatrics.

Standard oxygen therapy and high-flow nasal oxygen along with awake prone positioning were associated with lower COVID-19-associated mortality in a low-income country, according to results published in CHEST.

The FDA granted 510(k) clearance to the Bonhawa High Flow Oxygen Therapy system for patients with respiratory insufficiency, according to a manufacturer-issued press release.

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