High-flow cannula for frail patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection non-eligible for intensive care unit management.
Infect Dis Now 2023;
53:104635. [PMID:
36436803 PMCID:
PMC9686049 DOI:
10.1016/j.idnow.2022.11.004]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) was widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic in intensive care units (ICU), but there is no recommendation for elderly patients non-eligible for ICU management. We aimed to describe the outcomes of HFNC treatment in patients with COVID-19 who are not eligible for ICU management.
METHODS
Retrospective bicentric cohort study performed between September 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021 in two infectious diseases departments of Colmar Hospital and Antoine Beclere University Hospital, France.
RESULTS
Sixty-four patients were treated with HFNC: 33 in Colmar and 31 in Beclere hospital (median age: 85 years; IQ, 82-92). Of these, 16 patients survived (25%). Surviving patients had a lower Charlson comorbidity index score than deceased patients (five vs six; p = 0.02).
CONCLUSIONS
Despite a high death rate, with survivors being younger and having fewer comorbidities, HFNC is an easy tool to implement in non-ICU wards for the frailest patients.
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