Therapeutic Outcome of High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) for Severe COVID-19 Patients in Isolation Intensive Care Unit

Baginda Aflah, Erwin Pradian, Nurita Dian Kestriani

Abstract


This retrospective descriptive study aimed to understand the outcomes of HFNC therapy in severe COVID-19 patients admitted to isolation ICU during the period of January to June 2021 in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung, Indonesia. A total of 134 patients with severe COVID-19 were admitted to the isolation ICU and received HFNC. Among them, 44 patients (32.8%, N:134) were successfully weaned from HFNC and 90 patients (67.2%, N:134) failing HFNC with 10 patients (7.5%, N:134) died on HFNC use, 72 patients (53.9%, N:134) died on ventilator use, 4 patients (2.9%, N:134) moved rooms under HFNC use, and 4 patients (2.9%, N:134) moved to non-ICU isolation with ventilator use as the outcome. Patients’ median age was 60 years, most were male (52.3 %, N:134), median BMI was 25.4 kg/m2, with hypertension and diabetes mellitus as the main comorbidities. There was an improvement in the SpO2 on the first day after the use of HFNC. The ROX index had a median value of 3.6 on the first day, with the lowest ROX index of 3.2 and the highest of 4.4 during the treatment time. There was an improvement in the P/F Ratio in successful patients with a median initial P/F Ratio of 86.7 to 200.1 at the end of treatment. Overall, HFNC improves the hypoxemic conditions in early admission but does not correlate with general patient outcomes.


Keywords


High flow nasal cannula, intensive care, ROX index, severe COVID-19, therapeutic outcome

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