Respiratory failure & ventilation
High-flow nasal cannula oxygen during breaks from noninvasive ventilation after extubation: an observational study
Authors' conclusion
Although the adjusted analysis did not confirm the favorable unadjusted findings, HFNC during breaks from NIV might decrease the risk of extubation failure
Study context
- Population
- Patients at high risk of extubation failure (> 65 years or underlying cardiac or respiratory disease) receiving prophylactic noninvasive ventilation (NIV) after extubation
- Participants
- 1,077 patients
- Exposure
- NIV/high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) vs NIV/O2
- NIV/HFNCn = 655
- NIV/O2n = 422reference
- Outcome
- Extubation failure (reintubation or death within 7 days after extubation)
- Follow-up
- Day 7
Methodological detailsbased on two multicentre clinical trials, G-computation
- Based on two multicentre clinical trials
- G-computation
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Difference
- 4.7%
95% CI - 9.4% to - 0.3%; P = 0.036
unadjusted
Adjusted difference
- 3.9%
95% CI - 8.7% to 0.9%
G-computation; not more effective
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Reintubation
- Significantly lower with NIV/HFNC vs NIV/O2 at 48h; no significant difference beyond 48h
Original publication
High-flow nasal cannula oxygen during breaks from noninvasive ventilation after extubation: an observational study. Intensive Care Med. Published 13 July 2026. doi:10.
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