Revista de Anestesiología Clínica: Acceso Abierto

HIGH-FREQUENCY NASAL CANULA AND COVID ARDS: WALKING ON A TIGHTROPE

Abstract

Sanjay Jaiswal

Covid has led to innovations and strategies, primarily to manage patients with hypoxia and respiratory failure. Although devastating, the pandemic brought the best out of the medical fraternity in terms of patient care and research. Undoubtedly, invasive ventilation is the last resort in patients with progressive dyspnea not manageable with non-invasive methods; still, non-invasive ventilation methods are becoming popular and have proven their worth. CPAP and Bipap played a vital role during the first and second pandemic waves, with HFNC gradually becoming popular with the intensivists and ICU physicians because of its unique advantages(1).