Review Article
High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 4
Summary of patients’ comfort and complication.
| | Nasofacial skin breakdown | Gastric and intestinal flatulence | Comfort scores | Airway care interventions |
| Sun et al., 2019 | 5.1% vs. 20.9%, | — | — | 5 (4–7) vs. 8 (7–10), | Jing et al., 2018 | — | — | 3.55 ± 2.01 vs. 5.15 ± 2.28, | 9.09% vs. 45%, | Cong et al., 2019 | — | — | 75% vs. 57%, | — | Yu et al., 2019 | — | 5.6% vs. 25%, | — | — | Wang et al., 2019 | 8.7% vs. 40%, | 13.0% vs. 45.0%, | — | — | Tan et al., 2020 | 0 vs. 9.6%, | — | 7 (6–8) vs. 5 (4–7), | 6 (4–7) vs. 7 (5–9.3), |
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