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Heated High Flow Oxygen Therapy Management Of Respiratory, Swallowing/Dysphagia And Nutrition Needs, Jenelle Overgaard
Heated High Flow Oxygen Therapy Management Of Respiratory, Swallowing/Dysphagia And Nutrition Needs, Jenelle Overgaard
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Problem
- Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 pose challenges for oxygenation. Often requiring heated high flow oxygen therapy (HHFOT) for days to weeks, with literflow commonly over 40 L/min with maximum of 60 L/min.
- There is minimal research on aspiration risk at higher literflow, therefore practice included decreasing liter flow to 20 L/min for oral intake was standard.
- During oral intake, with literflow decreased to 20 L/min, patients' oxygen saturations would quickly trend down.
- Alarms indicating low saturation would create anxiety, cause patients to eat faster potentially increasing risk for aspiration.
Solution
- For adult inpatients meeting criteria, increase maximum literflow allowed during …