Quality initiative to reduce high-flow nasal cannula duration and length of stay in bronchiolitis

C Charvat, S Jain, EW Orenstein, L Miller… - Hospital …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) use in bronchiolitis may prolong length of
stay (LOS) if weaned more slowly than medically indicated. We aimed to reduce HFNC …

Protocol-driven initiation and weaning of high-flow nasal cannula for patients with bronchiolitis: A quality improvement initiative

JX Huang, B Colwell, P Vadlaputi… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Bronchiolitis is the most common cause for nonelective infant hospitalization
in the United States with increasing utilization of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC). We …

Is implementation of a hospital pathway for high‐flow nasal cannula initiation and weaning associated with reduced high‐flow duration in bronchiolitis?

L Tarantino, N Goodrich, E Kerns… - Pediatric …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background High‐flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy is widely used for children with
bronchiolitis, but its optimal role remains uncertain. Our institution created and later revised …

Effect of a hospital-wide high-flow nasal cannula protocol on clinical outcomes and resource utilization of bronchiolitis patients admitted to the PICU

J Riese, J Fierce, A Riese, BK Alverson - Hospital Pediatrics, 2015 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of the introduction of a high-flow nasal cannula
(HFNC) protocol with clinical outcomes and hospital charges of infants with bronchiolitis …

Multicenter Quality Collaborative to Reduce Overuse of High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Bronchiolitis

C Byrd, M Noelck, E Kerns, M Bryan, M Hamline… - …, 2024 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) for bronchiolitis
increased over the past decade without clear benefit. This quality improvement collaborative …

SCRATCH trial: an initiative to reduce excess use of high-flow nasal cannula

M Noelck, A Foster, S Kelly, A Arehart… - Hospital …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to reduce unnecessary use of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) at
lower flow rates through the implementation of a standard daily trial off HFNC at a medium …

Impact of high flow nasal cannula on resource utilization in bronchiolitis

S Biggerstaff, JL Markham, JC Winer… - Hospital …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is increasingly used for children hospitalized
with bronchiolitis. We aimed to validate identification of HFNC use in a national database …

Clinical outcomes of bronchiolitis after implementation of a general ward high flow nasal cannula guideline

J Riese, T Porter, J Fierce, A Riese… - Hospital …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to assess the association of the introduction of a
ward's high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) guideline with clinical outcomes of infants with …

Quality improvement to reduce high-flow nasal cannula overuse in children with bronchiolitis

JD Treasure, MJ Lipshaw, P Dean, Z Paff… - …, 2023 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNC) is increasingly used to
treat bronchiolitis. However, HFNC has not reduced time on supplemental oxygen, length of …

High-flow nasal cannula in bronchiolitis at a pediatric emergency department: trends and outcomes

MJ Lipshaw, AA Vukovic, P Dean… - Hospital …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: Use of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) for bronchiolitis has increased, but
data describing the current use and impact of this therapy are limited. Our objective with this …