ABSTRACT
En el tratamiento de la insuficiencia respiratoria en la insuficiencia cardiaca aguda se utilizan diferentes métodos de oxigenación. En ocasiones los pacientes, tras ser estabilizados con dichos modos ventilatorios, mantienen un grado de disnea o hipoxemia que no mejora y no es atribuible a un empeoramiento del grado funcional o la necesidad de optimizar el tratamiento farmacológico. Los sistemas de alto flujo con interfase nasal con un calentador humidificador acoplado (AFHC) son una buena alternativa como método de oxigenación, de fácil aplicación y escasas complicaciones. Presentamos una serie de 5 pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca aguda por edema agudo de pulmón con disnea o hipoxemia mantenidas tras la aplicación de ventilación no invasiva. Todos ellos fueron tratados con sistemas de AFHC de forma satisfactoria, con mejoría clínica y gasométrica, sin complicaciones ni fracasos de la técnica. Describimos nuestra experiencia y discutimos diversos aspectos relacionados con dicho sistema de oxigenación (AU)
Various oxygenization methods are used in the treatment of respiratory failure in acute heart failure. Occasionally, after patients are stabilized by these ventilation methods, some maintain a degree of dyspnea or hypoxemia which does not improve and is unrelated to deterioration in the functional class or the need to optimize pharmacological treatment. High-flow oxygen systems administered via nasal cannula that are connected to heated humidifiers (HFT) are a good alternative for oxygenation, given that they are easy to use and have few complications. We studied a series of 5 patients with acute heart failure due to acute pulmonary edema with stable dyspnea or hypoxemia following noninvasive ventilation. All the patients were successfully treated with HFT, showing clinical and gasometric improvement and no complications or technical failures. We report our experience and discuss different aspects related to this oxygenation system (AU)
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Aged , Heart Failure/therapy , Oxygenation/methods , 28599 , Myocardial Ischemia/complications , Myocardial Ischemia/diagnosis , Blood Gas Analysis/methods , Blood Gas Analysis , Comorbidity , Heart Rate/physiologyABSTRACT
Various oxygenization methods are used in the treatment of respiratory failure in acute heart failure. Occasionally, after patients are stabilized by these ventilation methods, some maintain a degree of dyspnea or hypoxemia which does not improve and is unrelated to deterioration in the functional class or the need to optimize pharmacological treatment. High-flow oxygen systems administered via nasal cannula that are connected to heated humidifiers (HFT) are a good alternative for oxygenation, given that they are easy to use and have few complications. We studied a series of 5 patients with acute heart failure due to acute pulmonary edema with stable dyspnea or hypoxemia following noninvasive ventilation. All the patients were successfully treated with HFT, showing clinical and gasometric improvement and no complications or technical failures. We report our experience and discuss different aspects related to this oxygenation system.
