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Initial use of high-flow oxygen did not reduce duration of oxygen therapy in infants with bronchiolitis
  1. Amanda J Friend1,2
  1. 1 Department of Paediatrics, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
  2. 2 School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Amanda J Friend, Department of Paediatrics, Leeds General Infirmary, University of Leeds School of Medicine, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK; amanda.friend{at}nhs.net

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-313581

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    Study design

    Design: Randomised controlled trial.

    Allocation: Randomised manually with stratification for gestational age.

    Blinding: Unblinded.

    Study question

    Setting: A tertiary paediatric centre in New South Wales, Australia.

    Patients: Infants presenting to the emergency department or paediatric ward with a diagnosis of moderately severe bronchiolitis who required oxygen therapy.

    Intervention: Initial treatment with standard low flow or high flow (1 L/kg/min up to a maximum of 20 L/min), warm humidified oxygen.

    Outcomes: Primary outcome was time to weaning off oxygen. Secondary outcomes were 24 hours event-free survival (ie, without treatment failure), proportion of serious events, transfer to ICU, length of stay and acceptability of treatment.

    Follow-up period: 30 days post discharge.

    Main results

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.