Good day,

I just want to know if there's anyone using a fisher & paykel HHNC or vapotherm? do you have guidelines for the flow rates?

thanks

Rudimar

We use vapotherm in our unit. There are no fixed guidelines as this is something new but the general consensus is to start at 8 lit/min flow and work your way down.

I should say that we were initially apprehensive about this device and the higher flow but babies have proven us wrong. They are very comfortable on vapotherm than regular HFNC

Hi Hideva,

We're you doing low flow nasal cannula as well?

Yes we do.

Do you have special guidelines or considerations for different gestations of the babies?

No. We don't have any particular guidelines in our unit, at this point is the personal preference of the physician.

Thanks Hideva =)

yes we do it for high and low flow cannula and for all other kind of NIV

thee is severe kinds of Fand P heater, sometimes yhe sevo do it automatically and other times you should define temperature and minimal différence of the gradient between proximal and distal point