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Vapotherm Precision Flow® Plus Indications for Use
Primary Indications: Precision Flow® is intended for use to add warm moisture to breathing gases from an external source for administration to a neonate/infant, pediatric and adult patients in the hospital, subacute institutions, and home settings. It adds heat and moisture to a blended medical air/ oxygen mixture and [...]
Use of High Velocity Nasal Insufflation (Hi-VNI) in a Patient Intolerant of Non-invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Emergency Department
Sheldon Spivey, RRT • Terrell Ashe, RRT-NPS • Rose Dennis, RRT • Paige Hick, RRT Athens Regional Medical Center Athens, Georgia Vapotherm’s Hi-VNITM Technology is a tool for treating the signs and symptoms of respiratory distress. The enclosed materials describe certain outcomes in relation to the use of Vapotherm’s [...]
High Velocity Nasal Insufflation (Hi-VNI) as an Alternative to NIPPV to Support a Patient in CHF Crisis
Sheldon Spivey, RRT • Terrell Ashe, RRT-NPS • Rose Dennis, RRT • Angela Spivey, RRT Athens Regional Medical Center (Athens, Georgia) Vapotherm’s Hi-VNITM Technology is a tool for treating the signs and symptoms of respiratory distress. The enclosed materials describe certain outcomes in relation to the use of Vapotherm’s Hi-VNITM [...]
High Velocity Nasal Insufflation (Hi-VNI) Used to Avoid NIV and Reverse Acute Carbon Dioxide Retention in a COPD Exacerbation
Marcia Jeffers, RRT • Kale Spivey, RRT-NPS • Terrell Ashe, RRT-NPS • Sheldon Spivey, RRT • Rose Dennis, RRT Athens Regional Medical Center (Athens, Georgia) Vapotherm’s Hi-VNITM Technology is a tool for treating the signs and symptoms of respiratory distress. The enclosed materials describe certain outcomes in relation to the [...]
Vapotherm Shows Similar Efficacy to CPAP/BiLevel in Infants with RDS
July 10, 2017 Clinicians have historically utilized nCPAP/NIPPV as primary non-invasive therapy. Several randomized controlled trials have demonstrated efficacy of high flow nasal cannula including Vapotherm Hi-VNITM Technology as a tool to support preterm infants after extubation1,2. In 2014, Kugelman and colleagues published the findings of a pilot study (n=76) comparing Vapotherm [...]
Researchers Publish Approach to High Flow Nasal Cannula in Neonates
High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is commonly used to support neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), but reports suggest there is a wide variation in clinical practice management using this therapy. In an effort to identify consensus on the approach to HFNC in neonates, Dr. Brad Yoder surveyed 7 of [...]
Science and Innovation Clinical Paper Summary: The HIPSTER Trial
Published by Thomas L Miller, PhD, Director of Clinical and Scientific Affairs Roberts et al. Nasal High-Flow Therapy for Primary Respiratory Support in Preterm Infants. 2016. N Engl J Med; 375(12): 1142-1151. AKA, HIPSTER TRIAL In September of 2016, the report of the HIPSTER trial came to press in the New [...]