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Table 3 Numbers of patients met criteria for acute respiratory failure

From: Physiological impact of high-flow nasal cannula therapy on postextubation acute respiratory failure after pediatric cardiac surgery: a prospective observational study

Reason

n (%)

Tachypnea

7 (35)

Hypoxemia

6 (30)

Hypercapnia

8 (40)

Using accessory respiratory muscle

20 (100)