Is nasal high-flow therapy of value in hypercapnic COPD?

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Patients with chronic hypercapnic COPD who reject non-invasive ventilation might do as well with nasal high-flow therapy, a study suggests.
The new approach to oxygen delivery might be especially useful for patients who will not tolerate a face mask, the authors say.
German researchers presented the results of a study of 102 patients with the condition to the European Respiratory Society’s 2020 (ERS 2020) international virtual congress.