New device to support patients with acute respiratory distress: high flow, nebulization and oxygen therapy with automated fi02 titration

Methods The Free02 system was modified to allow a mixture of oxygen and air administration with a constant gas flow. The proportion of oxygen is based on an advanced closed loop to maintain a constant Sp02. We compare this new prototype with Optiflow set with minimal Fi02 (35%). Both devices are set at 30L/min, and we plan to recruit 10 healthy subjects’. The experimental conditions are the following: healthy subjects will initially breath room air (5 minutes), followed by 5 minutes of induced hypoxemia (nitrogen administration), and return to initial conditions (breathing room air for 5 minutes). We record Sp02, respiratory rate, heart rate and Fi02 delivered.