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Enteral feeding is safe during bronchiolitis HFNC

Key clinical point: There’s no need to hold off on feeding children on HFNC, within certain limits.

Major finding: There were no cases of aspiration with enteric feeds of 60 children aged up to 2 years on high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) for bronchiolitis.

Study details: Review of 60 children aged up to 2 years with bronchiolitis.

Disclosures: There was no external funding, and the lead investigator had no disclosures.

Citation:

REPORTING FROM PHM 2019