title: For critically ill patients, is high-flow nasal cannula oxygen delivery a suitable alternative to mechanical ventilation?
authors: Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Tokushima University Graduate School Tokushima, Japan nmasaji@tokushima-u.ac.jp.
authors: Masaji
authors: M
authors: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*