Roca, OriolHernández, GonzaloDíaz-Lobato, SalvadorCarratalá, José M.Gutiérrez, Rosa M.Masclans Enviz, Joan RamonSpanish Multidisciplinary Group of High Flow Supportive Therapy in Adults (HiSpaFlow)2016-07-132016-07-132016Roca O, Hernández G, Díaz-Lobato S, Carratalá JM, Gutiérrez RM, Masclans JR. Current evidence for the effectiveness of heated and humidified high flow nasal cannula supportive therapy in adult patients with respiratory failure. Crit Care. 2016 Apr 28;20(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s13054-016-1263-z1364-8535http://hdl.handle.net/10230/27036High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) supportive therapy has emerged as a safe, useful therapy in patients with respiratory failure, improving oxygenation and comfort. Recently several clinical trials have analyzed the effectiveness of HFNC therapy in different clinical situations and have reported promising results. Here we review the current knowledge about HFNC therapy, from its mechanisms of action to its effects on outcomes in different clinical situations.application/pdfeng© 2016 Roca et al. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise statedOxigenoteràpiaPulmons -- Malaltiesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1263-zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess