Figure 2. Think about minute ventilation and oxygenation when patients are intolerant of a non-rebreather. The patients are telling you the flow rate through the mask is not meeting their minute ventilation, and they do not want to re-breathe their CO2. Adding nasal cannula (under the face mask) when treating hypoxemia (and preoxygenating prior to intubation) boosts flow rate, washes out CO2, and significantly increases the effective FiO2.
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