High-Flow Nasal Cannula Use in Children with Bronchiolitis in a Community Hospital Setting: Evaluation of Safety, Flow Limits, and Intensive Care Unit Transfers.

HFNC could be safely administered in a community hospital pediatric ward without PICU expertise and capability. Most patients who deteriorate on HFNC do so within the first 24 hours when close monitoring is needed. For children transferred to a PICU, the vast majority did not require more invasive forms of respiratory support.