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Advances in Respiratory Failure: Innovations and Best Practices for Acute Care
Recorded for 2025 Fall Conference
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Activity Duration| Content Expires: | February 28, 2027 (11:55 p.m. CT)
CE for this activity will not be available after this date. |
This CE activity was recorded for the 2025 AANP Fall Conference.  | This activity includes closed captioning. |
| Delivery Note: The content for this activity was previously presented during the virtual 2025 AANP Fall Conference. If you already completed the content of this activity while attending the virtual conference, you should not complete this content a second time. Learners should only complete ONE delivery-method to earn credit. Completing multiple delivery options for the same activity is considered duplicate credit for the same content and will not be accepted by regulatory bodies. |
Overview
This session will provide an evidence-based overview of the management of acute respiratory failure in adult patients. We will begin with a review of the two primary types of respiratory failure—hypoxic and hypercapnic—including common etiologies, underlying pathophysiology, and clinical presentations. The focus will then shift to high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) systems such as Optiflow and Vapotherm, as well as noninvasive mechanical ventilation (BiPAP/CPAP). I will cover the physiology, mechanisms of action, and clinical indications for each modality, followed by best practices for initiating, managing, and weaning support. Recent evidence and guideline updates published in CHEST on HFNC and noninvasive ventilation will be highlighted. The session will also address how to recognize clinical deterioration and when escalation of care is warranted. Designed for acute care nurse practitioners, this presentation will offer practical strategies and clinical pearls to support bedside decision-making and optimize respiratory support for critically ill patients.
Objectives
- Differentiate between hypoxic and hypercapnic respiratory failure based on clinical presentation, underlying pathophysiology, and common etiologies.
- Describe the mechanisms of action, and clinical indications for high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in adults with acute respiratory failure.
- Apply guideline-based strategies to initiate, titrate, and wean noninvasive oxygenation modalities, and recognize clinical signs indicating need for escalation.
Speaker
Wren S. Adkisson, MSN, AG-ACNP
Disclosure
This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies.
The speaker has the following disclosures: - I have nothing to disclose.
DisclaimerIndividuals who have contributed to the CE Center (content originally from the 2025 AANP Fall Conference) were carefully selected for their knowledge and experience in the subject area under review. This presentation is informational only and may contain opinions of the authors from their personal experience that do not necessarily express the opinions of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). The activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Clinical practice is a constantly changing process and new information becomes available every day. Neither AANP nor the contributing individuals can warrant that the material will continue to be accurate, nor do they warrant that the material is completely free of errors upon publication. Attendees and participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.
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