{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,9]],"date-time":"2026-10-09T20:31:43Z","timestamp":1791577903735,"version":"4.3.4"},"reference-count":28,"publisher":"Public Library of Science (PLoS)","issue":"5","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,12]],"date-time":"2022-05-12T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1652313600000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["www.plosone.org"],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["PLoS ONE"],"abstract":"\n Background<\/jats:title>\n \n The ratio of oxygen saturation (ROX) index, defined as the ratio of oxygen saturation (SpO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n )\/fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n ) to respiratory rate, can help identify patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure at high risk for intubation following high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) initiation; however, whether it is effective for predicting intubation in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients receiving HFNC remains unknown. Moreover, the SpO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n \/FiO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n ratio has been assessed as a prognostic marker for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. This study aimed to determine the utility of the ROX index and the SpO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n \/FiO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n ratio as predictors of failure in COVID-19 patients who received HFNC.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n This multicenter study was conducted in seven university-affiliated hospitals in Korea. Data of consecutive hospitalized patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between February 10, 2020 and February 28, 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. We calculated the ROX index and the SpO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n \/FiO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n ratio at 1 h, 4 h, and 12 h after HFNC initiation. The primary outcome was HFNC failure defined as the need for subsequent intubation despite HFNC application. The receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was used to evaluate discrimination of prediction models for HFNC failure.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Of 1,565 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 133 who received HFNC were analyzed. Among them, 63 patients (47.4%) were successfully weaned from HFNC, and 70 (52.6%) were intubated. Among patients with HFNC failure, 32 (45.7%) died. The SpO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n \/FiO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n ratio at 1 h after HFNC initiation was an important predictor of HFNC failure (AUC 0.762 [0.679\u20130.846]). The AUCs of SpO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n \/FiO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n ratio at 4 h and ROX indices at 1 h and 4 h were 0.733 (0.640\u20130.826), 0.697 (0.597\u20130.798), and 0.682 (0.583\u20130.781), respectively. Multivariable analysis showed that the patients aged \u226570 years are 3.4 times more likely to experience HFNC failure than those aged <70 years (HR 3.367 [1.358\u20138.349],\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.009). The SpO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n \/FiO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n ratio (HR 0.983 [0.972\u20130.994],\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.003) at 1 h was significantly associated with HFNC failure.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n \n The SpO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n \/FiO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n ratio following HFNC initiation was an acceptable predictor of HFNC failure. The SpO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n \/FiO\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n ratio may be a good prognostic marker for predicting intubation in COVID-9 patients receiving HFNC.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0268431","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,12]],"date-time":"2022-05-12T13:39:32Z","timestamp":1652362772000},"page":"e0268431","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["ROX index and SpO2\/FiO2 ratio for predicting high-flow nasal cannula failure in hypoxemic COVID-19 patients: A multicenter retrospective study"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Jin 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