High-Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy for Infants With Bronchiolitis

RYAN PAULUS, DO,

ANNE MOUNSEY, MD,

WESLEY ROTEN, MD,

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

American Family Physician. 2025;111(3):213.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

This clinical content conforms to AAFP criteria for CME.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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These are summaries of reviews from the Cochrane Library.

This series is coordinated by Corey D. Fogleman, MD, assistant medical editor.

A collection of Cochrane for Clinicians published in AFP is available at https://www.aafp.org/afp/cochrane.