Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of sequential high flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy in patients with respiratory failure after lung cancer surgery.Methods A total of 120 patients with postoperative respiratory failure of lung cancer treated in our hospital from July 2017 to June 2021 were included in this study and divided into intervention group (60 cases) and control group (60 cases) according to the different postoperative oxygen therapy method. Both groups received lung tumor resection. The control group received routine mask oxygen inhalation after tracheal intubation and weaning, and the intervention group received high flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy after tracheal intubation and weaning. The respiratory mechanical indexes, blood gas indexes, serological indexes, comfort, airway humidification, acute physiology and chronic health score (APACHE Ⅱ), adverse reactions, and so on were compared between the two groups.Results The levels of RR, raw, and PM in the intervention group were lower than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The levels of SaO2, PaO2 / FiO2 and DO2 in the intervention group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The levels of endothelin-1, neutrophil lymphocyte, Hypoxia-inducible factors 1αand Interleukin-6 in intervention group were lower than those in control group (P < 0.05). The comfort, airway humidification and Apache Ⅱ score of the intervention group were lower than those of the control group (P < 0.05). The total incidence of adverse reactions in the intervention group (5.00%) was lower than that in the control group (16.67%) (P < 0.05).Conclusions High flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy can effectively improve blood gas index, respiratory mechanics index, and APACHE Ⅱ score in patients with postoperative respiratory failure of lung cancer, reduce inflammatory reaction, and is more comfortable with fewer adverse reactions.