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High frequency jet ventilation in intensive care—a review of 63 patients
Author(s) -
Smith B. E.,
Scott P. V.,
Fischer H. B. J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb06643.x
Subject(s) - medicine , jet ventilation , intensive care , intensive care unit , ventilation (architecture) , jet (fluid) , emergency medicine , mechanical ventilation , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , mechanics , mechanical engineering , airway , physics , engineering
Summary High frequency jet ventilation has been used clinically in this unit for over 2 years. During this time we have treated 63 intensive care patients for whom the mean duration of ventilatory support was 3.4 days, which represents more than 5000 patient hours in total, with the Penlon Bromsgrove humidified jet ventilator. The series comprises a wide variety of general intensive care patients; a review of these cases is presented.