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High frequency ventilation
Author(s) -
RAMSDEN CA,
PILLOW JJ
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1997.tb01004.x
Subject(s) - medicine , high frequency ventilation , ventilation (architecture) , mechanical ventilation , intensive care medicine , respiratory failure , pediatrics , mechanical engineering , engineering
The 1990s have seen a dramatic resurgence of interest in high frequency ventilation (HFV). The role of HFV in the rescue of infants failing conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) is now relatively well established. However, the wider role of HFV in the routine management of respiratory failure in the newborn is more contentious. Recent trials in small numbers of infants suggest that HFV may be associated with significantly less chronic lung disease than CMV when used under optimal conditions (i.e. with a ‘high‐volume’ strategy, from early in the disease and continued to the point of weaning). Further, clinical trials are now required to define the role of HFV more clearly.