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Respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia ventilated with high‐frequency oscillatory ventilation
Author(s) -
Medbφ S,
Finne PH,
Hansen TWR
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb08584.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , respiratory system , ventilation (architecture) , high frequency ventilation , pneumovirus , artificial ventilation , virus , intensive care medicine , mechanical ventilation , respiratory disease , virology , anesthesia , paramyxoviridae , lung , viral disease , mechanical engineering , engineering
Four infants below 6 months of age with proven respiratory syncytial virus infection in need of assisted mechanical ventilation were successfully treated by high‐frequency oscillatory ventilation. One of the four infants fulfilled the criteria for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation before the start of oscillation, and one on the second day on high‐frequency oscillatory ventilation. However, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was not needed in any of the infants. All survived, and three appeared to be without any pulmonary sequelae.