Advances in mechanical ventilation: high frequency ventilation.
High frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) is a technique in which a small tidal volume of airway gas is vibrated by moving a piston at an extremely fast rate (15 Hz). By this technique infants are ventilated in less traumatic ways compared to the conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV). The control study performed in Japan showed the efficacy and safety of HFOV compared to CMV.
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Department of Neonatology, National Children's Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
D006612:High-Frequency Ventilation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D012121:Respiration, Artificial