title: Pulmonary hypoplasia and persistent pulmonary hypertension: favorable clinical response to high-frequency jet ventilation.
abstract: Pulmonary hypoplasia in the neonate is frequently fatal. This article reports two neonates with a clinical diagnosis of pulmonary hypoplasia complicated by persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN). Though both infants were progressively worsening while receiving conventional mechanical ventilatory support, they survived when treated with high-frequency jet ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46223.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Engle
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Yoder
mesh_terms: D006611:High-Frequency Jet Ventilation; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010547:Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology; D011859:Radiography