Assessment of lung volume and alveolar pressure during combined high-frequency jet ventilation in a child with adult respiratory distress syndrome.
Lung volume and alveolar pressure were assessed using inductance plethysmography, airway occlusion and pneumotachography in a child with severe adult respiratory distress syndrome during both conventional mechanical and combined high-frequency ventilation (HFJV). The results suggest that improved oxygenation during combined HFJV is associated with higher end-expiratory lung volume and lower peak and mean lung volume and alveolar pressure.
Berner
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ME
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Clinique Universitaire de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Genève, Switzerland.
Cauderay
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M
Suter
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PM
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006611:High-Frequency Jet Ventilation; D006801:Humans; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D010992:Plethysmography, Impedance; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*