title: Assessment of lung volume and alveolar pressure during combined high-frequency jet ventilation in a child with adult respiratory distress syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Clinique Universitaire de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Genève, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Berner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cauderay
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Suter
mesh_terms: 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*