title: Controversies in high-frequency ventilation.
abstract: Clinical care of newborns with respiratory failure is constantly changing and improving. Thus, optimizing health care is a commitment to constant, but careful change. This article addresses five current controversies about high-frequency ventilation and provides a discussion on each debated question.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Gerstmann
mesh_terms: D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006612:High-Frequency Ventilation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000209:etiology; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000628:therapy*