High-frequency ventilation design and equipment issues.
Various technical approaches to high-frequency ventilation are available. Of these, HFOV is used most commonly. As high-frequency ventilation becomes increasingly used in the care of adult patients, the technical issues related to this therapy will become increasingly important.
Hess
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Respiratory Care, Harvard Medical School, Massachussetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA. dhess@partners.org
Mason
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Branson
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D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D006612:High-Frequency Ventilation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy