title: High-frequency ventilation design and equipment issues.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Care, Harvard Medical School, Massachussetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA. dhess@partners.org
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Branson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D006612:High-Frequency Ventilation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy