title: High-frequency oscillatory ventilation: lessons from the neonatal/pediatric experience.
abstract: Efforts to minimize ventilator-induced lung injury in adults with hypoxemic respiratory failure have recently focused on the potential role of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV). However, HFOV has been studied in newborns with hypoxemic respiratory failure for nearly 3 decades. In this brief review, we attempt to summarize key physiological principles learned from this cumulative neonatal/pediatric experience with HFOV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Alison B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Froese
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kinsella
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006612:High-Frequency Ventilation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome