High frequency ventilation.
The potential role of HFV has yet to be fully defined. Its use should be approached with caution, ensuring that the possible benefits outweigh new hazards. Only further rigorously controlled trials, designed to make optimum use of the special features of HFV, will furnish the information we need.
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Departments of Anaesthesia, Paediatrics and Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston General Hospital, K7L 3N6, Kingston, Ontario.
D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D006612:High-Frequency Ventilation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical