Long-term high-frequency jet ventilation in neonates

High-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) markedly improved the ventilatory status of 2 neonates with severe respiratory failure refractory to conventional mechanical ventilatory support. However, after approximately 1 wk of HFJV, both patients expired from causes not directly related to ventilatory com...

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Published inCritical care medicine Vol. 12; no. 9; p. 833
Main Authors Neu, J, Hamilton, L, Linehan, J, Rich, M, Murkowski, K, Wilson, A, Oechler, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.1984
Subjects
Bronchi - pathology
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Respiration, Artificial - adverse effects
Respiration, Artificial - methods
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn - therapy
Trachea - pathology
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Summary:High-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) markedly improved the ventilatory status of 2 neonates with severe respiratory failure refractory to conventional mechanical ventilatory support. However, after approximately 1 wk of HFJV, both patients expired from causes not directly related to ventilatory compromise. Autopsy showed no gross alterations in tracheal or bronchial mucosa but did reveal microscopic lesions which could be attributable to HFJV.
ISSN:0090-3493
DOI:10.1097/00003246-198409000-00036