High frequency oscillating ventilation (HFOV) in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): a case report
High frequency oscillating ventilation (HFOV) provides a rescue therapy for patients with refractory hypoxaemia in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). HFOV utilizes high mean airway pressures to maintain an open lung and low tidal volumes at a high frequency that allows for adequate...
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| Language: | English |
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Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/319/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/319/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/319/1/eIMJVol9No1_pg51-54.pdf |
| Summary: | High frequency oscillating ventilation (HFOV) provides a rescue therapy for patients with refractory hypoxaemia
in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). HFOV utilizes high mean airway pressures to maintain an open lung and low tidal volumes at a high frequency that allows for adequate ventilation while at the same time preventing alveolar overdistension. This seems to be an ideal lung protective ventilation strategies to prevent ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI)2. We reported a case of severe extrapulmonary ARDS secondary to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia responding to the use of HFOV.
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