PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nguyen, Albert P
AU  - Schmidt, Ulrich H
AU  - MacIntyre, Neil R
TI  - Should High-Frequency Ventilation in the Adult Be Abandoned?
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.04584
DP  - 2016 Jun 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - 791--800
VI  - 61
IP  - 6
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/61/6/791.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/61/6/791.full
AB  - High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) can improve ventilation-perfusion matching without excessive alveolar tidal stretching or collapse-reopening phenomenon. This is an attractive feature in the ventilation of patients with ARDS. However, two recent large multi-center trials of HFOV failed to show benefits in this patient population. The following review addresses whether, in view of these trails, HFOV should be abandoned in the adult population?