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Volume 118, Issue 3, September 2000, Pages 795-807
Critical Care ReviewsHigh-Frequency Ventilation for Acute Lung Injury and ARDS
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Key words
acute lung injury
ARDS
barotrauma
high-frequency ventilation
high-frequency positive-pressure ventilation
high-frequency jet ventilation
high-frequency oscillation
mechanical ventilation
volutrauma
Abbreviations
ALI
acute lung injury
APACHE
acute physiology and chronic health evaluation
CV
conventional mechanical ventilation
EELV
end-expiratorylung volume
EILV
end-inspiratory lung volume;f = respiratory rate
Fio2
fraction of inspired oxygen
HFJV
high-frequency jet ventilation
HFO
high-frequencyoscillation
HFO-Hi
high-frequency oscillation with highend-expiratory lung volume
HFO-Lo
high-frequency oscillation withlow end-expiratory lung volume
HFPPV
high-frequencypositive-pressure ventilation
HFPV
high-frequency percussiveventilation
HFV
high-frequency ventilation
I/E
inspiratory/expiratory
MAP
mean airway pressure
NHLBI
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NIH
National, Institutes of Health
PEEP
positive end-expiratory pressure
Pflex
midpoint of the portion of the pressure-volumecurve with increasing slope
PIE
pulmonary interstitial emphysema
RDS
respiratory distress syndrome
UHFV
ultra high-frequencyventilation
VALI
ventilator-associated lung injury
Vt
tidal volume
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