Comparison of conventional mechanical ventilation and high-frequency ventilation. A prospective, randomized trial in patients with respiratory failure.

Acute respiratory failure (ARF) following trauma or sepsis has a mortality rate of 50% to 85%. The mainstays of treatment are mechanical ventilation and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). In the past decade, many reports have claimed superiority of high frequency ventilation (HFV) in the treat...

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Main Authors: Hurst, J M, Branson, R D, Davis, K, Barrette, R R, Adams, K S
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1990
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1358037/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2181951
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