The Netherlands journal of medicine
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High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) is a ventilatory mode using small tidal volumes with low phasic pressures at supraphysiological frequencies. Beyond the neonatal period there are distinct lung diseases for which HFOV is used. Data of 35 children who deteriorated on conventional ventilation were retrospectively analysed in two tertiary pediatric intensive care units. ⋯ If certain conditions are met, HFOV appears a safe and effective mode of ventilation in pediatric respiratory failure.