High-frequency oscillatory ventilation combined with intermittent mandatory ventilation in critically ill neonates: 3 years of experience. 1988

E Blum-Hoffmann, and R J Kopotic, and F L Mannino
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego.

A heterogeneous group of 45 neonates with severe pulmonary disease and inadequate gas exchange on conventional intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV) was treated with a high-frequency oscillator combined with an IMV (HFO-IMV) system (Emerson Airway Vibrator connected to a BABYBird 1 ventilator). The mean gestational age was 33 weeks (25.5-43) and mean birth weight 2.02 kg (0.66-4.24). Primary diagnoses included respiratory distress syndrome (RDS; 23), pneumonia (12), persistent fetal circulation (PFC; 6), diaphragmatic hernia/hypoplastic lungs (4). The IMV rate was reduced from 78 to 29 BPM (P less than or equal to 0.0005), while maintaining lower partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) (P less than 0.005) and higher partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) (P less than or equal to 0.0025). Active air leaks were present in 20 infants and these infants responded most favourably to HFO-IMV. HFO-IMV failed to improve ventilation in neonates with diaphragmatic hernia/hypoplastic lungs. Complications during HFO-IMV were increased pulmonary secretions (11), worsening or recurrence of pre-existing air leaks (11), or occurrence of new air leaks (10). In 4 patients death was related to major air leak complications. Twenty-four infants died, 18 of them of a respiratory cause. Twenty-one infants finally survived. We assembled a well-tolerated system to provide HFO-IMV and to successfully ventilate neonates with severe respiratory disease, who failed to respond to conventional IMV. Initiation of HFO-IMV earlier in the course of the disease in this type of infant may improve survival.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007385 Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation Application of positive pressure to the inspiratory phase when the patient has an artificial airway in place and is connected to a ventilator. BIPAP Biphasic Intermittent Positive Airway Pressure,IPPV,Inspiratory Positive-Pressure Ventilation,Ventilation, Intermittent Positive-Pressure,Biphasic Intermittent Positive Airway Pressure,Inspiratory Positive Pressure Ventilation,Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation,Positive-Pressure Ventilation, Inspiratory,Positive-Pressure Ventilation, Intermittent,Ventilation, Inspiratory Positive-Pressure,Ventilation, Intermittent Positive Pressure
D007442 Intubation, Intratracheal A procedure involving placement of a tube into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to provide a patient with oxygen and anesthesia. Intubation, Endotracheal,Endotracheal Intubation,Endotracheal Intubations,Intratracheal Intubation,Intratracheal Intubations,Intubations, Endotracheal,Intubations, Intratracheal
D008297 Male Males
D009991 Oscillometry The measurement of frequency or oscillation changes. Oscillometries
D010100 Oxygen An element with atomic symbol O, atomic number 8, and atomic weight [15.99903; 15.99977]. It is the most abundant element on earth and essential for respiration. Dioxygen,Oxygen-16,Oxygen 16
D010547 Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome A syndrome of persistent PULMONARY HYPERTENSION in the newborn infant (INFANT, NEWBORN) without demonstrable HEART DISEASES. This neonatal condition can be caused by severe pulmonary vasoconstriction (reactive type), hypertrophy of pulmonary arterial muscle (hypertrophic type), or abnormally developed pulmonary arterioles (hypoplastic type). The newborn patient exhibits CYANOSIS and ACIDOSIS due to the persistence of fetal circulatory pattern of right-to-left shunting of blood through a patent ductus arteriosus (DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT) and at times a patent foramen ovale (FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT). Fetal Circulation, Persistent,Hypertension, Pulmonary, of Newborn, Persistent,Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of Newborn,ACD-MPV,ACDMPV,Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia With Misalignment Of Pulmonary Veins,Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia With Misalignment Of Pulmonary Veins And Other Congenital Anomalies,Circulation, Persistent Fetal,Familial Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn,Misalignment of the Pulmonary Vessels,Persistent Fetal Circulation,Pulmonary Hypertension, Familial Persistent, of the Newborn,ACD MPV
D011014 Pneumonia Infection of the lung often accompanied by inflammation. Experimental Lung Inflammation,Lobar Pneumonia,Lung Inflammation,Pneumonia, Lobar,Pneumonitis,Pulmonary Inflammation,Experimental Lung Inflammations,Inflammation, Experimental Lung,Inflammation, Lung,Inflammation, Pulmonary,Inflammations, Lung,Inflammations, Pulmonary,Lobar Pneumonias,Lung Inflammation, Experimental,Lung Inflammations,Lung Inflammations, Experimental,Pneumonias,Pneumonias, Lobar,Pneumonitides,Pulmonary Inflammations
D011175 Positive-Pressure Respiration A method of mechanical ventilation in which pressure is maintained to increase the volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of expiration, thus reducing the shunting of blood through the lungs and improving gas exchange. Positive End-Expiratory Pressure,Positive-Pressure Ventilation,End-Expiratory Pressure, Positive,End-Expiratory Pressures, Positive,Positive End Expiratory Pressure,Positive End-Expiratory Pressures,Positive Pressure Respiration,Positive Pressure Ventilation,Positive-Pressure Respirations,Positive-Pressure Ventilations,Pressure, Positive End-Expiratory,Pressures, Positive End-Expiratory,Respiration, Positive-Pressure,Respirations, Positive-Pressure,Ventilation, Positive-Pressure,Ventilations, Positive-Pressure
D012123 Pulmonary Ventilation The total volume of gas inspired or expired per unit of time, usually measured in liters per minute. Respiratory Airflow,Ventilation Tests,Ventilation, Pulmonary,Expiratory Airflow,Airflow, Expiratory,Airflow, Respiratory,Test, Ventilation,Tests, Ventilation,Ventilation Test

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