Dallessio J J, Markley M A, Lohe A, Kuluz J W, Oiticica C, McLaughlin G E
Department of Pediatrics (R-131), University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA.
J Trauma. 1995 Dec;39(6):1188-90. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199512000-00034.
High-frequency ventilation is indicated when acute hypoxemic respiratory failure is associated with an ongoing air leak. This report describes the successful use of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in a child with pulmonary contusions and traumatic pulmonary pseudocysts who experienced severe air leak syndrome on conventional mechanical ventilation.