Replay - Virtual Symposium: High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation for Infants in the PICU: Understanding When and How

High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) is an alternate mode of mechanical ventilation that delivers small tidal volumes at rapid ventilation rates and may lead to less ventilator-induced lung injury (1) and a reduced risk of acteletrauma (2). Its use in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) varies (2). In many PICU’s, HFOV is often a mode that clinicians consider when infants and children are failing conventional ventilation (3).

During this virtual symposium, Prof. Daniele De Luca will discuss:

• HFOV as a mode of ventilation, including parameters and settings

• Which patients and conditions where HFOV could be used

• Case studies to understand the application of HFOV

• The role of active expiration in HFOV

REFERENCES

1. Wong, J.JM., Liu, S., Dang, H. et al. The impact of high frequency oscillatory ventilation on mortality in paediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care 24, 31 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-2741-x

2. Reflections on Pediatric High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation From a Physiologic PerspectiveMartin CJ Kneyber, Marc van Heerde, Dick G Markhorst Respiratory Care Sep 2012, 57 (9) 1496-1504; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01571

3. Tawfik DS, Bennett TD, Welch B, Poss WB. Use of High-Frequency Ventilation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2016 Mar;5(1):12-20. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1568160. Epub 2015 Nov 30. PMID: 31110877; PMCID: PMC6512401