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| High frequency oscillatory ventilation |
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Eichenwald
Baylor College of Medicine, 6621 Fannin, MC: WT6-104, Houston, TX 77030, USA; eichenwa@bcm.edu (after 1 July 2006); eeichenwald@partners.org (before 1 July 2006)
Keywords: high frequency oscillatory ventilation; conventional ventilation; respiratory function
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Several investigators have reported short term results of trials comparing high frequency ventilation with conventional mechanical ventilation in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome. However, very few data are available on longer term outcomes in infants randomised to these two very different modes of mechanical ventilation.1,2 In this issue, Marlow et al for the United Kingdom Oscillation Study Group (UKOS) report 2 year respiratory and neurological outcomes for the study cohort in their randomised trial of high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) compared with conventional mechanical ventilation. Although the prevalence of disability in their study cohort was high, they found no significant differences in neurodevelopmental scores or report of respiratory symptoms at 2 years of age between infants randomised to the two modes of ventilatory support.
The original report of the short term outcomes of their trial, published in 2002, showed no difference in the primary outcome
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