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High-frequency percussive ventilation for airway clearance in cystic fibrosis: a brief report.
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PMID:  20602106     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Exacerbations of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease are characterized by increased inspissation of abnormally viscid pulmonary secretions with resultant plugging of small airways, worsened ventilation/perfusion mismatch, and increased physiological deadspace. In this circumstance, hypoxic respiratory failure necessitating mechanical ventilation can be life-threatening. We present such a case of CF lung disease poorly responsive to conventional mechanical ventilatory strategies, in which high-frequency percussive ventilation (HFPV) using volumetric diffusive respiration mobilized copious amounts of inspissated pulmonary secretions and improved refractory hypoxia. Subsequent transient hypercarbia necessitated titrating ventilator parameters to return the PaCO(2) to baseline; the voluminous clearance of secretions and improvement in oxygenation were sustained. HFPV appears unique in its ability to function as a methodological continuum from noninvasive percussion to invasive percussive ventilation for airway clearance, a fundamental tenet of the CF treatment paradigm.
Authors:
Dayton Dmello; Ravi P Nayak; George M Matuschak
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-07-03
Journal Detail:
Title:  Lung     Volume:  188     ISSN:  1432-1750     ISO Abbreviation:  Lung     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-06     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7701875     Medline TA:  Lung     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  511-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 South Grand Blvd., 7 Desloge Towers, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. ddmello@slu.edu
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