Is high-frequency oscillatory ventilation more effective and safer than conventional protective ventilation in adult acute respiratory distress syndrome patients?

Is high-frequency oscillatory ventilation more effective and safer than conventional protective ventilation in adult acute respiratory distress syndrome patients? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Critical Care 2014, 18: R111

Gu, X. et al.

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Comprehensively evaluating the efficacy and safety of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) is
important to allow clinicians who are using or considering this intervention to make appropriate decisions.
Although HFOV seems not to increase the risk of barotrauma or hypotension, and reduces the risk of oxygenation failure, it does not improve survival in adult acute respiratory distress syndrome patients.