High-frequency ventilation (HFV) is advocated as a lung protective ventilation strategy for the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in preterm newborn infants. HFV has proven particularly ...

Since the advent of invasive positive pressure ventilation, intensivists have been arguing over how to optimize settings. For patients with moderate to- severe acute respiratory distress syndrome ...

Survival of patients with acute lung injury or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been improved by ventilation with small tidal volumes and the use of positive end-expiratory pressure ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...