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The preclinical history of high-frequency ventilation
1Department of Anesthesia, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Respiratory Care Clinics of North America
|April 3, 2002
Abstract:
As with many innovative techniques in modern medicine, high-frequency ventilation (HFV) was discovered by accident rather than by design. Various modes of HFV also were developed concurrently, with little or no attempt to standardize nomenclature. High-frequency ventilation developed along three main tracks, driven by somewhat different forces.
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