[High-frequency pulmonary ventilation in general surgical and intrathoracic surgical interventions]

Various types of high-frequency and conventional controlled lung ventilation, as part of anesthesiological management during surgery have been comparatively assessed. The study was conducted on 239 patients. The study of gas exchange, mechanical properties and pulmonary hemodynamics revealed no data indicating the clinically significant advantages of high frequency ventilation regimens. When high-frequency ventilation was used there was a close relationship between bronchial patency and ventilation efficacy. The authors come to a conclusion that high-frequency ventilation regimens cannot be considered nowadays as an alternative to conventional controlled lung ventilation.