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High-Frequency Ventilation- Basics and Practical Applications

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Appendix Case reports<br />

Lund diagnoses<br />

up to 2 kg above 2 kg<br />

Homogeneous diffuse lung diseases 28 2<br />

Inhomogeneous lung diseases 6 10<br />

Airleak 7 5<br />

PPHN (as main diagnosis) 3<br />

additional PPHN (as second diagnosis) 9 9<br />

Table 12.4.2<br />

The main diagnoses as well as the findings with respect to the lung<br />

are summarized in tables 12.4.1 <strong>and</strong> 12.4.2, respectively, separated in<br />

two bodyweight categories.<br />

All patients with RDS had received surfactant before HFV. In Hamburg<br />

HFV was combined with IMV in most cases whereas in Toulouse HFV<br />

was always used on its own.<br />

Amount<br />

Non-responder<br />

Total<br />

up to 1000 g<br />

Weight<br />

up to 2000 g<br />

up to 3000 g<br />

up to 4000 g<br />

up to 9000 g<br />

Total<br />

Non-Responder<br />

Figure 12.7: Bodyweight distribution of 61 patients at the beginning of oscillation.<br />

The red bars represent the numbers of non-responders.<br />

60

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