Proning and high-frequency oscillation may not reduce duration of ventilation for children with lung injury

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A worldwide study found that prone positioning and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation did not shorten the time children with severe acute lung injury spent on mechanical ventilation. The study, led in part by UMCG pediatric intensivist Martin Kneyber, reports that these approaches do not show the same benefit in children as standard care practices may in adults.

A treatment that is part of standard care for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome does not provide the same benefit in children. Children with severe acute lung injury placed in the prone position do not spend less time dependent on a ventilator. High-frequency oscillatory ventilation does not shorten the duration of mechanical ventilation either. This is shown by a worldwide study led, among others, by UMCG pediatric intensivist Dr. Martin Kneyber. The results were published in The Lancet.