Vital organ blood flow during high-frequency ventilation
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* Corresponding author: Patrick Meybohm meybohm@anaesthesie.uni-kiel.de
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Schwanenweg 21, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Critical Care 2006, 10:426 doi:10.1186/cc5075
Published: 14 November 2006First paragraph (this article has no abstract)
We read with interest the article by David and colleagues [1] comparing the effects of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation with pressure controlled ventilation with respect to vital organ blood flow in an animal model of acute lung injury. However, there are some points we wish to comment on.