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DictionarySeeventilationhigh-frequency oscillatory ventilation
high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), a mechanical ventilation system that supplies a continuous distending pressure to the respiratory tract and, in addition, generates rapidly oscillating ventilatory cycles at small tidal volume.high-frequency oscillatory ventilation Abbreviation: HFOV Pulmonary ventilation with multiple rapid breaths given at small tidal volumes. It limits the stretching and collapse of the alveoli that occur in conventional mechanical ventilation. See also: ventilation |