HFV and pulmonary physiology.

The major conclusion reached by this writer is that HFV can be considerably better than CMV in fluid-filled or collapsed lungs. However, the reason for success has nothing to do with unique molecular flow regimes for gas in the airways during HFV, but is the natural consequence of HFV permitting lung volume stability without as high peak pressures (as in CMV) following a "conventional" hyperinflation. If this lesson alone can be absorbed and used by all in the HFV field, this meeting will have been a success and the future of HFV will not look so dark after all.