%0 Article %A Md Ralib, Azrina %I Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia %D 2010 %G English %T High frequency oscillating ventilation (HFOV) in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): a case report %U http://irep.iium.edu.my/319/1/eIMJVol9No1_pg51-54.pdf %U http://irep.iium.edu.my/319/ %U http://iiumedic.com/eimj/v1/?p=149 %X High frequency oscillating ventilation (HFOV) provides a rescue therapy for patients with refractory hypoxaemia in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). HFOV utilizes high mean airway pressures to maintain an open lung and low tidal volumes at a high frequency that allows for adequate ventilation while at the same time preventing alveolar overdistension. This seems to be an ideal lung protective ventilation strategies to prevent ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI)2. We reported a case of severe extrapulmonary ARDS secondary to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia responding to the use of HFOV.