High frequency jet ventilator ‒ a new approach in the management of anesthesia for pediatric cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging: case series

In‐circuit high‐frequency jet ventilation to reduce organ motion in a child undergoing sarcoma ablation

“…We have found few reports in the literature on the use of in‐circuit high‐frequency jet ventilation in children and minimal data on appropriate ventilator settings for in‐circuit high‐frequency jet ventilation in this population. A recent case series described the use of in‐circuit high‐frequency jet ventilation for cardiac MRI in four patients aged 4–15 years old [6]. The scans took 35 min or less to perform.…”

“…In the paediatric population, the use of high‐frequency jet ventilation to ventilate children's lungs during cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has recently been described [6]. However, we are not aware of in‐circuit high‐frequency jet ventilation being used previously in a very young patients to enable minimally invasive CT‐guided cancer treatment.…”

“…High-frequency jet ventilation results in less thoracic and abdominal movement than conventional ventilation and has been used with this intended benefit in patients being anaesthetised for a variety of procedures, including atrial fibrillation ablation, extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy and computed tomography (CT)-guided ablation of liver, renal and lung tumours [1][2][3][4][5]. Although published evidence is limited, published case series have suggested that high-frequency jet ventilation can reduce CT-guided ablation procedure times and In the paediatric population, the use of high-frequency jet ventilation to ventilate children's lungs during cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has recently been described [6]. However, we are not aware of in-circuit high-frequency jet ventilation being used previously in a very young patients to enable minimally invasive CT-guided cancer treatment.…”