Aging and the respiratory system

The Occurrence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing among Middle-Aged Adults

1993 • 10,139 citations

Standards for the Diagnosis and Care of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1995 • 3,549 citations

Maximal respiratory pressures: normal values and relationship to age and sex.

1969 • 1,946 citations

Optimal assessment and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The European Respiratory Society Task Force

1995 • 1,618 citations

Effects of smoking intervention and the use of an inhaled anticholinergic bronchodilator on the rate of decline of FEV1. The Lung Health Study

1994 • 1,581 citations

Principles and practice of sleep medicine

1995 • 1,389 citations

The Lung: Scientific Foundations

1991 • 1,181 citations

Effects of Smoking Intervention and the Use of an Inhaled Anticholinergic Bronchodilator on the Rate of Decline of FEV1

1994 • 1,119 citations

Respiratory function tests; normal values at median altitudes and the prediction of normal results.

1959 • 1,018 citations

Handbook of the Biology of Aging

1978 • 871 citations

Textbook of Respiratory Medicine.

1988 • 847 citations

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Risk with Common Predispositions

1983 • 810 citations

The Respiratory Muscles

1982 • 696 citations

Report of the American-European consensus conference on ARDS: Definitions, mechanisms, relevant outcomes and clinical trial coordination

1994 • 679 citations

Hospital and 1-Year Survival of Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units With Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1995 • 599 citations

Elasticity of human lungs in relation to age

1968 • 500 citations

Antibiotics in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations. A meta-analysis

1995 • 488 citations

Pathophysiology of Dyspnea

1995 • 470 citations

The Course and Prognosis of Different Forms of Chronic Airways Obstruction in a Sample from the General Population

1987 • 453 citations

The prevalence and incidence of asthma and asthma-like symptoms in a general population sample.

1980 • 438 citations

TEXTBOOK OF RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

1995 • 405 citations

Effects of age and body position on "airway closure" in man

1970 • 335 citations

Antibiotics in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations

1995 • 326 citations

Arterial Oxygen Tension in Relation to Age in Healthy Subjects

1968 • 321 citations

The Lung: Scientific Foundations

1992 • 310 citations

Prevalence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness and asthma in a rural adult population.

1987 • 288 citations

The Senile Lung

1992 • 274 citations

Epidemiology of asthma and allergic rhinitis in a total community, Tecumseh, Michigan

1974 • 264 citations

The Mechanical Behavior of the Lungs in Healthy Elderly Persons12

1957 • 261 citations

New regression equations for predicting peak expiratory flow in adults.

1989 • 256 citations

TUCSON EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASES

1975 • 241 citations

Characteristics of Asthma among Elderly Adults in a Sample of the General Population

1991 • 241 citations

Effects of aging on ventilatory and occlusion pressure responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia.

1981 • 225 citations

Intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi)

1995 • 221 citations

Relationship between respiratory muscle function and age, sex, and other factors

1989 • 197 citations

Effect of aging alone on mechanical properties of the normal adult human lung

1977 • 189 citations

Sleep apnea and mortality in an aged cohort.

1988 • 179 citations

Regional distribution of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion in elderly subjects

1968 • 174 citations

Occurrence, Predictors, and Consequences of Adult Asthma in NHANESI and Follow-up Survey

1989 • 164 citations

Spirometric “lung age” estimation for motivating smoking cessation

1985 • 164 citations

Influence of sleep on lung volume in asthmatic patients and normal subjects

1990 • 158 citations

Airspace size in lungs of lifelong non-smokers: effect of age and sex.

1993 • 151 citations

Are Breathing Disturbances in Elderly Equivalent to Sleep Apnea Syndrome?

1994 • 146 citations

Underdiagnosis of asthma in the elderly

1987 • 144 citations

Chemical compositions of elastins isolated from aortas and pulmonary tissues of humans of different ages

1972 • 143 citations

Influence of aging on lung function--clinical significance of changes from age twenty.

1983 • 141 citations

Outcome of intensive care of the “oldest-old” critically ill patients

1992 • 139 citations

Influence of Aging on Lung Function-Clinical Significance of Changes from Age Twenty

1983 • 139 citations

EFFECT OF AGING ON RESPIRATORY SKELETAL MUSCLES

1993 • 136 citations

Clinics in Chest Medicine

2020 • 134 citations

Reference values of arterial oxygen tension in the middle-aged and elderly.

1995 • 133 citations

The prevalence of chronic respiratory disease in a New Hampshire town.

1962 • 133 citations

Asthma in the elderly: an epidemiological survey.

1979 • 127 citations

Maximal Static Respiratory Pressures in the Normal Elderly

1989 • 123 citations

Chronic airflow obstruction

1984 • 114 citations

The normal lung

1987 • 112 citations

IMPACT OF THE AGING PULMONARY SYSTEM ON THE RESPONSE TO EXERCISE

1994 • 111 citations

Morphologic basis of pulmonary resistance in the human lung and effects of aging.

1974 • 110 citations

Cognitive function and assessment of lung function in the elderly.

1995 • 96 citations

The Senile Lung

1992 • 94 citations

Impaired Bronchodilator Response to Albuterol in Healthy Elderly Men and Women

1995 • 94 citations

Influence of age on bronchial mucociliary transport.

1979 • 89 citations

Spirometry and Maximal Respiratory Pressure References From Healthy Minnesota 65- to 85-Year-Old Women and Men

1995 • 87 citations

Influence of age on outcome of mechanically ventilated patients in an intensive care unit

1992 • 82 citations

Influence of aging on pulmonary hemodynamics in a population free of coronary artery disease

1990 • 78 citations

Respiratory failure in the elderly. Analysis of outcome after treatment with mechanical ventilation

1993 • 73 citations

Long-Term Outcomes for Elderly Survivors of Prolonged Ventilator Assistance

1989 • 73 citations

A "splitting" look at chronic nonspecific lung disease (CNSLD): common features but diverse pathogenesis

1991 • 69 citations

Reference equations for the single-breath diffusing capacity. A cross-sectional analysis and effect of body size and age.

1985 • 69 citations

The Aging Lung

1986 • 67 citations

Update: Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders

1983 • 65 citations

Physiology of aging related to outcome in the adult respiratory distress syndrome

1990 • 62 citations

Respiratory Failure in the Elderly

1993 • 59 citations

Prevalence of asthma in elderly finns

1994 • 59 citations

Dead Space Ventilation in Old Age

1956 • 53 citations

The elastic properties of the lungs in the aged.

1958 • 52 citations

Evaluation of lung elastic recoil by exponential curve analysis

1981 • 49 citations

Prolonged mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure

1983 • 49 citations

Arterial blood gases in elderly persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

1994 • 49 citations

Prediction of oxygenation during sleep in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease.

1988 • 47 citations

Effect of Age on Bronchodilator Response

1992 • 42 citations

Pulmonary Disease in the Elderly Patient

1993 • 38 citations

Adult respiratory distress syndrome

1991 • 38 citations

Connective Tissue in Aging Lung

1983 • 35 citations

Some Interrelations Between Sleep and Disease

1958 • 35 citations

Iron Lung Treatment of Subjects with COPD in Acute Respiratory Failure

1992 • 34 citations

Respiratory Failure in the Elderly

1994 • 33 citations

Chronic respiratory disease in the elderly: A population study

1972 • 29 citations

Dyspnea in the Elderly

2005 • 26 citations

Aging effect on oxygen consumption of respiratory muscles in humans

1990 • 25 citations

Ventilation–Perfusion Relationships

2019 • 25 citations

Nonresolving and slowly resolving pneumonia. Diagnosis and management in the elderly patient.

1993 • 24 citations

OUTCOME ASSESSMENT IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH CRITICAL ILLNESS AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE

1993 • 24 citations

EMERGENT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN COPD

1994 • 24 citations

Does the Supine Position Worsen Respiratory Function in Elderly Subjects?

1996 • 18 citations

Respiratory Symptoms and Smoking Habits in Older People with Age and Sex Differences

1972 • 17 citations

Unique aspects of respiratory disease in the aged.

1991 • 16 citations

COPD in the Elderly

1995 • 14 citations

Lung Mechanics in ARDS

1990 • 11 citations

Ventilatory Failure: An Overview

1991 • 9 citations

Prevention and control of influenza; recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Vaccines; Part I

1994 • 9 citations

Assessment and treatment of obstructive airways disease in the elderly

1990 • 9 citations

Mechanical ventilation: A review for the internist

1995 • 8 citations

Respiratory failure in chronic airflow obstruction: recent advances and therapeutic implications in the critically ill patient.

1992 • 7 citations

Extrapulmonary and Intrapulmonary Determinants of Pulmonary Gas Exchange

1991 • 7 citations

APPROACH TO ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

1993 • 6 citations

From the National Institutes of Health

1994 • 4 citations

Clinical decision-making and the “treat or not to treat” dilemma in geriatrics: Ethical implications

1994 • 3 citations

Pulmonary Disease in the Adult

1982 • 3 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations