Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation delivered by helmet vs. standard face mask

A simple method for assessing the validity of the esophageal balloon technique.

1982 • 1,064 citations

Noninvasive Ventilation

2001 • 812 citations

International Consensus Conferences in Intensive Care Medicine: Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure

2001 • 781 citations

Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Via Face Mask

1996 • 482 citations

Chest wall and lung volume estimation by optical reflectance motion analysis

1996 • 365 citations

Physiologic evaluation of noninvasive mechanical ventilation delivered with three types of masks in patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure

2000 • 316 citations

Optoelectronic Plethysmography in Intensive Care Patients

2000 • 312 citations

Changes in the Work of Breathing Induced by Tracheotomy in Ventilator-dependent Patients

1999 • 312 citations

New treatment of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: Noninvasive pressure support ventilation delivered by helmet—A pilot controlled trial

2002 • 301 citations

Ventilatory Muscle Support in Respiratory Failure with Nasal Positive Pressure Ventilation

1990 • 300 citations

Effect of Nasal Pressure Support Ventilation and External PEEP on Diaphragmatic Activity in Patients with Severe Stable COPD

1993 • 196 citations

Expiratory muscle activity increases intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure independently of dynamic hyperinflation in mechanically ventilated patients.

1995 • 194 citations

Evaluation of patient skin breakdown and comfort with a new face mask for non-invasive ventilation: a multi-center study

2002 • 157 citations

Efficacy of a New Full Face Mask for Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation

1994 • 133 citations

Physiologic Evaluation of Pressure Support Ventilation by Nasal Mask in Patients with Stable COPD

1992 • 129 citations

The effects of pressurization rate on breathing pattern, work of breathing, gas exchange and patient comfort in pressure support ventilation

2001 • 97 citations

Effect of positive end-expiratory pressure on breathing patterns of normal subjects and intubated patients with respiratory failure

1983 • 35 citations

Evaluation of inspiratory rise time and inspiration termination criteria in new-generation mechanical ventilators: a lung model study.

2001 • 35 citations

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in New-generation Mechanical Ventilators

2002 • 29 citations

Effects of different continuous positive airway pressure devices and periodic hyperinflations on respiratory function

2001 • 28 citations

Noninvasive ventilation in intensive care unit patients

2000 • 20 citations

Effects of disposable or interchangeable positive end-expiratory pressure valves on work of breathing during the application of continuous positive airway pressure

1994 • 11 citations

A continuous flow intermittent mandatory ventilation with continuous positive airway pressure circuit with high-compliance reservoir bag

1987 • 8 citations

Noninvasive ventilation in intensive care unit patients.

2000 • 4 citations

Regulation of pressurization rate reduces inspiratory effort during pressure support ventilation : A bench study

1996 • 4 citations