Effects of Noninvasive Ventilation on Pulmonary Gas Exchange and Hemodynamics during Acute Hypercapnic Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1995 • 1,928 citations

Randomised controlled trial of nasal ventilation in acute ventilatory failure due to chronic obstructive airways disease

1993 • 845 citations

Reversal of Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease by Inspiratory Assistance with a Face Mask

1990 • 685 citations

Physiologic effects of positive end-expiratory pressure and mask pressure support during exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1994 • 500 citations

Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Via Face Mask

1996 • 482 citations

Simultaneous measurement of eight foreign gases in blood by gas chromatography

1974 • 370 citations

Noninvasive Face Mask Ventilation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure

1989 • 361 citations

Complications of Acute Respiratory Failure

1988 • 357 citations

The pattern of breathing during successful and unsuccessful trials of weaning from mechanical ventilation

1987 • 333 citations

Noninvasive Face Mask Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure

1991 • 326 citations

Effect of Carbon Dioxide on Diaphragmatic Function in Human Beings

1984 • 325 citations

Ventilation/Blood Flow and Gas Exchange.

1978 • 316 citations

Limits on VA/Q distributions from analysis of experimental inert gas elimination

1977 • 290 citations

Noninvasive ventilatory support does not facilitate recovery from acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1996 • 258 citations

Ventilation/perfusion relationships

1981 • 231 citations

Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation To Treat Respiratory Failure

1994 • 199 citations

Mechanisms of worsening gas exchange during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1997 • 183 citations

Noninvasive Ventilation: Does it Work, for Whom, and How?

1993 • 170 citations

Contribution of multiple inert gas elimination technique to pulmonary medicine. 1. Principles and information content of the multiple inert gas elimination technique.

1994 • 143 citations

Noninvasive mechanical ventilation improves the immediate and long-term outcome of COPD patients with acute respiratory failure

1996 • 124 citations

Inert gas elimination characteristics of the normal and abnormal lung

1978 • 109 citations

Ventilation-Perfusion Mismatching in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease during Ventilator Weaning

1989 • 93 citations

Pressure support ventilation via face mask in acute respiratory failure in hypercapnic COPD patients

1993 • 91 citations

Hypocapnia Worsens Arterial Blood Oxygenation and Increases VA/Q Heterogeneity in Canine Pulmonary Edema

1993 • 54 citations

Reproducibility of the multiple inert gas elimination technique

1987 • 37 citations

Noninvasive Nasal Mask Ventilation Beyond the ICU for an Exacerbation of Chronic Respiratory Insufficiency

1995 • 33 citations

Effect of negative pressure ventilation on arterial blood gas pressures and inspiratory muscle strength during an exacerbation of chronic obstructive lung disease.

1991 • 23 citations

Interpretation of the Alveolar-Arterial Oxygen Difference in Patients with Hypercapnia

1991 • 20 citations

Acid-base status affects gas exchange in canine oleic acid pulmonary edema

1991 • 18 citations

Assessment of ventilation-perfusion mismatching in mechanically ventilated patients

1998 • 9 citations