A Historical Perspective of Mechanical Ventilation *

ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS IN ADULTS

1967 • 4,096 citations

Optimum End-Expiratory Airway Pressure in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Failure

1975 • 1,235 citations

Treatment of the Idiopathic Respiratory-Distress Syndrome with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

1971 • 1,181 citations

The Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1971 • 774 citations

PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE BREATHING ON CARDIAC OUTPUT IN MAN

1947 • 713 citations

Influence of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Left Ventricular Performance

1981 • 673 citations

High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation Compared with Conventional Mechanical Ventilation in the Treatment of Respiratory Failure in Preterm Infants

1989 • 443 citations

Continuous positive-pressure breathing (CPPB) in adult respiratory distress syndrome

1969 • 371 citations

Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity

1983 • 312 citations

POSITIVE PRESSURE RESPIRATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE PULMONARY EDEMA

1938 • 285 citations

Early Application of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Patients at Risk for the Adult Respiratory-Distress Syndrome

1984 • 276 citations

Pathologic features and mechanisms of hypoxemia in adult respiratory distress syndrome.

1976 • 260 citations

Morphological response to positive end expiratory pressure in acute respiratory failure. Computerized tomography study

1986 • 241 citations

AN APPARATUS FOR THE PROLONGED ADMINISTRATION OF ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION

1929 • 204 citations

Abnormalities in Lung Elastic Properties and Surfactant Function in Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1979 • 186 citations

Criteria for Weaning From Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

1984 • 135 citations

Characteristics of pulmonary surfactant in adult respiratory distress syndrome associated with trauma and shock.

1977 • 131 citations

Positive end-expiratory pressure therapy in adults with special reference to acute lung injury

1984 • 129 citations

Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing

1954 • 96 citations

Early Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1979 • 87 citations

Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation

1974 • 87 citations

Adverse effect of positive end-expiratory pressure on pulmonary perfusion and arterial oxygenation.

1975 • 84 citations

INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE BREATHING

1948 • 81 citations

Swan-Ganz Catheter Location and Left Atrial Pressure Determine the Accuracy of the Wedge Pressure When Positive End-expiratory Pressure is Used

1981 • 76 citations

Continuous positive airway pressure in the prophylaxis of the adult respiratory distress syndrome.

1976 • 70 citations

The influence of PEEP on survival of patients in respiratory failure

1979 • 67 citations

Alveolar-arterial O₂ differences during artificial respiration in man

1959 • 65 citations

Does Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation Accelerate Weaning?

1981 • 59 citations

The Routine Use of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure after Open Heart Surgery

1979 • 58 citations

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF PRESSURES USED IN THE BODY RESPIRATOR

1951 • 54 citations

Regulation of tissue oxygen extraction is disturbed in adult respiratory distress syndrome

1986 • 46 citations

Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in the Management of the Patient with a Postoperative Bleeding Heart

1980 • 43 citations

Failure of positive end-expiratory pressure to decrease lung water content in alloxan-induced pulmonary edema.

1979 • 42 citations

Is 50% oxygen harmful?

1987 • 41 citations

The Use, Abuse, and Mystique of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure

1988 • 41 citations

Failure of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure to Decrease Postoperative Bleeding after Cardiac Surgery

1982 • 40 citations

Detrimental Effects of Removing End-expiratory Pressure Prior to Endotracheal Extubation

1980 • 39 citations

Ventilation at high respiratory frequencies

1982 • 32 citations

The Simplicity and Safety of Arterial Puncture

1966 • 31 citations

IMV vs IMC

1975 • 23 citations

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Historical Perspective and Definition

1981 • 22 citations

The Modern Evolution of Mechanical Ventilation

1988 • 20 citations

CPAP and PEEP—A Perspective

1976 • 19 citations

Cardiovascular Evaluation of Patients Treated With PEEP

1983 • 14 citations

Monitoring Respiratory Function in the Patient with Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1981 • 11 citations

Evaluation of a Fluidic Ventilator: A New Approach to Mechanical Ventilation

1974 • 8 citations

Fluid Therapy in Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Pathophysiologic Approach

1981 • 4 citations