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Mechanical ventilation

Known as: Mechanical ventilation NOS, Mechanical Ventilations, Ventilation, Mechanical 
A method to mechanically assist or replace spontaneous breathing in patients by use of a powered device that forces oxygenated air into the lungs.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Assist-control mechanical ventilation attenuates ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction.
Controlled mechanical ventilation induced a profound diaphragm muscle dysfunction and atrophy. The effects of diaphragmatic… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Chorioamnionitis, mechanical ventilation, and postnatal sepsis as modulators of chronic lung disease in preterm infants.
OBJECTIVE This case-control study of chronic lung disease (CLD) evaluated the hypothesis that chorioamnionitis promotes CLD and… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Predicting success in weaning from mechanical ventilation.
We identified 65 observational studies of weaning predictors that had been reported in 70 publications. After grouping predictors… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Using heart-lung interactions to assess fluid responsiveness during mechanical ventilation
According to the Frank-Starling relationship, a patient is a 'responder' to volume expansion only if both ventricles are preload… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Pathophysiologic basis of acute respiratory distress in patients who fail a trial of weaning from mechanical ventilation.
To determine the mechanisms of acute respiratory distress and failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Patient-ventilator trigger asynchrony in prolonged mechanical ventilation.
STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate patient-ventilator trigger asynchrony (TA), its prevalence, physiologic basis, and clinical… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Swallowing dysfunction in patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation.
Several studies have suggested that swallowing dysfunction and pulmonary aspiration occur in patients receiving prolonged… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Role of tidal volume, FRC, and end-inspiratory volume in the development of pulmonary edema following mechanical ventilation.
Mechanical ventilation with high peak inspiratory pressure and large tidal volume (VT) produces permeability pulmonary edema… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Hemodynamic responses to mechanical ventilation with PEEP: the effect of hypervolemia.
The hemodynamic effects of prolonged mechanical ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), with and without blood… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Pulmonary barotrauma during mechanical ventilation
In the treatment of acute respiratory failure, pulmonary barotrauma (subcutaneous emphysema, pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum… 
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