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Positive-Pressure Respiration

Known as: Ventilation, Positive-Pressure, Positive Pressure Respiration, Respiration, Positive-Pressure 
A method of mechanical ventilation in which pressure is maintained to increase the volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of expiration… 
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Intermittent Positive-Pressure VentilationPositive End-Expiratory Pressure
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Treatment of respiratory failure during sleep in patients with neuromuscular disease. Positive-pressure ventilation through a nose mask.
Severe nocturnal hypoxemia may occur in patients with respiratory muscle weakness caused by neuromuscular disorders. Negative… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Noninvasive ventilation reduces mortality in acute respiratory failure following lung resection.
When treated with invasive endotracheal mechanical ventilation (ETMV), acute respiratory insufficiency after lung resection is… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
International Consensus Conferences in Intensive Care Medicine: Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) was applied first to patients with chronic pulmonary disease but is now being… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The open lung during small tidal volume ventilation: concepts of recruitment and "optimal" positive end-expiratory pressure.
OBJECTIVES To test the hypotheses that during small tidal volume ventilation (5 mL/kg) deliberate volume recruitment maneuvers… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The Laryngeal Mask Airway and Positive‐pressure Ventilation
BackgroundThe utility of the laryngeal mask airway during positive-pressure ventilation has yet to be determined. Our study was… 
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
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Role of lung injury in the pathogenesis of hyaline membrane disease in premature baboons.
To test the hypothesis that hyaline membrane disease (HMD) has a multifactorial etiology in which barotrauma plays a major role… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
THE YALE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 59 (1986), 575-597 The Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • 1985
  • Corpus ID: 795405
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Continuous Positive-Pressure Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure
Abstract Continuous positive-pressure ventilation was used in eight patients with severe acute respiratory failure. Cardiac… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Ventilation and circulation with closed-chest cardiac massage in man.
The author's experience has confirmed the circulatory efficacy of closed-chest cardiac massage. However, it cannot be relied upon… 
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