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Ventilator - respiratory equipment

Known as: Ventilator, Ventilators, respirator 
In medicine, a machine used to help a patient breathe.
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Airway pressure backup setting:Pres:Pt:Ventilator:QnAnesthesia machineBIPAP &or CPAP setting:Find:Pt:Ventilator:OrdBIPAP activity:Find:Pt:Ventilator:Ord

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Household ventilatorMechanical VentilatorNegative-Pressure Ventilatorsjet ventilators

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at high risk for infections associated with increased morbidity… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Outcome and attributable cost of ventilator-associated pneumonia among intensive care unit patients in a suburban medical center*
ObjectiveTo determine the attributable cost of ventilator-associated pneumonia from a hospital-based cost perspective, after… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Outcome and attributable mortality in critically Ill patients with bacteremia involving methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
BACKGROUND Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia carries high mortality rates. The clinical impact of methicillin resistance remains… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Disrupted pulmonary vasculature and decreased vascular endothelial growth factor, Flt-1, and TIE-2 in human infants dying with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
An abnormal pulmonary vasculature may be an important component of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). We examined human infant… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Effects of respiratory muscle work on cardiac output and its distribution during maximal exercise.
We have recently demonstrated that changes in the work of breathing during maximal exercise affect leg blood flow and leg… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
What Is Wrong With End‐of‐Life Care? Opinions of Bereaved Family Members
OBJECTIVE: To describe family perceptions of care at the end of life. 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
A COMPARISON OF FOUR METHODS OF WEANING PATIENTS FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Background Weaning patients from mechanical ventilation is an important problem in intensive care units. Weaning is usually… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Laboratory models of sepsis and septic shock.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and conventional medical therapy in neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: a prospective randomized study.
Thirty-nine newborn infants with severe persistent pulmonary hypertension and respiratory failure who met criteria for 85… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Severe impairment in lung function induced by high peak airway pressure during mechanical ventilation. An experimental study.
We explored the pulmonary effects of continuous mechanical ventilation (MV) at a peak inspiratory pressure of 50 cm H2O in… 
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