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R R Kirby

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1 Imposed work of breathing and methods of triggering a demand-flow, continuous positive airway pressure system. Crit Care Med 1993 1.62
2 High-volume, low-pressure cuffs. Are they always low pressure? Chest 1991 1.58
3 Differentiating total work of breathing into its component parts. Essential for appropriate interpretation. Chest 1996 1.39
4 A blooming jellyfish in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean. Biol Lett 2010 1.39
5 North Sea ecosystem change from swimming crabs to seagulls. Biol Lett 2012 1.33
6 High level positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) in acute respiratory insufficiency. Chest 1975 1.32
7 A program for calculation of intrapulmonary shunts, blood-gas and acid-base values with a programmable calculator. Anesthesiology 1975 1.27
8 Intermittent mandatory ventilation: a new approach to weaning patients from mechanical ventilators. Chest 1973 1.23
9 Cardiovascular and pulmonary responses following etomidate induction of anesthesia in patients with demonstrated cardiac disease. Anesth Analg 1979 1.19
10 Warm-water decapods and the trophic amplification of climate in the North Sea. Biol Lett 2010 1.10
11 Treatment of flail chest. Use of intermittent mandatory ventilation and positive end-expiratory pressure. Arch Surg 1975 1.02
12 Terminology update: optimal PEEP. Crit Care Med 1979 1.00
13 Components of the work of breathing and implications for monitoring ventilator-dependent patients. Crit Care Med 1994 0.98
14 Decreasing imposed work of the breathing apparatus to zero using pressure-support ventilation. Crit Care Med 1993 0.90
15 A new pediatric volume ventilator. Anesth Analg 1971 0.88
16 Airway pressure release ventilation during acute lung injury: a prospective multicenter trial. Crit Care Med 1991 0.87
17 Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) by face mask. Crit Care Med 1980 0.86
18 Is 50% oxygen harmful? Crit Care Med 1987 0.85
19 Cardiorespiratory effects of high positive end-expiratory pressure. Anesthesiology 1975 0.84
20 Intermittent inspiratory chest tube occlusion to limit bronchopleural cutaneous airleaks. Crit Care Med 1990 0.81
21 Narcotics control in anesthesia training. JAMA 1985 0.81
22 Hypotension secondary to air trapping treated with expiratory flow retard. Anesthesiology 1984 0.81
23 Effects of expiratory flow resistance on inspiratory work of breathing. Chest 1988 0.81
24 Continuous positive airway pressure as an adjunct to mechanical ventilation in the newborn with respiratory distress syndrome. Anesth Analg 1973 0.80
25 Site of pressure measurement during spontaneous breathing with continuous positive airway pressure: effect on calculating imposed work of breathing. Crit Care Med 1992 0.78
26 Breathing frequency and pattern are poor predictors of work of breathing in patients receiving pressure support ventilation. Chest 1995 0.78
27 Perioperative fluid therapy and postoperative pulmonary edema: cause-effect relationship? Chest 1999 0.78
28 Partially and totally unloading respiratory muscles based on real-time measurements of work of breathing. A clinical approach. Chest 1994 0.78
29 Improving ventilator-patient interaction: reduction of flow dyssynchrony. Crit Care Med 1997 0.77
30 Posttraumatic pulmonary insufficiency: a treatable disease. South Med J 1977 0.77
31 Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema associated with protamine administration during coronary artery bypass graft surgery. J Clin Anesth 1999 0.77
32 Indirect measurement of blood pressure in infants utilizing Doppler ultrasound. J Pediatr 1971 0.76
33 Intraoperative Doppler blood pressure measurements in infants. Anesthesiology 1970 0.76
34 Primum non nocere. Chest 1995 0.75
35 Round and round we go, and where we stop, nobody knows: the open lung concept and high-level positive end-expiratory pressure (revisited) Crit Care Med 2000 0.75
36 Attention to heavy breathers, vis-à-vis continuous positive airway pressure. Crit Care Med 1994 0.75
37 Population dynamics in lesser black-backed gulls in the Netherlands support a North Sea regime shift. Biol Lett 2013 0.75
38 Airway pressure release ventilation in a patient with acute pulmonary injury. Chest 1989 0.75
39 Ventilatory support and pulmonary barotrauma. Anesthesiology 1979 0.75
40 Modification of a critical care ventilator for anesthesia use. Crit Care Med 1987 0.75
41 Methylmethacrylate seeks an appeal. South Med J 1981 0.75
42 Criteria for optimum PEEP. Respir Care 1977 0.75
43 Early development: intermittent mandatory ventilation in neonatal respiratory support. Int Anesthesiol Clin 1980 0.75
44 Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) does not depress left ventricular function in patients with pulmonary edema. Am Rev Respir Dis 1982 0.75
45 The bird Mark 8 time cycled servo ventilator. Crit Care Med 1978 0.75
46 Continuous positive airway pressure: to breathe or not to breathe. Anesthesiology 1985 0.75
47 Equipment-related anesthetic incidents. Int Anesthesiol Clin 1984 0.75
48 Synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation versus assist control: just the facts, ma'am. Crit Care Med 1989 0.75
49 Ventilation for flail chest. Controlled mechanical vs. intermittent mandatory. RN 1976 0.75
50 Similarities between pressure support ventilation and intermittent positive-pressure ventilation. Crit Care Med 1985 0.75
51 Modification of the Bird Mark 4 anesthesia ventilator to a controlled-volume respirator. Anesth Analg 1971 0.75
52 High-frequency positive-pressure ventilation (HFPPV): what role in ventilatory insufficiency? Anesthesiology 1980 0.75
53 Patient and ventilator work of breathing and ventilatory muscle loads at different levels of pressure support ventilation. Chest 1991 0.75
54 Post-traumatic respiratory failure: role of fluid therapy. Contemp Anesth Pract 1983 0.75
55 Case history number 78: use of a membrane oxygenator in acute respiratory failure. Anesth Analg 1974 0.75
56 A new mechanical method to influence pulmonary perfusion in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med 1978 0.75
57 Shock: a systemic or cellular disease? Int Anesthesiol Clin 1987 0.75
58 Membrane oxygenators: what role (if any) in acute ventilatory insufficiency? Crit Care Med 1978 0.75
59 Mechanical ventilation of a patient with decreased lung compliance and tracheal dilatation. J Clin Anesth 1992 0.75
60 Transcutaneous doppler measurements of blood pressure. Anesthesiology 1969 0.75
61 Limits and cautions with the use of high-frequency ventilation. Crit Care Med 1984 0.75
62 Mr. Jack Emerson--a matter of life and breath. Chest 1997 0.75
63 Intermittent mandatory ventilation in the neonate. Crit Care Med 1977 0.75
64 Treatment of post-thoracotomy atelectasis in infants. Anesth Analg 1974 0.75
65 Anesthetic management of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. Anesthesiology 1984 0.75
66 A priori and a posteriori knowledge in medicine. Chest 1980 0.75
67 Function of the bird respirator at high altitude. Aerosp Med 1969 0.75
68 Intermittent cuff inflation during prolonged positive-pressure ventilation. Anesthesiology 1970 0.75