Clinical Article Index
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  • Christopher KL.  Transtracheal oxygen catheters. In: Ernst A, Mehta AC (eds.):  Artificial Airways: Clin Chest Med 2003;24:489-510.

  • Christopher KL.  Transtracheal oxygen therapy.  In: Beamis JF, Mathur PN, Mehta AC (eds.): Interventional pulmonary medicine. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY 2004:503-543.

  • Couser JI, Make BJ.  Transtracheal oxygen decreases inspired minute ventilation.  Am Rev Respir Dis 1989;139:627-31.

  • Benditt J, Pollock M, Roa J, Celli B.  Transtracheal delivery of gas decreases the oxygen cost of breathing.  Am Rev Respir Dis 1993;147:1207-10.

  • Bergofsky EH, Hurewitz AN.  Airway insufflation:  physiologic effects on acute and chronic gas exchange in humans.  Am Rev Respir Dis 1989;140:885-90
  • Hurewitz AN, Bergofsky EH, Vomero E.  Airway insufflation - increasing flow rates progressively reduce dead space in respiratory failure.  Am Rev Respir Dis 1991;144:1229-33.

  • Christopher KL, Murray I, Simpson R, Goldy K, Worley P, Spofford B, Goodman J.  Transtracheal augmentation of ventilation (abstract).  Chest 1989;96:174S.

  • Schaten MA, Christopher KL, Goodman S, Goodman JR, Worley PD, Yaeger ES, Warren LR, Petty TL.  High-flow transtracheal oxygen:  a promising technique for the management of hypercarbic respiratory failure (abstract).  Chest 1990;98:22S.

  • Christopher KL, VanHooser DT, Jorgenson ST, Winslett L, Diehl S, Young DA, Shapiro H. Petty TL,  Preliminary observations of transtracheal augmented ventilation for chronic severe respiratory disease. Respir Care 2001;46:15-25.

  • Brack T, Senn O, Russi EW, Bloch KE.  Transtracheal high flow insufflation supports spontaneous respiration in chronic respiratory failure.  Chest 2005;127:98-104.

  • Van Hooser T, Jorgenson S, Winslett L, Christopher K.  Comparison of transtracheal augmented ventilation (TTAV) with conventional T-Piece weaning (abstract).  Respir Care 1993;38:1227.

  • Christopher KL, Yaeger ES, Shapiro H, Hamel UA, Petty TL.  Comparison of transtracheal augmented ventilation to conventional methods in liberation from prolonged mechanical ventilation (abstract). Chest 2002;122:156S.

  • Woods-Dedrick W, Ziolkowski M, Yaeger E, Christopher, KL, Ziolkowski, R. Weaning in long-term acute care: physician –directed vs. protocol –directed management (abstract).  Respir Care 2003;48(11):1116.

  •  MacIntyre NR, Epstein S, Carson S, Scheinhorn D, Christopher K, Muldoon S. Management of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation: report of a NAMDRC consensus conference.  Chest (in press).

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