Toru Kotani

Elevation of KL-6, a lung epithelial cell marker, in plasma and epithelial lining fluid in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Akitoshi Ishizaka, Tomoyuki Matsuda, Kurt H. Albertine et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology · 2004 · 179 citations

Medicine, Immunology, Pathobiology +17

Contribution of High-Mobility Group Box-1 to the Development of Ventilator-induced Lung Injury

Eileen N. Ogawa, Akitoshi Ishizaka, Sadatomo Tasaka et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2006 · 145 citations

Medicine, Immunology, Pathology +17

Fibroproliferative changes on high-resolution CT in the acute respiratory distress syndrome predict mortality and ventilator dependency: a prospective observational cohort study

Kazuya Ichikado, Hiroyuki Muranaka, Yasuhiro Gushima et al. · BMJ Open · 2012 · 144 citations · Full text

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Radiology +16

New bronchoscopic microsample probe to measure the biochemical constituents in epithelial lining fluid of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Akitoshi Ishizaka, Masazumi Watanabe, Tetsuji Yamashita et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 2001 · 116 citations

Medicine, Pathobiology, Inflammation +16

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for 2009 influenza A(H1N1) severe respiratory failure in Japan

Shinhiro Takeda, Toru Kotani, Satoshi Nakagawa et al. · Journal of Anesthesia · 2012 · 63 citations · Full text

Health Professions, Respiratory Therapy, Critical Care Respiratory Therapy +13