History of CPAP
1912 - Maintenance of Lung Expansion during Thoracic Surgery (S. Brunnel)
1937 - High Altitude flying to prevent hypoxemia. (Barach et al)
1967 - CPPB + IPPV to treat ARDS (Ashbaugh et al)
1971 - Term CPAP introduced, used to treat HMD in neonates (Gregory et al)
1972 - CPAP used to treat ARF (Civetta et al)
1973 - CPAP used to treat COPD (Barach et al)
1981 - Downs generator (Fried et al)
1982 - Modern definition of CPAP (Kielty et al)