2002 OPEN FORUM Abstracts
- CorrelationBetween Serum Albumin Levels And Ventilator Length Of Stay(VLOS) In A Group of Mechanically Ventilated PediatricPatients
- TheEffect Of Sterilization On The Meteoro Pediatric/AdultFlow Transducer
- OxygenRequirement With Low Dose Inhaled Nitric Oxide In BabiesWith Severe Chronic Lung Disease Of Prematurity
- Transportof Critically Ill Newborns and Children Utilizing HighFrequency Ventilation (HFV) and Nitric Oxide: A Reporton the Experience at Children's Hospital of Orange County,CA.
- BenchTest of the Dräger Babylog 8000PLUS Neonatal Ventilatorwith Heliox Mixtures.
- Extubationand Reintubation Rates in the NICU: An Observational Study
- TheEffect Of Helium-Oxygen Gas Mixtures On Oxygen And TidalVolume Delivery In Four Pediatric Ventilators.
- TidalVolume Delivery Decreases With Increasing Fio2 During VolumeAnd Pressure Ventilation In Three Of Four Pediatric Ventilators.
- ValidationOf Reported Tidal Volumes Of The Dräger Babylog And TheBird Gold Ventilators In A Neonatal Bench Model
- EvaluationOf Prototype "Neonatal"' Circuit In PressureControlled Ventilation
- EvaluationOf Neonatal Tidal Volumes Using The Florian Graphics Monitor
- PatientTrigger To Response Time Of The Dräger Babylog And TheBird Gold Infant Ventilators In A Neonatal Bench Study
- SuccessfulUse Of High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation In PediarticPost Operative Spinal Fusion
- EarlyIntervention With HFOV And APRV For A Pediatric PatientWith Aspiration Pneumonitis: A Case Study.
- AssessmentOf Current Pediatric Asthma Initiatives And Future NeedsIn Hospitals Across The United States
- RoleOf Spirometry In Cough–Variant Asthma In Ho Chi MinhCity, Viet Nam.
- Teachingthe Rules of TwoTM ata One-day Asthma Camp
- DoAsthma Symptom Scores Assigned By Respiratory TherapistsCorrelate With Borg Dyspnea Scores In Moderate To SevereAsthma?
- TheRelationship Between Asthma Symptoms, Quality Of Life,And Hospital Admissions In Moderate To Severe Asthma.
- IntroductionOf The Diskus Delivery System Into The Pediatric AsthmaCompliance And Technique (Pact) Clinic: A Pilot Study
- OutcomesOf An Asthma/COPD Case Management Program
- AClinical Asthma Score (CAS) Predicts Need For Admissionof Asthmatic Patients from a Pediatric Emergency Department.
- Useof a Clinical Asthma Score (CAS) as the Initial Step inan Asthma Treatment Algorithm in a Pediatric EmergencyDepartment
- ComparisonOf Performance Of Two Valved Holding Chambers (VHCS) WithDelay Between Metered Dose Inhaler Actuation And Use
- ComparisonOf Performance Of Two Valved Holding Chambers (VHCS) AtFlow Rates Appropriate For Simulating Pediatric Use
- InspiratoryFlow Rates Of School Children Who Use Metered Dose Inhalers
- SafetyAnd Efficacy Of Five-Minute Timed Aerosol AdministrationWith The Aeroeclipse Breath Actuated Nebulizer: ComparisonOf Levalbuterol With Racemic Albuterol
- ClinicalAnd Economic Impact Resulting From A Hospital-Wide ConversionFrom Small Volume Nebulizers To The AeroEclipse BreathActuated Nebulizers
- Direct,Rapid Detection for Rifampin Susceptibility to M. Tuberculosis
- Changesof Eosinophil Cationic Protein and Soluble Interleukin-2Receptor in Bronchial Asthma
- EnhancementDevice for In-Line Ventilator Aerosol Medication Delivery
- Impactof Aerosol Generation Patterns and Particle Size DuringMechanical Ventilation
- ReproducibilityOf FEV1 Reversibility To Ipratropium Bromide Over One YearIn Patients With COPD
- MiniHEARTContinuous Nebulizer Attachment For In-Line VentilatorAerosol Medication Delivery
- HowAccurate Are Disposable Manometers?
- TheAccuracy Of Oxygen Flowmeters In Clinical Use
- TheEffect Of Flow Manipulation On FIO2 DeliveryWith An Air-Entrainment Mask
- EvaluationOf The Accuracy Of The SpiroproTM HandheldSpirometer
- EffectsOf Severe Motion On Newer Pulse Oximeters During NormoxiaAnd Hypoxia In Volunteers
- EvaluationOf Transport Isolette And Cabin Noise Levels In Three MedicalTransport Aircraft
- HighFlow Nasal vs. High Flow Mask Oxygen Delivery: TrachealGas Concentrations Through A Head Extension Airway Model
- MinimumInspiratory Pressure Levels During Simulated SpontaneousBreathing Using An EzPAPTM System:A Bench Study
- EvaluationOf A Computerized Closed Loop Ventilator Mode, Using ANeonatal Porcine Model
- NewClosed Suction Catheter Design Reduces Ventilator VolumeLoss During Simulated Suction Events
- ClosedSuction Catheter Tip Chamber Reduces Bacteria Count
- Accuracyof a Disposable Manometer
- Validityof Therapist Performed Bedside Spirometry Using PuritanBennett Renaissance Spirometry System
- TheReproducibility and Variability of Respiratory Gas ExchangeMeasurements During Exercise in the Patients
- PrimingEvolution: Occlusion of the ECMO Roller Head – VisualInspection Versus Pressure Measurement
- Evaluationof Predictive Equations For PaO2 at Altitude
- Dyspneain the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Patient
- Correlationof Tuberculin Test & CD4 Count in HIV Positive Patientswith Pulmonary & Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- StandardizingReference Values for Pulmonary Function Testing in a MetropolitanArea
- Comparisonof Two Different Size Single Breath Diffusing CapacityCollection Tubes on the Jaeger Masterscope PFT System inPatients with Reduced DLCO Values and Biological Controls
- StatisticalComparison of External QC Procedures and the AutomaticProcess Control Program of the IL Gem Premier® 3000with iQM™
- Evaluationof Intelligent Quality Management (iQM™) In the ILGem® Premier 3000 Critical Care® Analyzer:
- Useof a Pressure Manometer During Manual Ventilation: A BenchStudy
- Characteristicsof Our New Respiratory Cuff Monitor
- Low-FlowFlowmeters Are Not Accurate in Delivering Therapy at FlowsLess Than 1L/min.
- ABench Evaluation of Disposable PEEP Valves
- Useof the Deltatrac II with the NPB 840 and NBP 7200 Ventilators
- Validationof a Breath by Breath Gas Exchange Monitor Utilizing aProximal Airway Flow Sensor During Mechanical Ventilationwith Continuous Bias Flow
- ComparisonBetween Two Oximeter Technologies in the Detection of DesaturationDuring Polysomnography
- Conversionto Masimo Set Pulse Oximetry -- Analysis of Staff Satisfactionand Patient Safety Following Conversion
- TheAnatomy of a Product Evaluation: Nellcor N-595 and MasimoSet Radical Pulse Oximeters
- Effectsof Positioning on the Reliability and Effectiveness ofthe Vortran Automatic Resuscitator
- PreliminaryEvaluation and Application of the Diametrics Neotrend-LContinuous Blood Gas Monitoring System: A Case Study
- Transmissionof Vibrations from the Acapella Airway Clearance DeviceDuring the Expiratory Phase of Mechanical Ventilation
- TheEffect of Ventilator Circuit Length on Delivered VolumeDuring High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation
- HighFrequency Ventilation in a Case of Hemodynamic Instabilityand Pulmonary Edema
- AComparison of Continuous Mandatory Ventilation With andWithout Leak Compensation and Autoflow (CMV-AF), and PressureControl Ventilation during an Air Leak Syndrome (ALS) ina Lung Model
- HVOVand HFPV in the Management of Severe Unilateral Blunt ChestTrauma
- IsVALI Caused by PPLAT=35 cmH2O Or High Lung Volume Excursion?
- VILIMay Be Concealed by Acceptable PAO2 Levels.
- TheValue of an Efficiency Score in Evaluating the MechanicalVentilation Process
- Inter-RaterVariability in Estimating the Lower Inflection Point (LIP)from Pressure-Volume (PV) Curves Generated Using Two DifferentTechniques
- LaboratoryEvaluation of an Automated Pressure-Volume Curve Maneuver
- AVentilator Protocol for Fulminating Non-Cardiogenic PulmonaryEdema
- UsingProximal Pressure Measurements To Determine Opening PressureDuring High Frequency Percussive Ventilation
- Incidenceof Normal Saline Lavage By RTs in a Large Acute Care Hospital
- TimeRequired to Perform a Simple Ventilator Check
- AmbientContamination and Caregiver Protection During Aerosol AntibioticAdministration
- Effectsof EzPAP Post Operatively in Coronary Artery Bypass GraftPatients
- Evaluationof Inspiratory Rise Time and Work of Breathing in the Servo i ™ Ventilator
- Evaluationof the Efficacy of Respiratory Therapists To Safely InsertPeripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC)
- Evaluationand Prevention of Inadvertent Extubations: A Major ConcernFor Patient Care and Safety
- Designof Medical Vacuum System for Use in Space
- OxygenConcentrations Via Nasal Cannula at High Flow Rates
- Evaluationof Student Satisfaction With Web-Enhanced Respiratory TherapyCourses in a University Setting
- FromLecture To On-Line Teaching: Experiences With a NeonatalRespiratory Therapy Course
- CorrelationBetween Number of Hits To Respiratory Therapy Course MaterialsPosted On the World Wide Web and Student Performance
- AccidentalPedagogy, Learning and Preemptive Technology
- Qualityof Instruction: Determinants of Teaching Method and Effectivenessin Clinical Education
- TheProfession of Respiratory Care in Turkey: Are Turkish MedicalProfessionals Ready To Have an American-Based RespiratoryCare Program?
- Evaluationof an Educational Program Designed to Assess Knowledgeof Ventilator Waveforms
- WhyRecent Graduates Do or Do Not Take the Board Examinations
- CurrentMedical Student Education Regarding Respiratory Therapy
- EffectiveEducation By Respiratory Therapists Can Reduce Indoor EnvironmentalAsthma Triggers
- PerceivedNeeds of Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Care ManagersRegarding Geriatric Education Components
- Perceptionsof Respiratory Care Students and Program Directors Aboutthe Choice of Respiratory Care as a Profession
- Distributionof Exam Items in Content Area II (Equipment) of NBRC FormVI RRT Written Self-Assessment Exam (WSAE)
- PromotingPersistence: Allied Health Professional Students at Risk
- Patternsof Helium-Oxygen (HELIOX) Usage in the Critical Care Environment
- Pre-HospitalUse of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for CongestiveHeart Failure/Pulmonary Edema: A Prospective Treatment,Retrospective Control Study.
- AComparison of Three Nasal Continuous Positive Airway PressureSystems, (NCPAP), Employed in an In-Vitro Lung ModelSimulating a Low Birth Weight Premature Neonate
- Methemoglobinemiain Hospitalized Patients: A Case Series
- DelayedAirway Replacement in the Presence of Persistent Cuff Leak
- AlveolarRecruitment Maneuver Post CABG/MVR
- TheEffects of Neonatal Endotracheal Tube Resistance on DistalAmplitudes with HFOV
- Helium/Oxygen(HEOX) in the Emergency Room: Comparison of Open SystemVia High Flow Cannula vs. Closed System
- Rehabilitationof Children with Obstructive Bronchitis (OB) On the Baseof Sanatorium
- Reviewof Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Frequency and OutcomesDuring a One-Year Period at a Teaching Medical Center
- WhatWorks and How Effective Are Better Breathers Clubs?
- PsychologicalImpact of Death, Dying, and Trauma on Health Care Providers
- Preparingfor Mass Casualties & Mechanical Ventilation Alternatives
- TheInfluence of FEV1% of Predicted On ExerciseTolerance in Older Adults With Chronic Obstructive PulmonaryDisease Participating in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Useof a Respiratory Assessment Scoring System in an AcuteRehabilitation Hospital
- "SmokeFree" Policies: An Internet Survey of Smoking Policiesin Academic Children's Medical Centers in the United States
- Ventilator-DependentSpinal Cord Injured Patients - A Pilot Study
- ImpactFactors, Publications and Citations of Leading Investigatorsin Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
- ArePatients "Really" Blinded in a Double-Blind RandomizedControlled Study
- RespiratoryCare Case Management: Economic Impact
- SOCALRegional Neonatal Respiratory Program
- RespiratoryCare Case Management: A Model Program
- RecidivismTo the ICU For Respiratory Sequelae: A Solution That Works
- MissedRespiratory Therapy Medication Treatments: Frequency andUnderlying Causes.
- InnovativeMeasures To Decrease Respiratory Turnover Rates
- TherapistDriven Protocols: Effectiveness of Implementation
- ASurvey of Nursing Activities Regarding Respiratory Care
- RCPsExpanded Role in the Emergency Department
- Determiningthe Effectiveness of Having a Resource Book in the PediatricIntensive Care Unit
- Developinga Trach Team To Reduce the Incidence of Tracheostomy TubeComplications On the General Med Surg Units
- AssessmentBy Respiratory Therapist Is a Key Factor in Reducing BronchodilatorTherapy in Bronchiolitis
- TheEffects of Inservice Education and Annual Performance ReviewsOn the Complications of Nasal CPAP in the Neonate
- DiseaseManagement of Cystic Fibrosis in a Children’s Hospital
- Reductionin the Incidence of Chronic Lung Disease Following theImplementation of a Lung Protective Delivery Room ManagementStrategy
- MonitoringUnplanned Extubations in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit:A Quality Indicator
- MonitoringNeonates Receiving Nitric Oxide Therapy: Effects of MalfunctioningHemolyzer On Methemoglobin Results.
- CaseReport: Proactive Invasive Pulmonary Function Testing forSurgical Intervention in a Barnes Syndrome Patient
- PreliminaryReport On the Development of a Risk-Assessment Tool Forthe Pediatric Tracheostomy PT
- EstablishingReference Equations For a Pediatric Pulmonary FunctionLaboratory
- UtilizingTotal Bilirubin Measurements With Point of Care Testingin the Neonatal ICU
- TheUtilization of the Frequency To Tidal Volume Ratio andMaximum Inspiratory Pressure as Predictors of SuccessfulWeaning and Extubation in Trauma and Closed Head InjuredPatients
- HighFrequency Percussive Ventilation: A Ventilatory ApproachTo Improve Oxygenation and Reduce Intracerebral Pressure
- AdultHigh Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV): Utilityin Patients With Large Body Mass Index (BMI)
- TheEffects of Closed-Loop, Autofeedback Weaning ApproachesOn Therapist/Ventilator Interaction in the Immediate Post-OpPatient
- Accuracyof Transcutaneous Carbon Dioxide Monitoring During HighFrequency Oscillatory Ventilation
- LungVolume and Tidal Ventilation Are Markedly Affected By RecentLung Volume History
- LungInjury Type Determines the Lung Volume-Oxygenation Relationship
- OngoingRespiratory Care Practitioner Education: Evaluation ofa Mechanical Ventilation Learning Laboratory
- AComparison of Gas Sources and I:E Ratios and Their Effectson Aerosol Deposition During Conventional Ventilation
- FactorsAffecting Oxygen Delivery by BiPAP.
- Reliabilityof Measured Tidal Volume in Mechanically Ventilated Piglets
- Evaluationof Inspiratory Rise Time and Work of Breathing
- PediatricCircuits Vs. Correction for Compressible Volume DuringLow Tidal Volume Strategies — Does It Matter?
- HospitalDischarge of Technology Dependent Patients: Role of a DedicatedRespiratory Care Practitoner
- ChangingPatterns of Respiratory Care Inpatient Services
- RespiratoryCare-Directed Weaning Protocol: Clinical Outcomes WithIts Implementation
- TheBenefits of an Expanded Role of the Equipment Technicianin a Respiratory Care Department
- Evaluationof a Therapist Driven Protocols Impact On Pulmonary RelatedHospitalization Length of Stay (LOS)
- VentilatorAcquired Pneumonia: A Model for Improving Patient CareWhile Decreasing Cost
- ACommunity-Based Respiratory Therapy Programõs InitialExperience With an Interstate Enrichment Partnership ata Regional Medical Center
- FinancialImpact and Clinical Outcomes in Developing A RespiratoryDisease Management Unit (RDMU) for Post-ICU Weaning Protocol
- Initiationof Mechanical Ventilation in a Pediatric Subacute Vs ICU:Cost Avoidance
- Impactof a Multidisciplinary Team for Tracheotomized Patients
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