Contents
January 2006 / Volume 51 / Number 1
Editorials
- Novel Oxygen-Concentrator-Based Equipment: Take a Test Drive First!
- by Linda C Gallegos and John W Shigeoka—Salt Lake City, Utah
Original Contributions
- A Prospective Comparison of 3 New-Generation Pulse Oximetry Devices During Ambulation After Open Heart Surgery
- by Nancy M Richards—Kansas City, Missouri; Karen K Giuliano—Andover, Massachusetts; and Philip G Jones—Kansas City, Missouri
- The Effect of Telephone Appointment-Reminder Calls on Outpatient Absenteeism in a Pulmonary Function Laboratory
- by Jeffrey M Haynes and Elizabeth L Sweeney—Nashua, New Hampshire
- A Proposed Curvilinearity Index for Quantifying Airflow Obstruction
- by Chang-Jiang Zheng, Alexander B Adams, Michael P McGrail, John J Marini—St Paul, Minnesota; and Ian A Greaves—Minneapolis, Minnesota
- A Comparision of 2 Methods of Continuous Aerosol Administration During Methacholine Challenge Testing
- by Thomas S Hurst, Donald W Cockcroft, Victor D Hannah, and Beth E Davis—Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Asthma Educational Seminar Targeting Medicaid Providers
- by Susan L Bratton, Michael D Cabana, Randall W Brown, Diane F White, Ying Wang, Sylvia W Lang, and Noreen M Clark—Ann Arbor, Michigan
- An Investigation of Nebulized Bronchodilator Delivery Using a Pediatric Lung Model of Spontaneous Breathing
- by Ruben D Restrepo, Stephen K Dickson, Joseph L Rau, and Douglas S Gardenhire—Atlanta, Georgia
PFT Corner
- Conflicting Methacholine Challenge Tests
- by Jeffrey M Haynes—Nashua, New Hampshire
Letters
- Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Part 1
- by Luciano Silvestri—Gorizia, Italy; Andy J Petros—London, United Kingdom; Marino Viviani—Trieste, Italy; Johannes H Rommes—Apeldoorn, The Netherlands; and Hendrik KF van Saene—Liverpool, United Kingdom with response by Nasia Safdar, Christopher J Crnich, and Dennis G Maki—Madison, Wisconsin
- Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Part 2
- by Hendrik KF van Saene and Vladimir Damjanovic—Liverpool, United Kingdom; Luciano Silvestri—Gorizia, Italy; Miguel-Angel de la Cal—Getafe, Spain; and Durk Freark Zandstra—Amsterdam, The Netherlands with response by Richard H Kallet and Thomas E Quinn—San Francisco, California
Books, Films, Tapes, & Software
- Cardiorespiratory Resuscitation
(Ornato JP, Peberdy MA, editors) - reviewed by Keith G Lurie—Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Paediatric Pulmonary Function Testing
(Hammer J, Eber E) - reviewed by Nemr S Eid—Louisville, Kentucky
- Measurement and Evaluation in Human Performance, 3rd ed
(Morrow JR Jr, Jackson AW, Disch JG, Mood DP) - reviewed by Carol Ewing Garber—Boston, Massachusetts
- Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology
(Cagle PT, editor-in-chief) - reviewed by Heike Deubner—Seattle, Washington
- General Thoracic Surgery, 6th ed. 2 volumes
(Shields TW, LoCicero J III, Ponn RB, Rusch VW) - reviewed by Baiya Krishnadasan—Seattle, Washington
- The ECHM Collection, Vol 1: European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine. Consensus Conferences and Workshops 1994-1999
(Marroni A, Mathieu D, Wattel F, editors) - reviewed by Robert M Jackson—Miami, Florida
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