Contents
March 2005 / Volume 50 / Number 3
Editorials
- Manual Ventilation and Risk of Barotrauma: Primum Non Nocere
- by Jean-Damien Ricard—Colombes, France
Original Contributions
- Peak Pressures During Manual Ventilation
- by Mohamed Turki, Michael P Young, Scott S Wagers, and Jason HT Bates—Burlington, Vermont
- The Impact of Closed Endotracheal Suctioning Systems on Mechanical Ventilator Performance
- by Ashraf El Masry, Purris F Williams, Daniel W Chipman, Joseph P Kratohvil, and Robert M Kacmarek—Boston, Massachusets
- A Laboratory Evaluation of 2 Mechanical Ventilators in the Presence of Helium-Oxygen Mixtures
- by Melissa K Brown and David C Willms—San Diego, California
- Carbon Dioxide Elimination and Gas Displacement Vary With Piston Position During High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation
- by Donna S Hamel, Andrew L Katz, Damian M Craig, John D Davies, and Ira M Cheifetz—Durham, North Carolina
2004 Philip Kittredge Memorial Lecture
- The Inhalation of Drugs: Advantages and Problems
- by Joseph L Rau—Atlanta, Georgia
Teaching Case of the Month
- Paraquat Poisoning
- by Chanchai Sittipunt—Bangkok, Thailand
Letters
- Methemoglobinemia and Pulse Oximetry
- by Tom Richardson—Alabaster, Alabama
review by Ellen Lunenfeld and Gregory C Kane—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Dynamic Hyperinflation, Intrinsic Positive End-Expiratory Pressure, and Respiratory Rate
- by Jeffrey M Anderson—Boise, Idaho
response by Natalya Y Thorevska—Maywood, Illinois
and Constantine A Manthous—Bridgeport, Connecticut - A Expiratory Rib-Cage Compression, Airway Suctioning, and Atelectasis
- by George Ntoumenopoulos—London, United Kingdom
response by Takeshi Unoki—Tokyo, Japan
and Taro Mizutani and Hidenori Toyooka—Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Books, Films, Tapes, & Software
- Essentials of Airway Management
(Dolenska S, Dalal, P, Taylor A) - reviewed by Chuck Biddle—Richmond, Virginia
- Clinical Respiratory Medicine, 2nd ed
(Albert RK, Spiro SG, Jett JR) - reviewed by Robert L Coffey—Mount Vernon, Washington
- ICU Recall, 2nd ed
(Thaemert NL, Tribble CG) - reviewed by Justin L Ranes—Cleveland, Ohio
- Cystic Fibrosis: A Guide for Patient and Family, 3rd ed
(Orenstein DM, editor) - reviewed by Douglas E Masini—Elizabethton, Tennessee
- The Washington Manual: Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Subspecialty Consult
(Jost BC, Abdel-Hamid KM, Friedman EC, Jani AL, editors) - reviewed by Eric J Schmitt—Dallas, Texas
- Breath Sounds Made Incredibly Easy!
(Hausauer J, Haynes N) - reviewed by Christy Chua Patel—Rochester, Minnesota
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