Editorials
- Exercise for COPD: Take it Without a Grain of Salt
- by Bruce K Rubin—Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Obesity and Lung Volumes: Searching for Solutions and Optimal Performance
- by Michael A Gentile—Durham, North Carolina
- High-Frequency Chest-Wall Compression, Patient Safety, and the n-of-1 Construct
- by David M Wheeler—Cleveland, Ohio
- Product Performance Variability With Home Portable Oxygen Systems May Impact Patient Performance Outcomes: It May Be the Device, Not the Disease
- by Robert W McCoy—Apple Valley, Minnesota
and Brian W Carlin—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Original Contributions
- Effectiveness and Safety of Hypertonic Saline Inhalation Combined With Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Trial
- by Silvia R Valderramas—Curitiba, Brazil
and Ã�lvaro Nagib Atallah—São Paulo, Brazil
- Effects of Body Position on Resting Lung Volume in Overweight and Mildly to Moderately Obese Subjects
- by Penelope S Benedik—Bryan, Texas
Mara M Baun, Leendert Keus, Carlos Jimenez, Rodolfo Morice, Akhil Bidani, and Janet C Meininger—Houston, Texas
- High-Frequency Chest-Wall Compression During the 48 Hours Following Thoracic Surgery
- by James S Allan, Julie M Garrity, and Dean M Donahue—Boston, Massachusetts
- A Randomized Multi-Arm Repeated-Measures Prospective Study of Several Modalities of Portable Oxygen Delivery During Assessment of Functional Exercise Capacity
- by Shawna L Strickland, M Timothy Hogan, Rosemary G Hogan, Harjyot S Sohal, Wayland N McKenzie, and Gregory F Petroski—Columbia, Missouri
- Airway Humidification During High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation
- by Patrick F Allan—Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany
Michael J Hollingsworth, Gordon C Maniere—Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Anthony K Rakofsky, Kevin K Chung—Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Gregory A Naworol—Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
John A Ward—Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Michelle Perello—Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany
and Michael J Morris—Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Limits of Effective Cough-Augmentation Techniques in Patients With Neuromuscular Disease
- by Michel Toussaint—Vlezenbeek, Belgium
Louis J Boitano—Seattle, Washington
Vincent Gathot, Marc Steens, and Philippe Soudon—Vlezenbeek, Belgium
- Physiologic Impact of Closed-System Endotracheal Suctioning in Spontaneously Breathing Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
- by Christopher W Seymour—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brian J Cross—Boston, Massachusetts
Colin R Cooke—Seattle, Washington
Robert L Gallop—West Chester, Pennsylvania
and Barry D Fuchs—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Special Articles
- Creating a Vision for Respiratory Care in 2015 and Beyond
- by Robert M Kacmarek—Boston, Massachusetts
Charles G Durbin—Charlottesville, Virginia
Thomas A Barnes—Boston, Massachusetts
Woody V Kageler—Hurst, Texas
John R Walton—Chicago, Illinois
and Edward H O’Neil—San Francisco, California
Case Reports
- Pulmonary Embolectomy: Should It Be Offered Earlier Rather Than Later?
- by Richard D Le and Naresh A Dewan—Omaha, Nebraska
Teaching Case of the Month
- Severe Arterial Hypoxemia in Liver Cirrhosis
- by Maarten K Ninaber, Jacobus B de Vaal, Oskar T Corsmit, Frans HM Cluitmans, Joost G de Leeuw, and Frits Smit—Leiderdorp, The Netherlands
Books, Software, & Other Media
- Noninvasive Ventilation Made Simple (Kinnear WJM)
- reviewed by Phillip E Alkana—Boston, Massachusetts
- Rau’s Respiratory Care Pharmacology, 7th edition (Gardenhire DS) Workbook for Rau’s Respiratory Care Pharmacology, 7th edition (Gardenhire DS, Harwood RJ)
- reviewed by George A Steer—Annapolis, Maryland
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Forgotten Killer (Midgley C, editor)
- reviewed by Richard B Wettstein—San Antonio, Texas
- Infection Prevention and Control: Theory and Practice for Healthcare Professionals (Weston D)
- reviewed by Emily K Shuman—Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Medical Statistics: A Textbook for the Health Sciences, 4th edition (Machin D, Campbell MJ, and Walters SJ, editors)
- reviewed by William J Ehlenbach—Seattle, Washington
- The Comfort of Home for Chronic Lung Disease: A Guide for Caregivers (Meyer MM, Derr P, with Gilmartin ME)
- reviewed by JoAnn P Hurd—Elk Grove Village, Illinois
- Manual of Pulmonary Function Testing, 9th edition (Ruppel GL)
- reviewed by Jeffrey M Haynes—Nashua, New Hampshire
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