Contents
April 2008 / Volume 53 / Number 4
Editorials
- Documentation of Airflow Obstruction Is Essential to Confirm the Diagnosis of COPD: Are Handheld Spirometers in an Office Setting Valid?
- Dennis E Doherty—Lexington, Kentucky
- Respiratory Care Informatics: Birth of a New Discipline?
- Steven B Nelson—Overland Park, Kansas
Original Contributions
- Reproducibility and Validity of a Handheld Spirometer
- by R Graham Barr—New York, New York
Kimberly J Stemple—Atlanta, Georgia
Sonia Mesia-Vela, Robert C Basner—New York, New York
Susan J Derk, Paul K Henneberger—Atlanta, Georgia
Donald K Milton—Cambridge, Massachusetts
and Brenda Taveras—New York, New York - Relationship Between Nutritional Status and Maximum Inspiratory and Expiratory Pressures in Cystic Fibrosis
- by Bruna Ziegler, Janice L Lukrafka, Claudine L de Oliveira Abraão, Paula M Rovedder, and Paulo de Tarso Roth Dalcin—Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Sputum Color: Potential Implications for Clinical Practice
- by Allen L Johnson—Seattle, Washington,
David F Hampson—Walla Walla, Washington
and Neil B Hampson—Seattle, Washington - Potential Reasons Why Physicians Underuse Lung-Protective Ventilation: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Physician Documentation
- by Mark E Mikkelsen—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pali M Dedhiya—Baltimore, Maryland
Ravi Kalhan—Chicago, Illinois
Robert J Gallop—West Chester, Pennsylvania
Paul N Lanken, and Barry D Fuchs—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Case Reports
- Hypoxemia Secondary to Right-to-Left Interatrial Shunt Through a Patent Foramen Ovale in a Patient With an Elevated Right Hemidiaphragm
- by Linda A Perkins, Steven M Costa, Carl D Boethel, and Mark E Lawrence—Temple, Texas
- Endobronchial Nodules in a Patient With Rheumatoid Arthritis
- by Marwan K Elya, Walid G Younis, Tarek A Dernaika, Nadim N Daher, Houssein A Youness, and Jean I Keddissi—Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Review Articles
- Emerging Gram-Negative Antibiotic Resistance: Daunting Challenges, Declining Sensitivities, and Dire Consequences
- by Robert E Siegel MD—The Bronx, New York
34th Donald F Egan Scientific Memorial Lecture
- Caring for Patients With Critical Illness and Their Families: the Value of the Integrated Clinical Team
- by J Randall Curtis—Seattle, Washington
Special Articles
- Respiratory Care Informatics and the Practice of Respiratory Care
- by Constance C Mussa—New York, New York
Teaching Case of the Month
- Severe Hypothermia With Osborn Waves in Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- by Zachary D Goldberger—Seattle, Washington
Letters
- Nasal Dryness Discomfort in Individuals Receiving Dry Oxygen Via Nasal Cannula
- by Kenji Miyamoto and Masaharu Nishimura—Sapporo, Japan
- Vocalization During Huff
- by Deane Hillsman—Sacramento, California
author response by James B Fink—Mountain View, California - Obstacles to Implementing Evidence-Based Guidelines
- by Sonia O Labeau, Dominique M Vandijck, Koenraad H Vanderwoude,
and Stijn I Blot—Ghent, Belgium
author response by A Murat Kaynar—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Books, Films, Tapes, & Software
- Procedures, Techniques, and Minimally Invasive Monitoring in Intensive Care Medicine, 4th edition. (Irwin RS, Rippe JM, Lisbon A, and Herd SO)
- reviewed by David J Leasa and Ian Ball—London, Ontario, Canada
- Respiratory Problems (Lynch J, and Simon C)
- reviewed by Ruben D Restrepo—San Antonio, Texas
- Principles of Health Care Ethics, 2nd edition. (Ashcroft RE, Dawson A, Draper H, and McMillan JR, editors)
- reviewed by Mark R Tonelli—Seattle, Washington
- How to Report Statistics in Medicine: Annotated Guidelines for Authors, Editors, and Reviewers, 2nd edition. (Lang TA, and Secic M)
- reviewed by Colin R Cooke—Seattle, Washington
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