Original Research
- A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial on the Efficacy of Noninvasive Ventilation in Severe Acute Asthma
- by Dheeraj Gupta, Alok Nath, Ritesh Agarwal, and Digamber Behera—Chandigarh, India
- Effects of Imposed Resistance on Tidal Volume With 5 Neonatal Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Systems
- by Shannon E Cook, Katherine L Fedor, and Robert L Chatburn—Cleveland, Ohio
- Comparison Between Automatic Tube Compensation and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure During Spontaneous Breathing Trials
- by Juan B Figueroa-Casas, Ricardo Montoya—El Paso, Texas
Alejandro Arzabala—Jackson, Mississippi
and Sean M Connery—El Paso, Texas
- Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Tobacco Use in Veterans at Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- by William H Thompson—Boise, Idaho
and Sophie St-Hilaire—Pocatello, Idaho
- Can We Identify Patients at High Risk for Unplanned Extubation? A Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Survey
- by Maged A Tanios—Long Beach, California
Scott K Epstein, Jeanette Livelo, and Daniel Teres—Boston, Massachusetts
- Physiological Impact of the N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator on Healthcare Workers
- by Raymond J Roberge, Aitor Coca, W Jon Williams, Jeffrey B Powell, and Andrew J Palmiero—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Comparison of PubMed and Google Scholar Literature Searches
- by Michael E Anders and Dennis P Evans—Little Rock, Arkansas
- Echocardiography, 6-Minute Walk Distance, and Distance-Saturation Product as Predictors of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- by Ariel M Modrykamien, Ravindra Gudavalli, Kevin McCarthy, and Joseph Parambil—Cleveland, Ohio
- Relationship Between Functional Residual Capacity, Respiratory Compliance, and Oxygenation in Patients Ventilated After Cardiac Surgery
- by Hermann Heinze, Beate Sedemund-Adib, Matthias Heringlake, Torsten Meier, and Wolfgang Eichler—Lübeck, Germany
Review Article
- Bronchoscopy During Noninvasive Ventilation: Indications and Technique
- by Septimiu D Murgu, Jocelyn Pecson, and Henri G Colt—Irvine, California
Special Article
- Competencies Needed by Graduate Respiratory Therapists in 2015 and Beyond
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by Thomas A Barnes—Boston, Massachusetts
David D Gale—Richmond, Kentucky
Robert M Kacmarek—Boston, Massachusetts
and Woody V Kageler—Fort Worth, Texas
Case Reports
- Alveolar Dead-Space Response to Activated Protein C in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- by Richard H Kallet, Robert M Jasmer, and Jean-François Pittet—San Francisco, California
- Novel H1N1 Influenza A Viral Infection Complicated by Alveolar Hemorrhage
- by Christopher R Gilbert, Kumar Vipul, and Michael Baram—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Teaching Case of the Month
- Dyspnea in a Lung Transplant Recipient
- by Don Hayes Jr, Kateri M Roessler-Henderson, Sara M Davenport, Paul Bryan Collins, and Hubert O Ballard—Lexington, Kentucky
Editorials
- Noninvasive Ventilation in Severe Acute Asthma? Still Far From the Truth
- by Raffaele Scala—Arezzo, Italy
- CPAP, Yes! But How?
- by Craig Black—Toledo, Ohio
- Spontaneous Breathing Trials: Should We Use Automatic Tube Compensation?
- by Maged A Tanios—Irvine, California
and Scott K Epstein—Boston, Massachusetts
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Veterans Affairs Hospitals: Haven’t We Seen This Before?
- by Guy W Soo Hoo—Los Angeles, California
Books, Software, & Other Media
- Breaking the Cycle: How to Turn Conflict Into Collaboration When You and Your Patients Disagree (Blackall GF, Simms S, and Green MJ)
- reviewed by Margaret L Isaac—Seattle, Washington
- Clinical Respiratory Medicine 3rd edition (Albert RK, Spiro SG, and Jett JR)
- reviewed by David E Sasso—Boise, Idaho
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (Abman SH, editor)
- reviewed by Steven M Donn—Ann Arbor, Michigan
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