Editorials
- Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Is It Really Dangerous?
- by Robert A Berg and Karl B Kern—Tucson, Arizona
- Building a Better Intensive Care Unit: The Role of Industrial Process Improvement in Critical Care
- by Jeremy M Kahn and Richard P Shannon—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Capnography and Respiratory Care in the 21st Century
- by Richard H Kallet—San Francisco, California
Original Contributions
- Comparison of a 10-Breaths-Per-Minute Versus a 2-Breaths-Per-Minute Strategy During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Porcine Model of Cardiac Arrest
- by Keith G Lurie, Demetris Yannopoulos, Scott H McKnite, Margot L Herman—Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ahamed H Idris—Dallas, Texas
Vinay M Nadkarni—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wanchun Tang—Rancho Mirage, California
Andrea Gabrielli—Gainesville, Florida
Thomas A Barnes—Boston, Massachusetts
and Anja K Metzger—Minneapolis, Minnesota
- An Analysis of Features of Respiratory Therapy Departments That Are Avid For Change
- by James K Stoller, Lucy Kester, Vincent T Roberts, Douglas K Orens, Mark D Babic, Martha E Lemin, Edward R Hoisington, Colleen M Dolgan, Harlow B Cohen, and Robert L Chatburn—Cleveland, Ohio
- Anatomic Dead Space Cannot Be Predicted by Body Weight
- by Lara M Brewer, Joseph A Orr, and Nathan L Pace—Salt Lake City, Utah
- Spirometric Correlates of Dyspnea Improvement Among Emergency Department Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
- by Carlos A Camargo Jr, Chu-Lin Tsai, Sunday Clark, Patrick A Kenney, and Michael S Radeos—Boston, Massachusetts
- Patient Comfort During Pressure Support and Volume Controlled-Continuous Mandatory Ventilation
- by Alan D Betensley, Imran Khalid, John Crawford, Robert A Pensler, and Bruno DiGiovine—Detroit, Michigan
Philip Kittredge Memorial Lecture
- Managing Respiratory Care: Where Is the Science?
- by Karen J Stewart—Charleston, West Virginia
Case Reports
- Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease in an Immunocompetent Adolescent
- by Kin-Sun Wong, Tzou-Yien Lin, Yhu-Chering Huang, and Chih-Yung Chiu—Taoyuan, Taiwan
Teaching Case of the Month
- Constrictive Pericarditis Presenting as Unexplained Dyspnea With Recurrent Pleural Effusion
- by Kannan Ramar and Craig A Dan—Rochester, Minnesota
Letters
- Who Should Manage the Airway?
- by Jeffrey M Haynes—Nashua, New Hampshire
author response by Daniel Talmor—Boston, Massachusetts - Noninvasive Ventilation During a Mass-Casualty Event
- by John McCracken—Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
author response by Richard D Branso—Cincinnati, Ohio
and Lewis Rubinson—Seattle, Washington - Blow-By Revisited
- by Ronald Baty—Falls Church, Virginia
author response by Bruce K Rubin—Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Airway Pressure-Release Ventilation
- by Brent D Kenne—Springfield, Missouri
author response by Neil R MacIntyre—Durham, North Carolina
and Timothy R Myer—Cleveland, Ohio
Books, Films, Tapes, & Software
- Respiratory Care Protocols: Education and Implementation Manual for Managers, Staff, and Students (Tietsort J, McPeck M, and Masini DE)
- reviewed by Lucy Kester—Cleveland, Ohio
- Pulmonary Physiology and Pathophysiology: An Integrated, Case-Based Approach. 2nd edition. (West JB)
- reviewed by Robert R Kempaine—Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Pulmonary Pathophysiology: The Essentials. 7th edition. (West JB)
- reviewed by Carrie D Chu—Seattle, Washington
- Pulmonary Imaging: Contributions to Key Clinical Questions. (Desai SR, Franquet T, Hartman TE, and Wells AU, editors)
- reviewed by Sudhakar NJ Pipavat—Seattle, Washington
Guidelines, Recommendations, & Statements
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