Original Research
- Accuracy and Reliability of Extubation Decisions by Intensivists
- by Aiman Tulaimat and Babak Mokhlesi—Chicago, Illinois
- Performance of Current Intensive Care Unit Ventilators During Pressure and Volume Ventilation
- by Andrew D Marchese, Demet Sulemanji, Daniel Chipman—Boston, Massachusetts
Jesús Villar—Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
and Robert M Kacmarek—Boston, Massachusetts
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Refractory Respiratory Failure Secondary to 2009 H1N1 Influenza A
- by David A Turner, Kyle J Rehder, Stacey L Peterson-Carmichael,
Caroline P Ozment, Mashael S Al-Hegelan, Walter L Williford,
Michelle A Peters, Paul W Noble,
and Ira M Cheifetz—Durham, North Carolina
- Heliox and Forward-Leaning Posture Improve the Efficacy of Nebulized Bronchodilator in Acute Asthma: A Randomized Trial
- by Daniella C Brandão, Murilo C Britto, Maira F Pessoa,
Rafaela B de Sá, Luciana Alcoforado, Leonardo O Matos,
Thayse N Silva, and Armèle Dornelas de Andrade—Recife City, Brazil
- Management and Long-Term Outcome of Patients With Chronic Neuromuscular Disease Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for Acute Respiratory Failure: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
- by Ghislain Flandreau, Gael Bourdin, Véronique Leray, Frédérique Bayle,
Florent Wallet, Bertrand Delannoy, Gérard Durante, Bernard Vincent,
Jack Barbier, Jean-François Burle, Sandrine Passant, Jean-Christophe Richard,
and Claude Guérin—Lyon, France
- Osteoporosis Prevalence and Associated Factors in Patients With COPD: A Cross-Sectional Study
- by Denise Rossato Silva, Ana Cláudia Coelho, Anelise Dumke,
Jorge Diego Valentini, Juliana Nunes de Nunes, Clarisse Luisa Stefani,
Lívia Fontes da Silva Mendes, and Marli Maria Knorst—Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Comparison of Expiratory Isovolume Pressure-Flow Curves With the Stop-Flow Versus the Esophageal-Balloon Method
- by Derya C Coursey—College Park, Maryland
Steven M Scharf—Baltimore, Maryland
and Arthur T Johnson—College Park, Maryland
- Effects of Implementing Adaptive Support Ventilation in a Medical Intensive Care Unit
- by Chien-Wen Chen—Taipei, Taiwan
Chin-Pyng Wu—Taoyuan, Taiwan
Yu-Ling Dai, Wann-Cherng Perng, Chih-Feng Chian, Wen-Lin Su—Taipei, Taiwan
and Yuh-Chin T Huang—Durham, North Carolina
- by Mara Paneroni—Lumezzane, Italy
Enrico Clini—Gaiato, Italy
Carla Simonelli, Luca Bianchi—Lumezzane, Italy
Francesca Degli Antoni—Gaiato, Italy
and Michele Vitacca—Lumezzane, Italy
- Evaluation of an Alternative Chest Physiotherapy Method in Infants With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis
- by Guy Postiaux, Jacques Louis, Henri C Labasse, Julien Gerroldt,
Anne-Claire Kotik, Amandine Lemuhot, and Caroline Patte—Montignies-sur-Sambre, Belgium
- Chester Step Test in Patients With COPD: Reliability and Correlation With Pulmonary Function Test Results
- by Anderson Alves de Camargo, Tatiana Justino, Carlos Henrique Silva de Andrade,
Carla Malaguti, and Simone Dal Corso—São Paulo, Brazil
- C-Reactive Protein Alone or Combined With Cardiac Troponin T for Risk Stratification of Respiratory Intensive Care Unit Patients
- by Savas Ozsu, Gurdal Yilmaz, Ismail Yilmaz, Funda Oztuna,
Yilmaz Bulbul, and Tevfik Ozlu—Trabzon, Turkey
- MicroRNA Expression Profile in Hyperoxia-Exposed Newborn Mice During the Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
- by Xiaoying Zhang, Wei Peng, Sheng Zhang, Chunzhi Wang,
Xiyu He, Zhimei Zhang, Lina Zhu, Yan Wang,
Zhichun Feng—Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Review
- Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
- by Ajmal Khan and Ritesh Agarwal—Chandigarh, India
Case Reports
- Multinodular Goiter as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Sarcoidosis: Limitation of Fine-Needle Biopsy
- by Thanh D Hoang, Vinh Q Mai, Patrick W Clyde, Babette C Glister,
and Mohamed KM Shakir—Bethesda, Maryland
- Endobronchial Metastasis of a Primary Transitional-Cell and Signet-Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder
- by Nedim Çekmen, Sonay Açiksöz, Hacer Serdarog˘lu, Özcan Erdemli,
and Tansel Inan—Ankara, Turkey
- Lung Hernia Associated With Hemothorax Following Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- by John S Emberger Jr, Lisa Racine, and Vinay Maheshwari—Newark, Delaware
- The Velcro Mustache: A Potential Barrier to Effective Bag-and-Mask Ventilation in Neonates on Nasal CPAP: Two Case Reports
- by Sabah Helou, Howard J Birenbaum, Daniel Blue, Maria A Pane,
and Gregory Andre Marinkovich—Baltimore, Maryland
Teaching Cases of the Month
- A 60-Year Old Man Presenting With Yellow Nail Syndrome
- by Ariel Modrykamien—Omaha, Nebraska
and Omar Minai—Cleveland, Ohio
- Primary Pulmonary Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma in a Patient With Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- by Vishal J Verma—Brooklyn, New York
Shilpa Jain—New York, New York
Shashideep Singhal, Sasikanth Nallagatla, Ayanava Majumdar, Mary Vangala,
Farhad Arjomand, and Viswanath P Vasudevan—Brooklyn, New York 1046
Editorials
- Success Stories: Use of Patient Vignettes to Assess the Ability of Physicians to Predict Extubation Success
- by Jonathan M Siner and Mark D Siegel—New Haven, Connecticut
- Is Volume Inferior to Pressure?
- by Masaji Nishimura—Kuramoto, Tokushima, Japan
- Are Contraindications to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Slowly Vanishing?
- by Peter Betit—Boston, Massachusetts
- Posture Perfect: The Role of Positioning During Bronchodilator Administration With Oxygen or Heliox
- by James B Fink and Arzu Ari—Atlanta, Georgia
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