Contents
August 2004 / Volume 49 / Number 8
Editorials
- Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2003: Buyer Beware!
- by Dean R Hess—Boston, Massachusetts
- Expiratory Chest Compression in Atelectasis: No Harm, No Foul—Oops!
- by James B Fink—Mountain View, California
- Announcing a New Respiratory Care Section: Teaching Case of the Month
- by Joshua O Benditt—Seattle, Washington
Original Contributions
- Effects of Expiratory Rib Cage Compression Combined With Endotracheal Suctioning on Gas Exchange in Mechanically Ventilated Rabbits With Induced Atelectasis
- by Takeshi Unoki, Taro Mizutani, and Hidenori Toyooka—Ibaraki, Japan
- An Evaluation of 2 New Devices for Nasal High-Flow Gas Therapy
- by Jonathan B Waugh and Wesley M Granger—Birmingham, Alabama
- An Assessment of the Appropriateness of Respiratory Care Delivered at a 450-Bed Acute Care Veterans Affairs Hospital
- by David C Shelledy, Terry S LeGrand, and Jay I Peters—San Antonio, Texas
- Respiratory Therapists’ Attitudes About Participative Decision Making: Relationship Between Managerial Decision-Making Style and Job Satisfaction
- by Shane S Blake, Lucy Kester, and James K Stoller—Cleveland, Ohio
Teaching Case of the Month
- Methemoglobinemia: Sudden Dyspnea and Oxyhemoglobin Desaturation After Esophagoduodenoscopy
- by Ellen Lunenfeld and Gregory C Kane—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Books, Films, Tapes, & Software
- Middleton’s Allergy: Principles and Practice, 6th ed
(Adkinson NF Jr, Yunginger JW, Busse WW, Bochner BS, Holgate ST, Simons FER) - reviewed by Garrison H Ayars—Seattle, Washington
- The Immunological Basis of Asthma
(Lambrecht BN, Hoogsteden HC, Diamant Z, editors) - reviewed by Leonard C Altman—Seattle, Washington
- The Allergy and Asthma Cure: A Complete 8-Step Nutritional Program
(Pescatore F) - reviewed by Raed A Dweik—Cleveland, Ohio and Erin E Dweik—Moreland Hills, Ohio
- 20 Common Problems in Respiratory Disorders
(Hueston WJ, editor) - reviewed by Valentine Paredes and Christopher Behrens—Seattle, Washington
- Chemokines in the Lung
(Strieter RM, Kunkel SL, Standiford TJ, editors) - reviewed by Joan G Clark—Seattle, Washington
- Gene Therapy in Lung Disease
(Albelda SM, editor) - reviewed by Arlene Stecenko—Atlanta, Georgia
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