Contents
August 2006 / Volume 51 / Number 8
Special Issue Part I
Neuromuscular Disease in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Co-Chairs
Joshua O Benditt MD
Dean R Hess PhD RRT FAARC
Foreword
- Respiratory Care and Neuromuscular Disease
- by Joshua O Benditt—Seattle, Washington and Dean R Hess—Boston, Massachusetts
Conference Proceedings
- The Neuromuscular Respiratory System: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and a Respiratory Care Approach to Patients
- by Joshua O Benditt—Seattle, Washington
- Muscle Dysfunction Associated With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- by Neil R MacIntyre—Durham, North Carolina
- Respiratory Dysfunction and Management in Spinal Cord Injury
- by Robert Brown—Boston, Massachusetts; Anthony F DiMarco—Cleveland, Ohio; Jeannette D Hoit—Tucson, Arizona; and Eric Garshick—Boston, Massachusetts
- Respiratory Effects of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Problems and Solutions
- by Noah Lechtzin—Baltimore, Maryland
- Respiratory Issues in the Management of Children With Neuromuscular Disease
- by Howard B Panitch—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Noninvasive Ventilation in Neuromuscular Disease: Equipment and Application
- by Dean R Hess—Boston, Massachusetts
- Management of Airway Clearance in Neuromuscular Disease
- by Louis J Boitano—Seattle, Washington
Case Reports
- Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Acute Right-Ventricular Dysfunction After Extrapleural Pneumonectomy
- by Evans R Fernandez-Pérez and Mark T Keegan—Rochester, Minnesota; and Barry A Harrison—Jacksonville, Florida
Books, Films, Tapes, & Software
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Pharmacology and Pathophysiology of the Control of Breathing
(Ward DS, Dahan A, Teppema LJ, editors) - reviewed by Nausherwan K Burki—Farmington, Connecticut
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Acute and Chronic Cough
(Redington AE, Morice AH, editors) - reviewed by Lorcan McGarvey—Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Severe Pneumonia
(Niederman MS, editor) - reviewed by Warren Isakow—St Louis, Missouri
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Sleep Medicine: A Guide to Sleep and Its Disorders, 2nd ed
(Shneerson JM) - reviewed by Susan M Harding—Birmingham, Alabama
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Cystic Fibrosis in the 21st Century
(Bush A, Alton EWFW, Davies JC, Griesenbach U, Jaffe A, editors) - reviewed by Bruce K Rubin—Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Lung Surfactant Function and Disorder
(Nag K, editor) - reviewed by Shabbir Hussain—London, Ontario, Canada
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