Contents
August 2007 / Volume 52 / Number 8
Editorials
- Bye-Bye, Blow-By
- by Bruce K Rubin—Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- High-Frequency External Chest Wall Compression for Secretion Clearance: Shake It, But Don’t Break It
- by Bruce K Rubin—Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Nebulizer Efficiency: Modeling Versus In Vitro Testing
- by John H Dennis—Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Original Contributions
- The Spontaneous Breathing Pattern and Work of Breathing of Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Acute Lung Injury
- by by Richard H Kallet, J Claude Hemphill III, Rochelle A Dicker, James A Alonso, Andre R Campbell, Robert C Mackersie, and Jeffrey A Katz—San Francisco, California
- End-of-Life Decision Making in 42 Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- by Craig A Munroe, Michael D Sirdofsky, Tunay Kuru, and Eric D Anderson—Washington, DC
- Physiological Responses to Positive Expiratory Pressure Breathing: A Comparison of the PEP Bottle and the PEP Mask
- by Maria Sehlin, Fredrik Öhberg, Göran Johansson, and Ola Winsö — Umeå, Sweden
- Concordance of Respiratory Care Plans Generated by Protocols From Different Hospitals: A Comparative Study
- by James K Stoller, Edward R Hoisington, Martha E Lemin, James A Karol, Robert L Chatburn, Edward J Mascha, and Lucy Kester—Cleveland, Ohio
- Multicenter Study of Clinical Features of Sudden-Onset Versus Slower-Onset Asthma Exacerbations Requiring Hospitalization
- by Venktesh R Ramnath, Sunday Clark, and Carlos A Camargo Jr—Boston, Massachusetts
- Effect of Face Mask Design on Inhaled Mass of Nebulized Albuterol, Using a Pediatric Breathing Model
- by Hui-Ling Lin—Madison, South Dakota; Ruben D Restrepo—San Antonio, Texas; Douglas S Gardenshire, and Joseph L Rau—Atlanta, Georgia
Case Reports
- Acute Hypoxemia in a Child With Neurologic Impairment Associated With High-Frequency Chest-Wall Compression
- by Leah D Willis and Robert H Warren—Little Rock, Arkansas
Special Articles
- Respiratory Dysfunction and Pulmonary Diease in Cirrhosis and Other Hepatic Disorders
- by Julie L Huffmyer and Edward C Nemergut—Charlottesville, Virginia
- A New System for Understanding Nebulizer Performance
- by Robert L Chatburn—Cleveland, Ohio; and Michael McPeck—Stony Brook, New York
Books, Films, Tapes, & Software
- Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation (Lynch JP III, Ross DJ, editors)
- reviewed by Jeffrey D Edelman—Seattle, Washington
- My Office Is Killing Me! The Sick Building Survival Guide (May JC)
- reviewed by Janice Camp—Seattle, Washington
- Bronchial Vascular Remodeling in Asthma and COPD (Lazaar A, editor)
- reviewed by Peter K Jeffery—London, United Kingdom
- Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (O’Byrne K, Rusch V, editors)
- reviewed by Eugene J Mark—Boston Massachusetts