Contents
October 2007 / Volume 52 / Number 10
39th RESPIRATORY CARE Journal Conference
Physiology, Pharmacology, Techniques, and Practice Part II
A Special Issue
Co-Chairs
Bruce K Rubin MEngr MD MBA FAARC
Dean R Hess PhD RRT FAARC
Conference Proceedings
- Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation for Airway Mucus Clearance
- by Douglas N Homnick—Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Positive Expiratory Pressure and Oscillatory Positive Expiratory Pressure Therapies
- by Timothy R Myers—Cleveland, Ohio
- Secretion Management in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
- by Richard D Branson—Cincinnati, Ohio
- Designing Clinical Trials to Evaluate Mucus Clearance Therapy
- by Bruce K Rubin—Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Airway Clearance Applications in the Elderly and in Patients With Neurologic or Neuromuscular Compromise
- by Carl F Haas, Paul S Loik, and Steven E Gay—Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Airway Clearance Applications in Infants and Children
- by Michael S Schechter—Atlanta, Georgia
- Airway Clearance: Physiology, Pharmacology, Techniques, and Practice
- by Dean R Hess—Boston, Massachusetts
Conference Summary
Books, Films, Tapes, & Software
- Radiology of Chest Diseases, 3rd edition (Lange S, Walsh G)
- reviewed by Jonathan H Chung—Seattle, Washington
- 100 Chest X-Ray Problems (Corne J, Pointon K)
- reviewed by Edie P Shen and Joann G Elmore—Seattle, Washington
- Imaging of Pulmonary Infections (Müller NL, Franquet T, Lee KS, editors)
- reviewed by Arlene Sirajuddin and Tan-Lucien H Mohammed—Cleveland, Ohio