Editorials
- Is Noninvasive Ventilation Still Underused by Physicians?
- by Davide Chiumello—Milan, Italy
- In Search of Maximum Inspiratory and Expiratory Pressure Reference Equations
- by Marcy F Petrini and Demondes Haynes—Jackson, Mississippi
Original Research
- A Survey of the Use of Noninvasive Ventilation in Academic Emergency Departments in the United States
- by Dean R Hess, Jessica M Pang, and Carlos A Camargo Jr—Boston, Massachusetts
- Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure: A National Survey of Veterans Affairs Hospitals
- by Gregory B Bierer—Sylmar, California and Guy W Soo Hoo—Los Angeles, California
- Performance of Maximum Inspiratory Pressure Tests and Maximum Inspiratory Pressure Reference Equations for 4 Race/Ethnic Groups
- by Michael C Sachs—Seattle, Washington
Paul L Enright—Tucson, Arizona
Karen D Hinckley Stukovsky—Seattle, Washington
Rui Jiang and R Graham Barr—New York, New York
- Humidification and Secretion Volume in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
- by Mario Solomita, Lucy B Palmer, Feroza Daroowalla, Jeffrey Liu, Dori Miller, Deniese S LeBlanc, and Gerald C Smaldone—Stony Brook, New York
- Influence of Moisture Accumulation in Inline Spacer on Delivery of Aerosol Using Metered-Dose Inhaler During Mechanical Ventilation
- by Hui-Ling Lin-Tao—Yuan, Taiwan
James B Fink—Atlanta, Georgia
Yue Zhou and Yung-Sung Cheng—Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Output and Aerosol Properties of 5 Nebulizer/Compressor Systems With Arformoterol Inhalation Solution
- by Andrea Bauer, Paul McGlynn—Marlborough, Massachusetts
Li Li Bovet, Pamela L Mims—Durham, North Carolina
Lisa A Curry and John P Hanrahan—Marlborough, Massachusetts
Review Article
- The Assessment of Maximal Respiratory Mouth Pressures In Adults
- by John A Evans and William A Whitelaw—Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Symposium Papers
- How to Find the Best Evidence
- by Robert L Chatburn—Cleveland, Ohio
- How to Read a Scientific Research Paper
- by Charles G Durbin Jr—Charlottesville, Virginia
- How to Read a Case Report (or Teaching Case of the Month)
- by David J Pierson—Seattle, Washington
- How to Read a Review Paper
- by Rachael A Callcut and Richard D Branson—Cincinnati, Ohio
- Translating Evidence Into Practice
- by David J Pierson—Seattle, Washington
Case Reports
- Late Presentation of Double Aortic Arch in School-Age Children Presumed to Have Asthma: The Benefits of Spirometry and Examination of the Flow-Volume Curve
- by Derek A Uchida—Salt Lake City, Utah
- Airway Pressure-Release Ventilation in Pregnant Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Novel Strategy
- by Amyn Hirani, Paul E Marik, and Lauren A Plante—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Teaching Case of the Month
- Right Paratracheal Air Cyst (Tracheal Diverticulum)
- by Ziaollah Haghi, Mohammad Towhidi, Hossein Fattahi, and Shahrzad M Lari—Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran
Letters
- The Consequences of Withholding Noninvasive Ventilation During an Epidemic
- by John McCracken—Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
author response by Joshua O Benditt—Seattle, Washington
Robert M Kacmarek—Boston, Massachusetts
and Sangeeta Mehta—Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Books, Software, & Other Media
- Pulmonary Hypertension (Hill NS and Farber HW, editors)
- reviewed by Raed A Dweik—Cleveland, Ohio
- Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, 2nd edition (Taussig LF and Landau LI, editors)
- reviewed by Harold J Farber—Houston, Texas
- Diagnostic Pulmonary Pathology, 2nd edition (Cagle PT, Allen TC, and Beasley MB, editors)
- reviewed by Roberto J Barrios—Houston, Texas
- Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests: A Practical Guide, 3rd edition (Hyatt RE, Scanlon PD, and Nakamura M)
- reviewed by Patrick Ryan Sosnay—Baltimore, Maryland
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