Original Research
- A Bench Study of the Effects of Leak on Ventilator Performance During Noninvasive Ventilation
- by Yoshitoyo Ueno, Nobuto Nakanishi, Jun Oto, Hideaki Imanaka,
and Masaji Nishimura—Tokushima, Japan
- Long-Term Survival in Patients With Tracheostomy and Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Olmsted County, Minnesota
- by Marija Kojicic, Guangxi Li, Adil Ahmed,
Lokendra Thakur, Cesar Trillo-Alvarez, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba,
Peter C Gay, and Ognjen Gajic—Rochester, Minnesota
- Use of Lambda-Mu-Sigma-Derived Z Score for Evaluating Respiratory Impairment in Middle-Aged Persons
- by Carlos A Vaz Fragoso, Thomas M Gill, Gail McAvay,
Peter H Van Ness, H Klar Yaggi, and John Concato—New Haven, Connecticut
- Comparison of the Lower Confidence Limit to the Fixed-Percentage Method for Assessing Airway Obstruction in Routine Clinical Practice
- by Ashutosh N Aggarwal, Dheeraj Gupta, Ritesh Agarwal,
and Surinder K Jindal—Chandigarh, India
- Respiratory Care Work Assignment Based on Work Rate Instead of Work Load
- by Robert L Chatburn, Susan Gole, Philip Schenk,
Edward R Hoisington, and James K Stoller—Cleveland, Ohio
- Bench Evaluation of 7 Home-Care Ventilators
- by Thomas C Blakeman, Dario Rodriquez Jr,
Dennis Hanseman, and Richard D Branson—Cincinnati, Ohio
- Effects of 2 Exercise Training Programs on Physical Activity in Daily Life in Patients With COPD
- by Vanessa S Probst, Demétria Kovelis, Nídia A Hernandes,
Carlos A Camillo, Vinícius Cavalheri,
and Fabio Pitta—Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Distance Learning and the Internet in Respiratory Therapy Education
- by Sarah M Varekojis, Georgianna G Sergakis, Crystal L Dunlevy,
Elbie Foote, and Jill Clutter—Columbus, Ohio
- Time to Desaturation Less Than One Minute Predicts the Need for Long-Term Home Oxygen Therapy
- by Ignacio Garcia-Talavera, Alfonso Tauroni, Jose Luis Trujillo,
Ruth Pitti, Luisa Eiroa,
Armando Aguirre-Jaime—Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Alejandro Sánchez—Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
and Juan Abreu—Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
- Bacteriological Differences Between COPD Exacerbation and Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- by Xue-Jun Li, Qi Li, Liang-Yi Si, and Qiao-Ying Yuan—Chongqing, China
- Endotracheal Tube Extubation Force: Adhesive Tape Versus Endotracheal Tube Holder
- by Takeru Shimizu, Taro Mizutani, Soichiro Yamashita,
Keiichi Hagiya, and Makoto Tanaka—Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
- Effect of CPAP on Oxidative Stress and Circulating Progenitor Cell Levels in Sleep Patients With Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome
- by Mora Murri, Regina García-Delgado, José Alcázar-Ramírez,
Ana Fernández-Ramos, Juan Alcaide, Fernando Cardona,
and Francisco J Tinahones—Málaga, Spain
Case Reports
- Surgical Resection and Liposomal Amphotericin B to Treat Cavitary Pulmonary Zygomycosis in a Patient With Diabetes
- by ZHU Hua-Ping—Beijing, China
LIANG Jian, HUANG Jing-Bin—Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
GAO Jie, MO Guo-Xin, JIA Yan-Hong, and XIE Li-Xin—Beijing, China
- High-Frequency Chest-Wall Oscillation in a Noninvasive-Ventilation-Dependent Patient With Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- by Joanna M Keating, Nicola Collins, Andrew Bush,
and Michelle Chatwin—London, United Kingdom
- Pulmonary Hypertension: A Fatal Complication of Neurofibromatosis Type 1
- by Lina Gumbiene, Zaneta Petrulioniene,
Kestutis Rucinskas, Vyte Maneikiene, Pranas Serpytis,
Alicija Dranenkiene, and Aleksandras Laucevicius—Vilnius, Lithuania
Teaching Cases of the Month
- Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure in Sarcoidosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
- by Dheeraj Gupta, Ritesh Agarwal, Abinash S Paul,
and Kusum Joshi—Chandigarh, India
- Skin Ulcers: A Sign of Disseminated Tuberculosis
- by Guven Tekbas, Abdurrahman Abakay, Abdullah Cetin Tanrikulu,
Ugur Firat, Faysal Ekici, Zeki Dostbil,
and Bilal Sula—Diyarbakir, Turkey
Editorials
- Noninvasive Ventilation Failure: The Answer Is Blowing in the Leaks
- by Luca Cabrini, Giovanni Landoni, and Alberto Zangrillo—Milan, Italy
- Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: Are You a Lumper or a Splitter?
- by Heidi H O’Connor—Stoughton, Massachusetts
- Diagnosing COPD: High Time for a Paradigm Shift
- by Philip H Quanjer—Rotterdam, The Netherlands
and Gregg L Ruppel—St Louis, Missouri
- Staffing the Respiratory Care Department: New Considerations
- by Richard M Ford—San Diego, California
Letters
- Ventilator Software Version Markedly Affects Time to Trigger and Time Delay
- by Marc Wysocki, Michael Kistler—Bonaduz, Switzerland
Paul Garbarini and Robert Hamilton—Reno, Nevada
author response by Robert M Kacmarek—Boston, Massachusetts
- Is Noninvasive Ventilation Possible Only in New Jersey?
- by Ondrea McKay and John R Bach—Newark, New Jersey
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