Contents
December 2007 / Volume 52 / Number 12
Editorials
- Adherence to Evidence-Based Recommendations for Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: The Survey Says…
- by Nasia Safdar and Cybele L Abad—Madison, Wisconsin
- Respiratory Care: A Decade of Challenge and Progress
- by David J Pierson—Seattle, Washington
- Change of the Guard at Respiratory Care: Thanks to Dr Pierson and Welcome to Dr Hess
- by Sam P Giordano—Irving, TX
- Attitudes of Respiratory Therapists and Nurses About Measures to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Survey Study
- by A Murat Kaynar—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jacob J Mathew—Boston, Massachusetts
Margaret M Hudlin—Worcester, Massachusetts
Dan J Gingras—Providence, Rhode Island
Ray H Ritz, Michael R Jackson, Robert M Kacmarek—Boston, Massachusetts
and Marin H Kollef—St Louis, Missouri - Possible Prognostic Value of Leukotriene B4 in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- by Joan R Masclans, Joan Sabater, Judit Sacanell, Pilar Chacon, Pilar Sabin,
Oriol Roca, and Mercè Planas—Barcelona, Spain - Evaluation of the Ventilator-User Interface of 2 New Advanced Compact Transport Ventilators
- by François Templier—Garches, France
Patrick Miroux—Compiegne, France
François Dolveck, Alexis Descatha, Nathalie-Sybille Goddet—Garches, France
Charles Jeleff—Compiègne, France
Michel Baer, Marcel Chauvin—Garches, France
Laurent Brochard—Créteil, France
and Dominique Fletcher—Garches, France - Predicting Extubation Failure After Successful Completion of a Spontaneous Breathing Trial
- by Babak Mokhlesi, Aiman Tulaimat, Ty J Gluckman,
Yue Wang, Arthur T Evans, and Thomas C Corbridge—Chicago, Illinois - Laboratory Evaluation of the Vortran Automatic Resuscitator Model RTM
- by Mark D Babic, Robert L Chatburn, and James K Stoller—Cleveland, Ohio
- Noninvasive Ventilation As an Alternative to Endotracheal Intubation During Tracheotomy in Advanced Neuromuscular Disease
- by David Orlikowski, Hélène Prigent—Garches, France
Jésus Gonzalez-Bermejo—Paris, France
Philippe Aubert, Frédéric Lofaso, Jean Claude Raphael, and Bernard Clair—Garches, France - Short-Term Effect of Controlled Instead of Assisted Noninvasive Ventilation in Chronic Respiratory Failure Due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- by Dominic Dellweg—Schmallenberg, Germany
Bernd Schonhofer—Hannover, Germany
Peter M Haidl, Thomas Barchfeld, Markus D Wenzel, Patrick Appelhans,
and Dieter Kohler—Schmallenberg, Germany - Noninvasive Measurement of Carboxyhemoglobin Levels for Adjustment of Diffusion Capacity Measured During Pulmonary Function Testing
- by Anne M Mahoney, Claudia L Stimpson, Karen L Scott,
and Neil B Hampson—Seattle, Washinton - Correlation of Spirometry and Symptom Scores in Childhood Asthma and the Usefulness of Curvature Assessment in Expiratory Flow-Volume Curves
- by Johannes H Wildhaber, Josué Sznitman, Paul Harpes, Daniel Straub, Alexander Möller,
Pavel Basek, and Felix H Sennhauser—Zürich, Switzerland - Breath Sound Distribution Images of Patients With Pneumonia and Pleural Effusion
- by Ram Mor—Tel Aviv, Israel
Igal Kushnir—Or Akiva, Israel
Jean-Jacques Meyer—Haifa and West Galilee, Israel
Joseph Ekstein—Ramat-Gan, Israel
and Issahar Ben-Dov—Tel Aviv, Israel - Adoption of Lower Tidal Volume Ventilation Improves With Feedback and Education
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by Esther K Wolthuis—Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Jozef Kesecioglu, Luc H Hassink—Utrecht, the Netherlands
Rogier M Determann, Johanna C Korevaar, and Marcus J Schultz—Amsterdam, the Netherlands - An Analysis of Needs for Respiratory Therapists in Northeast Ohio and Development of Strategies to Meet Increased Recruitment Demands
- by Douglas K Orens, Robert L Chatburn—Cleveland, Ohio
Teresa A Volsko—Youngstown, Ohio
and James K Stoller—Cleveland, Ohio
Original Contributions
Case Reports
- Acute Unilateral Pneumonitis in a Patient With Polymyositis: A Unique Presentation of Polymyositis-Associated Pneumonitis
- by Bobbak Vahid, Enrique Machare-Delgado, and Paul E Marik—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Teaching Case of the Month
- Trichoptysis Due to an Intrapulmonary Teratoma
- by Ritesh Agarwal, Rajagopala Srinivas, and Akshay K Saxena—Chandigarh, India
Letters
- Beware the Adapters
- by Bruce Hayton—Hauser, Idaho
author response by Douglas C Johnson—Boston Massachusetts
author response by James B Fink—San Carlos, California
Books, Films, Tapes, & Software
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Clinical Atlas of Interstitial Lung Disease (Per
os-Golub ci´c T, Sharma OP) - reviewed by Bennet M Wang—Redmond, Washington
- Primary Care Sleep Medicine: A Practical Guide (Pagel JF, Pandi-Perumal SR, editors)
- reviewed by Robert P Blankfield—Cleveland, Ohio
- Clinicians’ Guide to Pediatric Sleep Disorders (Richardson MA, Friedman NR, editors)
- reviewed by Lynn A D’Andrea—Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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