Editorials
- Are Tracheostomized Patients Safe on Regular Hospital Wards?
- by Susan R Wilcox and Ulrich H Schmidt—Boston, Massachusetts
- Toward Leaner Tracheostomy Care: First Observe, Then Improve
- by John E Heffner—Portland, Oregon
- Manual Resuscitators: Some Inconvenient Truths
- by John W Salyer—Seattle, Washington
Original Research
- Tracheostomy Tube in Place at Intensive Care Unit Discharge Is Associated With Increased Ward Mortality
- by Gonzalo Hernández Martinez—Toledo, Spain
Rafael Fernandez—Barcelona, Spain
Marcelino Sánchez Casado, Rafael Cuena, Pilar Lopez-Reina, Sergio Zamora—Toledo, Spain
and Elena Luzon—Madrid, Spain
- Can Outcomes of Intensive Care Unit Patients Undergoing Tracheostomy Be Predicted?
- by David R Gerber, Adib Chaaya, Christa A Schorr, Daniel Markley, and Wissam Abouzgheib—Camden, New Jersey
- A North American Survey of Respiratory Therapist and Physician Tracheostomy Decannulation Practices
- by Henry Thomas Stelfox—Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dean R Hess, and Ulrich H Schmidt—Boston, Massachusetts
- The Self-Inflating Resuscitation Bag Delivers High Oxygen Concentrations When Used Without a Reservoir: Implications for Neonatal Resuscitation
- by Kathy L Johnston—Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
and Khalid Aziz—Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- In Vitro Delivery of Budesonide From 30 Jet Nebulizer/Compressor Combinations Using Infant and Child Breathing Patterns
- by Elna B Berg and Robert J Picard—Lund, Sweden
- Outcomes of Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure in a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit in North India
- by Ritesh Agarwal, Ajay Handa, Ashutosh N Aggarwal, Dheeraj Gupta, and Digamber Behera—Chandigarh, India
- An Assessment of Nutritional Support to Critically Ill Patients and Its Correlation With Outcomes in a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit
- by Navneet Singh, Dheeraj Gupta, Ashutosh N Aggarwal, Ritesh Agarwal, and Surinder K Jindal—Chandigarh, India
- Automatic Tube Compensation as an Adjunct for Weaning in Patients With Severe Neuroparalytic Snake Envenomation Requiring Mechanical Ventilation: A Pilot Randomized Study
- by Ashutosh N Aggarwal, Ritesh Agarwal, and Dheeraj Gupta—Chandigarh, India
- Reliability of Chest Wall Mobility and Its Correlation With Pulmonary Function in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- by Carla Malaguti, Rafaella R Rondelli, Leandra M de Souza, Marcia Domingues, and Simone Dal Corso—São Paulo, Brazil
- Hallway Versus Treadmill 6-Minute-Walk Tests in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- by Fábio G de Almeida, Edgar G Victor, and José A Rizzo—Recife, Brazil
Review Article
- The Physiologic Basis of Spirometry
- by Don Hayes Jr and Steve S Kraman—Lexington, Kentucky
Case Report
- Primary Snoring and Growth Failure in a Patient With Cystic Fibrosis
- by Kelvin D MacDonald, Brian M McGinley, David J Brown, Laura M Sterni, Beryl J Rosenstein, and Peter J Mogayzel Jr—Baltimore, Maryland
Teaching Case of the Month
- Pulmonary Tumor Embolism as an Initial Manifestation of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
- by José N Sancho-Chust, José Ferreres, José Pineda, Miguel A Molla, Francisco Giner, Mar Juan, and José Blanquer—Alacant, Spain
Books, Software, & Other Media
- Living With Your Heart and Lungs (Bryant SL and Obst G)
- reviewed by Charles Oberdorf—Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Sleep Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapeutics (Pandi-Perumal SR, Verster JC, Monti JM, Lader M, and Langer SZ, editors)
- reviewed by Sairam Parthasarathy—Tucson, Arizona
- Respiratory Medicine: Clinical Cases Uncovered (Baker E, Lai D)
- reviewed by Carlos R Vassaux—Fort Collins, Colorado
- Integrated Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology, 2nd edition (Colbert BJ and Kennedy BL)
- reviewed by Ann L Cusano—Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
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