RESPIRATORY CARE

Original Research

Do Commonly Used Ventilator Settings for Mechanically Ventilated Adults Have the Potential to Embed Secretions or Promote Clearance?

by George Ntoumenopoulos, Harriet Shannon, and Eleanor Main—London, United Kingdom

High Flow Through a Nasal Cannula and CPAP Effect in a Simulated Infant Model

by Teresa A Volsko—Akron, Ohio
Kathy Fedor, Jason Amadei, and Robert L Chatburn—Cleveland, Ohio

AccuO₂ Oximetry-Driven Oxygen-Conserving Device Versus Fixed-Dose Oxygen Devices in Stable COPD Patients

by Kathryn L Rice, Matthew F Schmidt, John S Buan,
Francene Lebahn, and Ted K Schwarzock—Minneapolis, Minneasota

Survey of Respiratory Therapy Education Program Directors in the United States

by Thomas A Barnes, Robert M Kacmarek—Boston, Massachusetts
and Charles G Durbin Jr—Charlottesville, Virginia

User Error With Diskus and Turbuhaler by Asthma Patients and Pharmacists in Jordan and Australia

by Iman A Basheti, Eyad Qunaibi—Amman, Jordan
Sinthia Z Bosnic-Anticevich, Carol L Armour—Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Samar Khater, Muthana Omar—Amman, Jordan
and Helen K Reddel—Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Patient Safety Attitudes Among Respiratory Therapists in Taiwan

by Huei-Guan Shie, Wui-Chiang Lee—Taipei, Taiwan
Hsiu-Feng Hsiao, Hui-Ling Lin—Taoyuan, Taiwan
Ling-Ling Yang, and Fang Jung—Taipei, Taiwan

Prolonged Slow Expiration Technique in Infants: Effects on Tidal Volume, Peak Expiratory Flow, and Expiratory Reserve Volume

by Fernanda C Lanza, Gustavo Wandalsen, Ana Caroline Dela Bianca,
Carolina L Cruz—São Paulo, Brazil
Guy Postiaux—Charleroi, Belgium
and Dirceu Solé—São Paulo, Brazil

Vibration-Response Imaging Versus Quantitative Perfusion Scintigraphy in the Selection of Patients for Lung-Resection Surgery

by Fatma Comce, Zuleyha Bingol, Esen Kiyan, Serhan Tanju,
Alper Toker, Pembe Cagatay, and Turhan Ece—Istanbul, Turkey

The Effects of Low and High Tidal Volume and Pentoxifylline on Intestinal Blood Flow and Leukocyte-Endothelial Interactions in Mechanically Ventilated Rats

by Priscila Aikawa—São Paulo, Brazil
Haibo Zhang—Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Carmen SV Barbas, Rogério Pazetti, Cristiano Correia, Thaís Mauad,
Eliézer Silva, Paulina Sannomiya, Luiz F Poli-de-Figueiredo,
and Naomi Kondo Nakagawa—São Paulo, Brazil

Case Reports

Portable Pulse-Dose Oxygen Concentrators Should Not Be Used With Noninvasive Ventilation

by Salvador Díaz Lobato, Esteban Pérez Rodríguez,
and Sagrario Mayoralas Alises—Madrid, Spain

Intrapleural Streptokinase for the Treatment of Chylothorax

by Yeh Chunn Kuan, Soon Hin How, Teck Han Ng,
and Abdul Rani Mohammed Fauzi—Kuantan, Malaysia

Use of Hypothermia to Allow Low-Tidal-Volume Ventilation in a Patient With ARDS

by Melissa Duan, Lorenzo Berra, Asheesh Kumar, Susan Wilcox, Steve Safford,
Robert Goulet, Michelle Lander, and Ulrich Schmidt—Boston, Massachusetts

Organizing Pneumonia and Non-necrotizing Granulomata on Transbronchial Biopsy: Coexistence or Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia Secondary to Mycobacterium kansasii Disease

by Daniel Starobin, Vladimir Guller, Alexander Gurevich, Gershon Fink,
Monica Huszar, and Sari Tal—Gedera, Israel

Teaching Cases of the Month

Dyspnea Associated With Dermatomyositis

by Kevin P Collins—San Marcos, Texas
Harsh Babbar, and Said H Soubra—Round Rock, Texas

Lung Abscesses in 2 Patients With Lancefield Group F Streptococci (Streptococcus milleri Group)

by Vijaya K Gogineni and Ariel Modrykamien—Omaha, Nebraska

Editorials

Is It Time to Monitor Flow Bias During Mechanical Ventilation?

by Marcia Souza Volpe—Minas Gerais, Brazil
and Marcelo Britto Passos Amato—São Paulo, Brazil

High-Flow Nasal Cannula for Neonatal Respiratory Distress: Is It Enough?

by Christoph P Hornik and David A Turner—Durham, North Carolina

Oxygen: The Kiss of Life

by Stefano Nava—Bologna, Italy

2015 and Beyond: Usable and Unbiased Data

by Lynda T Goodfellow—Atlanta, Georgia