OPEN FORUM #5
Ventilation and Ventilators—Part 1
Sunday December 6, 2009
12:30 P.M.–2:25 P.M.
San Antonio Convention Center Room 202
1. Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Outcomes Over a One-Year Period—Kenneth J Miller Jr MEd, Allentown PA
2. One Hospital’s Experience With the Implementation of High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation for Pulmonary Versus Extrapulmonary Causes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome—Daniel P Rausch, Honolulu HI
3. The Effect of Lung Compliance Changes on Delivered Tidal Volume and Amplitude in an Adult Patient Ventilated With High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation: A Bench Model—John England MS, Marietta GA
4. A Comparison of Three Ventilators and Their Heliox Consumption Efficiency—Thomas D Baxter MHRD, St Augustine FL
5. Humidification During High Frequency Oscillation Ventilation for Adults—Yusuke Chikata, Tokushima Japan
6. Decreased Ambient Temperature and Fan Breeze Decreases Delivered Absolute Humidity From a Ventilator Circuit—Timothy Op’t Holt EdD RRT AE-C FAARC, Mobile AL
7. The Next Ventilator Bundle—Michael J MacAulay, Bellingham WA
8. Heliox Delivery via the LTV 1200 Ventilator—Joel M Brown II RRT, Newark DE
9. Bench Study of the Dräger Apollo Anesthesia Machine’s Flow Delivery—Joel M Brown II RRT, Newark DE
10. Modification of a Weaning Protocol Decreases Ventilator Length-of-Stay—Mark Grzeskowiak RRT FAARC, Long Beach CA
11. Bioterrorism: Ventilator Acquisitions in Massachusetts—Sigita Gsell RRT, Boston MA
12. Using a Multidisciplinary Team Improves the Outcome of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery—Mary K Hart, Dallas TX