OPEN FORUM #7
Diagnostics
Tuesday December 7, 2010
3:00 P.M.–4:55 P.M.
Room N239/N241
1. Does Screening Spirometry Effectively Detect or Diagnose Lung Disease in At Risk Poulations?—Billy Collins DHSC(c), Rocky Mount NC
2. Screening of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Awake Subjects—Paulo Caseiro MSc, Coimbra Portugal
3. An ABG Procedure Complications Analysis—Joel Brown II BS RRT, Newark DE
4. Conditions Associated With a Nonspecific Pattern of Pulmonary Function Tests: Experience in Japan—Yohei Yatagai, Naka-gun Tokai-mura Japan
5. Impact of a Therapist-Driven Protocol Including Incentive Spirometry and High-Frequency Chest-Wall Oscillation on Incidence of Post-Operative Pneumonia—Eileen Luley MS, Rome NY
6. A Comparative Study of FVC Fev1 and TLC in Non-Smoking Saudi Students at Eastern Province Saudi Arabia With Caucasian Reference Values—Noor Al-Khathlan MSc, Dammam Eastern Province Saudi Arabia
7. Comparison of a Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Measuring Device to Arterial Blood Pressure During Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing—Carl Mottram BA RRT RPFT FAARC, Rochester MN
8. Comparison of Exhaled Nitric Oxide (ENO) Before and After Drinking Water—Carl Mottram BA RRT RPFT FAARC, Rochester MN
9. Does Exhalation Time of the Forced Vital Capacity Maneuver Significantly Affect Mean Estimates of Pulmonary Function Screening Parameters? —Kathleen Clark MS RRT CPFT, Columbia SC
10. A Safer Method of Performing Apnea Tests Using Carbogen and Capnography for Patients on APRV—Maria Madden BS RRT, Fallston MD
11. A Comparison of the Stability of PO2 and PCO2 Stored in Plastic Arterial Samplers—F. Herbert Douce MS, Columbus OH
12. Clean My R.I.D.E. (Reduce Inhalation of Diesel Exhaust): Phase Two—Randall Baker PhD, Augusta GA