Aerosol Delivery Devices in the Treatment of Asthma
Dean R Hess PhD RRT FAARC
Aerosol Delivery Device Selection for Spontaneously Breathing Patients: 2012
Arzu Ari PhD RRT PT CPFT FAARC and Ruben D Restrepo MD RRT FAARC
Handling of Inhaler Devices in Actual Pulmonary Practice: Metered-Dose Inhaler Versus Dry Powder Inhalers
Basheer Y Khassawneh MD, Musa K Al-Ali FRCP, Karem H Alzoubi PhD, Morad Z Batarseh MPharm MSc, Saafan A Al-Safi PhD, Abdelmonem M Sharara MD MRCP, and Hatem M Alnasr MD
Back to the Future: Using Inhalers Correctly
Bernard J Roth MD MC USA
The Pathogenesis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Its Relevance to Developing Effective Strategies for Prevention
Nasia Safdar MD MSc, Christopher J Crnich MD MSc, and Dennis G Maki MD
Conference Proceedings: Patient Positioning and Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Dean R Hess PhD RRT FAARC
Lateral-Horizontal Patient Position and Horizontal Orientation of the Endotracheal Tube to Prevent Aspiration in Adult Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Feasibility Study
Tommaso Mauri MD, Lorenzo Berra MD, Kanya Kumwilaisak MD, Silvia Pivi MD, Jacob W Ufberg MD, Friedrich Kueppers MD, Antonio Pesenti MD, and Luca M Bigatello MD
What Is the Best Position for Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia?
Rachael A Callcut MD
Tobacco Treatment and Prevention: What Works and Why
Lynda T Goodfellow EdD RRT AE-C FAARC and Jonathan B Waugh PhD RRT RPFT CTTS FAARC
Smoking Cessation Interventions for COPD: A Review of the Literature
Renata Pires-Yfantouda CPsychol AFBPsS DClinPsy DHeath Psy, Gareth Absalom CPsychol DHealthPsy, and Felicity Clemens MSc
Respiratory Therapists’ Smoking Cessation Counseling Practices: A Comparison Between 2005 and 2010
Michèle Tremblay MD, Jennifer O’Loughlin PhD, and Dominic Comtois
Congestive Heart Failure:Diagnosis, Pathophysiology,Therapy and Implications for Respiratory Care
Michael S Figueroa MD and Jay I Peters MD FAARC
Conference Proceedings: Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
Sangeeta Mehta MD FRCPC, Abdul Hakeem Al-Hashim MD FRCPC, and Sean P Keenan MD FRCPC MSc
Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Cardiovascular Disorders
Rohit Budhiraja MD, Pooja Budhiraja MD, and Stuart F Quan MD
High-Frequency Assisted Airway Clearence
Robert J L Chatburn RT-NPS FAARC
Intrapulmonary Effects of Setting Parameters in Portable Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation Devices
Michel Toussaint PhD, Marie-Charlotte Guillet PT, Stéphanie Paternotte PT, Philippe Soudon MD, and Jurn Haan MD
Safety and Efficacy of Short-Term Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation in Patients With Bronchiectasis
Mara Paneroni RTD, Enrico Clini MD, Carla Simonelli RTD, Luca Bianchi MD, Francesca Degli Antoni RTD, and Michele Vitacca MD
High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen in Critically Ill Adults: Do the Nose or Lungs Know There’s a Difference?
Bryan A Wattier RRT Jeffrey J Ward MEd RRT FAARC
Short-Term Effects of Humidification Devices on Respiratory Pattern and Arterial Blood Gases During Noninvasive Ventilation
François Lellouche MD PhD, Claudia Pignataro MD, Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore MD PhD, Emmanuelle Girou PharmD PhD, Nicolas Deye MD MSc, Solenne Taillé Eng, Marc Fischler MD, and Laurent Brochard MD
Humidified High Flow Nasal Oxygen During Respiratory Failure in the Emergency Department: Feasibility and Efficacy
Hugo Lenglet MD, Benjamin Sztrymf MD, Christophe Leroy MD, Patrick Brun MD, Didier Dreyfuss MD, and Jean-Damien Ricard MD PhD
A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess Effectiveness of Nasal High-Flow Oxygen in Intensive Care Patients
Rachael L Parke MHSc, Shay P McGuinness, and Michelle L Eccleston RN
Is Humidification Always Necessary During Noninvasive Ventilation in the Hospital?
Richard D Branson MSc RRT FAARC and Michael A Gentile RRT FAARC
Editoriale – American Association for Respiratory Care
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: A State-of-the-Art Review.
Babak Mokhlesi MD MSc
Asthma Disease Management and the Respiratory Therapist.
Thomas J Kallstrom RRT AE-C FAARC and Timothy R Myers RRT-NPS
Aerosol Delivery Devices in the Treatment of Asthma.
Dean R Hess PhD RRT FAARC
Editoriale – Thomas Kallstrom, MBA, RRT, FAARC Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer AARC
Should Prone Positioning Be Routinely Used for Lung Protection During Mechanical Ventilation?
Henry E Fessler MD and Daniel S Talmor MD
Should Patients Be Able to Follow Commands Prior to Extubation?
Christopher S King MD, Lisa K Moores MD, and Scott K Epstein MD
Should a Patient Be Extubated and Placed on Noninvasive Ventilation After Failing a Spontaneous Breathing Trial?
Scott K Epstein MD and Charles G Durbin Jr MD FAARC
Early Activity in the ICU: Beyond Safety and Feasibility
Ramona O Hopkins PhD
The Feasibility of Early Physical Activity in Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Prospective Observational One-Center Study
Gael Bourdin MD, Jack Barbier, Jean-Franc¸ois Burle, Gérard Durante, Sandrine Passant, Bernard Vincent, Michel Badet MD, Frédérique Bayle MD, Jean-Christophe Richard MD PhD, and Claude Guérin MD PhD
Should a Patient Be Extubated and Placed on Noninvasive Ventilation After Failing a Spontaneous Breathing Trial?
Scott K Epstein MD and Charles G Durbin Jr MD FAARC
Effects of Body Position on Resting Lung Volume in Overweight and Mildly to Moderately Obese Subjects
Penelope S Benedik PhD CRNA RRT-NPS, Mara M Baun DNSc RN, Leendert Keus RPFT,
Carlos Jimenez MD, Rodolfo Morice MD, Akhil Bidani PhD MD, and Janet C Meininger PhD RN
Editoriale – Earning Physician Support
Sam P. Giordano MBA RRT FAARC
Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Economics
Vishesh K Kapur MD MPH
What Is Central Sleep Apnea?
Atul Malhotra MD and Robert L Owens MD
What Every Clinician Should Know About Polysomnography
Susheel P Patil MD PhD