Purchasing medical equipment: a protocol for decision making.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension is frequently associated with parenchymal lung disease. We evaluated the association between spirometry values and pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) in young subjects without lung disease METHODS:: We studied applicants to the Israeli Air Force, who undergo routine evaluation ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Grossman A,Benderly M,Prokupetz A,Gordon B,Kalter-Leibovici O

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endotracheal tubes with standard polyvinyl chloride cuffs create folds on inflation into the trachea, which lead to potential leakage of subglottic secretions into the lower airways and cause lung colonization and pneumonia. The use of a double-layer prototype leak-proof cuff has shown effective prevention o...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Rezoagli E,Cressoni M,Bellani G,Grasselli G,Pesenti AM,Kolobow T,Zanella A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical implications of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (F(ENO)) measurements in childhood asthma are unclear. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between the level of exhaled nitric oxide and pre-bronchodilator FEV1 and the change in FEV1 after bronchodilator in children with asthma. METHODS:This wa...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Grzelewski T,Majak P,Jerzyńska J,Stelmach W,Stelmach R,Janas A,Grzelewska A,Witkowski K,Makandjou-Ola E,Stelmach I

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the transport and deposition of inhaled aerosols is of fundamental importance to inhalation therapy. Herein we address issues that affect drug delivery from experimental and theoretical perspectives. Accordingly, we shall limit our comments to a focused review of laboratory work (ie, an in vitro perspect...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Martonen TB,Smyth HD,Isaacs KK,Burton RT

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophageal balloon inflation volume may affect the accuracy of transpulmo-nary pressure estimates in adults, but the effect is unknown in pediatrics. Using a combination bench and human study, we sought to determine a range of optimal filling volumes for esophageal balloon catheters and to derive a technique...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Hotz JC,Sodetani CT,Van Steenbergen J,Khemani RG,Deakers TW,Newth CJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most critical factor in effective supervision is the supervisor's skill in human relations. A standardized test, the Supervisory Inventory of Human Relations, was administered to 39 credentialed respiratory therapists who were responsible for the work performance of at least two other individuals. It was found tha...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Conine TA,Rueckl RG

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unplanned extubation (UE) is an important quality metric in the neonatal ICU that is associated with hypoxia, bradycardia, and risk for airway trauma with emergent re-intubation. Initial efforts to reduce UE in our level 4 neonatal ICU included standardized securement of the endotracheal tube (ETT) and requi...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Morris HF,Schuller L,Archer J,Niesen A,Ellsworth S,Egan J,Rao R,Vesoulis ZA,Mathur AM

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is often used in patients with severe respiratory failure to improve oxygenation and survival. ECMO gives the lungs an opportunity to rest and recover. The addition of prone positioning therapy used concurrently with ECMO can further aid in optimizing alveolar recru...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Culbreth RE,Goodfellow LT

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with kyphoscoliosis, long-term mechanical ventilation improves chronic alveolar hypoventilation during spontaneous breathing, improves quality of life, decreases the need for hospitalization, and improves survival. In these patients respiratory infection can precipitate acute respiratory failure ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Banfi P,Redolfi S,Robert D

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During high-flow oxygen therapy, heated humidified gas is delivered at high flow. Although the warmth and humidity of this gas facilitates mucociliary function in the lower airway, warm and humid conditions also promote bacterial growth. Bacterial contamination of high-flow oxygen therapy circuits has not be...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Onodera M,Nakataki E,Nakanishi N,Itagaki T,Sato M,Oto J,Nishimura M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several algorithms exist to facilitate spirometric interpretation in clinical practice, yet there is a lack of consensus on how spirometric criteria for asthma, COPD, and restrictive disorders should be incorporated into spirometry interpretation algorithms suitable for use in day-to-day primary care management. The p...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： D'Urzo KA,Mok F,D'Urzo AD

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated whether decreasing ventilator circuit changes from every 2 days to every 7 days would impact ventilator-associated pneumonia rates at our institution. METHODS:All mechanically ventilated patients at Peking Union Medical College Hospital were studied over a 21 month period. From March 1998 ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Han JN,Liu YP,Ma S,Zhu YJ,Sui SH,Chen XJ,Luo DM,Adams AB,Marini JJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a unique presentation of polymyositis-associated pneumonitis. A 45-year-old man with a history of polymyositis presented with an episode of fever, cough, dyspnea, rapidly progressive respiratory failure, and unilateral pulmonary infiltrates. Although bacterial pneumonia was initially suspected, all culture...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Vahid B,Machare-Delgado E,Marik PE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchodilator treatment for asthma can be provided with various aerosol-generating devices and methods. There have been no randomized trials of a breath-actuated nebulizer versus continuous 1-hour nebulization and/or small-volume constant-output nebulizer in pediatric asthma patients. METHODS:We conducted ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Sabato K,Ward P,Hawk W,Gildengorin V,Asselin JM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mechanical ventilation during patient transport frequently utilizes compact portable pneumatic ventilators that have limited ventilator-settings options. New advanced transport ventilators should yield quality improvements, but their user-friendliness needs to be tested. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the ventilator...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Templier F,Miroux P,Dolveck F,Descatha A,Goddet NS,Jeleff C,Baer M,Chauvin M,Brochard L,Fletcher D

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking is a serious problem in prisons. This work aimed to assess smoking-related behaviors and the effectiveness of tobacco cessation therapy in prison. METHODS:This study includes four visits to a prison in Bolvadin-Afyon, Turkey. Pharmacologic options for tobacco cessation were offered to the participan...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Turan O,Turan PA

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COPD is a complex collection of conditions. All share the feature of limited expiratory air flow. It is a "disease" in the same sense as is "chronic renal failure." Like most other chronic organ failure "diseases," COPD has disparate causes, and patients are heterogeneous in their prognosis and response to treatment. ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Rennard SI

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to chemical agents, both deliberate and accidental, over the past 100 years has resulted in the deaths of thousands and a significant number of casualties requiring hospitalization. The respiratory system is an important portal of entry into the human body for many of these agents, and pulmonary symptoms are ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Muskat PC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The story of the development of oxygen and its role in mitigating the ravages of chronic stable hypoxemia have been fascinating. Today, over one million Americans receive home oxygen each day, usually for COPD, from one of the three available systems. The future requires less expensive, highly portable, and practical ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Petty TL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current literature has been inconsistent in demonstrating that minimizing the duration of mechanical ventilation in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) newborns reduces lung damage. OBJECTIVE:To determine if introduction of bubble nasal CPAP (bnCPAP), early surfactant treatment, and rapid extubation (combined bnCP...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Friedman CA,Menchaca RC,Baker MC,Rivas CK,Laberge RN,Rios EH,Haider SH,Romero EJ,Eason EB,Fraley JK,Woldesenbet M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need for an intervention that prevents re-intubation in patients who have been weaned off mechanical ventilation. Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) has been shown to facilitate weaning in mechanically ventilated patients. OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of NPPV on re-intubation rat...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Agarwal R,Aggarwal AN,Gupta D,Jindal SK

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Manual and mechanical cough-augmentation techniques can improve peak cough flow (PCF) in patients with respiratory insufficiency caused by neuromuscular disease. METHODS:We studied cough-augmentation techniques in 179 clinically stable patients with various neuromuscular diseases. We measured vital capacity...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Toussaint M,Boitano LJ,Gathot V,Steens M,Soudon P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The data available to guide clinical management of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome are much more limited for infants and children than for adult patients. This paper reviews the available medical data and the pertinent physiology on the management of pediatric patients with acute lung injury...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Cheifetz IM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the critical care setting, usually the most important outcome is survival. However, this is not the only important outcome of critical care. There are increasing data that the patient's quality of life and functional status can be affected long after an intensive care unit stay, and some data suggest that mechanica...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Curtis JR

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current cost-attentive health care climate, the effectiveness of various providers in delivering care is being examined closely. To evaluate the effectiveness of respiratory therapists (RTs) in delivering respiratory care in the intensive care unit (ICU), in adult non-ICU inpatient care, and in ambulatory care,...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Stoller JK

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ventilatory ratio (VR) is a dead-space marker associated with mortality in mechanically ventilated adults with ARDS. The end-tidal alveolar dead space fraction (AVDSf) has been associated with mortality in children. However, AVDSf requires capnography measurements, whereas VR does not. We sought to exami...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Bhalla AK,Dong J,Klein MJ,Khemani RG,Newth CJ

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infants have low tidal volume, vital capacity, and functional residual capacity, and short respiratory cycles (low I:E ratio), which result in a low residence time for aerosol particles and, thus, low pulmonary deposition of aerosol particles (< 1% of the nominal dose), compared to adults (8-22%). Scintigraphy data su...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Fink JB

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) use has greatly increased in recent years. In non-neonatal pediatric patients, there are limited data available to guide HFNC use, and clinical practice may vary significantly. The goal of this study was to evaluate current HFNC practice by surveying practicing pediatric respir...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Miller AG,Gentle MA,Tyler LM,Napolitano N

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is defined by airway inflammation associated with various respiratory symptoms, and pharmacologic treatment is based on inhaled corticosteroids and bronchodilators. Physical activity, educational training, nutritional support, and psychological counseling are considered part of non-pharmacologic treat...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Zampogna E,Paneroni M,Cherubino F,Pignatti P,Rudi M,Casu G,Vitacca M,Spanevello A,Visca D

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidental hypothermia is defined as an unintentional decrease in core body temperature to below 35 degrees C. Hypothermia causes hundreds of deaths in the United States annually. Victims of accidental hypothermia present year-round and in all climates with a potentially confusing array of signs and symptoms, but incr...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Kempainen RR,Brunette DD

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00