The importance of nonelectrostatic materials in holding chambers for delivery of hydrofluoroalkane albuterol.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability to rapidly and precisely evaluate patients in respiratory distress is essential. Due to limited opportunities for formal instruction during training, textbooks are the main educational source to teach junior physicians how to interpret the signs of respiratory distress. The quality of the textbo...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Tulaimat A,Patel A,Shah B,Littleton SW

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In blood gas laboratory quality-assurance programs, which are routinely included with materials sold for quality control, raw data are sent to a data processing center for reduction to statistics meaningful to the laboratory's quality-control effort. This data reduction service usually requires a turn-around time of 2...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： DeWitt AL

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of intrapulmonary percussive ventilation (IPV) on mucus clearance in tracheostomized Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. METHODS:We studied 8 patients, 5 of whom had mucus hypersecretion (> 30 mL/d). In a randomized, cross-over study we compared assisted mucus clearance techniques ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Toussaint M,De Win H,Steens M,Soudon P

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:True arterial blood samples are essential in making clinical decisions for respiratory patients. Previous studies using only the Portex Pro-Vent arterial sampler have shown a significant difference between arterial and venous filling times. The goal of this study was to determine whether there is a statistic...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： McMillen CN,Adu-Yeboah S,Kagarise E,Morton RL,Yuce B,Douce FH

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with progressive neuromuscular weakness undergo a stereotypical progression of respiratory involvement, beginning with impaired airway clearance and progressing to nocturnal and then diurnal ventilatory failure. This review examines issues related to airway clearance and mucus mobilization, sleep problems, an...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Panitch HB

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep-disordered breathing (mainly obstructive sleep apnea [OSA]) and COPD are among the most common pulmonary diseases, so a great number of patients have both disorders; this "overlap syndrome" causes more severe nocturnal hypoxemia than either disease alone. This common combination of OSA and COPD has important imp...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Owens RL,Malhotra A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endotracheal intubation is a common procedure performed by respiratory therapists (RTs). The purpose of this study was to describe current RT intubation practices in North Carolina through the use of a survey instrument. METHODS:A survey was developed by the authors using REDCap. The survey was sent via ema...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Miller AG,Gentile MA,Coyle JP

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptom burden increases during pulmonary exacerbations of cystic fibrosis (CF), and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are often used to evaluate symptoms as either primary or secondary outcomes. However, there is currently no guidance on the use of PROMs to assess symptom burden during pulmonary exa...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Schmid-Mohler G,Caress AL,Spirig R,Benden C,Yorke J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a traditional endotracheal tube (ETT), there is a linear outward pull through its attachment to the ventilator tubing that leads to risk of accidental dislodgement. This study was conducted to assess the ETT flow characteristics and to evaluate providers' intubation experience using two ETT's in a simulat...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Deshpande GG,Sanford JE,Tripathi S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with COPD, early detection and rapid treatment are essential to prevent its progression and exacerbations. OBJECTIVE:To identify factors that delay COPD detection. METHODS:We conducted a cross-sectional study of elderly COPD patients and healthy subjects in rural Japan. We measured respiratory ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Horie J,Murata S,Hayashi S,Murata J,Miyazaki J,Mizota K,Horikawa E

更新日期：2011-08-01 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:A clinical classification system has been developed to define the severity and predict the prognosis of subjects with non-cystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis. We aimed to identify laboratory parameters that are correlated with the bronchiectasis severity index (BSI) and FACED score. METHODS:The medical reco...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Lee SJ,Kim HJ,Kim JY,Ju S,Lim S,Yoo JW,Nam SJ,Lee GD,Cho HS,Kim RB,Cho YJ,Jeong YY,Kim HC,Lee JD

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Common modalities of clinical exercise testing for outcome measurement after pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) include walk tests, progressive cycle ergometry, and cycle endurance testing. We hypothesized that patients' responses to PR, as measured by those 3 tests, are differentially correlated, and we design...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Ong KC,Chong WF,Soh C,Earnest A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury is a problem that affects millions of Americans yearly and for which there is no definitive treatment that improves outcome. Continuous brain tissue oxygen (PbtO2 ) monitoring is a complement to traditional brain monitoring techniques, such as intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressur...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Ngwenya LB,Burke JF,Manley GT

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital parenchymal lung malformations have an estimated incidence at 1:25,000-1:35,000 births. We present a case of this rare congenital abnormality in a 38 year-old male, review the current literature with discussion of proposed causes, malignant potential, and management strategies. A 38-year-old white male pre...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： McDonough RJ,Niven AS,Havenstrite KA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) can deliver heated and humidified gas (up to 100% oxygen) at a maximum flow of 60 L/min via nasal prongs or cannula. The aim of this study was to assess the short-term physiologic effects of HFNC. Inspiratory muscle effort, gas exchange, dyspnea score, and comfort were evalua...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Vargas F,Saint-Leger M,Boyer A,Bui NH,Hilbert G

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old man was admitted in the neurology ICU after the drainage of a large frontal hematoma related to the spontaneous bleeding of a recently diagnosed cavernoma. On admission the Glasgow coma score was 4/15, with evidence of sub-falcorial herniation and elevated intracranial pressure. On the 4th postoperative...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Vanhoonacker M,Roeseler J,Hantson P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-year-old female with pancreatic-insufficiency cystic fibrosis presented with recurrent pharyngitis, and reduction in body mass index and height velocity during the previous 2 years. Her symptoms (eg, snoring and restless sleep) suggested obstructive sleep apnea, and physical examination revealed tonsillar hypertr...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Macdonald KD,McGinley BM,Brown DJ,Sterni LM,Rosenstein BJ,Mogayzel PJ Jr

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A summary of the 2-day Journal Conference on Current Trends in Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care is provided. Topics included: diagnosis and management of common respiratory disorders of infants and children such as asthma, respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis, and cystic fibrosis; and common pediatric resp...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Kercsmar CM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-management education is associated with improvement in quality of life and reduction of hospital admissions. Nevertheless, the data are insufficient to formulate clear recommendations regarding the type and content of education programs for COPD patients, and few data are available on knowledge of the d...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Paneroni M,Clini E,Crisafulli E,Guffanti E,Fumagalli A,Bernasconi A,Cabiaglia A,Nicolini A,Brogi S,Ambrosino N,Peroni R,Bianchi L,Vitacca M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthy individuals without respiratory symptoms can sometimes present with low FEV1/FVC. The objective of this study was to characterize and compare subjects without symptoms and with reduced FEV1/FVC but normal FEV1 with subjects with mild obstructive lung disease. METHODS:Fifty healthy subjects with FEV1...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Dos Santos Andreata L,Soares MR,Pereira CA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reduction of instrumental dead space is a recognized approach to preventing ventilation-induced lung injury in premature infants. However, there are no published data regarding the effectiveness of instrumental dead-space reduction in endotracheal tube (ETT) connectors. We tested the impact of the Y-piec...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Ivanov VA

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and inspired oxygen fraction (F(IO(2))) are the primary means of improving P(aO(2)) during mechanical ventilation. Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) typically present with a large intrapulmonary shunt, which makes even high F(IO(2)) ineffective in improvin...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Kallet RH,Branson RD

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated dead space fraction (the ratio of dead space to tidal volume [V(D)/V(T)]) is a feature of ARDS. PEEP can partially reverse atelectasis, prevent alveoli recollapse, and improve lung compliance and gas exchange in patients with ARDS. However, whether V(D)/V(T) variables have a close relationship with ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Fengmei G,Jin C,Songqiao L,Congshan Y,Yi Y

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well established that the work rate increment size affects the duration of test and physiological responses to exercise during cycling in patients with COPD. However, this has never been tested for incremental step tests. OBJECTIVE:To compare the exercise tolerance time, cardiopulmonary stress, and p...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： de Andrade CH,de Camargo AA,de Castro BP,Malaguti C,Dal Corso S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nosocomial pneumonia is a difficult diagnosis to establish in the intensive care unit setting, due to the non-specific nature of the clinical and radiographic findings. Procalcitonin is a circulating biomarker that may become elevated in the presence of bacterial infection. METHODS:We conducted a prospectiv...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Dallas J,Brown SM,Hock K,Scott MG,Skrupky LP,Boyle WA 3rd,Kollef MH

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to develop an efficient, low-cost, home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program and to evaluate the impact of the program on exercise as measured by the 6-min walk test (6MWT) and treadmill endurance test. METHODS:Twenty-nine subjects with COPD (FEV1 = 62.4 ± 10.7% of predicted, 62....

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Pradella CO,Belmonte GM,Maia MN,Delgado CS,Luise AP,Nascimento OA,Gazzotti MR,Jardim JR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysomnography studies are an essential tool for the sleep physician and aid in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. Polysomnography refers to the recording, analysis, and interpretation of multiple physiologic signals collected simultaneously. Rapid advancements in technology have transformed the field fr...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Patil SP

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weaning through noninvasive ventilation (NIV) after early extubation may facilitate invasive ventilation withdrawal and reduce related complications in patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure. However, the effects of NIV weaning are uncertain in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF)....

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Shan M,Pang X,Wang W,Lan C,Chen R,Zhu C,Liu Q

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00