Options for home oxygen therapy equipment: storage and metering of oxygen in the home.

abstract：HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that aerosol distribution in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis changes with positive expiratory pressure (PEP). METHODS:Eight patients were randomized to one of 2 conditions. On one study day, patients inhaled saline aerosol containing 99mtechnetium generated by a Pari LC Plus nebul...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Laube BL,Geller DE,Lin TC,Dalby RN,Diener-West M,Zeitlin PL

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：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：:Hospital-wide computerized information systems evolved from the need to capture patient information and perform billing and other financial functions. These systems, however, have fallen short of meeting the needs of respiratory care departments regarding work load assessment, productivity management, and the level of...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Ford RM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Predicting mortality has become a necessary step for selecting patients for clinical trials and defining outcomes. We examined whether stratification by tertiles of respiratory and ventilatory variables at the onset of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) identifies patients with different risks of dea...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Villar J,Pérez-Méndez L,Basaldúa S,Blanco J,Aguilar G,Toral D,Zavala E,Romera MA,González-Díaz G,Nogal FD,Santos-Bouza A,Ramos L,Macías S,Kacmarek RM,Hospitales Españoles Para el Estudio de la Lesión Pulmonar (HELP) Network*.

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to examine socioeconomic variations in the use of prescription medicines among elderly subjects with COPD. METHODS:Data from the Danish national administrative registers were used. The study population included 1,365 individuals >60 y old residing in the Municipality of Copenha...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Jacobsen R,Ekholm O,Rasmussen NK,Hansen EH,Frølich A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have demonstrated the safety of flexible bronchoscopy (FB) in mechanically ventilated subjects. However, the safety of FB in adult subjects receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has not been described previously. METHODS:A retrospective review was conducted of all adult subje...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Sharma NS,Peters T,Kulkarni T,Hoopes CW,Bellot SC,Wille KM,Diaz-Guzman E

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Automatic tube compensation (ATC), a new ventilation mode that compensates for the work of breathing imposed by endotracheal tube resistance, recently became commercially available. METHODS:We conducted a laboratory study with a lung model and a Nellcor Puritan Bennett 840 ventilator to compare ATC and pr...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Fujino Y,Uchiyama A,Mashimo T,Nishimura M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of adjuncts to mechanical ventilation have been the focus of recent research. Automatic tube compensation (the regulation of airway pressure by estimation of tracheal pressure) appears to be an ideal approach to unloading the resistive effort imposed by the endotracheal tube. Randomized controlled trials have...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Kacmarek RM

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimizing patient-ventilator synchrony is essential in managing patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation in the long-term acute-care hospital. Inadequate synchrony can increase work of breathing, cause patient discomfort, and delay both weaning and general rehabilitation. Achieving optimal synchrony in t...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Ghamloush M,O'Connor HH,White AC

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Directed cough maneuvers are often included in physiotherapy management aimed at preventing postoperative pulmonary complications after open heart surgery, but there is little scientific evidence of the effectiveness of directed cough maneuvers. METHODS:We conducted a randomized intra-subject crossover tria...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Fiore JF Jr,Chiavegato LD,Denehy L,Paisani DM,Faresin SM

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The primary focus of previous aerosol research during mechanical ventilation was the endotracheal tube (ETT). Consequently, there are limited data in the literature on the delivery of inhaled medications administered with different aerosol devices in mechanically ventilated patients with a tracheostomy tube ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Ari A,Harwood RJ,Sheard MM,Fink JB

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data are limited regarding current practice and outcomes for emergency department airway management in status asthmaticus. This paper describes the foremost methods and outcomes of airway management in patients in the emergency department who required intubation for status asthmaticus. METHODS:We analyzed a...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Godwin HT,Fix ML,Baker O,Madsen T,Walls RM,Brown CA 3rd

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indications for heliox during mechanical ventilation are lower-airway obstruction, especially with hypercarbia; need to enhance aerosol delivery to lung periphery; and need to facilitate weaning from mechanical ventilation. Certain ventilators perform relatively well with heliox and are not substantially affected ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Venkataraman ST

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although tobacco practices and the effects of tobacco use among the general American population are well described, minimal data exist regarding tobacco use and barriers to smoking cessation among homeless individuals. METHODS:Anonymous, voluntary surveys based on a previously implemented instrument were co...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Chen JS,Nguyen AH,Malesker MA,Morrow LE

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：UNLABELLED:The development of an expanded understanding of employees' reaction to their job may be important for improvement in the quality of work life and of services rendered. We sought to determine the factors, or rewards, that significantly affect respiratory therapists' job satisfaction. METHOD:Questionnaires de...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Akroyd HD,Robertson R

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States has disproportionately affected African-Americans, but little is known about the factors that underlie this observation. Herein, we describe these associations with mortality in a largely minority underserved population. METHODS:This single center retrospective obs...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Chaudhary S,Benzaquen S,Woo JG,Rubinstein J,Matta A,Albano J,De Joy R III,Lo KB,Patarroyo-Aponte G

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome are commonly exposed to prolonged mechanical ventilation. Specific data on ventilatory management of these patients have been limited. OBJECTIVE:To describe the practice of mechanical ventilation in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome and evaluate risk factors for mor...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Ali MI,Fernández-Pérez ER,Pendem S,Brown DR,Wijdicks EF,Gajic O

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air pollution is frequently incriminated as a risk factor in the development of chronic lung impairment and in the aggravation of existing disease. The federal government has set primary air quality standards to protect public health and secondary standards to protect public welfare (eg, to preserve vegetation and bui...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Witek TJ Jr,Schachter EN

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotracheal intubation can lead to iatrogenic trauma to the upper airways. Superficial mucosal tears in the mouth, pharynx, or larynx are common and can cause secondary infection and acute respiratory distress due to massive air leak. We report a patient who sustained a severe 5-cm tracheal laceration and subcutaneou...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Chang CY,Cheng SL,Chang SC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emphysema and fibrosis, typically the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) form of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), can co-exist as combined pulmonary fibrosis emphysema (CPFE). It is unknown whether there is a pathobiologic basis for CPFE beyond the coexistence of fibrosis and emphysema. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Mitchell PD,Das JP,Murphy DJ,Keane MP,Donnelly SC,Dodd JD,Butler MW

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Beneficial effects of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen on oxygenation and respiratory parameters have been reported in a small number of subjects with acute respiratory failure (ARF). We aimed to evaluate its effect in subjects with ARDS. METHODS:This was an observational single-center study. Prospecti...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Messika J,Ben Ahmed K,Gaudry S,Miguel-Montanes R,Rafat C,Sztrymf B,Dreyfuss D,Ricard JD

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate the effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)/positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and pressure support ventilation (PSV) on work of breathing (WOB). METHODS:With 13 anesthetized lambs we measured WOB with an esophageal balloon and flow signals. All the animals were sedated, intubated...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Heulitt MJ,Holt SJ,Wilson S,Hall RA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Electrostatic attraction of aerosolized particles to the inner walls of an aerosol holding chamber (HC) made from a nonconducting material can reduce medication delivery, particularly if there is a delay between actuation and inhalation. OBJECTIVE:Compare total emitted mass and fine-particle mass (mass of...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Rau JL,Coppolo DP,Nagel MW,Avvakoumova VI,Doyle CC,Wiersema KJ,Mitchell JP

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The utilization of checklists, bundles, and protocols attempts to provide standardization in the delivery of patient care. Despite important progress obtained in the prevention of hospital-acquired infections, the daily management of mechanical ventilation is still prone to heterogeneity, depending on the nu...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Modrykamien AM,Killian L,Walters RW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic hypoxemia in patients with COPD is a limiting factor that is associated with disease progression and significantly contributes to decreased physical activity. Although correction of hypoxemia results in physiological improvements, oxygen therapy may be related to social isolation and inactivity. Howe...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Cani KC,Matte DL,Silva IJCS,Gulart AA,Karloh M,Mayer AF

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:The impulse oscillometry system (IOS) is increasingly used to evaluate lung function, but individual results must be compared with appropriate reference values. We aimed to obtain such reference values in Mexican children and adolescents. METHODS:Healthy subjects were recruited from kindergartens and school...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Gochicoa-Rangel L,Torre-Bouscoulet L,Martínez-Briseño D,Rodríguez-Moreno L,Cantú-González G,Vargas MH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00