Persistent Empiric COPD Diagnosis and Treatment After Pulmonary Function Test Showed No Obstruction.

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：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：: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:Many healthcare professionals performing spirometry in primary care have had less than half a day's training in spirometry practice, and the validity of the test results is questionable. Longer training periods, with or without follow-up training, may improve test validity. OBJECTIVE:To determine if a 14-ho...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Borg BM,Hartley MF,Fisher MT,Thompson BR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Switching patients affected by early severe ARDS and undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) from controlled ventilation to spontaneous breathing can be either beneficial or harmful, depending on how effectively the breathing pattern is controlled with ECMO. Identifying the factors associated w...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Spinelli E,Mauri T,Lissoni A,Crotti S,Langer T,Albanese M,Volta CA,Fornari C,Tagliabue P,Grasselli G,Pesenti A

更新日期：2020-07-01 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

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:Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective intervention for COPD. However, traditional center-based PR programs suffer from low uptake. Home-based PR is a viable solution, but few studies have shown the effectiveness of remote PR, as there is a scarcity of systems that can be easily adopted in clinical pr...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Benzo RP,Kramer KM,Hoult JP,Anderson PM,Begue IM,Seifert SJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：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: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:Limited adult data suggest that airway driving pressure might better reflect the potential risk for lung injury than tidal volume based on ideal body weight, and the parameter correlates with mortality in ARDS. There is a lack of data about the effect of driving pressure on mortality in pediatric ARDS. This ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Rauf A,Sachdev A,Venkataraman ST,Dinand V

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder characterized by recurrent obstruction of the upper airways during sleep. The high prevalence of this disease led to proposed new strategies based on the home evaluation and management of patients. OBJECTIVE:To compare home unattended portable monitoring and automatic C...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Tedeschi E,Carratù P,Damiani MF,Ventura VA,Drigo R,Enzo E,Ferraresso A,Sasso G,Zambotto FM,Resta O

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The addition of heated humidification to CPAP has been shown to improve nasal adverse effects in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, current data regarding improvement in CPAP adherence is conflicting. Furthermore, there are no data from a tropical climate area with a high humidity level. ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Soudorn C,Muntham D,Reutrakul S,Chirakalwasan N

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is paucity of information on the weaning of nasal CPAP (NCPAP) in preterm infants. As the weaning from NCPAP can be gradual or sudden, we wanted to determine which of the 2 methods was better. METHODS:A prospective randomized trial was conducted to compare the success of weaning from NCPAP when using ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Rastogi S,Wong W,Gupta A,Bhutada A,Deepa Rastogi.,Maimonides Neonatal Group

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We conducted a prospective study of 50 consecutive postoperative patients over a 5-month period to characterize the bacterial contamination of ultrasonic nebulizers (USNs) after 24, 48, and 72 hours (h) of use. METHODS:Samples of the USN effluent mist and reservoir fluid were cultured and the results were c...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Witek TJ Jr,York R,Noonan R Jr,Topf BM,Hebb H,Kowalczyk J,Dean NL,Doubler K

更新日期：1986-12-01 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:Jet nebulizers constitute the aerosolization devices most frequently used during mechanical ventilation. Continuous nebulization can influence the delivered tidal volume (V(T)) and lead to significant medication loss during expiration. Ventilators thus provide integrated jet nebulization systems that are syn...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Ehrmann S,Lyazidi A,Louis B,Isabey D,Le Pennec D,Brochard L,Apiou-Sbirlea G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the basis for this paper, it must be acknowledged that children are not simply small adults. But this acknowledgment must go further: infants are not simply small adolescents. As data for pediatric mechanical ventilation, in general, and the management for pediatric acute lung injury, more specifically, are very l...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Cheifetz IM

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:The estimation of pleural pressure with esophageal manometry has been used for decades, and it has been a fertile area of physiology research in healthy subject as well as during mechanical ventilation in patients with lung injury. However, its scarce adoption in clinical practice takes its roots from the (false) idea...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Pham T,Telias I,Beitler JR

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nebulizers are a popular means of delivering aerosolized medication, primarily albuterol, to the bronchial airways of patients, and there has been extensive research done on numerous nebulizers used with nebulizer T-pieces and corrugated tubing. Very little research has been performed on other types of nebul...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Piper SD

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assisted coughing via mechanical in-exsufflation (MI-E) is a first-line treatment for secretion management in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with unassisted CPF < 4.25 L/s. Some devices enable oscillations to be added to MI-E (MI-E+O). We sought to determine whether adding oscillations to ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Sancho J,Burés E,Ferrer S,Bondía E,Servera E

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Attrition in respiratory therapy programs is a waste of both human and economic resources and may be one cause of the current shortage of qualified personnel. Poor academic performance has been shown to be the leading cause of program attrition. The purposes of this study were to establish the predictive abi...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Flanigan KS

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gas exchange measurements for carbon dioxide elimination (V̇CO2 ) and oxygen consumption (V̇O2 ) have been used to derive resting energy expenditure and guide energy prescription. Volumetric capnography is used in intensive care units and provides V̇CO2 measurements that could be used for titrating respirato...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Smallwood CD,Martinez EE,Mehta NM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An electronic literature search for articles published between January 1990 and October 2009 was conducted by using MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library databases. The update of this clinical practice guideline is the result of reviewing a total of 114 clinical trials, 62 reviews and 6 meta-analyses on endotracheal s...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： American Association for Respiratory Care.

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiologic effects of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) on work of breathing (WOB) and breathing pattern, respiratory-system mechanics, and hemodynamic function were examined via a literature review of clinical studies done between 1990 and 2008. Forty-one relevant studies were found; the majority examined patients w...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Kallet RH,Diaz JV

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The value of impulse oscillometry (IOS) for bronchial provocation testing is poorly defined. We investigated the positive threshold derived from the parameters and diagnostic power of IOS for asthma with the leukotriene D(4) bronchial provocation test. METHODS:We enrolled 62 subjects with asthma and 21 heal...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Guan WJ,Zheng JP,Gao Y,Jiang CY,Shi X,Xie YQ,Liu QX,Jiang M,An JY,Yu XX,Liu WT,Zhong LP,Wu ZP,Zhong NS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human respiratory airway undergoes dramatic growth during infancy and childhood, which induces substantial variability in air flow pattern and particle deposition. However, deposition studies have typically focused on adult subjects, the results of which cannot be readily extrapolated to children. We dev...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Xi J,Si X,Zhou Y,Kim J,Berlinski A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous ventilation modes and ventilation options have become available as new mechanical ventilators have reached the market. Ventilator manufacturers have no standardized terminology for ventilator modes and ventilation options, and ventilator operator's manuals do not help the clinician compare the modes of ventil...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Chatburn RL,Primiano FP Jr

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00