Respiratory Care

Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome: CO₂ Response and Acetazolamide Treatment Effects
pp. 1442-1448(7)
Authors: Raurich, Joan-Maria; Rialp, Gemma; Ibáñez, Jordi; Llompart-Pou, Juan Antonio; Ayestarán, Ignacio

Effects of a Flutter Mucus-Clearance Device on Pulmonary Function Test Results in Healthy People 85 Years and Older in China
pp. 1449-1452(4)
Authors: Wang, Qi-xing; Zhang, Xiang-yu; Li, Qiang

Quantitative Analysis of Acid-Base Disorders in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Failure in Stable or Unstable Respiratory Condition
pp. 1453-1463(11)
Authors: Guérin, Claude; Nesme, Pascale; Leray, Véronique; Wallet, Florent; Bourdin, Gael; Bayle, Frédérique; Germain, Michèle; Richard, Jean-Christophe

Agreement Between Functional Residual Capacity Estimated via Automated Gas Dilution Versus via Computed Tomography in a Pleural Effusion Model
pp. 1464-1468(5)
Authors: Graf, Jeronimo; Santos, Arnoldo; Dries, David; Adams, Alexander B; Marini, John J

Radiation Dose to Patients and Clinicians During Fluoroscopically-Guided Biopsy of Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions
pp. 1469-1474(6)
Authors: Steinfort, Daniel P; Einsiedel, Paul; Irving, Louis B

Tai Chi Exercise for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Pilot Study
pp. 1475-1482(8)
Authors: Yeh, Gloria Y; Roberts, David H; Wayne, Peter M; Davis, Roger B; Quilty, Mary T; Phillips, Russell S

Goal-Directed Therapy for Severely Hypoxic Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Permissive Hypoxemia
pp. 1483-1490(8)
Authors: Abdelsalam, Mohamed; Cheifetz, Ira M

Chemotherapy-Associated Recurrent Pneumothoraces in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
pp. 1491-1494(4)
Authors: Kelly, Emer; Mhurchu, Elaine Ni; Sukor, Sumainizah; McDonnell, Timothy J; Tryfonopoulos, Dimitrios; Keane, Michael P

Intercostal Artery Laceration Following Thoracentesis
pp. 1495-1498(4)
Authors: Yacovone, Mary L; Kartan, Ritha; Bautista, Manuel

Cryptococcosis in the Immunocompetent Patient
pp. 1499-1503(5)
Authors: Goldman, Jason D; Vollmer, Michael E; Luks, Andrew M

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Bicarbonate Concentration and Acetazolamide
pp. 1504-1505(2)
Author: Powers, Mark A

Flutter-Type Mucus-Clearance Devicesand Pulmonary Function in the Elderly
pp. 1506-1507(2)
Author: Sorenson, Helen M

Book Review: Handbook for Health Care Research, 2nd edition, Robert L Chatburn RRT-NPS FAARC. Sudbury: Massachusetts. Jones & Bartlett. 2010. Soft cover, 368 pages, $59.95.
pp. 1508-1508(1)
Author: Kallet, Richard H

Book Review: The Comprehensive Respiratory Therapist Exam Review: Entry and Advanced Levels, 5th edition. James R Sills MEd CPFT RRT. Maryland Heights, Missouri: Mosby/Elsevier. 2010. Soft cover, 672 pages, $89.95.
pp. 1508-1509(2)
Author: Hulse, James L

Book Review: Critical Care Handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 5th edition. Luca M Bigatello MD, senior editor. Hasan B Alam MD, Rae M Allain, Edward A Bittner MD PhD, Dean R Hess PhD RRT, Richard M Pino MD PhD, and Ulrich Schmidt MD PhD, associate editors. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2010. Soft cover, 752 pages, $54.95.
pp. 1509-1511(3)
Author: Holt, Gregory Earl