February 2004

Features

	Alternatives to Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
	by John D. Zoidis, MD
	For patients who are able to receive them, NPPV techniques offer the potential to minimize many of the complications associated with long-term mechanical ventilation.


	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
	by William C. Pruitt, MBA, RRT, CPFT, AE-C
	A battery of diagnostic and treatment tools probably will be needed to reduce the morbidity and mortality of this devastating lung disease.


	Leukotriene Genetics and the Efficacy of Leukotriene-Receptor Antagonists
	by Anthony P. Sampson, PhD
	Asthma patients show variable responses to all asthma therapies partly because of real biological variation in the underlying mechanisms of their disease.

Departments

	Editor's Message
	Nothing to Sneeze At
	by Anne Welsbacher
	Influenza struck hard and early this year, hitting healthy and at-risk patients alike, and keeping RTs hopping.


	Guest Editorial
	by Michael B. Foggs, MD
	An Asthma Epidemic in the African American Community


	The Influenza Epidemic of 2003-2004
	by John D. Zoidis, MD, and Phyllis C. Braun, PhD
	With vaccine in short supply, prevention is the key.


	Industry News


	Manufacturing News
	by Kelly Stephens


	Straight Talk
	RT interviews Larry Murdock, RRT, vice president of marketing, Ferraris Respiratory.


	Spotlight
	by Fran Howard
	CF Patients’ Most Valuable Player: The Boomer Esiason Foundation was born when the famous quarterback’s son was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age 2.


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	Pulse Oximetry


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