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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.
  Technology Focus
Pulse Oximetry
Product Profiles
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