March 2004
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Premature Infants in the NICU |
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by Michael E. Donnellan, RRT |
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Medical complications and high costs for extremely low birth weight babies in the neonatal intensive care unit are only the first of the many devastating issues that face practitioners, and parents, throughout the life of the patient. |
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Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia = Chronic Lung Disease |
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by Megan Rauch, RRT, and Heather Borges, RRT |
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BPD most commonly occurs in the smallest, sickest infants, those weighing less than 1.5 kg. |
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Immigration and TB Risk |
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by Paul Nuccio, RRT, FAARC |
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TB is one of the oldest diseases known to humanity and remains the leading infectious cause of death in the world. |
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Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? |
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by Paul J. Mathews, PhD, RRT, FCCP, FCCM, FAARC, Carrie Robinson, BS, RRT, Erin Tornholm, BS, RRT, and Janell Waun, BS, RRT |
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Discrepancies in watch times can have serious clinical and legal implications. |
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Aerosol Therapy for Pediatric Outpatients |
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by Carlos Kofman, MD; Ariel Berlinski, MD; Silvina Zaragoza, MD; and Alejandro Teper, MD |
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A study in which children and their parents were observed shows that errors in inhalation technique are frequent. |
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Editor's Message |
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Overtime Pay |
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by Anne Welsbacher |
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The current budget has redefined who is eligible for overtime pay. |
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Guest Editorial |
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Why Get Registered? |
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by Karen A. Milikowski, MS, RRT-NPS, RPFT |
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A self-proclaimed “credential geek” offers reasons why she believes every practitioner should get an RRT credential. |
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Manufacturing News |
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Straight Talk |
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Industry News |
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Spotlight |
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Breathing Better Together |
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by Fran Howard |
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They can be difficult to sustain, but support groups are an important part of treating respiratory disease. |
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Facility Profile |
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Deep Breathing |
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by Elizabeth Finch |
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At Sparrow Hospital, new programs in pulmonary care have systematically maximized respiratory therapists’ skills, resulting in improvements for patients, practitioners, and the hospital’s bottom line. |
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Case Report |
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Do Not Resuscitate |
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by William A. French, MA, RRT |
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Practitioners honored a family’s request to withdraw respiratory intervention. The results were not expected. |
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Technology Focus |
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Blood Gas Analysis |
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Product Profiles |
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