February 2007

Features

	Long-Term Care
	Respiratory Muscles and Chronic Disease
	by Rick Carter, PhD, MBA, and James S. Williams, PhD
	There are several strategies clinicians can employ to preserve respiratory muscle function.

	Long-Term Care
	Breathing Fire
	by Renee DiIulio
	When developing protocols for weaning burn patients from ventilators, clinicians must take into account the multiple concomitant injuries suffered by these individuals.


	Long-Term Care
	High Altitude Adventure Starring Dr. Tom Petty and the Lucky 13
	by John Goodman, BS, RRT
	RTs might need to go back to their old textbooks when considering oxygen-conserving devices.


	Pediatric Home Ventilation
	An Opportunity to Make a Difference
	by Sue Percival, RRT-NPS
	An RT in Cleveland battles Medicaid to secure increased reimbursement for pediatric home ventilation patients.


	Obstacles to Accurate ABG Analysis
	by Mark Grzeskowiak, RRT
	New technology has produced analyzers that are fast and sophisticated but only as accurate as the analyst.


	A Worldwide Program of PFT Laboratory Accreditation Is Needed
	by Paul Enright, MD, and Maureen P. Swanney, PhD
	PFT instrument errors occur frequently. A worldwide accreditation program for PFT laboratories could eliminate such miscalculations.

Departments

	Editor's Message
	A Second Chance
	by Marian Benjamin
	Legislation from 2005 makes a comeback


	Guest Editorial
	A Perfect Combination for Patient Ventilator Weaning
	by David Orloff, BS, RRT
	Respiratory therapists in long-term acute care hospitals are ideally situated to expedite the weaning process.


	Market Analysis
	Pulse Oximetry in for the Long Run
	by Rich Smith
	Whether in a disaster situation, in a hospital, or in a physician's office, pulse oximetry is becoming the backbone of patient monitoring


	Case Study
	HFOV and iNO in the Treatment of Wegener's Granulomatosis
	by Sonali Vadi, MD, FNB (Critical Care Medicine), and Stephen Lapinsky, MB BCh, FRCPC
	Combined use of HFOV and iNO improved oxygenation acutely over approximately 1 to 2 hours in a patient with acute diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.


	Product Profiles


	Tech Focus
	Oxygen Products