August 2007
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Bringing Respiratory Care Home |
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation Weather Forecast:
Partly Sunny, Storm Clouds Gathering |
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by Carl Willoughby, RRT, RCP |
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The new "Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines" hilight the many benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation, but Medicare's refusal to recognize it and the wholesale changes in the patchwork system of reimbursement could result in a "category 5" storm for patients. |
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Covering All the Bases |
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by Vernon R. Pertelle, MBA, RRT, CCM, and Robert Fary, RRT |
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It is important that CPAP patients remain compliant with treatment and that physicians routinely assess CPAP effectiveness. |
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What's New in PSG Diagnosis |
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by Tor Valenza |
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The latest trends in polysomnography mirror those in the consumer electronics market and promise smaller, wireless, more portable devices. |
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Making Sure that Smaller Is Better:
Matching Therapeutic Standards with Shrinking Oxygen Systems |
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by Vernon R. Pertelle, MBA, RRT, CCM |
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Active Baby Boomers are demanding smaller, more portable oxygen concentrators; but smaller might not be better if sufficient oxygen is not delivered. |
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Ventiliator-Associated Pneumonia: New Perspectives and Preventive Strategies |
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by Phyllis C. Braun, PhD, and John D. Zoldis, MD |
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Risk factors for VAP are numerous and seemingly rampant in the hospital setting; but clinicians can use a number of strategies to prevent it. |
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