February 2008
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Home Oxygen—Show Us the Money |
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by Rich Smith |
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Further cuts threaten the home oxygen market, but advocate groups are gathering evidence to prove its value. |
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Getting to the Source of VAP |
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by Kenneth Miller, MEd, RRT-NPS |
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VAP can come from myriad sources, and prevention strategies run from thorough hand washing to early tracheostomy. |
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Sleeping—or Not—with Asthma |
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by Bill Pruitt, MBA, RRT, CPFT, AE-C |
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Trouble sleeping may be a result of breathing problems stemming from asthma. |
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Enhancing the Safety of Medical Suction Through Innovative Technology |
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by Patricia Carroll, RN, BC, CEN, RRT, MS |
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Vacuum regulators sold in North America require occlusion of the tube before setting or changing vacuum levels, but clinicians often are not aware of this requirement or skip this step when pressed for time. |
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Which patients benefit, and which patients are eligible? |
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by Carl Willoughby, RRT, RCP |
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Eligibility criteria for pulmonary rehabilitation vary across the country, but legislation now before Congress might help standardize them. |
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