Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
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Sleep Sensor Placement: Patient Education
“You’re putting that where?” Getting pasted up with sensors can be an anxiety-producing experience for patients in the…
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Weaning the ‘Unweanable’
Resources Broomhead, C.J., Dilkes, M.G., & Monks, P.S. (1995). Use of the Hayek oscillator in a case of…
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Smoking’s Effect on Your Body
Patients already know that cigarette smoking is “bad” for them. But do they know HOW bad? It’s an…
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Students Sleep Deprived Too Often
University of Alabama at Birmingham sleep experts say Septmber must signal getting students back to healthier sleep schedules.…
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What Parameters Must be Documented for Simple Spirometry?
Q: Can simple spirometry (handheld) be billed for in the hospital/primary care physician’s office setting? If so what…
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Job Search with Success
Regardless of where you are in the respiratory care career life cycle, navigating the job search process requires…
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Chronic Cough
If symptoms have not improved, a nasal steroid or nasal antihistamine may be considered as well as an…
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Respiratory Care Week 2010 Crossword
Try your hand at our themed crossword puzzle to celebrate RC Week 2010. We drew our clues from…
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Fighting Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
We know that the risk for infection increases the longer a patient is mechanically ventilated. There are probably…
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Bringing NAVA to The NICU
Vol. 19 • Issue 2 • Page 28 Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist is an exciting, new, progressive technology…
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The Lung Redefined
Vol. 21 • Issue 26 • Page 10 April Gochberg, MA, RRT, could never simply accept conventional wisdom.…
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Why Gender Matters
Vol. 21 • Issue 24 • Page 20 When I taught asthma education classes in middle and high…
