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The
Best |
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by Carol Daus |
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RT speaks with the people
who put their respiratory departments into U.S.
News and World Report’s top ten U.S. hospitals for
2003. |
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Ayurvedic
Nutrition |
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by John A. Wolfe, RRT,
CPFT |
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Ayurvedic preventive
medicine, which stresses nutritional and herbal
recommendations for individual body types, offers
a potentially effective and inexpensive
complementary treatment for patients with
respiratory illnesses. |
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Our
Teens Are Smoking: How to Put Out the
Fire |
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by John A. Wolfe, RRT,
CPFT, and Carol Mihailuk, RRT |
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Although overall teen
smoking rates have dropped, tobacco use continues
to increase among girls, less-educated teens, and
other adolescent groups. |
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CF:
Lung Infections and Interleukin |
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by K Reddi, PhD; S B
Phagoo, PhD; M S Woo, MD; K D Anderson, MD; and D
Warburton, DSc, MD |
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IL-8 is an important
chemokine involved in CF inflammation. The
identification of novel B cepacia and P aeruginosa
target candidate antigens that induce host cells
to oversecrete IL-8 may lead to new therapeutic
approaches. |
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Securing
the Endotracheal Tube |
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by Dan Hatlestad |
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New guidelines from the
American Heart Association recommend devices
rather than tape for securing tubes. Knowing how
to use and secure devices is crucial, as is
knowing when they are or are not
appropriate. |
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Respiratory
Symptoms and Sleep: A Primer |
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by Regina Patrick |
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In some cases, modifying
behavior and altering respiratory medications can
alleviate sleep problems. |
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Pitfalls,
Perils, and Pearls of Pulse Oximetry |
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by Patricia Carroll, RRT,
RN, BC, CEN, MS |
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Clinicians who take pulse
oximetry readings at face value do so at their own
risk. |
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Whole-body
plethysmography |
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by John D. Zoidis,
MD |
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Plethysmography can
measure volumes not available through spirometry,
although it is not appropriate in all
circumstances. |
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