BACKGROUND: Lung expansion therapy is often ordered after surgery to improve alveolar
ventilation and reduce risks of postoperative pulmonary complications. The impact of lung …

Health care organizations are complex adaptive systems, a set of connected or interdependent
parts or agents that include caregivers, patients, and processes. Consequently, health …

BACKGROUND: The University of Virginia (UVA) Health System Human Resource Department
uses a behavioral based, pre-employment assessment survey as part of the employment …

Objective: To provide information to other Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs
on how to develop Heart and Lung Games in their institutions. Methodology: A core team …

Background: Patients with acute rib fractures have significantly higher rates of pulmonary
related complications and increased ICU readmissions from acute care units. A Respiratory …

WHAT: Fifty-six scientists from 14 different countries and four continents carried on a nearly
three-decade history of International Cloud Modeling Workshops that traditionally utilizes …

Background: Lung expansion therapy (LET) in post-operative upper abdominal surgery
patients is not well described beyond global indicators for patient improvement. Electrical …

Background: Lung expansion therapy (LET) is often ordered after surgery to improve alveolar
ventilation and reduce risks of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC). The impact …

Background: Heated humidifiers (HH) optimally operate with continuous or near-continuous
flow. Standard HH performance requires gas temperatures (GT) 34C - 41C and absolute …

An essential responsibility of the modern respiratory care manager is to establish and
monitor a particular level of quality and service being provided by a department. Focusing on …