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Table of Contents

December 01, 2008; Volume 53,Issue 12

Editorials

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    Mid-Frequency Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: The New Wave...length?
    C Corey Hardin and R Scott Harris
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1655-1656;
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    The Role of Tiotropium in the Hospital Management of Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    Donald P Tashkin
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1657-1659;
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    Do Respirators Protect Health-Care Workers From Airborne Infectious Diseases?
    Lewis J Radonovich, Michael J Hodgson and Howard J Cohen
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1660-1664;
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    The Challenge of Improving the Health Care Literacy of the Asthma Community
    Douglas E Masini and Guha Krishnaswamy
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1665-1666;
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    Combining Medical Gases in the Treatment of Pulmonary Interstitial Emphysema: Novel, Yes: But Is It Safe?
    Peter Betit
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1667-1668;

Original Contributions

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    Mid-Frequency Ventilation: Unconventional Use of Conventional Mechanical Ventilation as a Lung-Protection Strategy
    Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila and Robert L Chatburn
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1669-1677;
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    Incorporating Tiotropium Into a Respiratory Therapist-Directed Bronchodilator Protocol for Managing In-Patients With COPD Exacerbations Decreases Bronchodilator Costs
    Gail S Drescher, Bettye J Carnathan, Susan Imus and Gene L Colice
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1678-1684;
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    Wearing an N95 Respirator Concurrently With a Powered Air-Purifying Respirator: Effect on Protection Factor
    Marc R Roberge, Mark R Vojtko, Raymond J Roberge, Richard J Vojtko and Douglas P Landsittel
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1685-1690;
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    An Assessment of a Pilot Asthma Education Program for Childcare Workers in a High-Prevalence County
    Suzanne K Saville, Ruth Wetta-Hall, Suzanne R Hawley, Craig A Molgaard, Theresa St Romain and Traci A Hart
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1691-1696;
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    Bench Study on Active Exhalation Valve Performance
    Guang-Yu Jiao and John W Newhart
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1697-1702;
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    Aerosol Delivery of Recombinant Human DNase I: In Vitro Comparison of a Vibrating-Mesh Nebulizer With a Jet Nebulizer
    Jeremy C Johnson, J Clifford Waldrep, Jennifer Guo and Rajiv Dhand
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1703-1708;
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    Management of Tracheostomy: A Survey of Dutch Intensive Care Units
    Denise P Veelo, Marcus J Schultz, Kai YN Phoa, Dave A Dongelmans, Jan M Binnekaded and Peter E Spronk
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1709-1715;
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    Chemical and Physical Compatibility of Levalbuterol Inhalation Solution Concentrate Mixed With Budesonide, Ipratropium Bromide, Cromolyn Sodium, or Acetylcysteine Sodium
    Philip J Bonasia, William K McVicar, Bill Williams and Shaowei Ong
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1716-1722;

Review Articles

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    The Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
    Mark Anthony Powers
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1723-1730;

Case Reports

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    Heliox With Inhaled Nitric Oxide: A Novel Strategy for Severe Localized Interstitial Pulmonary Emphysema in Preterm Neonatal Ventilation
    Rajesh S Phatak, Charles F Pairaudeau, Christopher J Smith, Peter W Pairaudeau and Hilary Klonin
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1731-1738;
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    Use of a High-Flow Oxygen Delivery System in a Critically Ill Patient With Dementia
    Tatjana P Calvano, Joshua M Sill, Kenneth R Kemp and Kevin K Chung
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1739-1743;

Teaching Case of the Month

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    Pulmonary Masses in Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis: Mechanistic Explanations
    Ritesh Agarwal, Rajagopala Srinivas, Ashutosh N Aggarwal and Akshay K Saxena
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1744-1748;

Letters to the Editor

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    Emerging Gram-Negative Antibiotic Resistance: Daunting Challenges, Declining Sensitivities, and Dire Consequences
    Subhash C Arya, Nirmala Agarwal and Shekhar Agarwal
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1749-1750;
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    The author responds:
    Robert E Siegel
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1750;

Books, Software, & Other Media

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    Therapeutic Strategies: Asthma. Modern Therapeutic Targets
    Leandro G Fritscher and Kenneth R Chapman
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1751;
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    Respiratory Care Anatomy and Physiology: Foundations for Clinical Practice. 2nd edition. Will D Beachey PhD RRT. St Louis: Mosby Elsevier. 2007. Soft cover, 313 illustrations, color, 448 pages, $58.95.
    J M Cairo
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1751-1752;
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    A-Z of Chest Radiology. Andrew Planner, Mangerira C Uthappa, Rakesh R Misra. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Soft cover, 211 pages, illustrated, $58.
    Martha E Billings
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1752-1753;
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    Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Stavros V Konstantinides MD, editor. Foreword by Samuel Z Goldhaber MD. Contemporary Cardiology series, Christopher P Cannon MD, series editor. Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press. 2007. Hard cover, illustrated, 271 pages, $149.
    Renee D Stapleton
    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1753-1754;

Author Index to Volume 53 (2008)

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    Author Index to Volume 53 (2008)
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    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1755-1763;

Subject Index to Volume 53 (2008)

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    Subject Index to Volume 53 (2008)
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    Respiratory Care December 2008, 53 (12) 1764-1781;
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Respiratory Care: 53 (12)
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1 Dec 2008
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