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Original Contributions

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  Effectiveness and Safety of Hypertonic Saline Inhalation Combined With Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Trial

  Silvia R Valderramas and Álvaro Nagib Atallah

  Respiratory Care March 2009, 54 (3) 327-333;
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  Effects of Body Position on Resting Lung Volume in Overweight and Mildly to Moderately Obese Subjects

  Penelope S Benedik, Mara M Baun, Leendert Keus, Carlos Jimenez, Rodolfo Morice, Akhil Bidani and Janet C Meininger

  Respiratory Care March 2009, 54 (3) 334-339;
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  High-Frequency Chest-Wall Compression During the 48 Hours Following Thoracic Surgery

  James S Allan, Julie M Garrity and Dean M Donahue

  Respiratory Care March 2009, 54 (3) 340-343;
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  A Randomized Multi-Arm Repeated-Measures Prospective Study of Several Modalities of Portable Oxygen Delivery During Assessment of Functional Exercise Capacity

  Shawna L Strickland, M Timothy Hogan, Rosemary G Hogan, Harjyot S Sohal, Wayland N McKenzie and Gregory F Petroski

  Respiratory Care March 2009, 54 (3) 344-349;
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  Airway Humidification During High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation

  Patrick F Allan, Michael J Hollingsworth, Gordon C Maniere, Anthony K Rakofsky, Kevin K Chung, Gregory A Naworol, John A Ward, Michelle Perello and Michael J Morris

  Respiratory Care March 2009, 54 (3) 350-358;
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  Limits of Effective Cough-Augmentation Techniques in Patients With Neuromuscular Disease

  Michel Toussaint, Louis J Boitano, Vincent Gathot, Marc Steens and Philippe Soudon

  Respiratory Care March 2009, 54 (3) 359-366;
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  Physiologic Impact of Closed-System Endotracheal Suctioning in Spontaneously Breathing Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

  Christopher W Seymour, Brian J Cross, Colin R Cooke, Robert L Gallop and Barry D Fuchs

  Respiratory Care March 2009, 54 (3) 367-374;