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Original Research

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  Diagnostic Utility of Plasma Procalcitonin for Nosocomial Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit Setting

  John Dallas, Sarah M Brown, Karl Hock, Mitchell G Scott, Lee P Skrupky, Walter A Boyle and Marin H Kollef

  Respiratory Care April 2011, 56 (4) 412-419; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.00979
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  A Risk Tertiles Model for Predicting Mortality in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Age, Plateau Pressure, and P_aO2/F_IO2 at ARDS Onset Can Predict Mortality

  Jesús Villar, Lina Pérez-Méndez, Santiago Basaldúa, Jesús Blanco, Gerardo Aguilar, Darío Toral, Elizabeth Zavala, Miguel A Romera, Gumersindo González-Díaz, Frutos del Nogal, Antonio Santos-Bouza, Luís Ramos, Santiago Macías, Robert M Kacmarek and Hospitales Españoles Para el Estudio de la Lesión Pulmonar (HELP) Network*

  Respiratory Care April 2011, 56 (4) 420-428; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.00811
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  Pilot Study of a New Device to Titrate Oxygen Flow in Hypoxic Patients on Long-Term Oxygen Therapy

  Serena Cirio and Stefano Nava

  Respiratory Care April 2011, 56 (4) 429-434; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.00983
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  Symmetrical-Waveform High-Frequency Oscillation Increases Artificial Mucus Flow Without Changing Basal Mucus Transport in In Vitro Ovine Trachea

  Stanislav Tatkov and Rodger J Pack

  Respiratory Care April 2011, 56 (4) 435-441; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.00809
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  Transcutaneous Measurement of Carbon Dioxide Tension During Extended Monitoring: Evaluation of Accuracy and Stability, and an Algorithm for Correcting Calibration Drift

  David J Berlowitz, Jo Spong, Fergal J O'Donoghue, Rob J Pierce, Douglas J Brown, Donald A Campbell, Peter G Catcheside, Ian Gordon and Peter D Rochford

  Respiratory Care April 2011, 56 (4) 442-448; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.00454
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  Predicted Postoperative Product and Diffusion Heterogeneity Index in the Evaluation of Candidates for Lung Resection

  Jeng-Shing Wang, Raja T Abboud and Brian L Graham

  Respiratory Care April 2011, 56 (4) 449-455; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.00850
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  Effects of Mean Arterial Pressure and Needle Size on Arterial Sampler Filling Time

  Kimberly L Johnson, Ashley J Johnson, Katherine A Barnes and F Herbert Douce

  Respiratory Care April 2011, 56 (4) 456-459; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.00788
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  Classifying Different Types of Double Triggering Based on Airway Pressure and Flow Deflection in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

  Kuang-Ming Liao, Chih-Ying Ou and Chang-Wen Chen

  Respiratory Care April 2011, 56 (4) 460-466; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.00731
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  Electrocardiographic Guidance for the Placement of Gastric Feeding Tubes: A Pediatric Case Series

  Michael L Green, Brian K Walsh, Gerhard K Wolf and John H Arnold

  Respiratory Care April 2011, 56 (4) 467-471; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.00886
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  Assessment of Accuracy of the Vacu-Med 17053 Calibrator for Ventilation, Oxygen Uptake (V̇_O2), and Carbon Dioxide Production (V̇_CO2)

  Jennifer A Bunn, Jesse L Pittsley, Scott V Baker and JW Yates

  Respiratory Care April 2011, 56 (4) 472-476; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.00951