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Original Research

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  The Use of Extubation Readiness Parameters: A Survey of Pediatric Critical Care Physicians

  Maroun J Mhanna, Ingrid M Anderson, Narayan P Iyer and Amy Baumann

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 334-339; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02469
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  In Vitro Evaluation of Radio-Labeled Aerosol Delivery Via a Variable-Flow Infant CPAP System

  Kimberly D Farney, Brandon T Kuehne, Laurie A Gibson, Leif D Nelin and Edward G Shepherd

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 340-344; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.01904
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  Evaluation of Blind Nasotracheal Suctioning and Non-bronchoscopic Mini-Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Critically Ill Patients with Infectious Pneumonia: A Preliminary Study

  Pascal Meyer, Hélène Rousseau, Jean-Michel Maillet, Stéphane Thierry, Oumar Sy, Eric Vicaut, Fabrice Thiolliere, Gerald Choukroun, Karim Chergui, Guillaume Chevrel and Eric Maury

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 345-352; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02356
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  Kinetics of Changes in Oxyhemoglobin Saturation During Walking and Cycling Tests in COPD

  Ming-Lung Chuang, I-Feng Lin and Shih-Pin Chen

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 353-362; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02494
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  Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection and Respiratory Muscle Impairment in Cystic Fibrosis

  Theodore G Dassios, Anna Katelari, Stavros Doudounakis and Gabriel Dimitriou

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 363-370; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02549
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  Correlation Between Spirometry Values and Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Young Healthy Subjects

  Alon Grossman, Michal Benderly, Alex Prokupetz, Barak Gordon and Ofra Kalter-Leibovici

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 371-374; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02701
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  Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Failure Due to Kyphoscoliosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  Pilar Cejudo, Isabel López-Márquez, José Luis López-Campos, Eduardo Márquez, Francisco de la Vega, Emilia Barrot and Francisco Ortega

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 375-382; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02484
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  Influence of F_IO2 on P_aCO2 During Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With COPD

  Augusto Savi, Juçara Gasparetto Maccari, Túlio Frederico Tonietto, Ana Carolina Peçanha Antonio, Roselaine Pinheiro de Oliveira, Marcelo de Mello Rieder, Evelyn Cristina Zignani, Émerson Boschi da Silva and Cassiano Teixeira

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 383-387; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02816
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  Tobramycin Inhalation Powder in Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Response by Age Group

  David E Geller, Samya Z Nasr, Simon Piggott, Ellie He, Gerhild Angyalosi and Mark Higgins

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 388-398; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02264
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  Interleukin 27 Could Be Useful in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleural Effusions

  Luis Valdés, Esther San José, Lucía Ferreiro, Antonio Golpe, Francisco Gude, José M Álvarez-Dobaño, Marco F Pereyra, María E Toubes and Francisco J González-Barcala

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 399-405; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02749
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  Apnea Testing: The Effects of Insufflation Catheter Size and Flow on Pressure and Volume in a Test Lung

  Nicholas R Henry and S Gregory Marshall

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 406-410; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02499
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  Family Reliance on Physicians' Decisions in Life-Sustaining Treatments in Acute-on-Chronic Respiratory Diseases in a Respiratory ICU: A Single-Center Study

  Filipe Monteiro

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 411-419; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02695
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  Effect of Volume-Oriented Versus Flow-Oriented Incentive Spirometry on Chest Wall Volumes, Inspiratory Muscle Activity, and Thoracoabdominal Synchrony in the Elderly

  Adriana C Lunardi, Desiderio C Porras, Renata CC Barbosa, Denise M Paisani, Cibele CB Marques da Silva, Clarice Tanaka and Celso RF Carvalho

  Respiratory Care March 2014, 59 (3) 420-426; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02665