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Update
on Issues in Critical Care Management |
GR Bernard, HL Corwin, and N MacIntyre,
through Medscape (requires registration) |
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Medscape's
Respiratory Care section offers many articles and CME. Registration
is required, but is free of charge. |
Medscape |
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Indications
of non-invasive ventilation in critical care: a practical approach |
By Matthias Leist,
MD, From Clinical Window Web Journal March 2003 (sponsored by GE Healthcare) |
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Ventilation
and Respiratory Issues Relating to Neuromuscular Diseases |
Dr. Goodenberger,
a ventilator/respiratory specialist and Associate Professor
of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis,
Missouri, answers basic questions in this 1997 session. |
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Ask
the Experts: Q&A about Neuromuscular Diseases |
Extensive resource from the Muscular
Dystrophy Association |
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Pulmonary
and Critical Care Update (PCCU). CME from the ACCP, with several
ventilator topics. |
ACCP |
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Evidence-Based
Assessment of Diagnostic Tests for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia |
ACCP Quick Reference Guide, May,
2001. |
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Respiratory
Care journal: Many reference and educational articles on mechanical
ventilation topics. |
AARC |
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Pediatric
Critical Care Resources |
From PCCM, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
(hosted by Washington University in St. Louis) |
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Controlled
Ventilation |
Ahmed E. Badr, MD (Vanderbilt) |
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Helium-oxygen
mixture does not improve gas exchange in mechanically ventilated
children with bronchitis |
Review by L Chin (Respiratory
Product News) of original article by Gross, Spear, and Peterson,
Critical Care Journal 2000 4: 188-192. This article is available
from: http://ccforum.com/content/4/3/188. |
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Ventilator
Management Reference
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Novametrix Medical
Systems |
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Detecting
Airway Secretions |
Novametrix Medical Systems |
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Detecting
Auto-PEEP |
Novametrix Medical Systems |
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Detecting
Dys-Synchronous Ventilation |
Novametrix Medical Systems |
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Detecting
Lung Overdistention |
Novametrix Medical Systems |
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Optimizing
Inspiratory Time |
Novametrix Medical Systems |
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Optimizing
PEEP |
Novametrix Medical Systems |
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Articles
and commentary from the RC World Forum. Some have been reprinted
on www.rtcorner.com |
RC World |
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Basics
of high-frequency ventilation |
by Curtis Caldwell, RN, CNNP |
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Articles
on high-frequency ventilation |
SensorMedics |
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Critical
Care Reviews about high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) |
SensorMedics |
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How
to ward off complications of mechanical ventilation. Nursing
CE offered. |
Springhouse |
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Noninvasive
Ventilatory Support: Who Benefits? |
Springhouse |
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Taking
the Pressure off Mechanically Ventilated Patients |
Springhouse |
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Pulmonary
Medicine: Ventilators and Oxygen Therapy |
Indications, definitions, and
oxygen delivery systems. From the Virtual Hospital. |
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Presentations
on Protocols, Ventilators, and Cost Management |
From the Respiratory Care Department at the
University of Southern California in San Diego (UCSD). Topics
include
- Liberating Patients from Mechanical
Ventilation
- The Basics of Ventilators
- Protocols in Action
- Patient/ventilator synchrony
- Overcoming barriers in implementing protocols
among others.
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Methods
to Avoid Intubation |
R Ritz, Respir Care 1999;44(6):686-699.
Key words: avoiding intubation, continuous positive
airway pressure, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation,
heliox, negative pressure ventilation, diaphragmatic pacing,
in-exsufflator.
Click
here to see review by L Chin, Respiratory
Product News.
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The
Virtual Anesthesia Textbook |
The Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook,
organized by Dr. Chris Thompson. A wealth of information about
anesthesiology and physiological/pharmacological articles. |
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Airway
Pressures and Volutrauma: Is Measuring Tracheal Pressure Worth
the Hassle? |
by Richard Branson, from Respiratory
Care, 42(12): 1997. |
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Pulmonary
Function Testing Descriptions |
Developed by NeuMed, Inc. |
