Respiratory care : the official journal of the American Association for Respiratory Therapy

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• Langue: English
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December 1990
Volume 35, Number 12
ISSN00989142-RECACP
A MONTHLY SCIENCEJOURNAL
35TH YEAR—ESTABLISHED 1956
Looking Back, Ahead
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75229Dallas TX CONTENTS Volume 35, Number 12
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EDITOR
Pal Brougher RRT
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
RPhT RRTGary Peck SPECIAL ISSUE
ADJl'NCT EDITOR
Kiitrcdpc RRTPhilip 35TH ANNIVERSARY OFTHE
MANAGING EDITOR
Masferrcr RRTRay RespiratoryCareJOURNAL
EDITORIALCOORDINATOR
Donna Stephens
1 185 The Journal's 35th—Looking Back, Looking Ahead BOARD
Robert M Kacinarek PhD RRT. Chairman Robenby MKacmarek—Boston. Massachusetts
Thoma.s A Barnes EdD RRT
Richard Branson RRTD 1186 Looking Over Our Shoulder: This JournaPs First 35 Years
Robert L Chathurn RRT
by Phil Kittredge— River.Little CaliforniaCharles G Durbin JrMD
Dean Hess MEd RRT
1 189 The Expanding Role of the Respiratory Care PractitionerNeil Maclnlyre MD
Da\id Pierson MDJ by JeriE Eiserman— Temecula. California
CONSULTING EDITORS
1 192 TherapistsBiondo BS RRT Must Become More Expert as Use of Respiratory AidsFrank E
Howard J Birenbaum MD Grows (1960)
Philip G Bovsen MD —John G Burford MD by William C Allen Boulder. Colorado
DemcR BS RRTBoh
Elton MD 1 197 ConsiderDonald R Not Only the Therapy, But the Patient as Well! (1961
Robert R Fluck Jr MS RRT —by SisterM Teresa Granite City. IllinoisRonald B George MD
CharlesG Irvin PhD
1200 The Role of Patient Instruction in Improving IPPB Treatments (1969)M HurstMDJames —Jastremski MDMS by Ray Masferrer Dallas. Texas
John Kattwinkel MD
MarkW Mangus CPFT RRT 1203 Home Care for Pulmonary Diseases (1969)
Hugh S Mathewson MD
byM Leone. EL Cassara. and Myron Stein—Providence. Rhode IslandChrtslopher Maxwell RRT
Michael McPeck BS RRT
1206 Training Respiratory Therapists in Emergency EndotrachealThomas A Raffin MD
Richard R Richard BS RRT Intubation (1971)
John Shigeoka MD —by Hewitt J Bryan and RonaldA AndreeBnan Smith MD New York City. New YorkR
Wanger RCPT RRTJack
1208 The Effect of HomeJeffrey J Ward MEd RRT Respiratory Therapy on Hospital Readmission
JOURNAL ASSOCIATES Rates of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (1982)
AyresMDStephen M —Sue Roselle and Frank DAmicoby J Pittsburgh. PennsylvaniaReuben M CherniackMD
Joseph M CivettaMD
1214 Review of a Bronchial Hygiene Evaluation Program (1983)Da\id A Desautels RRT
John B Downs MD —John R Walton, Barryby A Shapiro, and CalvinH Harrison
EganDonald F MD
Chicago. Illinois
Garelh B Gish MS RRT
DennisM Greenbaum MD
1220 A Role for Respiratory Therapists on the Nutritional Team (1983)George Gregory MD
Grenvik MDAke —by Albert Barrocas New Orleans. Louisiana
Frederick Helmholz Jr MDH
John E Hodgkin MD 1223 A Role for the Respiratory Therapist in Flexible Fiberoptic
Marvin Lough RRT
BronchoscopyWilliam F Miller MD (1985)
Elian J Nelson RN RRT
by DominicP Coppolo. L Tarry Brienza. DavidS Pratt, andJohn J
Thomas L Petty MD —Alan K Pierce MD May Cooperstown. New York
Henning Pontoppidan MD
JohnW Se\eringhausMD 1228 Safe and Successful Delivery-Room Intubation and Resuscitation of
Barry .A Shapiro MD
Meconium-Stained Newborns by Respiratory Therapists (1986)
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
by Robert Perlson—Medford. OregonDonna Knauf ARTIST 1234 Respiratory Care Devices and Techniques through the Years
Jeannie Marchant —by Dean Hess York, Pennsylvania
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Marv Carolvn Dye
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