Posted on October 21, 2007 by jeffd
There has been accumulating evidence that cleaning workers are at an increased risk for asthma and that specific professional cleaning products such as bleach and sprays are associated with asthma. Many professional cleaning products are also used in private households. Recently a European based epidemiological study was published that investigated the risk of new-onset [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2007 by jeffd
In the latest issue (March 13, 2007) of the CMAJ (journal of the Canadian Medical Association) a pediatric intensive care nurse from Edmonton, Alberta writes about what it is like to be left with the family on the last day of their child’s life.
For those of us that work in critical care we know that [...]
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Posted on February 15, 2007 by jeffd
First it was said that wine may be good for me, then cocoa was full of antioxidants and now regular midday naps (siestas) may be good for my heart.
Midday napping is common in Mediterranean and in several Latin American countries and these countries also tend to have a low mortality rates of coronary heart disease. [...]
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Posted on December 31, 2006 by jeffd
The Feburaury 2007 issue of Current Opinion in Critical Care has all respiratory related reviews and it is great reading for all. So find a copy and read an article or two. If you can’t find a copy and are interested in something specfic let me know!
Contact me.
February 2007, Volume 13, Issue 1
Mechanical ventilation: [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2006 by jeffd
In the most recent issue of Critical Care Medicine, Schwenzer and Wang (1) looked at the validity of a moral distress tool, developed for nurses, modified for respiratory therapists. Moral distress develops in situations when one cannot fulfill there their moral obligations to patients or they fail to pursue what they believe to be the [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2006 by jeffd
[From Nature.com]
It appears that cholesterol drugs called statins could protect smokers lungs from some of the damage caused by smoking.
Statins are a group of drugs known for lowering cholesterol and helping to prevent heart disease. But they also seem to reduce inflammation and animal tests have suggested that they may protect the lungs.
A study from [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2006 by jeffd
The URL for this site is now just resptherapy.com. For many this won’t make much of difference as the URL resptherapy.wordpress.com still works and will continue to work in the future, you will just be redirected to the new URL.
Old permalinks and bookmarks will still work. The same redirection will apply to RSS feeds but [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2006 by jeffd
Have you ever heard that a cylinder can turn into a rocket that will go through a concrete wall if the regulator breaks off?
Well this settles the discussion.
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Posted on October 6, 2006 by jeffd
Tuberculosis was rampant in North American mastodons during the late Ice Age and may have led to their extinction, researchers say. [via National Geographic News]
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Posted on October 6, 2006 by jeffd
http://www.rtcorner.net
RT Corner is a site created by the husband and wife team of Ken and Tammy Kane. Together their experience covers adult care , pediatric care, neonatal care and respiratory education.
The site has something for everyone. There is info on guidelines, products, calculations and a forum for discussion. They also have a RT [...]
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Posted on September 19, 2006 by jeffd
Scientists at the University of Edinburg, UK and at the National Instutute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tsukuba, Japan have discovered the crystal structure of solid red oxygen that forms at high pressures.
From Nature.com:
As a gas, oxygen molecules (O2) normally float around with only passing attraction to each other. But increasing pressure forces [...]
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Posted on August 4, 2006 by jeffd
It has been awhile since I last posted anything but now I’m back after a little hiatus. I have been away on vacation for the past month and there hasn’t been much to post about lately.
As you can see I recently changed the look of the site and added a neat little feature where you [...]
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