FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine

Welcome to the Summer issue of FOCUS ... and an extra special welcome to the senior students of...

Sleep apnea occurs when tissues in the oropharynx block the airway during sleep. The typical surgery for sleep...

The economy continues to stumble defying all predictions of a robust recovery. Layoffs continue and have morphed from...

For this issue of Focus, we will discuss a Respiratory Care Practitioner Performance Improvement (PI) project. This continues...

Childhood sleep disorders are common. Unfortunately they are under recognized and under diagnosed and the consequences of poor...

There are, of course, many ways to provide oxygen therapy in a residence and the options available have...

The National Asthma Education Project recommendations for treating asthma are based on an assessment of asthma severity. Their...

Rapidly growing public awareness of sleep disorders, through debate and marketing, has motivated sufferers to seek answers for...

I must begin this column with a huge nod towards the recent work of the ATS and the...

The nation's public hospitals are in trouble. Not for the first time, and probably not for the last....

A colleague recently asked me what the latest recommendations were for ABG temperature correction. I had to admit...

Patients come to their doctors with a myriad of misperceptions when it comes to their sleeping. The most...

For the Big Three automakers, it's out with the old and in with the new, which has been...

The disturbing gap in quality that exists in healthcare can be remedied by implementing consistent clinical quality standards...

In this issue of Focus we report our evaluation of the EasyOne Diagnostic Spirometer by ndd Medical Technologies....

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announced the establishment of...

First things first ... This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it to all RTs who...

I realize that all of us in healthcare are challenged when working with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

When mechanical ventilation is initially instituted on a patient, dys-synchrony is not usually problematic, providing the patient is...

The new Dale[R] Stabilock[TM] Endotracheal Tube Holder provides a more secure method of stabilization giving clinicians a better...