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Presentations by members of Duke Hospital's Department of Respiratory Care Services at the 2008 International Respiratory Congress, Anaheim, CA - 54th Annual Convention & Exhibition of the American Association for Respirtory Care
Abstracts
Video-Assisted Laryngoscopy May Decrease Esophageal Intubation in an Emergency Medicine Residency Program—Joseph B Shepherd RRT, Raleigh NCWidth Versus Height for Predicted Body Weight Calculation—Anthony J Asciutto RRT, Durham NCRCPs Can Provide a Safe and Effective Intubation Service as Compared With Health Care Professionals—Robert S Slonac RRT, Durham NCCritical Care Practitioners Attitudes Toward Withdrawal of Life Support in a Tertiary Care Center—N Tate Bennett RRT, Durham NCSurvey on Clinical Practice of Apnea Brain Death Assessment—J Brady Scott RRT, Durham NC
Lectures and Workshops
Permissive Atelectasis: Lung Protective or Lung Injurious?Neil R MacIntrye MD FAARC Durham NC and Michael J Hewitt RRT-NPS FAARC Salsbury MDCome, Take a Swim: An Interactive Case-Based ApproachIra M Cheifetz MD FAARC Durham NC and Tiffany G Mabe RRT-NPS Chapel Hill NCPEEP: Bringing the Evidence to the BedsideIra Cheifetz MD FAARC Durham NC and Dean Hess PhD RRT FAARC Boston MAMarketing Your Respiratory Care ServicesJanice J Thalman MHS RRT FAARC Durham NCCPT Coding for Respiratory Care ServicesSusan Rinaldo-Gallo MEd RRT Durham NCMedical Direction—The View From Both SidesJanice J Thalman MHS RRT FAARC and Neil R MacIntyre MD FAARC, Durham NCRide the Wave: An Interactive Case-Based ApproachIra M Cheifetz MD FAARC, Durham NC and Tiffany G Mabe RRT-NPS, Chapel Hill NCWipe Out Bugs in the ICU—MRSA & VREJohn D Davies MA RRT FAARC, Durham NCCurrent Controversies in Pediatric Respiratory CareIra M Cheifetz MD FAARC, Durham NC and Michael R Anderson MD, Cleveland OHNoninvasive Ventilation Course and WorkshopsJohn D Davies MA RRT FAARC, Michael A Gentile RRT FAARC, Michael A Griffis RRT, Neil R MacIntyre MD FAARC Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NCDean R Hess PhD RRT FAARC, Robert M Kacmarek PhD RRT FAARC Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA




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