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The bi-monthly FOCUS Journal, the #1 circulated magazine serving these professions, is edited for clinicians, managers and educators practicing in acute care hospitals, homecare and sleep lab settings. Each issue contains clinical articles in respiratory care and sleep medicine as well as articles dealing with aspects of management and education. Independent equipment and book reviews, along with opinions, articles on ethics, JCAHO standards, personal growth, and New Product Highlights are also contained in each issue. Articles appearing in this issue follow below.



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Nov/Dec 2007

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A Note from the Publisher

First-Time Management Mistakes  by Phillip Perry MA 

What % of Patients in RCU’s Are Actually Liberated from the Ventilator? by Herb Patrick MD 

The Race Is On! O2 Versus CO2? by Bill Wojciechowski MS, RRT  

Chronotherapy and Cancer   by Regina Patrick RPSGT  

Continuing Education: Keeping it Honest by Sandra McCleaster RRT  

Fetal Lung Maturity and the L/S Ratio  by Don Steinart MA, RRT, MT  

Sleep Medicine Pharmaceuticals - An Overview and History  by Michael J. Decker PhD, RN, RRT, D.ABSM  

Respiratory Care Pharmaceuticals - Short-Acting Adrenergic Bronchodilators  by Doug Gardenhire EdD, MS, RRT-NPS  

How to Survive a New CEO by Marilyn Moats Kennedy MSJ 

Obesity and Homecare Services by Jim Stegmaier RRT-NPS, RPFT, CCM  

The Transplanted Lung by Jim Harvey MS, RPFT, RCP  

Parental Co-sleeping in a Pediatric Sleep Laboratory by Patrick Sorenson MA, RPSGT  

Preceptor Programs for RT’s: When in Doubt Try Kindness and Compassion  by David Wheeler RRT, NPS  

Will Sleep Testing for OSAHS and CPAP Go Over the Counter?   by Steve Grenard RRT, RPSGT  

Get in on the Sleep DME Revolution!  by Duane Johnson PhD  

Payment Changes for Home Health Care  by Vernon Pertelle RRT, MBA  
 
Coffee, Tea, or Me (Caffeine and Sleep) by Frank Roman MD, JD  

Focus On Technology: Nebulizers by Stephanie Richardson  

To Walk Humbly...Creating Workable Policies for End-of-Life Care  by Leah Curtin RN, PhD(h)  
 
Neonatal Respiratory Care Practitioners: Are You One of Those Just Coasting?   by John Salyer RRT-NPS, MBA, FAARC  
 
The 100th Anniversary of the Dräger Corporation by Bob Miglino RRT, MPS  
 
Hans Rudolph Corporation: Ready for Future Generations of Innovation  by Bob Miglino RRT, MPS  
 
JCAHO - Emergency Management Requirements Expanded by Dave Gourley RRT  
 
Nasal Drug Delivery by Mike McPeck BS, RRT, FAARC  
 
Breathing Patterns as Weaning Predictors by John Marini MD  
 
Your Hyperbaric Service - Preparing for Accreditation   by Ken Capek RRT, CHT, MPA  
 
Respiratory Delegation Visits China by Dave Gourley RRT  
 
Traumatic Brain Injury  by Respiratory Care Student Jerolyn Patterson  
 
Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation   by David Kissin BS, RRT  
 
Focus On Technology: ABG - Easy as 1, 2, 3  by Stephanie Richardson  
 
On A Lighter Side with Andy Rooney

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Product Highlights 

Employment Section

 
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