Resp Care
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Journal clubs are employed by education and healthcare institutions to facilitate learning about study design, to teach critical reading of the literature, and to help trainees and practitioners keep abreast in their fields. Our respiratory care department initiated a journal club that was open to all respiratory therapists in the community. The articles were selected by the journal club coordinator and posted on the club's web site. However, attendance remained poor despite changes in venue, time, and day of the week. In Washington State, respiratory therapists are required to obtain continuing respiratory care education credits (CRCEs), so we hypothesized that offering American Association for Respiratory Care CRCEs for journal club attendance would increase participation. ⋯ Providing CRCE credits for attendance was associated with increased participation in our departmental journal club.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A preliminary randomized controlled trial to assess effectiveness of nasal high-flow oxygen in intensive care patients.
In a cardiothoracic and vascular intensive care unit, to compare nasal high-flow (NHF) oxygen therapy and standard high-flow face mask (HFFM) oxygen therapy in patients with mild to moderate hypoxemic respiratory failure. ⋯ NHF oxygen therapy may be more effective than HFFM in treating mild to moderate hypoxemic respiratory failure.