CONTENTS October 2019 / VOLUME 64 / NUMBER 10

FOR INFORMATION, EDITOR’S COMMENTARY CONTACT: Commentary on October 2019 Issue i AARC Membership and Other AARC Services EDITOR’S CHOICE American Association for A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Two Lung Expansion Respiratory Care Therapies After Upper Abdominal Surgery 1181 9425 N MacArthur Blvd, Suite 100 by Daniel D Rowley, Thomas P Malinowski, Joseph L Di Peppe, Ryan M Sharkey, Irving, TX 75063-4706 Daniel U Gochenour, and Kyle B Enfield—Charlottesville, Virginia (972) 243-2272 • Fax (972) 484-2720 http://www.aarc.org ORIGINAL RESEARCH Empirical Probability of Positive Response to PEEP Changes and Credentialing Organization Mechanical Ventilation Factors Associated With Improved Oxygenation for RRT, CRT During Pediatric Ventilation 1193 National Board for by Craig D Smallwood, John H Arnold, Andrew Gouldstone—Boston, Massachusetts Respiratory Care and Brian K Walsh—Lynchburg, Virginia 10801 Mastin St, Suite 300 Overland Park, KS 66210 Effects of Thyroid Hormone Treatment on Diaphragmatic Efficiency in (913) 895-4900 • Fax (913) 712-9283 Mechanically Ventilated Subjects With Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome 1199 by Giuseppe Bello, Giorgia Spinazzola, Valentina Giammatteo, Luca Montini, Gennaro De Pascale, http://www.nbrc.org Alessandra Bisanti, Maria G Annetta, Eliana Troiani, Antonio Bianchi, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Mariano A Pennisi, Giorgio Conti, and Massimo Antonelli—Rome, Italy Accreditation of Education Programs Comparison of End-Tidal, Arterial, Venous, and Transcutaneous P CO2 1208 Commission on Accreditation for by Shota Fujimoto, Manabu Suzuki, Keita Sakamoto, Ritsu Ibusuki, Kentaro Tamura, Respiratory Care Ayako Shiozawa, Satoru Ishii, Motoyasu Iikura, Shinyu Izumi, and Haruhito Sugiyama—Tokyo, Japan 1248 Harwood Rd Bedford, TX 76021-4244 Short-Term Effects of an Active Heat-and-Moisture Exchanger During (817) 283-2835 • Fax (817) 354-8519 Invasive Ventilation 1215 http://www.coarc.com by Annia F Schreiber, Piero Ceriana, Nicolino Ambrosino, Manuela Piran, Alberto Malovini, and Annalisa Carlucci—Pavia, Italy Grants, Scholarships, Community Projects Bioavailability of Beclometasone From Two HFA-BDP Formulations With American Respiratory a Spacer 1222 by Amira SA Said, Salahdein AbuRuz—Al Ain, United Arab Emirates Care Foundation and Henry Chrystyn—Leeds, United Kingdom 9425 N MacArthur Blvd, Suite 100 Irving, TX 75063-4706 Evaluation of a New Interface Combining High-Flow Nasal Cannula and (972) 243-2272 • Fax (972) 484-2720 CPAP 1231 http://www.arcfoundation.org by Eugenio Garofalo, Andrea Bruni, Corrado Pelaia, Eugenio Biamonte, Karim Abdalla, Federico Longhini, Paolo Navalesi—Catanzaro, Italy Gianmaria Cammarota—Novara, Italy and Paolo Murabito—Catania, Italy PEEP Generated by High-Flow Nasal Cannula in a Pediatric Model 1240 by Beverly D Ejiofor, Ryan W Carroll, William Bortcosh, ® and Robert M Kacmarek—Boston, Massachusetts Impact of a Single Session of Inhalation Technique Training on Inhalation Skills and the Course of Asthma and COPD 1250 A Monthly Science Journal by Marta Dabrowska, Katarzyna Luczak-Wozniak, Marta Miszczuk, Izabela Domagala, Established in 1956 Wojciech Lubanski, Andrzej Leszczynski, Marta Maskey-Warzechowska, Renata Rubinsztajn, Joanna Hermanowicz-Salamon, and Rafal Krenke—Warsaw, Poland The Offi cial Journal of the American Association for Minimum Clinically Important Difference in 30-s Sit-to-Stand Test After Respiratory Care Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Subjects With COPD 1261 by Andrea Zanini, Nicola Schiavone—Novaggio, Switzerland Ernesto Crisafulli, Alfredo Chetta—Parma, Italy Michele D’Andria, Cristina Gregorini—Castelrotto, Switzerland Francesca Cherubino, Elisabetta Zampogna—Tradate, Italy Andrea Azzola—Lugano, Switzerland and Antonio Spanevello—Varese-Como, Italy CONTENTS CONTINUED...

Comparison in the Management of Respiratory Failure due to Bronchiolitis in a Pediatric ICU Between 2010 and 2016 1270 by Flavia Toni, Giorgio Conti—Rome, Italy Francisco Jose´ Cambra Lasaosa, Laura Escuredo, Sergio Benito, Gemma Gelabert, and Martı´ Pons-O` dena—Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain S /F on Presentation as a Predictor for Early Hemodynamic Deterioration in Intermediate pO2 IO2 Risk Acute Pulmonary Embolism 1279 by Lisa Domaradzki, Mehrdad Ghahramani, Ryan Rogers, Mohammed Ruzieh, Ryan Wilson, and Andry Van de Louw—Hershey, Pennsylvania Serial Weekly Measurements of the Timed Inspiratory Effort Index Can Predict Successful Prolonged Weaning 1286 by Bruno Leonardo da Silva Guimara˜es, Leonardo Cordeiro de Souza, Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon—Niteroi, Brazil and Fernando Silva Guimara˜es—Rio de Janeiro, Brazil INVITED REVIEW Oxygen Use in Critical Illness 1293 by B Ronan O’Driscoll and Rachel Smith—Salford, United Kingdom NARRATIVE REVIEW Mechanical Ventilation Alarms and Alarm Fatigue 1308 by J Brady Scott—Chicago, Illinois Laura De Vaux—New Haven, Connecticut Connie Dills—Hartford, Connecticut and Shawna L Strickland—Irving, Texas EDITORIALS Lung Expansion Therapy: Please, (Visually) Show Me the Value! 1314 by Thomas Piraino—Ontario, Canada Predicting Response to PEEP in Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients: What Are the Odds? 1319 by Tobias L Straube, Kyle J Rehder, and David A Turner—Durham, North Carolina Can Thyroid Hormone Strengthen the Diaphragm in Nonthyroidal Illness? 1322 by Charles A Rappaport and Gregory A Schmidt—Iowa City, Iowa

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