The official peer-reviewed science journal for the American Association for Respiratory Care since 1956. Indexed in MEDLINE. Editor: Rich Branson MSc RRT FAARC
As part of the 62nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference, Patient–Ventilator Interactions: Discordance, Asynchrony, and Pendelluf, Sarlabous and colleagues provide a detailed description of automated detection of discordance and its importance in the ICU.
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As part of the 62nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference, Patient–Ventilator Interactions: Discordance, Asynchrony, and Pendelluf, Fuentes and Owens describe patient–ventilator interaction during sleep.
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Throwback Thursday, the June 2025 issue contained the papers from the 60th Journal Conference, Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Current Evidence and Future Directions
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As part of the 62nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference, Hess provides a review on pt–ventilator interaction during noninvasive ventilation (NIV). He notes that the use of intentional leaks & unintentional leaks create synchrony challenges during NIV.
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As part of the 62nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference, Patient–Ventilator Interactions: Discordance, Asynchrony, and Pendelluf, Mireles-Cabodevila et al expound on the paper by Chatburn to describe the 10 fundamental maxims of pt–ventilator interaction.
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As part of the 62nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference, Patient–Ventilator Interactions: Discordance, Asynchrony, and Pendelluf, Piraino follows with a review on the bedside assessment of respiratory drive in the mechanically ventilated patient.
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As part of the 62nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference on Patient–Ventilator Interactions, Chatburn provides a detailed description of the taxonomy of mechanical ventilation and the use of this taxonomy to interpret ventilator waveforms.
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Throwback Thursday, the June 2025 issue included the papers generated from the Journal Conference Pediatric Asthma: Management Across the Continuum of Care.
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As part of the 62nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference on Patient–Ventilator Interactions, Vaporidi and colleagues covered the intricacies of the control of breathing and the complexity of patient response to mechanical ventilation.
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The June 2026 issue is online and contains manuscripts from the 62nd Respiratory Care Journal Conference, Patient–Ventilator Interactions: Discordance, Asynchrony, and Pendelluft.
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Pereira et al provide a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the effectiveness of face-directed fan therapy for relieving dyspnea in subjects with advanced diseases including cancer, COPD, interstitial lung disease, or heart failure.
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Arora et al contribute a scoping review evaluating telehealth pulmonary rehabilitation programs for individuals with COPD to identify trends, benefits, and gaps in current approaches.
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Korovina et al contribute a narrative review examining the physiological mechanisms underlying cough in asthma and related airway disorders.
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Throwback Thursday, Loberger et al published “Challenging Convention: Daytime Versus Nighttime Extubation in the Pediatric ICU” in the May 2021 issue of the journal.
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Marchese et al contribute a short report investigating the effects of intravenous alpha-1 antitrypsin replacement therapy in subjects with severe alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency caused by various genetic mutations.
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Verweel et al compared performance and agreement of sit-to-stand (STS) tests conducted in three settings—center-based, remotely supervised, and self-administered—among individuals with chronic respiratory disease.
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Hu et al conducted a prospective observational study and assessed sleep quality in ICU subjects receiving noninvasive ventilation or HFNC using overnight polysomnography.
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de Lara et al conducted a retrospective cohort study and evaluated adherence to a bronchiolitis management protocol and outcomes in a Brazilian pediatric ICU.
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Throwback Thursday, Miller et al published “Resilience and Burnout Resources in Respiratory Care Departments” in the May 2021 issue of the journal.
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Morales Mestre et al studied electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to assess how body position affects regional lung ventilation in healthy individuals.
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