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E D I T O R ’ S C O M M E N T A R YCommentary on the November 2013 Issue 1 8 3 5E D I T O R ’ S C H O I C EEffects of Condensate in the Exhalation Limb of Neonatal Circuits on Airway PressureDuring Bubble CPAPby Tiffany M Youngquist, C Peter Richardson, and Robert M DiBlasi—Seattle, Washington 1 8 4 0O R I G I N A L R E S E A R C HPatient-Ventilator Asynchrony in a Traumatically Injured Populationby Bryce RH Robinson, Thomas C Blakeman, Peter Toth, Dennis J Hanseman, Eric Mueller, and Richard D Branson—Cincinnati, Ohio 1 8 4 7Benefits of Early Tracheotomy: A Meta-analysis Based on 6 Observational Studiesby Liang Shan, Panpan Hao, Feng Xu, and Yu-Guo Chen—Jinan, China 1 8 5 6High Resource Utilization Does Not Affect Mortality in Acute Respiratory Failure Patients Managed With Tracheostomyby Bradley D Freeman, Dustin Stwalley, Dennis Lambert, Joshua Edler—St Louis, MissouriPeter E Morris—Wake Forest, North CarolinaSofia Medvedev, Samuel F Hohmann—Oakbrook, Illinoisand Steven M Kymes—St Louis, Missouri 1 8 6 3The Adjunctive Effect of Nebulized Furosemide in COPD Exacerbation: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trialby Hojat Sheikh Motahar Vahedi, Babak Mahshidfar, Helaleh Rabiee, Soheil Saadat—Tehran, IranHamid Shokoohi—Washington, D.C.Mojtaba Chardoli, and Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar—Tehran, Iran 1 8 7 3In Vitro Evaluation of Heat and Moisture Exchangers Designed for SpontaneouslyBreathing Tracheostomized Patientsby Claudia Brusasco—Genova, ItalyFrancesco Corradi—Parma, ItalyMaria Vargas, Margherita Bona, Federica Bruno, Maria Marsili, Francesca Simonassi, Gregorio Santori—Genova, ItalyPaolo Severgnini—Varese, ItalyRobert M Kacmarek—Boston, Massachusettsand Paolo Pelosi—Genova, Italy 1 8 7 8Growth-Arrest-Specific 6 (GAS6) Protein in ARDS Patients: Determination of PlasmaLevels and Influence of PEEP Settingby Jean-Luc Diehl, Nathalie Coolen, Christophe Faisy—Paris, FranceDavid Osman—Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, FranceGwenaël Prat—Brest, FranceMustapha Sebbane—Montpellier, FranceAnia Nieszkowska—Paris, FranceClaude Gervais—Nîmes, France Jean-Christophe M Richard—Rouen, FranceJack Richecoeur—Pontoise, FranceLaurent Brochard—Geneva, SwitzerlandAlain Mercat—Angers, FranceEmmanuel Guérot and Delphine Borgel—Paris, France 1 8 8 6Changes in Sympathetic Nervous System Activity in Male Smokers After Moderate-Intensity Exerciseby Hiroshi Ide and Kazuyuki Tabira—Nara, Japan 1 8 9 2The Quality and Reporting of Randomized Trials in Cardiothoracic Physical TherapyCould Be Substantially Improvedby Nádia N Geha—São Paulo, BrazilAnne M Moseley, Mark R Elkins—Sydney, AustraliaLuciana D Chiavegato, Silvia R Shiwa, and Leonardo OP Costa—São Paulo, Brazil 1 8 9 9

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The Effects of Abnormal Blood Pressure on Arterial Sampler Filling Timesby Aaron L Cortes, Chelsea M Dalessandro, Tina M Glade, Sophia AF Shirdon, Jen J Uhlir, and F Herbert Douce—Columbus, Ohio 1 9 0 7Evaluation of Ventilators Used During Transport of Critically Ill Patients: A Bench Studyby Salah Boussen, Marc Gainnier, and Pierre Michelet—Marseille, France 1 9 1 1Inspiratory Fraction Correlates With Exercise Capacity in Patients With Stable Moderate to Severe COPDby Yan Zhang—Shanghai, ChinaXing-Guo Sun—Torrance, CaliforniaWen-Lan Yang, Xiao-Yue Tan, and Jin-Ming Liu—Shanghai, China 1 9 2 3Development and Validation of a COPD Self-Management Scaleby Caihong Zhang—Hainan, ChinaWeihong Wang—Hunan, ChinaJiping Li, Xiaoxia Cai, Hua Zhang, Haihua Wang—Hainan, Chinaand Xiuhua Wang—Hunan, China 1 9 3 1Clinical Outcomes of Witnessed and Monitored Cases of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the General Ward of a University Hospital in Koreaby Gyu Rak Chon—Chungcheongbuk-do, South KoreaJinmi Lee, Yujung Shin, Jin Won Huh, Chae-Man Lim, Younsuck Koh, and Sang-Bum Hong—Seoul, South Korea 1 9 3 7Effect of Heliox on End-Tidal CO2 Measurement in Healthy Adultsby Jonathan B Waugh—Birmingham, AlabamaDonna D Gardner—San Antonio, Texasand David L Vines—Chicago, Illinois 1 9 4 5Thoracic Ultrasound-Assisted Selection for Pleural Biopsy With Abrams Needleby Maribel Botana-Rial, Virginia Leiro-Fernández, Cristina Represas-Represas, Ana González-Piñeiro, Amara Tilve-Gómez, and Alberto Fernández-Villar—Vigo, Spain 1 9 4 9R E V I E WSmoking Cessation Interventions for COPD: A Review of the Literatureby Renata Pires-Yfantouda, Gareth Absalom, and Felicity Clemens—London, United Kingdom 1 9 5 52 8 T H A N N U A L N E W H O R I Z O N S S Y M P O S I U M : T H E S C I E N T I F I C B A S I S F O R R E S P I R A T O R Y C A R EThe Science Guiding Selection of an Aerosol Delivery Deviceby Timothy R Myers—Irving, Texas 1 9 6 3The Scientific Basis for Postoperative Respiratory Careby Richard D Branson—Cincinnati, Ohio 1 9 7 4S P E C I A L A R T I C L EDeveloping a New, National Approach to Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events:Executive Summaryby Shelley S Magill—Atlanta, GeorgiaMichael Klompas—Boston, MassachusettsRobert Balk—Chicago, IllinoisSuzanne M Burns—Charlottesville, VirginiaClifford S Deutschman—Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDaniel Diekema—Iowa City, IowaScott Fridkin—Atlanta, GeorgiaLinda Greene—Rochester, New YorkAlice Guh—Atlanta, GeorgiaDavid Gutterman, Beth Hammer—Milwaukee, WisconsinDavid Henderson—Bethesda, MarylandDean R Hess, Nicholas S Hill—Boston, MassachusettsTeresa Horan—Atlanta, GeorgiaMarin Kollef—St Louis, Missouri Mitchell Levy—Providence, Rhode IslandEdward Septimus—College Station, TexasCarole VanAntwerpen—Albany, New York Don Wright—Washington, D.C.and Pamela Lipsett—Baltimore, Maryland 1 9 8 5

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E D I T O R I A L SBubble CPAP: Not All Bubbling Is Good Bubblingby Christopher W Mastropietro—Indianapolis, Indiana 1 9 9 0Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation: Time to Send This Workhorse Out to Pastureby Maher Ghamloush and Nicholas S Hill—Boston, Massachusetts 1 9 9 2Early Tracheostomy or Prolonged Translaryngeal Intubation in the ICU: A Long Running Storyby Paolo Banfi—Milan, Italyand Dominique Robert—Lyon, France 1 9 9 5P U B L I S H E D O N L I N E ( W W W . R C J O U R N A L . C O M )

C A S E R E P O R T STwo Cases of Tracheal Disease Misdiagnosed as Difficult-to-Treat Asthmaby Ibrahim Onur Alici—Ankara, TurkeyOzlem Kar Kurt—Bolu, TurkeyAdile Berna Dursun, Aydin Yilmaz, and Ferda Oner Erkekol—Ankara, Turkey e 1 3 3Profound Bradycardia With Decreased PEEPby Susan R Wilcox—Boston, MassachusettsAnkit Kansagra—Salem, Massachusettsand Jeremy B Richards—Boston, Massachusetts e 1 3 8Gorham Syndrome With Postoperative Respiratory Failure and Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilationby Shiang-Yu Huang, Ying-Min Lee, Shiau-Tzu Tzeng, Chiu-Ping Su, Shiu-Feng Huang, Yao-Kuang Wu, and Chou-Chin Lan—Taipei, Taiwan e 1 4 4

T E A C H I N G C A S EA Lesson from a Rare Cause of Pulmonary Embolism by Luyao Ma, Yan Zhu, Haoliang Sun, Fanghong Li, Yongfeng Shao, and Shijiang Zhang—Nanjing, China e 1 4 9

C O R R E S P O N D E N C ENeurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist: Insufficient Evidence of Broad Clinical Outcomesby Christer Sinderby—Toronto, Ontario, Canadaauthor reply by Kathy S Myers Moss—Columbia, Missouri e 1 5 3The Whisper Gameby Robert L Chatburn—Cleveland, Ohioauthor reply by Mark S Siobal—San Francisco, California e 1 5 7

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