Resp Care
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To develop a scoring system that can assess the multidisciplinary management of respiratory failure in a pediatric ICU. ⋯ A task-based scoring instrument for a primary airway provider's performance with a multidisciplinary pediatric ICU team on simulated pediatric respiratory failure was developed. Reliability and validity evaluation supports the developed scale.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
The measurement of lung volumes using body plethysmography: a comparison of methodologies.
The statement of the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society on the measurement of static lung volumes (SLV) suggests a preferred and alternate method for measuring and calculating SLV. ⋯ Differences in FRC, VC, RV, and TLC obtained using the preferred and alternate measurement methodologies exist in the clinical setting in select classification groups and individuals. Differing calculation methods dependent on measurement method used may be unnecessary.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Short-term effects of using pedometers to increase daily physical activity in smokers: a randomized trial.
In adults it is recommended that the minimum of 10,000 steps/day should be performed in order to consider an individual as active. The pedometer, a small device that counts steps, has been used to monitor and/or motivate physical activity in various populations. ⋯ Physically inactive smokers improve their daily physical activity level by using a simple tool (pedometer), and larger improvement occurs in subjects with the lowest levels of physical activity.