Respiratory care year in review 2013: neonatal respiratory care, pulmonary function testing, and pulmonary rehabilitation

Respir Care. 2014 May;59(5):777-87. doi: 10.4187/respcare.03242.

Abstract

Respiratory care practice includes neonatal respiratory care, pulmonary function testing, and pulmonary rehabilitation. The purpose of this paper is to review the recent literature related to these topics in a manner that is most likely to have interest to the readers of Respiratory Care.

Keywords: exercise testing; high-frequency oscillatory ventilation; inhaled nitric oxide; noninvasive ventilation; pulmonary function testing; pulmonary rehabilitation; spirometry.

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Inhalation
  • Disease Progression
  • Exercise Test
  • Exercise Therapy
  • Health Services / statistics & numerical data
  • High-Frequency Ventilation
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Nitric Oxide / administration & dosage
  • Noninvasive Ventilation*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / rehabilitation*
  • Respiratory Function Tests / standards*

Substances

  • Nitric Oxide