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September 20, 2011
Resistance Measurements

For patients receiving mechanical ventilation, airway resistance (Raw) is the measure of the total resistance of the ventilator circuit, airway adapters, endotracheal/trach tube, and the patient’s airways. Raw equals the change in pressure divided by flow: Resistance = Pressure/Flow. An electrical circuit analogy is Ohm’s Law: Resistance = Voltage/Current.

September 07, 2011
Mechanical Ventilation 2012

August 21, 2012, Phoenix, AZ

July 20, 2011
Fundamentals of Mechanical Ventilation for Providers

Northbrook, IL, February 23, 2012

July 20, 2011
Mechanical Ventilation: Advanced Critical Care Management

Northbrook, IL, February 24 - 26, 2012

March 18, 2011
Home Mechanical Ventilation Resource Center

Welcome to the Home Mechanical Ventilation Resource Center. The goal of this resource is to provide useful information for patients who need home mechanical ventilation assistance and their caregivers.

February 01, 2011
Influenza A(H1N1) Mortality Not Increased By Obesity

New research suggests that obesity may not influence mortality rates among patients with influenza A(H1N1); however obese patients with the virus may have longer ICU and hospital stays.

June 30, 2010
Critical Care

Dr. Sessler speaks on Critical Care

April 26, 2010
Covidien Initiates Voluntary Recall of Certain Shiley™ Tracheostomy Tubes

The US Food and Drug Administration wants to alert you that, on April 23, 2010, Covidien initiated a voluntary recall of certain lots of its cuffed Shiley™ tracheostomy tubes and custom/specialty tracheostomy tubes.

April 14, 2010
Links Links Links

Sometimes it's good just to point out good stuff that you might be interested in reading. Here's a list of links to some recent articles from various sources. Enjoy! For more stuff like this, join me on Twitter.

April 14, 2010
May Is Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month
May is Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month. Learn more.
March 08, 2010
CHEST 2010
Learn more about CHEST 2010
February 23, 2010
ACCP-SEEK App for iPhone/iPod Touch Updated With Pulmonary and Critical Care Content

Have you been waiting for the ACCP-SEEK app to include pulmonary and critical care questions? Well, the new version is now available in iTunes and contains 400 more questions!

December 23, 2009
Physician Quick Ref Guide- Parapneumonic Effusions
December 22, 2009
Book: 75th CHEST Commemorative Edition
December 22, 2009
Coding for Chest Medicine 2010
December 21, 2009
ACCP SEEK Vol 18: Critical Care Med 2008
December 21, 2009
ACCP SEEK Volume 16: Critical Care Medicine 2006
December 21, 2009
ACCP SEEK Volume 17: Pulmonary Med 2007
December 21, 2009
ACCP SEEK Volume 19: Pulmonary Medicine 2009
December 21, 2009
ACCP-SEEK Sleep Medicine First Edition 2008
December 21, 2009
Best of SEEK CD ROM - Critical Care 2005
December 21, 2009
Best of SEEK CD ROM - Pulmonary 2005
December 21, 2009
Critical Care Board Rev Syllabus 2008
December 21, 2009
Critical Care Board Rev Syllabus CD ROM 2008
December 21, 2009
Critical Care Brd Rev Full Compilation 2007 CD ROM