Volume 58
Burnout among respiratory therapists during COVID-19 pandemic
Anna Spirczak, Ramandeep Kaur, David L. Vines
Published online December 2, 2022
Impacts of surgical mask wearing on cardiopulmonary fitness using a six-minute walk test among older adults with hypertension
Patchareeya Amput, Sirima Wongphon
Published online November 23, 2022
COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world
Published online November 22, 2022
The ROX index: “Propelled” by high-flow nasal cannula therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic into greater applicability in respiratory support
Lucélia Luna Melo-Diaz, George Alvicio Kieling
Published online November 22, 2022
Response: Rebreathing of carbon dioxide during noninvasive ventilation. Is PEEP the final solution?
Ahmed Al Hussain, David L. Vines
Published online November 22, 2022
Exploring the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination amongst respiratory therapists in Canada
Julie Brown, Wouter Kalle, Thiru Vanniasinkam
Published online November 22, 2022
Effects of inhaled furosemide on dyspnea and pulmonary function in people with COPD: A literature review
Zeina Atwi
Published online October 21, 2022
Validation of a structured questionnaire to assess the perception and satisfaction of respiratory therapy students toward career prospects and learning resources
Jithin K. Sreedharan, Udaya Kumar Rao, Mohammed Al Ahmari, Shashidhar M. Kotian, Praveen B. Mokshanatha
Published online October 7, 2022
Tracheostomy in critically ill patients with SARS 2 COVID-19 infection: a prospective observational multi-center study of short and long-term outcomes
Alberto Corona, Vincenzo De Santis, Domenico Vitale, Cecilia Nencini, Antonella Potalivo, Anna Prete, Nicoletta Barzaghi, Sara Tardivo, Marina Terzitta, Anna Malfatto, Luigi Tritapepe, Alessandro Locatelli, Mervyn Singer
Published online September 30, 2022
Strategies to achieve adherence to prone positioning in awake COVID-19 patients with highflow nasal oxygen. A case series
Marina Busico, Mariela Marisol Laiz, José García Urrutia, Maria Emilia Amado, Darío Villalba, Santiago Nicolás Saavedra, Adrián Gallardo, Arnaud W Thille
Published online September 28, 2022
A survey on the attitudinal differences between acute and community settings
Cael Field
Published online September 28, 2022
Ocular disorders in non-invasive ventilation and CPAP therapy—A case report
Mariana da Cunha Macedo Conde, Pablo Safwat Bayoumy Delis, Peter J Papadakos, Antonio M. Esquinas
Published online September 20, 2022
A longitudinal study on the impact of simulation on positive deviance through speaking up
Efrem M. Violato
Published online August 29, 2022
Winning Posters from the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists 2022 Annual Conference
Published online August 17, 2022
Educating frontline health workers to support evidence-based management and treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: A literature review
Karen Y. Brooks, Ryna Levy-Milne
Published online August 17, 2022
A survey of minimally invasive surfactant therapy in Canada
Shaily Brahmbhatt, Brooke Read, Orlando Da Silva, Soume Bhattacharya
Published online July 28, 2022
Letter to the Editor re: Response to late diagnosis of COVID-19 and hypercoagulable state
Desdiani Desdiani
Published online July 26, 2022
Emotional impact of compassionate extubation on respiratory therapists and nurses: A pilot study
Ramandeep Kaur, Elaine Chen, Anam S. Faizi, Vivien Joy Lamadrid, David L. Vines, J. Brady Scott
Published online July 26, 2022
Potential rebreathing of carbon dioxide during noninvasive ventilation provided by critical care ventilator
Ahmed Al Hussain, David Vines
Published online July 27, 2022
Quality assurance in allied healthcare education: A narrative review
Jithin K. Sreedharan, Arun Vijay Subbarayalu, Saad M. AlRabeeah, Manjush Karthika, Madhuragauri Shevade, Musallam Abdullah Al Nasser, Abdullah S. Alqahtani
Published online July 26, 2022
Predictors of mortality among hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A single-centre retrospective analysis
Kumar Pranshu, Aneesa Shahul, Surjit Singh, Ashok Kuwal, Maldev Sonigra, Naveen Dutt
Published online July 26, 2022
Addressing racism in respiratory therapy educational programs: An integrative literature review
Jimmy Joy
Published online July 26, 2022
Effects of wearing different facial masks on respiratory symptoms, oxygen saturation, and functional capacity during six-minute walk test in healthy subjects
Sauwaluk Dacha, Busaba Chuatrakoon, Kanphajee Sornkaew, Kamonchanok Sutthakhun, Putsamon Weeranorapanich
Published online June 22, 2022
Letter to the Editor re: Late diagnosis of COVID-19 and hypercoagulable state
Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Published online June 22, 2022
Designing behavioral interventions using the capability-opportunity-motivation-behavior model and the theoretical domains framework to optimize oxygen saturation maintenance by NICU providers
Kevin Middleton, Connie Williams, Deborah Bernard, Kanekal Suresh Gautham, Sandesh Shivananda
Published online June 22, 2022
Outcomes and follow-up for children intubated in an adult-based community hospital system: A retrospective chart review
Mika L. Nonoyama, Vinay Kukreti, Efrosini Papaconstantinou, Natascha Kozlowski, Sarah Tsimelkas
Published online June 10, 2022
Proceedings from the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists Annual Conference May 13-14, 2022
Published online June 6, 2022
A survey of Canadian respiratory therapists working in the COVID-19 pandemic: The RRT perspective
Claire Ward, Jillian C. Banfield, Paul Brousseau
Published online June 6, 2022
A survey of physicians’ opinions about the treatment of subsegmental pulmonary embolism
Mahdokht Parsirad, Besharat Rahimi, Soheil Peiman, Jayran Zebardast, Elham Zangene
Published online April 20, 2022
Late diagnosis of COVID-19 in a 34-year-old man in a hypercoagulable state: A case report
Desdiani Desdiani
Published online April 20, 2022
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients’ experience using Trelegy as compared with other inhalers
Hyfaa Mashaal, Joshua Fogel, Najia Sayedy, Ruchi Jalota Sahota, Jagadish Akella
Published online March 25, 2022
Clinical and cardiovascular characteristics from subjects with COVID-19 and viral outbreaks
Arturo Orea-Tejeda, Óscar Ubaldo Martínez-Reyna, Dulce González-Islas, Rafael Hernández-Zenteno, Rocío Sánchez-Santillán, Aimeé Flores-Vargas, Alan Ibarra-Fernández, Ilse Pérez-García, Justino Pineda- Regalado, Juan José Orozco-Gutíerrez
Published online March 17, 2022
Prediction for the maximum inspiratory pressure value from the thoracic expansion measurement in Indonesian healthy young adults
Marina Moeliono, Dian Marta Sari, Taufiq Nashrulloh
Published online March 17, 2022
Point-of-care ultrasound training for respiratory therapists: A scoping review
Coralea Kappel, Dipayan Chaudhuri, Kelly Hassall, Shannon Theune, Sameer Sharif, Waleed Alhazzani, Kim Lewis
Published online March 9, 2022
SingStrong—A singing and breathing retraining intervention for respiratory and other common symptoms of long COVID: A pilot study
Roisin M. Cahalan, Ciara Meade, Sarah Mockler
Published online March 9, 2022
Hypertonic saline jet nebulization breathing treatments produce a predictable quantity of aerosolized sodium chloride for inhalation
Martin J. Flores, MaTais Caldwell, Kalysa D. Passmore, Megan Denney, James M. Carr, Kerri Carr, Jeremy M. Carr
Published online February 8, 2022
Development and internal validation of an equation using anthropometric measures to predict correct endotracheal tube insertion depth
Teresa A. Volsko, Neil L. McNinch, Christopher Page-Goertz
Published online February 7, 2022
Respiratory involvement parameters in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and their association with mortality and length of stay
Eric Lam, Sandra Gomez Paz, Dominique Goddard-Harte, Yosif N. Pak, Joshua Fogel, Sofia Rubinstein
Published online January 13, 2022
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Editorial Board
Our Editor-in-Chief has worked as a Respiratory Therapist at Royal Columbian Hospital since 2009 and received her PhD at Simon Fraser University, studying ways to reduce the negative effects of mechanical ventilation on lung structure and function. Visit our full Editorial Board listing to meet the rest of our board!
Current Volume
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About the CJRT
The CJRT is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal owned and published by the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT), with publishing services provided by Canadian Science Publishing. Indexed in PMC (PubMed Central), Scopus/Embase, Google Scholar, CINAHL, and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the CJRT has been published continuously since 1965. We strive to publish manuscripts that describe effective interventions that increase access to and quality of clinical respiratory health interventions, including the organization and delivery of care in hospitals, the community, and throughout the continuum of care by health care providers.
Our goal is to generate evidence and discussion to support more effective and equitable access to respiratory therapy and care for patients in Canada and around the world. While many of our contributors are respiratory therapists, we welcome submissions from all related health professionals and researchers. The journal provides an essential platform for professionals engaged in respiratory therapy to publish and consume inclusive, discipline-specific, practice-driven knowledge. We employ rigorous methodology mandated by standardized guidelines to disseminate innovative research that fills a niche. CJRT provides researchers, clinicians, managers, educators and trainees with original research, Systematic, Narrative and Scoping reviews, Innovations in Practice, Case Reports and Commentaries.
Call for Papers
Visit our Calls for Papers page! In addition to research papers, the CJRT welcomes Letters to the Editor, Commentaries or Editorials as a quick way of sharing information with your fellow healthcare professionals. Check out our Innovations in Practice article format in the Author Guidelines- these are a great way of sharing process/protocol improvement, program evaluation, quality improvement, or practice change in your department. Contact the Managing Editor at editor@csrt.com with any questions.
2021 Article of the Year
The Respiratory Therapy Practice-Based Outcomes Initiative (RT-PBOI): Developing a framework to explore the value added by respiratory therapists to health care in Alberta has been selected for the annual Informing Practice Award – congratulations to authors Roberta Dubois RRT MA FCSRT, Rena Sorensen RRT MSc FCSRT CAE, Bryan Buell RRT BGS CTAJ, Tracey Telenko RRT BTech FCSRT, Andrew West EdD FCSRT! Visit our Awards page to see past winners.
Interested in Peer Review?
The CJRT is always recruiting interested volunteers to participate in the peer review process. Visit our Peer Review page to learn more. Thanks to our peer reviewers in 2021, we couldn't do it without you!
The Editor-in-Chief evaluates all manuscripts upon submission. Those rejected before being sent to review have serious scientific flaws, or are outside the aims and scope of the journal. Those that meet the criteria are assigned to Associate Editor, who will select two peer reviewers with expertise in the subject matter. The CJRT uses "double blind" reviewing, where the referees and author remain anonymous throughout the process.