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2022
- Volume 58
- Message from the Editor-in-Chief
- The relationship between physical activity and burnout among respiratory therapists in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia
- Optimal delivery of aerosolized medication to mechanically ventilated pediatric and neonatal patients: A scoping review
- Burnout among respiratory therapists during COVID-19 pandemic
- Impacts of surgical mask wearing on cardiopulmonary fitness using a six-minute walk test among older adults with hypertension
- COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world
- The ROX index: “Propelled” by high-flow nasal cannula therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic into greater applicability in respiratory support
- Response: Rebreathing of carbon dioxide during noninvasive ventilation. Is PEEP the final solution?
- Exploring the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination amongst respiratory therapists in Canada
- Effects of inhaled furosemide on dyspnea and pulmonary function in people with COPD: A literature review
- Validation of a structured questionnaire to assess the perception and satisfaction of respiratory therapy students toward career prospects and learning resources
- Tracheostomy in critically ill patients with SARS 2 COVID-19 infection: a prospective observational multi-center study of short and long-term outcomes
- Strategies to achieve adherence to prone positioning in awake COVID-19 patients with highflow nasal oxygen. A case series
- A survey on the attitudinal differences between acute and community settings
- Ocular disorders in non-invasive ventilation and CPAP therapy—A case report
- A longitudinal study on the impact of simulation on positive deviance through speaking up
- Winning Posters from the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists 2022 Annual Conference
- Educating frontline health workers to support evidence-based management and treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: A literature review
- A survey of minimally invasive surfactant therapy in Canada
- Letter to the Editor re: Response to late diagnosis of COVID-19 and hypercoagulable state
- Emotional impact of compassionate extubation on respiratory therapists and nurses: A pilot study
- Potential rebreathing of carbon dioxide during noninvasive ventilation provided by critical care ventilator
- Quality assurance in allied healthcare education: A narrative review
- Predictors of mortality among hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A single-centre retrospective analysis
- Addressing racism in respiratory therapy educational programs: An integrative literature review
- Effects of wearing different facial masks on respiratory symptoms, oxygen saturation, and functional capacity during six-minute walk test in healthy subjects
- Letter to the Editor re: Late diagnosis of COVID-19 and hypercoagulable state
- Designing behavioral interventions using the capability-opportunity-motivation-behavior model and the theoretical domains framework to optimize oxygen saturation maintenance by NICU providers
- Outcomes and follow-up for children intubated in an adult-based community hospital system: A retrospective chart review
- Proceedings from the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists Annual Conference May 13-14, 2022
- A survey of Canadian respiratory therapists working in the COVID-19 pandemic: The RRT perspective
- A survey of physicians’ opinions about the treatment of subsegmental pulmonary embolism
- Late diagnosis of COVID-19 in a 34-year-old man in a hypercoagulable state: A case report
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients’ experience using Trelegy as compared with other inhalers
- Clinical and cardiovascular characteristics from subjects with COVID-19 and viral outbreaks
- Prediction for the maximum inspiratory pressure value from the thoracic expansion measurement in Indonesian healthy young adults
- Point-of-care ultrasound training for respiratory therapists: A scoping review
- SingStrong—A singing and breathing retraining intervention for respiratory and other common symptoms of long COVID: A pilot study
- Hypertonic saline jet nebulization breathing treatments produce a predictable quantity of aerosolized sodium chloride for inhalation
- Development and internal validation of an equation using anthropometric measures to predict correct endotracheal tube insertion depth
- Respiratory involvement parameters in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and their association with mortality and length of stay
2019
- Volume 55
- Palliative care as an emerging role for respiratory health professionals: Findings from a cross-sectional, exploratory Canadian survey
- Corrigendum - Ventilatory equivalent for oxygen as an extubation outcome predictor: A pilot study
- Reflecting back to move forward
- Ventilatory equivalent for oxygen as an extubation outcome predictor: A pilot study
- Proceedings from the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists Annual Education Conference 2019
- Change is coming: Exciting new initiatives at the Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy
- High-frequency oscillatory ventilation: A narrative review
- The impact of a research elective on a respiratory therapy student’s perspective
- Assessing noncognitive domains of respiratory therapy applicants: Messick’s framework appraisal of the multiple mini-interview
- Response to Letter to the Editor: Actioning our understanding of respiratory compromise
- Letter to the Editor: Actioning our understanding of respiratory compromise
- Implementing a peer-learning approach for the clinical education of respiratory therapy students
- Assessing physical and respiratory distress in children with bronchiolitis admitted to a community hospital emergency department: A retrospective chart review
- Practical implementation of noninvasive ventilation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: lessons learned from a clinical case series
- Whole-lung lavage for severe pulmonary alveolar proteinosis assisted by veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report
- Fluid management in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A narrative review
2016
- Volume 52 Number 4
- Message from the Editor-in-Chief
- We’re not making evidence-based decisions: Introducing a tool to assess strengths and weaknesses in healthcare providers
- A partnership for Indigenous knowledge translation: Implementation of a First Nations community COPD screening day
- High-flow nasal cannula therapy for patients with blunt thoracic injury: A retrospective study
- Advisory workgroup recommendations on the use of clinical simulation in respiratory therapy education
- Volume 52 Number 3
- Respiratory therapists in the health system: Defining and building our role
- Making a difference: More than just respiratory care
- Staffing patterns of respiratory therapists in critical care units of Canadian teaching hospitals
- Impact of interprofessional education on noninvasive ventilation in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit
- Home mechanical ventilation: A retrospective review of safety incidents using the World Health Organization International Patient Safety Event classification
- Volume 52 Number 2
- A role for respiratory therapists in shaping Canada’s changing health policy landscape
- Comparison of cardiac rehabilitation outcomes in individuals with respiratory, cardiac or no comorbidities: A retrospective review
- Patient and family centred care in respiratory therapy: A fundamental right?
- Home care in respiratory therapy
- A positive methacholine challenge based on specific airway conductance: A case report
- Proceedings from the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists Annual Education Conference: May 26–28, 2016 • Ottawa, Ontario
- Volume 52 Number 1
- Case studies in respiratory therapy
- Can an interprofessional tracheostomy team improve weaning to decannulation times? A quality improvement evaluation
- Southmedic OxyMaskTM compared with the Hudson RCI® Non-Rebreather MaskTM: Safety and performance comparison
- Evidence regarding patient compliance with incentive spirometry interventions after cardiac, thoracic and abdominal surgeries: A systematic literature review
- Early versus late tracheostomy for critically ill patients: A clinical evidence synopsis of a recent Cochrane Review
2021
- Volume 57
- A primary care medical home approach to pulmonary rehabilitation
- Noninvasive ventilation in acute exacerbation of COPD: Homer is close to shore
- Students’ perceived self-efficacy, expectations, barriers, and support in enrolling in a master’s degree program in respiratory care
- Relationship between potential barriers to early mobilization in adult patients during intensive care stay using the Perme ICU Mobility score
- Noninvasive ventilation duration as an outcome predictor in acute exacerbation of COPD and respiratory failure: The saga continues
- Multimodal treatment for acute empyema based on the patient’s condition, including patients who are bedridden: A single center retrospective study
- Evaluation of a novel endotracheal tube suctioning system incorporating an inflatable sweeper
- Exploring the professionalization of respiratory therapy in Canada
- Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health
- Conceptual validation of an innovative remote pulmonary rehabilitation solution for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Telehealth: The role of respiratory therapists during the COVID-19 emergency
- Duration of noninvasive ventilation is not a predictor of clinical outcomes in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD and respiratory failure
- Efficacy and safety of an open lung ventilation strategy with staircase recruitment followed by comparison on two different modes of ventilation, in moderate ARDS in cirrhosis: A pilot randomized trial
- 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
- Virtual mask fitting in pediatric patients during COVID-19: A case series
- Use of Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) In A Patient With Severe SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia-A Case Report
- Incorporating remote patient monitoring in virtual pulmonary rehabilitation programs
- Posters from the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists 2021 Annual Conference
- Factors affecting self-management in Iranian tuberculosis patients: A path analysis model
- Burnout in health care providers working in the intensive care units of a tertiary care hospital, South India—a questionnaire-based survey
- Implementation of point-of-care blood gas testing at a large community hospital: Cost analysis, sepsis bundle compliance, and employee engagement
- Correlation of Oxygenation and Radiographic Assessment of Lung Edema (RALE) Score to Lung Ultrasound Score (LUS) in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
- Aerosol drug delivery to tracheotomized patients with COVID-19: Pragmatic suggestions for clinicians
- Kartagener syndrome: A case report
- Organ procurement organization and university-based respiratory care program partnership to develop student internships
- Proceedings from the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists Annual Conference May 5–7, 2021
- Pilot of a Community-based Interprofessional “Student-infused” Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in Saint John, New Brunswick
- How to deliver aerosolized medications through high flow nasal cannula safely and effectively in the era of COVID-19 and beyond: A narrative review
- Alternative to traditional noninvasive ventilation using a modified snorkel mask in a patient with SARS-COV2: A case report
- Burden of COPD among population above 30 years in India: protocol for a systematic review and proposed meta-analysis
- An evaluation of temperature stability and resistance in neonatal ventilator circuits
- CSRT Poster Abstracts 2020
2018
- Volume 54 Number 4
- Prior influenza vaccination effects on vaccine effectiveness: a point of consideration for health care workers
- Respiratory therapists in a primary role as disease manager
- The Community Pediatric Asthma Service—Together We’re Better: Asthma care in the Calgary zone
- The roles, they are a changing: Respiratory Therapists as part of the multidisciplinary, community, primary health care team
- The Calgary COPD & Asthma Program: The role of the respiratory therapy profession in primary care
- Basic spirometry testing and interpretation for the primary care provider
- Volume 54 Number 3
- Respiratory compromise needs a useful definition
- The Use of High Frequency Percussive Ventilation (HFPV) in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Patients Significantly Improves Gas Exchange without Impairment of Hemodynamics
- Esophageal pressure balloon and transpulmonary pressure monitoring in airway pressure release ventilation: a different approach
- Considerations for chest clearance and cough augmentation in severe bulbar dysfunction: a case study
- Volume 54 Number 2
- “Tea” time? Cannabis legalization in Canada
- Obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with fibrotic diffuse parenchymal lung disease—characterization and treatment compliance assessment
- Patterns of bronchial challenge testing in Canada
- Medical Air: What you don’t know won’t hurt you, but what about your patients?
- Posters from the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists Annual Education Conference
- Volume 54 Number 1
- Looking ahead: The state and future of the Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy
- A pilot study to assess short-term physiologic outcomes of transitioning infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia from ICU to two subacute ventilators
- The effect of an e-learning module on health sciences students’ venipuncture skill development
2015
- Volume 51 Number 4
- Respiratory therapy and tobacco: Exploring our role
- Electronic cigarettes – where are we headed?
- Call to action: Training in tobacco addiction in Canada
- Why do we still permit tobacco use?
- Situating tobacco dependency education in health professional prelicensure curricula: An interprofessional learning opportunity
- Improving the health of Canadians: Why a certification program for tobacco educators is necessary
- Are electronic nicotine delivery systems an effective smoking cessation tool?
- Race, ethnicity and lung function: A brief history
- Infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Volume 51 Number 3
- Measuring impact and impacting practice
- Registered respiratory therapists as force multipliers in interprofessional complex continuing care
- A needs assessment to determine the need for respiratory therapy in complex continuing care: A methods paper
- Endotracheal suctioning practices of nurses and respiratory therapists: How well do they align with clinical practice guidelines?
- Coaching patients during pulmonary function testing: A practical guide
- Innovation in respiratory therapy and the use of three-dimensional printing for tracheostomy management
- Volume 51 Number 2
- Growing our professional journal
- Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation: Practice patterns among respiratory therapists in Ontario
- Intra- and inter-rater reliability of maximum inspiratory pressure measured using a portable capsule-sensing pressure gauge device in healthy adults
- A single-centre case series assessing the Ambu® aScope™ 2 for percutaneous tracheostomies: A viable alternative to fibreoptic bronchoscopes
- Volume 51 Number 1
- Expanding the reach of respiratory therapy: A need for evaluation
- No smoke, no fire: What the initial literature suggests regarding vapourized cannabis and respiratory risk
- Medical marijuana
- Initial validation of a modified suction task training system
- Home Oxygen Program review: Regionalization in Vancouver Coastal Health and British Columbia
2020
- Volume 56
- In vitro investigation of the Flusso™ Bypass adapter efficiency upon ventilator circuit disconnect in a clinical simulated environment
- Pre-operative patient optimization to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications—Insights and roles for the respiratory therapist: A narrative review
- Association of COVID-19 and other viral infections with interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary fibrosis, and pulmonary hypertension: A narrative review
- Work of breathing during arm bracing in normal male subjects
- Cough peak flow to predict the extubation outcome: Comparison between three cough stimulation methods
- Publication of study protocols in the CJRT
- Respiratory therapists: the unnoticed warriors during COVID-19 pandemic in India
- Adjunct low level laser therapy (LLLT) in a morbidly obese patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonia: A case report
- Design and performance testing of a novel emergency ventilator for in-hospital use
- Features of scholarly practice in health care professionals: A scoping review protocol
- Unintended consequences of COVID-19: Opportunities for respiratory therapists’ involvement in developing respiratory-related technologies
- Selection bias may explain the relationship between coronavirus diagnosis and the odds of prior influenza vaccination
- Helmet CPAP revisited in COVID-19 pneumonia: A case series
- Low level laser therapy as a modality to attenuate cytokine storm at multiple levels, enhance recovery, and reduce the use of ventilators in COVID-19
- Effect of humidified versus nonhumidified CPAP on inflammatory response and nasopharyngeal symptoms in healthy participants
- Go with the flow—clinical importance of flow curves during mechanical ventilation: A narrative review
- Sex- and gender-based analysis and the CJRT: What can we do to combat bias in health research?
- Variability in expiratory flow requirements among oscillatory positive expiratory pressure devices
- High-flow nasal cannula for bronchiolitis in an ICU and step-down unit
- Endotracheal cuff pressures in the PICU: Incidence of underinflation and overinflation
2017
- Volume 53 Number 4
- There is nothing so practical as a good (simulation) theory
- Simulation use in paediatric student respiratory therapy training
- Simulation Specialists: setting the stage for a new role for Respiratory Therapists in education?
- Simulation—an invaluable tool in the respiratory therapist’s tool kit
- Towards an enhanced conceptualization of fidelity for instructional design in simulation-based respiratory therapy education
- The effects of introducing high-fidelity simulation to preclinical student respiratory therapists
- Partnering for Patti: Shaping future healthcare teams through simulation-enhanced interprofessional education
- Volume 53 Number 3
- Stewarding our community’s journal
- Noninvasive ventilation in life-threatening asthma: A case series
- Comparison of the accuracy of classification models to estimate healthcare use and costs associated with COPD exacerbations in Saskatchewan, Canada: A retrospective cohort study
- Pulmonary rehabilitation after lung transplantation with severe complications: A case report
- Volume 53 Number 2
- Volume 53 Number 1
- Collaboratively leveraging our potential
- Transforming clinical research into everyday practice: are respiratory care practitioners proactive or reactive?
- Optimizing learner assessment in a respiratory therapy clinical simulation course
- The practice of simulation-based assessment in respiratory therapy education
- Debunking myths in pulmonary function testing
2014
- Volume 50 Number 3
- Responding to Ebola: The role of medical journals during global public health emergencies
- The OSCILLATE trial: Implications for respiratory therapists then and now
- Surfactant: The importance of documented policy and procedure
- Prediction of endotracheal intubation outcome in opioid-poisoned patients: A clinical approach to bispectral monitoring
- To PAPR or not to PAPR?
- Surfactant administration in neonates: A review of delivery methods
- Volume 50 Number 2
- Respiratory health, tobacco control and smoking cessation
- Public health and electronic cigarettes
- Assessing the use of the Air Quality Health Index by vulnerable populations in a ‘low-risk’ region: A pilot study
- Poster Abstracts from the 2014 Conference of the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists
- Volume 50 Number 1
- Celebrating 50 years
- Beyond the business case: How to make your idea a reality
- How do we measure the quality of a respiratory therapy education program?
- Improving survival outcomes in lung transplant recipients through early detection of bronchiolitis obliterans: Daily home spirometry versus standard pulmonary function testing
- A retrospective analysis of airway management in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and its effects on postanesthesia care unit length of stay
- Complementary and alternative medicine: A survey of its use in children with chronic respiratory illness