title: Respiratory care year in review 2010: part 1. asthma, COPD, pulmonary function testing, ventilator-associated pneumonia.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to review the recent literature related to asthma, COPD, pulmonary function testing, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Topics covered related to asthma include genetics and epigenetics; exposures; viruses; diet, obesity and exercise; exhaled nitric oxide; and drug therapy (β agonists, macrolides, tiotropium and monteleukast). Topics covered related to COPD include childhood disadvantage factors and COPD; vitamin D deficiency and COPD; β-blockers and COPD; corticosteroid therapy during COPD exacerbations; oxygen administration during pre-hospital transport of patients with COPD exacerbation; and prognosis of patients admitted to the hospital for COPD exacerbation. Topics related to pulmonary function testing include methods and techniques; predicted values; natural history, pulmonary function in health and disease; and the COPD controversy. Finally, the paper includes the following topics related to ventilator-associated pneumonia: the tube, the intubation route, and the cuff; mechanical ventilation; the bundle; and cost. These topics were chosen and reviewed in a manner that is most likely to have interest to the readers of Respiratory Care.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhand
authors.forename: Gregg L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Ruppel
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Branson
authors.forename: Dean R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hess
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests