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CSRT Conference:

Quebec City June 9-12, 2011

• Lung Expansion and Airway Clearance (MetaNeb system)
• Clinical Use of Transpulmonary Pressures (kind of like beating a dead horse, but really quite interesting)
• How to Manage Ventilator Asynchrony
• Sleep During Mechanical Ventilation
• ABG Challenge: Classification vs. Interpretation

View PowerPoint:

What Pam Learned At the CSRT Conference

Excellent powerpoint on nicotine replacement therapy.

NRT acute presentations 2008, Jane, detailed

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