The Scientific Basis for Protocol-Directed Respiratory Care

The scientific basis for protocol-directed respiratory care.

As defined by the American Association for Respiratory Care, respiratory care protocols are "guidelines, usually written in algorithmic form, for providing respiratory therapy services." The need for protocols has been framed by the frequent occurrence of misallocation of respiratory care, consisting both of over-ordering (ie, prescribing respiratory care that is unlikely to confer benefit) and...

The scientific basis for postoperative respiratory care.

Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) are common and expensive. Costs, morbidity, and mortality are higher with PPCs than with cardiac or thromboembolic complications. Preventing and treating PPCs is a major focus of respiratory therapists, using a wide variety of techniques and devices, including incentive spirometry, CPAP, positive expiratory pressure, intrapulmonary percussive ventila...

Scientific basis for current perinatal care.

Designing a managed care model for emerging respiratory infectious diseases in the Iranian health care system

Background and Aim: The purpose of this study is to design a model of managed care for emerging respiratory infectious diseases in the Iranian health care system in 1399. Methods: To achieve this goal, first the effective factors and indicators affecting the managed care model for emerging respiratory infectious diseases are identified based on content analysis technique and then these factors...

Outcomes and the scientific basis of clinical care.