Assessing respiratory rate (RR) is an important patient observation, but is often overlooked or performed inaccurately. Accurate RR assessment is particularly crucial during the coronavirus pandemic ...

Assessing respiratory rate (RR) is an important patient observation but is often overlooked or performed inaccurately. Accurate RR assessment is particularly crucial during the coronavirus pandemic as ...

Respiratory Therapists are trained to treat patients who have difficulty breathing because of cardiopulmonary (heart-lung problems). Under the direction of a physician, respiratory therapists conduct ...

To explore the potential use of the CRB-65 rule (based on Confusion, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure and age >65 years) in adults with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in primary care.

A series of portable respiratory function tests for patients with mild to moderate myasthenia gravis (MG) were found to be useful methods to diagnose previously unidentified at-risk cases for ...

A respiratory therapist (RT) is a specialized healthcare practitioner who has training in pulmonary medicine. They help evaluate, monitor, and treat breathing and lung problems. Keep reading to learn ...

You’ll be ready to take the National Board for Respiratory Care registration exam, which qualifies you to work in hospitals, nursing homes, physician’s offices, home health agencies, and specialized ...

Wherever possible it is important to carry out a face-to-face assessment of severity of illness and risk to inform decisions about care and treatment before prescribing antimicrobials. This may ...