Mr Smith is a 78-year-old man admitted to hospital with an exacerbation of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He is known to have moderately severe COPD with …

I am responding to the editorial by Gallegos and Shigeoka in the January 2006 issue of
RESPIRATORY CARE. 1 The title “Novel Oxygen-Concentrator-Based Equipment: Take a …

Patient incidents can teach us shocking and amusing lessons. The lesson may be obvious,
but sometimes there is a second, subtler lesson. A recent incident involving new …