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Barbara Swope Turner

Barbara Swope Turner

Elizabeth Hanes Distinguished Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing
barbara.turner@duke.edu
Box 3322 Med Ctr, Durham, NC
School of Nursing, Room 3116, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Reducing Noise in the NICU.

Journal Article Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · August 2024 BackgroundIn the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), elevated noise negatively impacts the neurodevelopmental environment, interrupts sleep, and can affect brain development in neonates. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that noise le ... Full text Cite

A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Competencies and Professional Development Needs Among Chief Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists.

Journal Article AANA journal · April 2024 This project sought to explore the experiences, self-perceived preparation, professional development needs, and preferred learning methods of certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) in a management role. A sample of 10 current chief CRNAs responded ... Cite

Effectiveness of a Modified Nurse-Led COUGH Bundle for Obese Patients After Bariatric Surgery.

Journal Article Journal of nursing care quality · January 2024 BackgroundObesity commonly affects postsurgical pulmonary outcomes and is associated with increased oxygen usage, length of recovery and hospital stay, discharge to high levels of care, cost, morbidity, and mortality.Local problemNo stand ... Full text Cite

Implicit Racial Bias Attitudes and Mitigation in Neonatal Nurse Practitioners: A Quality Improvement Project.

Journal Article Neonatal network : NN · July 2023 Purposeto assess the impact of education using the implicit bias recognition and management (IBRM) teaching approach.Designlongitudinal quasi-experimental design. Surveys at baseline, immediate postimplementation, and 4-week postimplement ... Full text Cite

Effects of Leader Empowerment: Implementing a Frontline Nurse Leadership Council

Journal Article Nurse Leader · April 1, 2023 Nursing governance councils lead to improved nurse empowerment; however, it is unknown whether using a similar structure for nurse leaders results in similar outcomes. We implemented a frontline nurse leader council to evaluate the impact on the nurse lead ... Full text Cite

Addressing Compassion Fatigue in Family Caregivers using a Mindfulness-based Smartphone Application

Journal Article Home Healthcare Now · November 1, 2022 The number of Americans receiving some level of healthcare at home is rapidly increasing, often leaving family members responsible for providing care for their loved ones. The impact on these unpaid caregivers, who must also balance the stressors of work a ... Full text Cite

Buddy Care, a Peer-to-Peer Intervention: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project to Decrease Occupational Stress Among an Overseas Military Population.

Journal Article Military medicine · September 2020 IntroductionOccupational stress can have a direct influence on worker safety and health. Navy medical professionals are known to neglect self-care, putting them at risk for deteriorations in psychological health that can lead to adverse patient ou ... Full text Cite

Clinical pathways on a mobile device.

Journal Article BMJ evidence-based medicine · August 2020 Clinical pathways have been successfully implemented in the primary care setting in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Despite wide adoption and decreased costs, these pathways have yet to translate evidence into clinical practice while also saving provide ... Full text Cite

Improving HCV Risk Assessment and Testing in a Federally Qualified Health Center Setting in Baltimore, Maryland.

Journal Article Journal of community health · August 2020 Approximately 4.1 million adults in the United States have past or current hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Despite efforts to test at least once for the 1945-1965 birth cohort population and others identified at risk, the completion of the annual risk a ... Full text Cite

A quality improvement project to evaluate the implementation of a sepsis education program in a medical-surgical department

Journal Article MEDSURG Nursing · January 1, 2020 Sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock represent progression of a single illness associated with high morbidity, mortality, and cost. This project emphasized the importance of providing medicalsurgical nurses with education on early recognition of sepsis ... Cite

Assessing Insomnia in Active-Duty Service Members in a Military Primary Care Clinic.

Journal Article Journal of doctoral nursing practice · October 2019 BackgroundInsomnia is a significant problem in the U.S. military, affecting the health, resiliency, and readiness of service members (Seelig et al., 2016). Although insomnia is a common sleep disorder among active-duty personnel (Mysliwiec et al., ... Full text Cite

Implementation and Evaluation of a Standard Operating Procedure for Pediatric Infliximab Infusions.

Journal Article Pediatric quality & safety · January 2019 BackgroundThe purpose of this quality improvement project was to decrease care variation regarding infliximab delivery at a pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) center. This variation was driven by differences in provider and nurse practices ... Full text Cite

Military Service Members and Emergence Delirium Screening: An Evidence-Based Practice Project.

Journal Article Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses · October 2018 PurposeEmergence delirium (ED) is a postoperative phenomenon characterized by agitation, confusion, and violent physical or verbal behavior that can occur after general anesthesia. Preoperative identification of patients at risk for ED may allow p ... Full text Cite

Utilizing an Evidence-Based Alcohol Screening Tool for Identification of Alcohol Misuse.

Journal Article Journal of addictions nursing · April 2018 BackgroundAlcohol misuse is prevalent among college students and negatively affects their health, relationships, and academics. Alcohol misuse screening for this age group is advised but often overlooked.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was ... Full text Cite

Screening Commercial Vehicle Drivers for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Tools, Barriers, and Recommendations.

Journal Article Workplace health & safety · October 2017 Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder characterized by a cessation of breathing during sleep, leading to poor sleep patterns and daytime somnolence. Daytime somnolence is of particular concern for commercial vehicle drivers, whose crash risk increase ... Full text Cite

High-Dose Interleukin-2: Evaluation of a Standardized Order Set for Biotherapy in an Intensive Care Unit
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Journal Article Clinical journal of oncology nursing · April 2017 BackgroundLife-threatening toxicity may result from administration of high-dose (HD) interleukin-2 (IL-2). Patients receiving HD IL-2 treatment often experience severe adverse side effects, which result in the interruption of treatment. 
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Evaluation of a Hospital-Based Pneumonia Nurse Navigator Program.

Journal Article The Journal of nursing administration · December 2016 PurposeThe aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a hospital-based pneumonia nurse navigator program.DesignThis study used a retrospective, formative evaluation.MethodsData of patients admitted from January 2012 th ... Full text Cite

A Quality Improvement Initiative for Designing and Implementing a Military Service Screening Tool for a Community Emergency Department.

Journal Article Journal of emergency nursing · September 2016 ProblemVeterans eligible for health care in the Veterans Administration (VA) health system often receive care in community emergency Departments. In line with initiatives from Joining Forces and the American Academy of Nursing, emergency departmen ... Full text Cite

Effectiveness of an Advanced Practice Nurse-Led Preoperative Telephone Assessment.

Journal Article Journal of nursing care quality · April 2016 The purpose of this project was to determine the effectiveness of an advanced practice nurse-led preoperative telephone assessment in reducing day-of-surgery cancellations of patients at an ambulatory surgery center. We concluded that a good history obtain ... Full text Cite

Creating a Culture of Safety Around Bar-Code Medication Administration: An Evidence-Based Evaluation Framework.

Journal Article The Journal of nursing administration · January 2016 Bar-code medication administration (BCMA) effectiveness is contingent upon compliance with best-practice protocols. We developed a 4-phased BCMA evaluation program to evaluate the degree of integration of current evidence into BCMA policies, procedures, an ... Full text Cite

A Plan for Academic Biobank Solvency-Leveraging Resources and Applying Business Processes to Improve Sustainability.

Journal Article Clin Transl Sci · October 2015 Researcher-initiated biobanks based at academic institutions contribute valuable biomarker and translational research advances to medicine. With many legacy banks once supported by federal funding, reductions in fiscal support threaten the future of existi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Transformation of Care: Integrating the Registered Nurse Care Coordinator into the Patient-Centered Medical Home.

Journal Article Population health management · October 2015 The purpose of this quality improvement project was to implement and evaluate a care delivery model integrating the registered nurse care coordinator (RNCC) into a family practice that is certified as a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) by the National ... Full text Cite

Evaluation of a web course to increase evidence-based practice knowledge among nurses.

Journal Article Clinical journal of oncology nursing · October 2015 Evidence-based practice (EBP) is essential for quality health care, and EBP knowledge needs to be increased among nurses. Web-based courses may effectively deliver such education. In this study, data were collected about the Oncology Nursing Society web co ... Full text Cite

Zinc and Vitamin Supplementation in an Under-5 Indigenous Population of Guatemala: Influence of Lay Health Promoters in Decreasing Incidence of Diarrhea.

Journal Article Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · September 2015 BackgroundMalnutrition is an urgent problem in the developing world, especially for children under 5 years of age. The article describes the utilization of a standard of practice designed to prevent illness in a malnourished, under-5 indigenous po ... Full text Cite

Online Clinical Education Training for Preceptors: A Pilot QI Project

Journal Article Journal for Nurse Practitioners · July 1, 2015 The purpose of this quality improvement project was to implement online education to improve preceptors' knowledge, skill, and comfort related to clinical teaching. Online modules were developed, implemented, and evaluated. Data were analyzed using descrip ... Full text Cite

Optimizing protein intake in premature infants: a neonatal quality improvement project.

Journal Article Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · December 2013 This article examines a quality-improvement project to reduce clinical practice variation and measure growth outcomes by standardizing the process for the provision of protein intake for premature infants weighing 1250 g or less. Eighteen infants with a bi ... Full text Cite

Ever-evolving: population care coordinators.

Journal Article Nursing management · December 2013 Full text Cite

Improving stroke education performance measures scores: the impact of a stroke nurse coordinator.

Journal Article The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses · December 2013 BackgroundStroke is a leading cause of death and adult disability worldwide. North Carolina is considered to be a part of an area of the United States called the "stroke belt." Education coupled with implementation of a program that promotes prima ... Full text Cite

Group appointments in a breast cancer survivorship clinic.

Journal Article Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology · November 2013 Link to item Cite

Improving the adoption of evidence-based practice among nurses in Army outpatient medical treatment facilities.

Journal Article Military medicine · September 2013 This quality improvement project implemented and evaluated an evidence-based practice (EBP) program at two Army outpatient health care facilities. The EBP program consisted of five implementation strategies that aimed to inculcate EBP into organizational c ... Full text Cite

Screening for depression in patients with diabetes: Addressing the challenge

Journal Article Journal for Nurse Practitioners · January 1, 2013 This quality improvement project instituted a routine depression screening using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for patients in a primary care practice with the goal of earlier identification and treatment of depression. A total of 115 patients were sc ... Full text Cite

Utilizing a diabetic registry to manage diabetes in a low-income Asian American population.

Journal Article Population health management · August 2012 Racial and income disparities persist in diabetes management in America. One third of African and Hispanic Americans with diabetes receive the recommended diabetes services (hemoglobin A1c [A1c] testing, retinal and foot examinations) shown to reduce diabe ... Full text Cite

Acute coronary syndromes in deployed military personnel.

Journal Article Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners · August 2011 PurposeThe purpose of this study was to describe the cardiovascular (CV) risk profile of deployed military men who experience acute coronary syndrome (ACS).Data sourcesA retrospective record review of deployed military men who experienced ... Full text Cite

Central line "attention" is their best prevention.

Journal Article Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · August 2011 Central line associated blood stream infections (CLABIs) are associated with an increase in length of stay, morbidity, hospital costs, and mortality. In 2009, CLABIs were on the increase at Covenant Healthcare's 55 bed Level III neonatal intensive care uni ... Full text Cite

Blood pressure screenings through community nursing health fairs: motivating individuals to seek health care follow-up.

Journal Article Journal of community health nursing · July 2011 PurposeTo evaluate the effectiveness of blood pressure [BP] screenings through community-based health fairs. Effectiveness was measured by those with high BP readings who either made an appointment with or actually followed up with their primary c ... Full text Cite

Cardiovascular risk factors in deployed service members with and without acute coronary syndromes.

Journal Article The Journal of cardiovascular nursing · January 2011 BackgroundAcute coronary syndromes (ACSs) occur in deployed military personnel, yet little is known about the cardiovascular (CV) risk profile of deployed US military service members who experience ACS. Stress and socioeconomic status (SES) as ris ... Full text Cite

Emotional responses of mothers of late-preterm and term infants.

Journal Article J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs · 2011 OBJECTIVE: To compare the emotional responses of mothers of late-preterm infants (34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks gestation) with those of mothers of full-term infants. DESIGN: A mixed method comparative study. SETTING: A southeastern tertiary academic medical cent ... Full text Link to item Cite

ACES: A program to improve asthma outcomes in a high-morbidity pediatric population

Journal Article Clinical Scholars Review · 2010 The goal of this project was to determine if a nurse practitioner (NP) designed and managed primary care based asthma quality improvement (QI) program titled Asthma Control and Elimination of Symptoms (ACES) could improve asthma outcomes in a high-morbidit ... Full text Cite

Issues in clinical trials management. Academic research units: opportunities and challenges for nursing practice.

Journal Article Research Practitioner · September 2008 Improving our ability to translate research findings from discovery into clinical practice is a priority if we are to benefit from scientific discovery. The academic research unit serves as a catalyst for investigator-initiated and industry-initiated clini ... Cite

A review of cardiovascular risk factors in US military personnel.

Journal Article The Journal of cardiovascular nursing · July 2008 As the civilian population exhibits increasing trends in major cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in younger age groups, the US military is observing similar trends. These worrisome developments are seen even in young adulthood. Despite the need for a fit, c ... Full text Cite

Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors in deployed military personnel.

Journal Article Communicating Nursing Research · March 2008 Cite

Evaluation of "The Many Faces of Pain": a chronic cancer pain management education program.

Journal Article Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · January 2007 A descriptive, correlational design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a chronic cancer pain management education program. The Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude Survey Regarding Pain (NKAS) was used to evaluate the program. A convenience sample of 27 r ... Full text Cite

Genetics Interdisciplinary Faculty Training (GIFT): Integrating genetics into graduate nursing curricula

Journal Article Annual Review of Nursing Education · December 1, 2006 Cite

Neonatal lung remodeling: structural, inflammatory, and ventilator-induced injury.

Journal Article The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing · October 2005 The developing lung is subject to events, both prenatal and postnatal, that alter the normal developmental process. The degree of insult or injury affects how the lung functions at birth and then responds to the insult throughout childhood. In this article ... Full text Cite

Generating excitement for nursing research.

Journal Article Journal for Nurses in Staff Development · May 2004 Cite

The nursing leadership program. The Cyprus experience--a tale of two cultures.

Journal Article Nursing leadership forum · January 2004 Implementing a leadership program in a distant and culturally unique country poses numerous challenges and a terrific opportunity to develop cultural awareness and competence. The political history of Cyprus provides a context for understanding the delicat ... Cite

Interest in healthy diet and physical activity interventions peripartum among female partners of active duty military.

Journal Article Mil Med · April 2003 Overweight and obesity among soldiers and their dependents have increased over the last decade, mirroring rates in the general population. In general, few programs that result in sustained weight loss have been evaluated, although effective interventions c ... Link to item Cite

Tracheobronchial trauma associated with airway management in neonates.

Journal Article AACN clinical issues · May 2000 Featured Publication Airway management procedures are an integral part of caring for the newborn infant with respiratory compromise. Concomitant with these interventions are latrogenic consequences that result in varying degrees of trauma to the tracheobronchial tree. Common i ... Full text Cite

A historical perspective on the discovery of adenyl purines.

Journal Article Biological research for nursing · April 2000 Featured Publication In 1929, Drury and Szent-Gyorgyi described the effects of a simple extract of heart muscle and other tissues on the mammalian heart. This extract was identified as adenylic acid and found to have profound effects on the cardiovascular system. The discovery ... Full text Cite

The role of nurse practitioners as principal investigators for clinical studies.

Journal Article Research Practitioner · 2000 Nurse practitioners (NPs) are ideally suited to assume roles of principal investigators (PIs) in clinical trials. NPs are trained and authorized to perform physical examinations, make clinical assessments, diagnose and treat diseases, and prescribe drugs, ... Cite

Cysteine-rich regions of pig gastric mucin contain von willebrand factor and cystine knot domains at the carboxyl terminal(1).

Journal Article Biochimica et biophysica acta · October 1999 In order to sequence the cysteine-rich regions of pig gastric mucin (PGM), we used our previously identified pig gastric mucin clone PGM-2A to screen a pig stomach cDNA library and perform rapid amplification of cDNA ends to obtain two cysteine-rich clones ... Full text Cite

Efficacy of saline vs heparin in maintaining 24-gauge intermittent intravenous catheters in a rabbit model.

Journal Article Neonatal network : NN · September 1999 Featured Publication PurposeThe purpose of this study was to compare saline and heparin flushes in 24-gauge i.v. catheters.DesignA double-blind experiment in four recorded trials was conducted using a rabbit model. Twenty-four-gauge catheters were placed in b ... Full text Cite

pH-dependent conformational change of gastric mucin leads to sol-gel transition.

Journal Article Biophysical journal · March 1999 We present dynamic light scattering (DLS) and hydrophobic dye-binding data in an effort to elucidate a molecular mechanism for the ability of gastric mucin to form a gel at low pH, which is crucial to the barrier function of gastric mucus. DLS measurements ... Full text Cite

Ageing and generational conflicts: a reply to Sarah Irwin.

Journal Article The British journal of sociology · June 1998 In response to Sarah Irwin, the article develops a conflict model of inter-generational exchanges and treats generation as a neglected dimension of social stratification theory and research. Against Irwin's focus on individual attitudes from survey data to ... Full text Cite

Effect of neuromuscular blockers and opiates on the cerebrovascular response to endotracheal suctioning in adults with severe head injuries.

Journal Article American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses · May 1998 BackgroundIntracranial hypertension occurs in response to routine procedures such as endotracheal suctioning in patients with severe head injuries. In some patients, the intracranial pressure does not immediately return to baseline levels.Obje ... Cite

Special care units for people with Alzheimer's disease. Only for the privileged few?

Journal Article Journal of gerontological nursing · March 1998 The number of Special Care Units (SCUs) for people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in nursing homes have increased dramatically in the past 10 years. Despite the rapid increase in number of SCUs and the concern that most SCUs report higher costs than traditi ... Full text Cite

Dysregulation of proteoglycan production by intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells bearing defective (delta-f508) cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.

Journal Article Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · January 1998 Hepatic dysfunction in cystic fibrosis (CF) has been attributed to accumulation of viscous mucoid secretions in intrahepatic bile ducts. The purpose of our study was to compare glycoconjugate secretion by intrahepatic biliary epithelial (IBE) cells derived ... Full text Cite

Effect of short-duration hyperventilation during endotracheal suctioning on intracranial pressure in severe head-injured adults.

Journal Article Nursing research · July 1997 Featured Publication A repeated measures randomized within-group design was used to determine the effectiveness of controlled short-duration hyperventilation (HV) in blunting the increase of intracranial pressure (ICP) during endotracheal suctioning (ETS). A multimodal continu ... Full text Cite

A collaborative international nursing informatics research project: Predicting ARDS risk in critically ill patients

Journal Article Studies in Health Technology and Informatics · January 1, 1997 An international nursing informatics research collaboration between Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, USA and Allgemeine Krankenhaus Hospital in Vienna, Austria used data mining techniques called Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KD ... Full text Cite

Medicine, diet and moral regulation: Foucault's impact on medical sociology.

Journal Article Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · January 1997 Cite

Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones encoding pig gastric mucin.

Journal Article The Biochemical journal · May 1995 Polyclonal antibodies raised to deglycosylated pig gastric mucin were used to screen a cDNA library constructed with pig stomach mucosal mRNA. Immunocytochemistry indicated that the antibody recognizes intracellular and secreted mucin in surface mucous cel ... Full text Cite

Perspectives on research.

Journal Article Journal of nursing staff development : JNSD · November 1994 Cite

How to make research happen: working with staff.

Journal Article Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · May 1994 Featured Publication Implementing a research project in a clinical nursing unit requires the researcher to gain cooperation and support from administration, physicians, and the nursing staff. In this article the site coordinators from the Transition of the Preterm Infant to an ... Full text Cite

How staff development specialists can promote and facilitate research.

Journal Article Journal of nursing staff development : JNSD · May 1994 Cite

Left handedness.

Journal Article BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · December 1993 Featured Publication Full text Cite

Viscous fingering of HCl through gastric mucin.

Journal Article Nature · December 1992 Featured Publication The HCl in the mammalian stomach is concentrated enough to digest the stomach itself, yet the gastric epithelium remains undamaged. One protective factor is gastric mucus, which forms a protective layer over the surface epithelium and acts as a diffusion b ... Full text Cite

The "other" intensive care unit.

Journal Article Heart & lung : the journal of critical care · September 1992 Featured Publication Cite

Endotracheal suctioning in adults with head injury.

Journal Article Heart & lung : the journal of critical care · November 1991 Featured Publication The purpose of this study was to determine the method of endotracheal suctioning (ETS) that resulted in the least compromise to the cerebrovascular status of adult patients with severe head injuries. A two-group (two vs three ETS), two-protocol (100% tidal ... Cite

Profound increase in viscosity and aggregation of pig gastric mucin at low pH.

Journal Article The American journal of physiology · November 1991 Epithelial mucins are glycoproteins of very large molecular weight that provide viscoelastic and gel-forming properties to mucus, the jellylike protective layer covering epithelial organs. In the mammalian stomach the mucus gel layer protects the underlyin ... Full text Cite

Bile salts stimulate glycoprotein release by guinea pig gallbladder in vitro.

Journal Article Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · May 1991 Alterations in the composition of bile during cholesterol gallstone formation appear to be responsible for increased release of gallbladder mucin, a potent cholesterol nucleating agent. We investigated the effects of bile salts on release of radiolabeled g ... Full text Cite

The physiologic effects of positioning premature infants in car seats.

Journal Article Neonatal network : NN · December 1990 Featured Publication Cite

Maintaining the artificial airway: current concepts.

Journal Article Pediatric nursing · September 1990 Featured Publication Artificial airways are a common treatment modality in neonatal and pediatric critical care units. Maintaining the integrity of artificial airways in infants and children requires accurate assessment of endotracheal tube (ETT) position and patency, adequacy ... Cite

Embryologic and physiologic basis of neonatal respiration.

Journal Article AACN clinical issues in critical care nursing · August 1990 Featured Publication Development of the respiratory system requires the integration of anatomic, physiologic, and biochemical factors. This process is described from 5 weeks gestation until establishment of respirations after birth. ... Full text Cite

Meconium aspiration syndrome: have we made a difference?

Journal Article Pediatrics · May 1990 Featured Publication Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) and its associated complications are reviewed from the period before the routine use of intubation and suctioning to the present (1973 through 1987). Of the 176,790 neonates born during this period, the amniotic fluid was ... Cite

Different high-frequency ventilator strategies: effect on the propagation of tracheobronchial histopathologic changes.

Journal Article Pediatrics · January 1990 Featured Publication To assess the role of high-frequency ventilator strategy in the propagation of airway injury, we compared the tracheobronchial histologic alterations in 20 newborn piglets ventilated for 8 hours with high-frequency flow interruption (HFFI). Ten animals wer ... Cite

Ageing, status politics and sociological theory.

Journal Article The British journal of sociology · December 1989 Featured Publication As a feature of social change and as an aspect of social stratification, ageing and age groups have been seriously neglected by sociological theory. This article attempts to conceptualize age groups in a multi-dimensional model of stratification which cons ... Full text Cite

Determinants of tracheobronchial histologic alterations during conventional mechanical ventilation.

Journal Article Pediatrics · August 1989 Featured Publication It was hypothesized that diverse mechanisms may influence upper airway injury during mechanical ventilation. To assess the roles of several factors in the propagation of such injury, the tracheobronchial histologic changes in 53 newborn piglets were compar ... Cite

Endotracheal suctioning in the adult and newborn.

Journal Article Annual Review of Nursing Research · 1989 Cite

Endotracheal suctioning.

Journal Article Annual review of nursing research · January 1989 Full text Cite

Agency and structure in the sociology of sickness.

Journal Article Psychiatric medicine · January 1987 Featured Publication Cite

Pulmonary mechanics during rapid mechanical ventilation in rabbits with saline-lavaged lungs.

Journal Article Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · October 1986 Featured Publication Infants with respiratory failure are frequently mechanically ventilated at rates exceeding 60 breaths/min. We analyzed the effect of ventilatory rates of 30, 60, and 90 breaths/min (inspiratory times of 0.6, 0.3, and 0.2 s, respectively) on the pressure-fl ... Full text Cite

The relationship between endotracheal suctioning and changes in intracranial pressure: a review of the literature.

Journal Article Heart & lung : the journal of critical care · September 1986 Cite

Amniotic band syndrome.

Journal Article Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · July 1985 Featured Publication Amniotic band syndrome results from a tear in the amnion, due to unknown etiology, which allows amniotic fluid and fetal parts to escape from the amnion into the chorion. Defects resulting from amniotic band syndrome are described. Management of the infant ... Full text Cite

Hydrocortisone inhibits mucin secretion from guinea pig gallbladder.

Journal Article The American journal of physiology · October 1984 We studied the effects of hydrocortisone, an inhibitor of phospholipase A2, on the secretion of mucin and release of prostaglandins from guinea pig gallbladder explants. We measured mucin using [3H]glucosamine as a precursor and prostaglandins by radioimmu ... Full text Cite

Arachidonic acid stimulates mucin secretion in prairie dog gallbladder.

Journal Article The American journal of physiology · July 1983 Mucin glycoprotein secretion from prairie dog gallbladder explants was studied in 24-h organ culture using [3H]glucosamine as a precursor. Indomethacin caused a reversible dose-dependent inhibition of both mucin release (50% inhibition between 10(-6) and 1 ... Full text Cite

Gallbladder glycoprotein secretion in mice with hemolytic anemia and pigment gallstones.

Journal Article Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · March 1983 The nb/nb mouse with hereditary hemolytic anemia provides an animal model for the study of pigment gallstone disease. We measured glycoprotein synthesis and secretion in gallbladder neck and fundus of 6-month-old mice without stones, and in 12-month old mi ... Full text Cite

Current concepts in endotracheal suctioning.

Journal Article Journal of the California Perinatal Association · 1983 Cite

Hemodynamic monitoring of the critically ill neonate

Journal Article Critical Care Quarterly · January 1, 1979 The technical advances in monitoring the neonate have contributed to decreasing neonatal mortality and morbidity. In addition to the large expense of these monitoring systems, neonatal intensive care requires a large number of trained clinicians and hospit ... Full text Cite