Scientific basis for current perinatal care.

Scientific basis for current perinatal care.

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...

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...

Scientific Basis for Polygraph Testing

Published scientific literature is reviewed for comparison question polygraph testing and its application to diagnostic and screening contexts. The review summarizes the literature for all aspects of the testing procedure including the pretest interview, test data collection, test data analysis, and a proffer of the physiological and psychological basis for polygraph testing. Polygraph accuracy...

Outcomes and the scientific basis of clinical care.