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Past Issues (listed by topic)
of Ventilator-Assisted Living©
ISSN 1066-534X (formerly IVUN News)
Laurie, Gini
Gini Laurie, 1913-1989: In Memoriam (Vol. 3, No. 2) (not online)
Masks, nasal/face
Customized Face Mask for Night Ventilation (Vol. 1, No. 1) (not online)
Face Mask Networking (Vol. 1, No. 2) (not online)
The Face Mask Alternative (Vol. 1, No. 2) (not online)
Custom-Built Mask (Vol. 4, No.1)
Nasal Mask Adjustment Tips (Vol. 7, No. 2)
The Individual Remmer Nasal Mask (Vol. 8, No. 1)
Comparison of Commercial & Custom Nasal/Face Masks (Vol. 9, No. 1)
New Danish Custom Nasal Mask (Vol. 10, No. 1)
Adapting to Masks and BiPAP® (Vol. 11, No. 2)
The Choice of Interface: Can It Make a Difference? (Vol. 13, No. 2)
UnMASKing the Issue: A Subjective Review of Seven Masks/Headgear (Vol. 14, No. 3)
German Pediatric Masks (Vol. 15, No. 3)
Getting Used to Noninvasive Bilevel Pressure Ventilation (Vol. 17, No. 2)
Masks: Obtaining a Good Fit, Part I (Vol. 19, No. 2)
Masks, Part II: Noninvasive Interfaces (Vol. 19, No. 3)
Mojo™ and Hybrid™ (Vol. 20, No. 3)
Masks, oral
Interfaces and Equipment (Vol. 16, No. 3)
An Oral Mask Alternative: The Oracle (Vol. 19, No. 1)
An Alternative to a Trach Tube (Vol. 20, No. 1)
Medication
Respiratory Effects of Common Medications (Vol. 17, No. 4)
Mouth intermittent positive pressure ventilation
Sip Technology Instead of Tracheostomy (Vol. 7, No. 1)
Managing Noninvasive Ventilation: A Portuguese Experience (Vol. 16, No. 4)
Mouth Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation: An old technique revisited for a "sip" of fresh air
(Vol. 18, No. 1)
Muscular dystrophy
Changing Equipment as Diagnoses Change – Muscular Dystrophy (Vol. 8, No. 2)
Managing with Advanced Muscular Dystrophy (Vol. 13, No. 3) (not online)
DMD Pioneers (Vol. 17, No. 2) (not online)
From independent living to a nursing home ... and back? (Vol. 18, No. 3)
Sidebar: Respiratory care and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Vol. 18, No. 3)
Muscular Dystrophy Potpourri (Vol. 19, No. 1)
Living on Your Own in College and Beyond (Vol. 19, No. 2)
His Choice: My Life and Her Life: My Caregiving (Vol. 19, No. 3)
Netherlands
Home Mechanical Ventilation in the Netherlands (Vol. 17, No. 2)
Home Care for Children in Holland (Vol. 18, No. 4)
Noninvasive ventilation
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation by Face Mask or Nose (Vol. 2., No. 1) (not online)
NPPV in Nocturnal Ventilator Dependent Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders (Vol. 2, No. 1) (not online)
From Rocking Bed to Nasal Mask ... Successfully (Vol. 3, No. 1) (not online)
Non-invasive Alternatives to Tracheostomy (Vol. 3, No. 1) (not online)
Considering a Change to Noninvasive Ventilation (Vol. 8, No. 1)
Noninvasive vs. Invasive Ventilation (Vol. 8, No. 2)
From Trach-Free to Trached to Trach-Free Again (Vol. 8, No. 2)
Comparison of Commercial & Custom Nasal/Face Masks (Vol. 9, No. 1)
Noninvasive Ventilation: A Successful Changeover (Vol. 10, No. 1)
Adapting to Masks and BiPAP® (Vol. 11, No. 2)
Ventilators and Bi-Level Pressure Devices (Vol. 12, No. 2)
Which Ventilator to Use? (Vol. 12, No. 2)
The Choice of Interface: Can It Make a Difference? (Vol. 13, No. 2)
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NPPV) for People with COPD: A New Group of Ventilator Users? (Vol. 13, No. 2)
From Trach to Iron Lung to Cuirass to Mask Ventilation (Vol. 13, No. 3)
A New Era for Home Ventilation Technology (Vol. 13, No. 3)
Sip Technology Instead of Tracheostomy (Vol. 13, No. 4)
"Laptop" Ventilator Highly Rated (Vol. 13, No. 4)
UnMASKing the Issue: A Subjective Review of Seven Masks/Headgear (Vol. 14, No. 3)
Tracheostomy or Noninvasive Ventilation? (Vol. 14, No. 3)
Pediatric Noninvasive Ventilation (Vol. 15, No. 3)
From Negative to Positive (Vol. 16, No. 2)
On the Road with the Newport HT50 Ventilator (Vol. 16, No. 3)
Managing Noninvasive Ventilation: A Portuguese Experience (Vol. 16, No. 4)
My Experience with Noninvasive Ventilation (Vol. 16, No. 4)
Which Ventilator? Who Decides? (Vol. 17, No. 1)
Getting Used to Noninvasive Bilevel Pressure Ventilation (Vol. 17, No. 2)
Happily Using Bilevel Pressure Ventilation (Vol. 17, No. 2)
Noninvasive to Trach Ventilation ... and Back Again (Vol. 17, No. 3)
Noninvasive Ventilation: A History of My Life (Vol. 17, No. 4)
Mouth Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation: An old technique revisited for a "sip" of fresh air (Vol. 18, No. 1)
PHI Grant Awarded to Johns Hopkins Team to Study Early Use of Noninvasive Ventilation (Vol. 18, No. 4)
Masks: Obtaining a Good Fit, Part I (Vol. 19, No. 2)
Masks, Part II: Noninvasive Interfaces (Vol. 19, No. 3)
Noninvasive ventilation conferences
Longterm Home Ventilation and Living Independently: The Users' Perspectives (Vol. 9, No. 1)
Orlando Report: 7th International Conference "Noninvasive Ventilation:
Across the Spectrum from Critical Care to Home Care" (Vol. 13, No. 2)
Home Mechanical Ventilation Conference, Lyon, France, 2001 (Vol. 15, No. 2)
Ninth International Noninvasive Ventilation Conference: "From the ICU to Home,"
October 23-25, 2003, Orlando, Florida (Vol. 17, No. 4)
Ventilator Conference in Lyon (Vol. 19, No. 2)
A ventilator user's impressions of a recent hmv meeting (Vol. 21, No. 3)
Oxygen therapy
Oxygen Is NOT for Hypoventilation in Neuromuscular Disease (Vol. 14, No. 1)
More on Oxygen Use (Vol. 15, No. 4)
Phrenic nerve pacing (See Diaphragmatic pacing)
Pneumobelt
Pneumobelt in Action (Vol. 13, No. 4)
The Pneumobelt: Part of My Noninvasive Ventilation System (Vol. 18, No. 4)
Poland
The Polish National Center for Home Mechanical Ventilation in Children (Vol. 15, No. 3)
Pompe's disease
Living with Pompe's Disease (Vol. 10, No. 2)
Luke's Progress (Vol. 17, No. 1)
Porta-Lung
Porta-Lung for Travel (Vol. 2, No. 2) (not online)
Conversion: Iron Lung to Porta-Lung® (Vol. 12, No. 3)
Portugal
Managing Noninvasive Ventilation: A Portuguese Experience (Vol. 16, No. 4)
Mouth Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation: An old technique revisited for a "sip" of fresh air (Vol. 18, No. 1)
Post-polio syndrome (PPS)
Life after Lung (Vol. 2, No. 1) (not online)
Who Pays for Ventilators for Polio Survivors? (Vol. 5, No.1)
From Trach-Free to Trached to Trach-Free Again (Vol. 8, No. 2)
Noninvasive vs. Invasive Ventilation (Vol. 8, No. 2)
A Summer Plague: Polio and Its Survivors (Vol. 9, No. 2)
Why I Don't Have Time to Write an Article for IVUN News (Vol. 12, No. 2)
Conversion: Iron Lung to Porta-Lung™ (Vol. 12, No. 3)
Conversions: Pressure-Limited to Volume Ventilator (Vol. 12, No. 3)
Adolf Ratzka Honored (Vol. 13, No. 2)
From Trach to Iron Lung to Cuirass to Mask Ventilation (Vol. 13, No. 3)
Post-Polio, Swallowing, and Cough (Vol. 15, No. 3)
From Negative to Positive (Vol. 16, No. 2)
Happily Using Bilevel Pressure Ventilation (Vol. 17, No. 2)
Noninvasive Ventilation: A History of My Life (Vol. 17, No. 4)
Power failures
Musings: The Question Earthquakes Ask (Vol. 5, No. 2)
When the Power Goes Off (Vol. 12, No. 4)
Choosing a Generator (Vol. 13, No. 3)
Ventilator Backup: Are You Prepared? (Vol. 18, No. 1)
Extra Security During Emergencies (Vol. 19, No. 1)
Escaping Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Vol. 20, No. 1)
Pregnancy
Breathing and Pregnancy (Vol. 16, No. 4)
Quality of Life
Quality of Life Perceptions of Ventilator-Assisted Individuals (Vol. 4, No. 1)
Choosing Life, Even on a Ventilator (Vol. 10, No. 2)
How Will They Know If I'm Dead? Transcending Disability and Terminal Illness (Vol. 11, No. 1)
They Just Don't Get It (Vol. 13, No. 3)
The Awesome Privilege of Living (Vol. 14, No. 2)
Research Grant to Examine Ventilator Users' Quality of Life (Vol. 14, No. 4)
Improving Quality of Life (clinic for children in Dallas) (Vol. 14, No. 4)
Breaths of Life (Vol. 15, No. 1)
Risks (Vol. 15, No. 3)
Ventilator Users and Health-Related Quality of Life (Vol. 16, No. 1)
Ventilator Users' Perspectives on the Important Elements of Health-Related Quality of Life: Final Report (Vol. 16, No. 3)
A Change of Plans (Vol. 17, No. 4)
Quality of Life: Profiles of Living with ALS (Vol. 18, No. 2)
From independent living to a nursing home ... and back? (Vol. 18, No. 3)
His Choice: My Life and Her Life: My Caregiving (Vol. 19, No. 3)
Enjoying the Arts: Expect the Unexpected (Vol. 20, No. 2)
IVUN Joins Those Studying Sexual Activity and Chronic Illness (Vol. 20, No. 4)
Independence with a Ventilator: An Interview with Mark Boatman (Vol. 21, No. 1)
Social and Ethical Implications of Long-term Ventilation for Men with Muscular Dystrophy (Vol. 21, No. 2)
Reimbursement, equipment
Bi-Level Positive Pressure Ventilation: New HCFA Policy (Vol. 13, No. 3)
Home Medical Equipment Company Profits: Dispelling the Myth (Vol. 15, No. 1)
Reimbursement for Ventilator Equipment: How It Works (Vol. 17, No. 1)
Which Ventilator? Who Decides? (Vol. 17, No. 1)
Medicare Changes Payment for RADs (Vol. 20, No. 1)
Update: Medicare Reimbursement Changes Affect Vent Users (Vol. 21, No. 1)
Respiratory infections
Monitoring Respiratory Function (Vol. 11, No. 2)
Respiratory Health Checklist (Vol. 15, No. 2)
Airway Clearance Therapy for Neuromuscular Patients with Respiratory Compromise (Vol. 16, No. 1)
Treating Bronchitis with H2O (Vol. 17, No. 1)
Preparing for a Respiratory Emergency (Vol. 18, No. 2)
Sailing
A Chair That Goes Sailing (Vol. 1, No. 1) (not online)
Sailing with a Ventilator (Vol. 7, No. 1)
Sexuality
IVUN Joins Those Studying Sexual Activity and Chronic Illness (Vol. 20, No. 4)
Scotland
Skydiving
Air Scuba ... or I Can't Walk But I Can Fly (Vol. 7, No. 2)
Skydiving Quad (Vol. 14, No. 3)
Sleep apnea
Which Ventilator to Use? (Vol. 12, No. 2)
Congestive Heart Failure, OSA, and BiPAP (Vol. 16, No. 2)
Hypoventilation? Obstructive Sleep Apnea? Different Tests, Different Treatment (Vol. 19, No. 3)
Sleep studies
Sleep Studies: At Home or in the Lab? (Vol. 15, No. 4)
More on Sleep Studies (Vol. 16, No. 1)
SMA (see Spinal Muscular Atrophy)
Spain
Saludos from Spain (Vol. 6, No. 1)
Update: Daniel C. Vilaseca Dreischer (Vol. 14, No. 2)
Speech
Communication for the Ventilator User with a Tracheostomy (Vol. 7, No. 1)
The Tracheotomized Patient: Tracheal Toilet and Speech (Vol. 9, No. 2)
Tracheal Toilet and Speech (Vol. 10, No. 1)
Speak to Me (Vol. 12, No. 3)
Speak to Me ... Better! (Vol. 12, No. 4)
Let's Hear It for Free Speech! (Vol. 13, No. 1)
Passy-Muir Speaking Valve: Improving Voice in Children and So Much More (Vol. 18, No. 1)
How the Passy-Muir Valve Works
Letter to the Editor (Vol. 18, No. 2)
Spinal cord injury
SCI Quads May Need Night Ventilation (Vol. 4, No. 2)
Rebel with a Cause (Vol. 6, No. 2)
Air Scuba ... or I Can't Walk But I Can Fly (Vol. 7, No. 2)
Changing Equipment as Diagnoses Change – Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Cord Injury, Diaphragm Pacing (Vol. 8, No. 2)
Computer Becomes Therapy, Link to World for Patient (Vol. 11, No. 2)
Computers – A Curse, A Blessing, A Necessity (Vol. 13, No. 1)
No Barriers in the New Millennium (Vol. 14, No. 2)
Skydiving Quad (Vol. 14, No. 3)
Respiratory Study with SCI Ventilator Users (Vol. 15, No. 1)
Update: Inspiratory Muscle Training Study (Vol. 15, No. 2)
A Change of Plans (Vol. 17, No. 4)
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Families of SMA (Vol. 1, No. 2) (not online)
Negative Pressure Ventilation with Progressive SMA (Vol. 5, No. 2)
Living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Vol. 11, No. 1)
Living with SMA in Hong Kong (Vol. 16, No. 1)
Breathing and Pregnancy (Vol. 16, No. 4)
Noninvasive to Trach Ventilation ... and Back Again (Vol. 17, No. 3)
Life as a Teenager ... with a Ventilator (Vol. 19, No. 1)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Potpourri (Vol. 19, No. 1)
Sri Lanka
Finding a Ventilator in Sri Lanka (Vol. 14, No. 1)
Suctioning
Homemade Suction Machine (Vol. 7, No. 2)
The Tracheotomized Patient: Tracheal Toilet and Speech (Vol. 9, No. 2)
Tracheal Toilet and Speech (Vol. 10, No. 1)
Surgery
Sedation for Surgery (Vol. 17, No. 3)
Planning for Elective Surgery (Vol. 18, No. 4)
How My Vent and I Underwent Radiation Therapy (Vol. 21, No. 1)
Swallowing
On Swallowing and Saliva (Vol. 3, No. 1) (not online)
Swallowing management and Tracheostomy Tubes (Vol. 3, No. 2) (not online)
Sweden
Adolf Ratzka Honored (Vol. 13, No. 2)
Noninvasive to Trach Ventilation ... and Back Again (Vol. 17, No. 3)
Swedish Respiratory Unit for Ventilator-Assisted Children (Vol. 19, No. 3)
Swimming/Scuba Diving
The Ventilator Boat: Will It Float? (Vol. 18, No. 4)
My Dream: Scuba Diving! (Vol. 18, No. 4)
Taiwan
Home Mechanical Ventilation in Taiwan (Vol. 16, No. 3)
Telemedicine
What Is Telehealth? (Vol. 20, No. 4)
IVUN Members Consider Telehealth (Vol. 20, No. 4)
Thailand
Home Care and Mechanical Ventilation for Children in Thailand (Vol. 14, No. 1)
Tracheostomy
Swallowing management and tracheostomy tubes (Vol. 3, No. 2) (not online)
Communication for the Ventilator User with a Tracheostomy (Vol. 7, No. 1)
Positive Pressure by Trach: My Choice (Vol. 8, No. 1)
Noninvasive vs. Invasive Ventilation (Vol. 8, No. 2)
From Trach-Free to Trached to Trach-Free Again (Vol. 8, No. 2)
The Tracheotomized Patient: Tracheal Toilet and Speech (Vol. 9, No. 2)
Life with a Tracheostomy: A Personal Decision (Vol. 9, No. 2)
Trach Changing Tips (Vol. 12, No. 2)
Traveling with a Child with a Trach (Vol. 12, No. 4)
Living with Invasive Ventilation (Vol. 13, No. 1)
Tracheostomy or Noninvasive Ventilation? (Vol. 14, No. 3)
Percutaneous Tracheostomy: My Choice (Vol. 15, No. 2)
Noninvasive to Trach Ventilation ... and Back Again (Vol. 17, No. 3)
Tracheostomy Tubes (Vol. 17, No. 4)
Independent Living (Vol. 19, No. 1)
Care of a Tracheostomy (Vol. 19, No. 4)
Safety Issue Generates Practical Solutions (Vol. 21, No. 2)
Travel
Living and Traveling with Ventilators (Vol. 2., No.1) (not online)
Travel by Air "With Air" Is Possible (Vol. 6, No. 1)
Flying with Your Ventilator (Vol. 6, No. 1)
Airline Criteria (Vol. 6, No. 1)
Travel Insurance for Ventilators (Vol. 6, No. 1)
DOT Issues Air Travel Booklet for People with Disabilities (Vol. 6, No. 1)
Travel & Ventilators: Florida or Bust (Vol. 6, No. 2)
Ventilator User Settles Airline Suit (Vol. 6, No. 2)
Sailing with a Ventilator (Vol. 7, No. 1)
A Well-Traveled Ventilator User (Vol. 9, No. 1)
On Holiday at Netley Waterside House (Vol. 10, No. 1)
Travelling with a Ventilator (Vol. 11, No. 1)
Airline Travel with Ventilators (Vol. 12, No. 1)
International Airline Travel (Vol. 12, No. 2)
Traveling with a Child with a Trach (Vol. 12, No. 4)
Camping with a Ventilator (Vol. 15, No. 2)
Travel Websites (Vol. 15, No. 3)
On the Road with the Newport HT50 Ventilator (Vol. 16, No. 3)
Traveling with Technology-Assisted Children (Vol. 17, No. 3)
Air Travel and Ventilator Users (Vol. 17, No. 3)
Ventilator Users in the Air: Traveling to Japan (Vol. 18, No. 3)
Travel – Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) (Vol. 19, No. 3)
Flying to Norway (Post-Polio Health, Vol. 21, No. 1)
Air Travel to India (Vol. 21, No. 3)
Tubing
In-Home Care Standards for Frequency of Ventilator Tubing Changes (Vol. 9, No. 2)
Underventilation (See Hypoventilation)
Ventilators, equipment pool
Ontario's Ventilator Equipment Pool (Vol. 14, No. 2)
Ventilators, history
The Iron Lung: A User's Guide (Vol. 2, No. 1) (not online)
Life after Lung (Vol. 2, No. 1) (not online)
Portable Positive Pressure Ventilators: A History (Vol. 7, No. 1)
John H. Emerson and the Iron Lung (Vol. 11, No. 1)
Noninvasive Ventilation: A History of My Life (Vol. 17, No. 4)
Ventilators, negative pressure
Porta-Lung for Travel (Vol. 2, No. 2) (not online)
Conversions: Pressure-Limited to Volume Ventilator (Vol. 12, No. 3)
Ventilators, positive pressure
A Progress Report for Positive (Pressure) Thinkers (Vol. 1, No. 2) (not online)
Portable Positive Pressure Ventilators: A History (Vol. 7, No. 1)
The Perfect Portable Ventilator (Vol. 7, No. 2)
Ventilators and Bi-Level Pressure Devices (Vol. 12, No. 2)
The Ideal Machine (Vol. 12, No. 2)
Conversions: Pressure-Limited to Volume Ventilator (Vol. 12, No. 3)
A New Era for Home Ventilation Technology (Vol. 13, No. 3)
"Laptop" Ventilator Highly Rated (Vol. 13, No. 4)
MRI-Compatible Ventilator (Vol. 15, No. 3)
From Negative to Positive (Vol. 16, No. 2)
On the Road with the Newport HT50 Ventilator (Vol. 16, No. 3)
Which Ventilator? Who Decides? (Vol. 17, No. 1)
Retrofitting Ventilators for Power Chairs (Vol. 18, No. 2)
Ventilatory Equipment
Equipment and Interfaces (Vol. 19, No. 2)
Equipment and Interfaces (Vol. 21, No. 1)
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