Respiratory Care
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care | Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine | Respiratory Care
Respiratory Care is the official science journal of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). It deals with the subject area of the same name, and thus publishes articles pertaining to disorders affecting the cardiorespiratory system, including their pathogenesis, pathophysiology, manifestations, diagnostic assessment, monitoring, prevention, and management. Because the practice of respiratory care prominently involves equipment and devices, the development, evaluation, and use of these things feature prominently in what the Journal publishes. However, as indicated by the word “care” in its name, the Journal also emphasizes the patient, and on improving all aspects of the care of individuals affected by respiratory disease.
The Journal sponsors the OPEN FORUM, held each year as part of the AARC Congress. Abstracts of research studies accepted for presentation are published as an online supplement to the October issue of the Journal. At the OPEN FORUM, these abstracts are presented as posters, grouped by subject, and discussed in a symposia setting. Authors of abstracts presented at the OPEN FORUM are encouraged to submit full-length manuscripts to Respiratory Care.
For more than 40 years, the Journal has convened annual state-of-the-art Journal Conferences. These Journal Conferences bring together experts in a given topic, and the resulting papers are published in a special issue of Respiratory Care.
The Editor relies on evaluations by members of the Editorial Board and outside experts in deciding whether submitted manuscripts should be accepted for publication, revised for further peer review, or rejected. To become a reviewer, create an account in Manuscript Central and select the topics in which you are comfortable reviewing. Respiratory Care has partnered with Publons (now Web of Science) to allow reviewers to conveniently track reviews.
Only manuscripts fitting the categories of articles the Journal publishes are considered. These categories are:
• Original Research
• Reviews (Narrative and Systematic)
• Short Reports
• Correspondence
• Editorials (by invitation only)
Audience: Respiratory therapists, pulmonologists, intensivists, physiologists, nurses, physical therapists, and others practicing respiratory care.
| Richard D Branson, MSc, RRT, FAARC | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| Jie Li, PhD, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, FAARC, FCCM | Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Andrew G Miller, MSc, RRT-ACCC, RRT-NPS, FAARC, FCCM | Duke University, Durham, NC, USA |
| Denise Willis, MSc, RRT, RRT-NPS, AE-C, FAARC | Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA |
| Rodrigo Sebastian Adasme Jeria, PT, CRT, MEP | Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile |
| Tiina Andersen, PhD | Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway |
| Paul Austin, PhD, CRNA | Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX, USA |
| Joyce A Baker, MBA, RRT, RRT-NPS, AE-C, FAARC | Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA |
| Ariel Berlinski, MD, FAAP, FAARC, ATSF | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA |
| Thomas C Blakeman, MSc, RRT, FAARC | University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| Lluís Blanch, MD, PhD | Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari - Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain |
| Dave Burnett, PhD, RRT | University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA |
| Ira M Cheifetz, MD, FAARC | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| Davide Chiumello, MD | University of Milan, Milan, Italy |
| Gustavo A Cortes-Puentes, MD | Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA |
| Claudia Crimi, MD, PhD | University of Catania, Catania, Italy |
| L. Felipe Damiani, PhD, PT | Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile, Macul, Chile |
| Michael D Davis, PhD, RRT, FAARC | Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA |
| Steven Deem, MD | Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA |
| Rajiv Dhand, MD, FAARC | University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA |
| Martin Dres, MD, PhD | Sorbonne University, Paris, France |
| Gail S Drescher, MA, RRT, RRT-ACCS | MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| Mohamed El-Khatib, PhD, MB, RRT | American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
| Daniel F Fisher, MSc, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FAARC | Umass Memorial Health - Milford Regional Medical Center, Milford, MA, USA |
| Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD | Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA |
| Umur S Hatipoglu, MD, MBA | Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| Jeffrey M. Haynes, RRT, RPFT, FAARC, FCCP | Elliot Health System, Manchester, NH, USA |
| Nicholas S. Hill, MD | Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA |
| Robert Joyner, PhD, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FAARC | Tidal Health Research Institute, Salisbury, MD, USA |
| David W Kaczka, MD, PhD | University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA |
| David Kaminsky, MD | University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA |
| Michael Klompas, MD, MPH | Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA |
| Marin Kollef, MD | Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA |
| François Lellouche, MD, PhD | Laval University, Quebec City, PQ, Canada |
| Michael Lipnick, MD | University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Chin-Jung Liu, PhD, RRT, FAARC | China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, (ROC) |
| Ling Liu, MD | Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China |
| Jian Luo, MD | University Of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Neil MacIntyre, MD, FAARC | Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA |
| John Marini, MD | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| Mary P Martinasek, MPH, PhD, RRT, FAARC | University Of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA |
| Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD | Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| Naomi Kondo Nakagawa, PhD, PT | |
| Amanda J. Nickel, MSc, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| Masaji Nishimura, MD, PhD | University of Tokushima, Osaka, Japan |
| George Ntoumenopoulos, PhD, BAppSC, BSc | Royal Perth Bentley Group, Perth, Australia |
| Christopher M. Piccuito, MSEd, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS | Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA |
| Thomas Piraino, RRT, FCSRT, FAARC | Mcmaster University, Kingston, ON, Canada |
| Kyle Rehder, MD, CPPS | Duke Children’S Hospital, Durham, NC, USA |
| Brian J Ring, PhD, RRT | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| Oriol Roca, MD, PhD | Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain |
| Ulrich H. Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA | University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA |
| J. Brady Scott, PhD, RRT, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC, FCCP | Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA |
| James K. Stoller, MD, MSc, FAARC | Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| Irene Telias, MD, PhD | University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
| Sarah M Varekojis, PhD, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FAARC | Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA |
| Marcia Volpe, PhD, PT | University Federal Of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Teresa A Volsko, MBA, MHHS, RRT, LSSBB, FAARC | The Centers, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| Judith Ju Ming Wong, MBBCh BAO, MRCPCH, MCI | KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, Singapore |
| Marco Zaccagnini, PhD, RRT | University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada |
| Qingyuan Zhan, MD | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China |
| Dean R Hess, PhD, RRT, FAARC | Massachusetts General Hospital, Danvers, MA, USA |
| Sara Moore | American Association For Respiratory Care, Irving, TX, USA |
| Lynda T. Goodfellow, EdD, RRT, FAARC | American Association For Respiratory Care, Irving, TX, USA |
| Ray Masferrer, RRT, FAARC | Holly Lake Ranch, TX, USA |
| David J Pierson, MD, FAARC | University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |