January-February 2014

Information for Authors
Published in issue: January 2014
e1-e3

Editorial

Clinical observation and research data: A basis for health care policies
• Carol E. Smith,
• Heejung Kim,
• Ubolrat Piamjariyakul
Published online: November 18, 2013
p1-2

AAHFN Leadership Message

Perceived barriers and facilitators to patients receiving 60 minutes of heart failure education: A survey of AAHFN members
• Linda S. Baas,
On Behalf of the AAHFN Board 2012-2014
• Peggy Kirkwood,
• ...
• Lisa Rathman,
• Linda Wick,
• Marie Galvao
Published online: November 06, 2013
p3-5

Care of Critically Ill Adults

Responses to noxious stimuli in sedated mechanically ventilated adults
• Mary Jo Grap,
• Cindy L. Munro,
• Paul A. Wetzel,
• Jessica M. Ketchum,
• V. Anne Hamilton,
• Curtis N. Sessler
Published online: November 18, 2013
p6-12
Implementing selective digestive tract decontamination in the intensive care unit: A qualitative analysis of nurse-identified considerations
• Andrea P. Marshall,
• Leonie Weisbrodt,
• Louise Rose,
• ...
• Ian Seppelt,
• Brian Cuthbertson,
• Jill Francis
Published online: November 18, 2013
p13-18
Feasibility and inter-rater reliability of the ICU Mobility Scale
• Carol Hodgson,
• Dale Needham,
• Kimberley Haines,
• ...
• Alisa Higgins,
• Jeff Presneill,
• Sue Berney
Published online: November 21, 2013
p19-24

Care of Patients with Heart Failure

How self-care education in ventricular assist device programs is organized and provided: A national study
• S. Brian Widmar,
• Mary S. Dietrich,
• Ann F. Minnick
Published online: November 08, 2013
p25-31

A conceptual definition of quality of life with a left ventricular assist device: Results from a qualitative study
• Kristin E. Sandau,
• Barbara A. Hoglund,
• Carrie E. Weaver,
• Charlene Boisjolie,
• David Feldman
Published online: November 18, 2013
p32-40

From right to left heart failure: An unexpected transition
• Hassan Baydoun,
• George Khoueiry,
• Zahraa Ghandour,
• Yefim Olkovsky
Published online: November 13, 2013
p41-44

Eosinophilic myocarditis due to Churg–Strauss syndrome mimicking reversible dilated cardiomyopathy
• Ming-xian Chen,
• Bi-lian Yu,
• Dao-quan Peng,
• Sheng-hua Zhou
Published online: October 23, 2013
p45-47

Care of Patients with Dysrhythmias

Use of novel oral anticoagulants for patients with atrial fibrillation: Systematic review and clinical implications
• Nancy M. Albert
Published online: November 13, 2013
p48-59
Acute epigastric and low back pain during amiodarone infusion; is it the drug or the vehicle to blame?
• Emmanouil Petrou,
• Ioannis Iakovou,
• Maria Boutsikou,
• Chrysafios Girasis,
• Sophie Mavrogeni,
• Gregory Pavlides
Published online: November 18, 2013
p60-61

Care of Patients Experiencing Cardiac Arrest

Complete recovery after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with prolonged (59 min) mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation, mild therapeutic hypothermia and complex percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction
• Stefan Zimmermann,
• Doris Rohde,
• Mohamed Marwan,
• Josef Ludwig,
• Stephan Achenbach
Published online: November 18, 2013
p62-65
Education and age affect skill acquisition and retention in lay rescuers after a European Resuscitation Council CPR/AED course
• Konstantina Papalexopoulou,
• Athanasios Chalkias,
• Ioannis Dontas,
• ...
• Theodoros Moumouris,
• Georgios Papadopoulos,
• Theodoros Xanthos
Published online: November 18, 2013
p66-71

Care of Patients with Pulmonary Disorders

Prognostic significance of six-minute walk test in non-group 1 pulmonary hypertension
• Rafael Golpe,
• Olalla Castro-Añón,
• Luis A. Pérez-de-Llano,
• ...
• Camino Muñiz-Fernández,
• Ana Testa-Fernández,
• Ruth Pérez-Fernández
Published online: September 16, 2013
p72-76
The gender-specific association between asthma and the need to smoke tobacco
• Su-Er Guo,
• Pamela A. Ratner,
• Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli,
• Joy L. Johnson
Published online: November 14, 2013
p77-83

Hemidiaphragm paresis and granulomatous pneumonitis associated with adalimumab: A case report
• Tarek Abdallah,
• Mokhtar Abdallah,
• Chadi Saifan,
• Dany El Sayegh,
• Michel Chalhoub,
• Louis Sasso
Published online: November 18, 2013
p84-86

Frontmatter

Table of Contents
Published in issue: January 2014
A5-A7
Board of Directors
Published in issue: January 2014
A8
Information for Readers
Published in issue: January 2014
A14