January-February 2015

Information for Authors
Published in issue: January 2015
e1-e3

AAHFN Leadership Message

WARNING: Advanced heart failure
• Connie M. Lewis
Published online: November 13, 2014
p1

Physical Activity, Function, and Exercise in Cardiopulmonary Patients

Understanding physical activity and exercise behaviors in patients with heart failure
• Nancy M. Albert,
• Jennifer Forney,
• Ellen Slifcak,
• Jeanne Sorrell
Published online: September 17, 2014
p2-8
Impact of supervised exercise rehabilitation on daily physical activity of cardiopulmonary patients
• Ailar Ramadi,
• Michael K. Stickland,
• Wendy M. Rodgers,
• Robert G. Haennel
Published online: December 01, 2014
p9-14

Weaned but weary: One third of adult intensive care patients mechanically ventilated for 7 days or more have impaired inspiratory muscle endurance after successful weaning
• Bernie Bissett,
• I. Anne Leditschke,
• Teresa Neeman,
• Robert Boots,
• Jennifer Paratz
Published online: November 13, 2014
p15-20
COPD is associated with cognitive dysfunction and poor physical fitness in heart failure
• Michael L. Alosco,
• Mary Beth Spitznagel,
• Richard Josephson,
• Joel Hughes,
• John Gunstad
Published online: October 09, 2014
p21-26

Self Care and Psychological Function in Cardiopulmonary Patients

A comparison of the health status and psychological distress of partners of patients with a left ventricular assist device versus an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: A preliminary study
• Corline Brouwers,
• Kadir Caliskan,
• Nicolaas de Jonge,
• ...
• Colleen Cannon,
• Johan Denollet,
• Susanne S. Pedersen
Published online: November 20, 2014
p27-32

Factors influencing self-care behaviors of African Americans with heart failure: A photovoice project
• Aimee Woda,
• Ruth Ann Belknap,
• Kristin Haglund,
• Margaret Sebern,
• Ashley Lawrence
Published online: October 13, 2014
p33-38
Disease knowledge, perceived risk, and health behavior engagement among adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease
• Jamie L. Jackson,
• Kelly Tierney,
• Curt J. Daniels,
• Kathryn Vannatta
Published online: September 29, 2014
p39-44

Care of Critically Ill Adults

The number of mechanically ventilated ICU patients meeting communication criteria
• Mary Beth Happ,
• Jennifer B. Seaman,
• Marci L. Nilsen,
• ...
• Judith A. Tate,
• Melissa Saul,
• Amber E. Barnato
Published online: September 25, 2014
p45-49

Intermittent positive pressure ventilation increases diastolic pulmonary arterial pressure in advanced COPD
• Jeremy P. Wrobel,
• Bruce R. Thompson,
• Christopher R. Stuart-Andrews,
• ...
• Gregory I. Snell,
• Mark Buckland,
• Trevor J. Williams
Published online: November 20, 2014
p50-56

Ivabradine during cardiogenic shock: A clinical case and review of the literature
• Ivano Bonadei,
• Edoardo Sciatti,
• Enrico Vizzardi,
• Antonio D'Aloia,
• Marco Metra
Published online: September 18, 2014
p57-58

Care of Patients With Cardiovascular Complications

Inflammation-induced atrial fibrillation: Pathophysiological perspectives and clinical implications
• Salah S. Al-Zaiti
Published online: November 11, 2014
p59-62
Time to treatment in patients of suspected acute coronary syndrome in Pakistan: A clinical audit
• Munawar Khursheed,
• Jabeen Fayyaz,
• Asher Feroze,
• Nishi Shakeel,
• Junaid A. Bhatti
Published online: September 30, 2014
p63-67
T-wave inversion in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: Prognostic value
• Piotr Kukla,
• Wiliam F. McIntyre,
• Kamil Fijorek,
• ...
• Marek Jastrzębski,
• Leszek Bryniarski,
• Adrian Baranchuk
Published online: November 13, 2014
p68-71

Care of Adults With Infectious Disease

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) due to Legionnaire's disease
• Sigridh Muñoz-Gómez,
• Burke A. Cunha
Published online: October 16, 2014
p72-74

The prognostic significance of troponin elevation in patients with sepsis: A meta-analysis
• Olusegun Sheyin,
• Oluwaseun Davies,
• Wenlan Duan,
• Xavier Perez
Published online: November 18, 2014
p75-81

Letters to the Editor

Measures of self-care in heart failure: Issues with factorial structure and reliability
• Ercole Vellone,
• Claudio Barbaranelli,
• Christopher S. Lee,
• Barbara Riegel
Published online: September 25, 2014
p82-83
Measures of self-care in heart failure: How methodological queries are translated into clinical ones?
• E. Lambrinou,
• N. Middleton
Published online: November 05, 2014
p83-85

Mechanical ventilation in critically ill cancer patients
• Silvio A. Ñamendys-Silva,
• Yves D. Jarquin-Badiola,
• Francisco J. García-Guillén,
• Julia Texcocano-Becerra,
• Ricardo Cázares-Mejía,
• Angel Herrera-Gómez
Published online: October 28, 2014
p85-86

Frontmatter

Table of Contents
Published in issue: January 2015
A3-A5
Board of Directors
Published in issue: January 2015
A7
Information for Readers
Published in issue: January 2015
A10