Compassionate extubation requires clearly defined goals and a coordinated, patient-centered plan. Effective planning incorporates the patient’s condition and prognosis, the patient's and family's priorities, and a strong focus on comfort and symptom management after extubation. It is crucial that the entire multidisciplinary team is prepared for related family discussions and is aligned on a detailed, well-communicated ventilator withdrawal plan to ensure consistent, empathetic care. This presentation will highlight how this often-overlooked ICU process can be approached more thoughtfully and effectively.

This session explores evidence-based strategies to optimize respiratory care for organ donors, including mechanical ventilation, lung recruitment, prone positioning, and airway clearance. Practical methods for maintaining lung integrity and reducing ventilator-induced injury during donor management will be presented. In addition, the use of electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to monitor donor lung responses and guide individualized ventilator and positioning adjustments will be explored. The lecture ultimately aims to equip clinicians with tools that enhance lung quality and increase successful organ procurement.

This session examines the growing role of artificial intelligence in medical publishing, focusing on how AI tools are being used to support literature searches, data analysis, manuscript preparation, peer review, and editorial workflows. Participants will discuss ethical considerations, transparency, authorship standards, and journal policies related to AI-assisted content creation. The talk emphasizes responsible, evidence-based integration of AI to enhance efficiency while maintaining scientific rigor and integrity in medical scholarship.

In 2025, Respiratory Care began its 70th year of continuous publication. From inhalation therapy in 1956 until today, the Journal has been the official scientific journal of AARC. This talk will feature early papers from the Journal and trace its evolution over seven decades.

This lecture introduces the concept of reporting guidelines and their critical role in improving the clarity, transparency, and reproducibility of scientific research. Students will learn how structured reporting standards help ensure that studies are described completely and accurately, allowing readers, reviewers, and policymakers to assess the validity and applicability of findings.

This lecture introduces the principles and practical steps involved in selecting, developing, and writing a high-quality clinical case report. Participants will learn how case reports contribute to medical knowledge by highlighting novel conditions, unexpected treatment responses, rare complications, and important clinical lessons. The session will discuss how to identify cases with educational or scientific values and how to assess their relevance for publication.

Following evidence-based guidelines for managing mechanically ventilated adults with acute respiratory failure improves outcomes by reducing the risk of ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). However, clinicians often face challenges when evidence-based guidelines fail to achieve the goals of mechanical ventilation. This presentation will explore ways in which the clinician can incorporate advanced and novel monitoring and management strategies to augment an evidence-based approach to reducing VILI.

This presentation explores the integration of early warning scores and clinical data prompt–based strategies to enhance evidence-based respiratory therapy. Participants will examine how real-time patient data, predictive scoring systems, and automated clinical prompts can support timely decision-making, improve patient outcomes, and standardize respiratory care practices. Emphasis will be placed on practical implementation in acute care settings, interdisciplinary collaboration, and aligning respiratory therapy interventions with current evidence-based guidelines.