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AARC Election 2025 — Hayfa Shakkour Perez

RC Currents

Read the latest studies in respiratory care in this week’s edition of RC Currents. We discuss new tests, lung disease, and more.



RC Currents

In this edition of RC Currents we discuss vaping, CF mutation, and vitamin D in COPD. Every other week we highlight new research.


RC Currents

In this edition of RC Currents we explore mucus plugs in COPD, home oscillometry, and a new antibiotic for pneumonia.


RC Currents

This edition of RC Currents explores sleep apnea, bone density, COPD outcomes, and prolonged weaning. Catch up on these currents.


Featured Buzz April 14, 2025

By Debbie Bunch April 7, 2025  New AI-Driven Model Predicts Sepsis in the ICU Researchers from China working with a colleague in Spain believe they have developed an AI-powered sepsis model capable of predicting who in the ICU will develop sepsis much more quickly and accurately than standard scoring systems like APACHE-II. The two-stage Transformer-based model … Continued


Featured Buzz Nov.18

Featured Buzz By Debbie Bunch November 18, 2024 Asthma May Impact Cognitive Abilities in Children Children with asthma may be at increased risk for memory and executive function difficulties, find researchers publishing in JAMA Open Network. The study, which was carried out by investigators from the University of California Davis, involved children taking part in … Continued




AARC Election 2025 — Hayfa Shakkour Perez

Sleep Chair Hayfa Shakkour Perez Cardiopulmonary Supervisor UPMC Wellsboro AARC Member Since: 2001 AARC Activities: AARC Congress 2023, SPOTY Award Recipient for Sleep Medicine Affiliate Activities: 8th Annual Sleep Loss and Disorders 2016 CPAP Basics Pulmonary Rehabilitation- COPD support 2017 Living with COPD and OSA Geisinger Woodbine Lane 2017 PAP Trials & Intervention PSRC Spring … Continued