1. Frederick J. Tasota is a pulmonary clinical specialist who is the project director for the Improving Outcomes in Mechanical Ventilation Grant. He has 23 years of experience in critical care nursing and has written and lectured on a variety of nursing, pulmonary, and critical care topics.
2. All authors are affiliated with the Department of Acute/Tertiary Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pa.
3. Richard A. Henker is an associate professor responsible for undergraduate clinical instruction and graduate and undergraduate pathophysiology courses. His research centers on thermoregulation and the inflammatory response.
4. Leslie A. Hoffman is professor and chair of the Department of Acute/ Tertiary Care. Her work focuses on finding ways to resolve or minimize dysfunction resulting from pulmonary disease in chronically and critically ill patients.