Reliability of and correlation between the respiratory therapist written registry and clinical simulation self-assessment examinations.

Study Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of two respiratory therapy self-assessment examinations: the written registry examination (WR), and the clinical simulation examination (CSE). We then used reliability coefficients to test the true correlation between the WR and CSE by employing the Spearman-Brown formula to attenuate for unreliability.

Design: This was a nonexperimental correlational study.

[Diaschisis phenomenon. Crossed cerebellar diaschisis].

The authors describe the diaschisis phenomenon-its history, the present state of art and its types, in particular crossed cerebellar diaschisis. We report its diagnosis, occurrence, accompanying signs and symptoms. The report is based on two cases.