%0 Journal Article %T Actioning our understanding of respiratory compromise %A Andrea Wnuk %A Andrew West %A Marco Zaccagnini %A Roger Correia %J Archive of "Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy: CJRT = Revue Canadienne de la Th¨¦rapie Respiratoire : RCTR". %D 2019 %R 10.29390/cjrt-2018-026 %X The following is a response to a recent editorial published in the Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy on the need for clarification of the definition of respiratory compromise (RC) [1]. We thank the author for his frank and insightful comments regarding the need for a useful definition of RC in the current literature. We see this as a timely discussion that helps to articulate what many of us are thinking¡ªhow best to take action on RC into both research and clinical practice %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6591781/