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Epub ahead of print papers have been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication but are posted before being copy edited and proofread, and as a result, may differ substantially when published in final version in the online and print editions of RESPIRATORY CARE. Copyright (C) 2013 Daedalus Enterprises Word count (abstract): 300 Word count (body of text): 2478 RESPIRATORY CARE Paper in Press. Published on October 08, 2013 as DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02817 Epub ahead of print papers have been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication but are posted before being copy edited and proofread, and as a result, may differ substantially when published in final version in the online and print editions of RESPIRATORY CARE. Copyright (C) 2013 Daedalus Enterprises BACKGROUND: Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is under-recognized. We hypothesized that respiratory therapists (RTs) could help improve the detection rate o