Other Issues:	Contents: July 1997, Volume 156, Issue 1   [Index by Author]         EDITORIAL        PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE        Airways and Allergy        Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease        Critical Care/Lung Injury        Infection and Cough        Pediatric Pulmonary Disease        Sleep and Integrative Physiology        NHLBI WORKSHOP SUMMARY        ATS/ERS STATEMENT
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EDITORIAL:

Robert P. Baughman

Cytomegalovirus: The Monster in the Closet?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:1-2. [Full Text]

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PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

RAJIV DHAND and MARTIN J. TOBIN

Inhaled Bronchodilator Therapy in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:3-10. [Full Text]

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ARTICLES:

Airways and Allergy:

DAVID J. EVANS, PETER J. BARNES, MARC CLUZEL, and BRIAN J. O'CONNOR

Effects of a Potent Platelet-activating Factor Antagonist, SR27417A, on Allergen-induced Asthmatic Responses

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:11-16. [Abstract] [Full Text]

ORLANDO DÍAZ, JOAN A. BARBERÁ, RAMÓN MARRADES, K. FAN CHUNG, JOSEP ROCA, and ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN

Inhibition of PAF-induced Gas Exchange Defects by Beta-adrenergic Agonists in Mild Asthma Is Not Due to Bronchodilation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:17-22. [Abstract] [Full Text]

AUGUSTO A. LITONJUA, DAVID SPARROW, SCOTT T. WEISS, GEORGE T. O'CONNOR, AIDAN A. LONG, and JOHN L. OHMAN Jr.

Sensitization to Cat Allergen Is Associated with Asthma in Older Men and Predicts New-onset Airway Hyperresponsiveness . The Normative Aging Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:23-27. [Abstract] [Full Text]

KIA SOONG TAN, ALISON GROVE, ALEC MCLEAN, YVONNE GNOSSPELIUS, IAN P. HALL, and BRIAN J. LIPWORTH

Systemic Corticosteriod Rapidly Reverses Bronchodilator Subsensitivity Induced by Formoterol in Asthmatic Patients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:28-35. [Abstract] [Full Text]

HIROHISA TAKANO, TOSHIKAZU YOSHIKAWA, TAKAMICHI ICHINOSE, YUICHI MIYABARA, KOICHI IMAOKA, and MASARU SAGAI

Diesel Exhaust Particles Enhance Antigen-induced Airway Inflammation and Local Cytokine Expression in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:36-42. [Abstract] [Full Text]

JENNIFER R. HARRIS, PER MAGNUS, SVEN O. SAMUELSEN, and KRISTIAN TAMBS

No Evidence for Effects of Family Environment on Asthma . A Retrospective Study of Norwegian Twins

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:43-49. [Abstract] [Full Text]

NEIL R. LYNCH, MIGUEL PALENQUE, ISABEL HAGEL, and MARIA C. DIPRISCO

Clinical Improvement of Asthma after Anthelminthic Treatment in a Tropical Situation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:50-54. [Abstract] [Full Text]

MOTOHIKO MIURA, HIDEYUKI YAMAUCHI, MASAKAZU ICHINOSE, YUZURU OHUCHI, NATSUKO KAGEYAMA, MASAFUMI TOMAKI, NAOMI ENDOH, and KUNIO SHIRATO

Impairment of Neural Nitric Oxide-mediated Relaxation after Antigen Exposure in Guinea Pig Airways in vitro

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:217-222. [Abstract] [Full Text]

HONG-WEN LIU, AMIT ANAND, KENNETH BLOCH, DAVID CHRISTIANI, and RICHARD KRADIN

Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase by Macrophages in Rat Lung

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:223-228. [Abstract] [Full Text]

XUN LI and JOHN W. WILSON

Increased Vascularity of the Bronchial Mucosa in Mild Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:229-233. [Abstract] [Full Text]

HIROSHI KOTO, MICHAEL SALMON, EL-BADOUI HADDAD, TUNG-JUNG HUANG, JOHN ZAGORSKI, and K. FAN  CHUNG

Role of Cytokine-induced Neutrophil Chemoattractant (CINC) in Ozone-induced Airway Inflammation and Hyperresponsiveness

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:234-239. [Abstract] [Full Text]

HOFER H. WONG and JOHN V. FAHY

Safety of One Method of Sputum Induction in Asthmatic Subjects

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:299-303. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

SHENG YAN, DARIUSZ KAMINSKI, and PAWEL SLIWINSKI

Reliability of Inspiratory Capacity for Estimating End-expiratory Lung Volume Changes during Exercise in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:55-59. [Abstract] [Full Text]

CESAR A. KELLER, GREGG RUPPEL, ALAN HIBBETT, JOAN OSTERLOH, and KEITH S. NAUNHEIM

Thoracoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Reduces Dyspnea and Improves Exercise Capacity in Patients with Emphysema

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:60-67. [Abstract] [Full Text]

EDWARD EDEN, DEAN MITCHELL, BRUCE MEHLMAN, HASSAN KHOULI, MORRIS NEJAT, MICHAEL H. GRIECO, and GERARD M. TURINO

Atopy, Asthma, and Emphysema in Patients with Severe -1-Antitrypysin Deficiency

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:68-74. [Abstract] [Full Text]

GERALDINE A. FINLAY, LORRAINE R. O'DRISCOLL, KENNETH J. RUSSELL, ELIZABETH M. D'ARCY, JAMES B. MASTERSON, MUIRIS X. FITZGERALD, and CLARE M. O'CONNOR

Matrix Metalloproteinase Expression and Production by Alveolar Macrophages in Emphysema

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:240-247. [Abstract] [Full Text]

RENUKA UPPALURI, THEOPHANO MITSA, MILAN SONKA, ERIC A. HOFFMAN, and GEOFFREY MCLENNAN

Quantification of Pulmonary Emphysema from Lung Computed Tomography Images

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:248-254. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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Critical Care/Lung Injury:

CHRISTIAN MÉLOT, FRANÇOISE VERMEULEN, MARCO MAGGIORINI, ERIC GILBERT, and ROBERT NAEIJE

Site of Pulmonary Vasodilation by Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Microembolic Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:75-85. [Abstract] [Full Text]

KAZUHIRO YAMAGUCHI, MASAAKI MORI, AKIRA KAWAI, TOMOAKI TAKASUGI, YOSHITAKA OYAMADA, and EIICHI KODA

Inhomogeneities of Ventilation and the Diffusing Capacity to Perfusion in Various Chronic Lung Diseases

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:86-93. [Abstract] [Full Text]

MASSIMO TRIGGIANI, VALERIA DE MARINO, MATTEO SOFIA, STANISLAO FARAONE, GIUSEPPE AMBROSIO, LUIGI CARRATÙ, and GIANNI MARONE

Characterization of Platelet-activating Factor Acetylhydrolase in Human Bronchoalveolar Lavage

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:94-100. [Abstract] [Full Text]

STEVEN B. MARKOWITZ, ALFREDO MORABIA, RUTH LILIS, ALBERT MILLER, WILLIAM J. NICHOLSON, and STEPHEN LEVIN

Clinical Predictors of Mortality from Asbestosis in the North American Insulator Cohort, 1981 to 1991 

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:101-108. [Abstract] [Full Text]

YOSHIKAZU INOUE, ELIZABETH BARKER, ELAINE DANILOFF, NOBUOKI KOHNO, KUNIO HIWADA, and LEE S. NEWMAN

Pulmonary Epithelial Cell Injury and Alveolar-Capillary Permeability in Berylliosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:109-115. [Abstract] [Full Text]

HIROSHI TOMITA, YASUTAKA INA, YOSHIKI SUGIURA, SHIGEKI SATO, HARUHIKO KAWAGUCHI, MUNEHIKO MORISHITA, MASAHIKO YAMAMOTO, and RYUZO UEDA

Polymorphism in the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Gene and Sarcoidosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:255-259. [Abstract] [Full Text]

YASUYUKI TAOOKA, AKIHIRO MAEDA, KEIKO HIYAMA, SHINICHI ISHIOKA, and MICHIO YAMAKIDO

Effects of Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitor on Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:260-265. [Abstract] [Full Text]

HAJIME TAKIZAWA, MASASHI DESAKI, TAKAYUKI OHTOSHI, SHIN KAWASAKI, TADASHI KOHYAMA, MAKOTO SATO, MITSURU TANAKA, TSUYOSHI KASAMA, KAZUO KOBAYASHI, JUN NAKAJIMA, and KOJI ITO

Erythromycin Modulates IL-8 Expression in Normal and Inflamed Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:266-271. [Abstract] [Full Text]

MASAO TAKATA, JUN ABE, HIROYUKI TANAKA, YOSHIHIRO KITANO, SHOUZABUROH DOI, TAKAO KOHSAKA, and KATSUYUKI MIYASAKA

Intraalveolar Expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor- Gene during Conventional and High-Frequency Ventilation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:272-279. [Abstract] [Full Text]

SAMUEL I. HAMMERMAN, STELLA KOUREMBANAS, TAMMY J. CONCA, MARISA TUCCI, MARK BRAUER, and HARRISON W. FARBER

Endothelin-1 Production during the Acute Chest Syndrome in Sickle Cell Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:280-285. [Abstract] [Full Text]

DONNIE P. DUNAGAN, JOSEPH E. COX, MICHAEL C. CHANG, and EDWARD F. HAPONIK

Sand Aspiration with Near-drowning . Radiographic and Bronchoscopic Findings

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:292-295. [Abstract] [Full Text]

STEPHEN CORNE, DANIEL GILLESPIE, DANIEL ROBERTS, and MAGDY YOUNES

Effect of Inspiratory Flow Rate on Respiratory Rate in Intubated Ventilated Patients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:304-308. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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Infection and Cough:

MARIANA ROMÁN, WILLIAM J. CALHOUN, KIM L. HINTON, LUIS F. AVENDAÑO, VALESKA SIMON, ANA M. ESCOBAR, ALDO GAGGERO, and PATRICIA V. DÍAZ

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Infants Is Associated with Predominant Th-2-like Response

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:190-195. [Abstract] [Full Text]

JORDI RELLO, MIGUEL GALLEGO, DOLORS MARISCAL, ROSARIO SOÑORA, and JORDI VALLES

The Value of Routine Microbial Investigation in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:196-200. [Abstract] [Full Text]

JOYCE LOUTHER, PEDRO RIVERA, JOSEPH FELDMAN, NORIEDA VILLA, JACK DEHOVITZ, and KENT A. SEPKOWITZ

Risk of Tuberculin Conversion According to Occupation among Health Care Workers at a New York City Hospital

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:201-205. [Abstract] [Full Text]

STEPHEN B. GORDON, ANDREW D. CURRAN, ANDREW TURLEY, CHI-HUNG WONG, SHAKIL N. RAHMAN, KEITH WILEY, and ALYN H. MORICE

Glass Bottle Workers Exposed to Low-Dose Irritant Fumes Cough but Do Not Wheeze

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:206-210. [Abstract] [Full Text]

IAN K. CARNEY, PETER G. GIBSON, KEITH MURREE-ALLEN, NICHOLAS SALTOS, LESLIE G. OLSON, and MICHAEL J. HENSLEY

A Systematic Evaluation of Mechanisms in Chronic Cough

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:211-216. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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Pediatric Pulmonary Disease:

JEREMY HULL, MICHAEL SOUTH, PETER PHELAN, and KEITH GRIMWOOD

Surfactant Composition in Infants and Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:161-165. [Abstract] [Full Text]

ERIC DENEUVILLE, CATHERINE PERROT-MINOT, FRANÇOIS PENNAFORTE, MICHEL ROUSSEY, JEAN-MARIE ZAHM, CHRISTINE CLAVEL, EDITH PUCHELLE, and SOPHIE de BENTZMANN

Revisited Physicochemical and Transport Properties of Respiratory Mucus in Genotyped Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:166-172. [Abstract] [Full Text]

MALCOLM KING, BONNIE DASGUPTA, ROBERT P. TOMKIEWICZ, and NEIL E. BROWN

Rheology of Cystic Fibrosis Sputum after in vitro Treatment with Hypertonic Saline Alone and in Combination with Recombinant Human Deoxyribonuclease I

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:173-177. [Abstract] [Full Text]

MACHIKO IKEGAMI, ALAN H. JOBE, JOHN NEWNHAM, DANIEL H. POLK, KAREN E. WILLET, and PETER SLY

Repetitive Prenatal Glucocorticoids Improve Lung Function and Decrease Growth in Preterm Lambs

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:178-184. [Abstract] [Full Text]

JOHN D. LANTOS, MANI MOKALLA, and WILLIAM MEADOW

Resource Allocation in Neonatal and Medical ICUs . Epidemiology and Rationing at the Extremes of Life

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:185-189. [Abstract] [Full Text]

ROBERT P. BAUGHMAN, DEBORAH A. KEETON, CARLOS PEREZ, and ROBERT W. WILMOTT

Use of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Semiquantitative Cultures in Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:286-291. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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Sleep and Integrative Physiology:

TONY G. BABB, KELLY A. LONG, and JOSEPH R. RODARTE

The Relationship Between Maximal Expiratory Flow and Increases of Maximal Exercise Capacity with Exercise Training

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:116-121. [Abstract] [Full Text]

ANTHONY F. DIMARCO, JAROSLAW R. ROMANIUK, KRZYSZTOF E. KOWALSKI, and GERALD S. SUPINSKI

Efficacy of Combined Inspiratory Intercostal and Expiratory Muscle Pacing to Maintain Artificial Ventilation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:122-126. [Abstract] [Full Text]

RICHARD B. BERRY, MICHAEL I. MCNELLIS, KERRI KOUCHI, and RICHARD W. LIGHT

Upper Airway Anesthesia Reduces Phasic Genioglossus Activity During Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:127-132. [Abstract] [Full Text]

PAUL BÉGIN, JEAN MATHIEU, JOSÉ ALMIRALL, and ALEJANDRO GRASSINO

Relationship Between Chronic Hypercapnia and Inspiratory-Muscle Weakness in Myotonic Dystrophy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:133-139. [Abstract] [Full Text]

RALPH C. KOLBECK, ZHI-WU SHE, LEIGH A. CALLAHAN, and AND THOMAS M. NOSEK

Increased Superoxide Production during Fatigue in the Perfused Rat Diaphragm

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:140-145. [Abstract] [Full Text]

DIMITRIS GEORGOPOULOS, IOANNA MITROUSKA, ZOHEIR BSHOUTY, KIMBERLY WEBSTER, DIMITRIS PATAKAS, and MAGDY YOUNES

Respiratory Response to CO₂ during Pressure-support Ventilation in Conscious Normal Humans

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:146-154. [Abstract] [Full Text]

SUSAN REDLINE, JANICE LEITNER, JEAN ARNOLD, PETER V. TISHLER, and MURRAY D. ALTOSE

Ventilatory-control Abnormalities in Familial Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:155-160. [Abstract] [Full Text]

MASAYUKI KAMBA, YUJI SUTO, YOSHIO OHTA, YUICHI INOUE, and EIKEN MATSUDA

Cerebral Metabolism in Sleep Apnea . Evaluation by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:296-298. [Abstract] [Full Text]

TAKASHI NISHINO, YUGO TAGAITO, and YASUYOSHI SAKURAI

Nasal Inhalation of l-menthol Reduces Respiratory Discomfort Associated with Loaded Breathing

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:309-313. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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NHLBI WORKSHOP SUMMARY:

WILLIAM W. BUSSE, SUSAN P. BANKS-SCHLEGEL, and GARY L. LARSEN

Effects of Growth and Development on Lung Function . Models for Study of Childhood Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:314-319. [Full Text]

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ATS/ERS STATEMENT:

Pretreatment Evaluation of Non-Small-cell Lung Cancer

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997. 156:320-332. [Full Text]

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