AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (156 3)

ROBERT F. LEMANSKE, JR. and DAVID B. ALLEN: Choosing a Long-term Controller Medication in Childhood Asthma . The Proverbial Two-edged Sword; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 685-687. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

HANS PASTERKAMP, STEVE S. KRAMAN, and GEORGE R. WODICKA: Respiratory Sounds . Advances Beyond the Stethoscope; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 974-987. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways and Allergy:

ANJA A. P. H. VERBERNE, CHRIS FROST, RUURD JAN ROORDA, HAN van der LAAG, KAREL F. KERREBIJN, and The Dutch Paediatric Asthma Study Group: One Year Treatment with Salmeterol Compared with Beclomethasone in Children with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 688-695. [Abstract] [Full text]
WILLIAM M. ABRAHAM, ASHFAQ AHMED, MAREK W. SIELCZAK, MASAHIRO NARITA, THOMAS ARRHENIUS, and MARIANO J. ELICES: Blockade of Late-phase Airway Responses and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Allergic Sheep with a Small-molecule Peptide Inhibitor of VLA-4; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 696-703. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC HUMBERT, CHRISTOPHER J. CORRIGAN, PATRICK KIMMITT, STEPHEN J. TILL, A. BARRY KAY, and STEPHEN R. DURHAM: Relationship between IL-4 and IL-5 mRNA Expression and Disease Severity in Atopic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 704-708. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHELE L. BARNARD, WALTER G. OLIVERA, DAVID M. RUTSCHMAN, ALEJANDRO M. BERTORELLO, A. I. KATZ, and JACOB I. SZNAJDER: Dopamine Stimulates Sodium Transport and Liquid Clearance in Rat Lung Epithelium; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 709-714. [Abstract] [Full text]
WILLIAM F. MCDONNELL, PAUL W. STEWART, SOLANGE ANDREONI, ELSTON SEAL, Jr., HOWARD R. KEHRL, DONALD H. HORSTMAN, LAWRENCE J. FOLINSBEE, and MARJO V. SMITH: Prediction of Ozone-induced FEV₁ Changes . Effects of Concentration, Duration, and Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 715-722. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIROMASA INOUE, HISAMICHI AIZAWA, KOICHIRO MATSUMOTO, MUTSUMI SHIGYO, SHOHEI TAKATA, MASATO HARA, and NOBUYUKI HARA: Effect of $beta$ ₂-agonists on Histamine-induced Airway Microvascular Leakage in Ozone-exposed Guinea Pigs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 723-727. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALFONSO TORRES, MARK J. UTELL, PAUL E. MOROW, KAREN Z. VOTER, JOHN C. WHITIN, CHRISTOPHER COX, R. JOHN LOONEY, DONNA M. SPEERS, YING TSAI, and MARK W. FRAMPTON: Airway Inflammation in Smokers and Nonsmokers with Varying Responsiveness to Ozone; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 728-736. [Abstract] [Full text]
SALLY E. WENZEL, STANLEY J. SZEFLER, DONALD Y. M. LEUNG, STEVEN I. SLOAN, MICHAEL D. REX, and RICHARD J. MARTIN: Bronchoscopic Evaluation of Severe Asthma . Persistent Inflammation Associated with High Dose Glucocorticoids; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 737-743. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL LAWRENCE, JAMES WOLFE, D. ROBERT WEBB, PAUL CHERVINSKY, DONALD KELLERMAN, JOHN P. SCHAUMBERG, and TUSHAR SHAH: Efficacy of Inhaled Fluticasone Propionate in Asthma Results from Topical and Not from Systemic Activity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 744-751. [Abstract] [Full text]
JORGE BOCZKOWSKI, DANIÈLE MURCIANO, MARIE-HÉLÈNE PICHOT, ANNA FERRETTI, RENÉ PARIENTE, and JOSEPH MILIC-EMILI: Expiratory Flow Limitation in Stable Asthmatic Patients During Resting Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 752-757. [Abstract] [Full text]
SANDRA D. ANDERSON, JOHN BRANNAN, JOANNE SPRING, NATASHA SPALDING, LEANNE T. RODWELL, KIM CHAN, IGOR GONDA, ANDREW WALSH, and ANDREW R. CLARK: A New Method For Bronchial-provocation Testing in Asthmatic Subjects Using a Dry Powder of Mannitol; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 758-765. [Abstract] [Full text]
E. HAMELMANN, J. SCHWARZE, K. TAKEDA, A. OSHIBA, G. L. LARSEN, C. G. IRVIN, and E. W. GELFAND: Noninvasive Measurement of Airway Responsiveness in Allergic Mice Using Barometric Plethysmography; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 766-775. [Abstract] [Full text]
KIRSI L. TIMONEN, JØRN NIELSEN, JOEL SCHWARTZ, ANDREA GOTTI, VLADIMIR VONDRA, CHRISTINA GRATZIOU, PETTER GI ÆVER, WILLEM ROEMER, and BERT BRUNEKREEF: Chronic Respiratory Symptoms, Skin Test Results, and Lung Function as Predictors of Peak Flow Variability; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 776-782. [Abstract] [Full text]
LENNART GREIFF, MORGAN ANDERSSON, CHRISTER SVENSSON, STEFAN LUNDIN, PER WOLLMER, and CARL G. A. PERSSON: Reduced Airway Absorption in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 783-786. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID H. SMITH, DANIEL C. MALONE, KENNETH A. LAWSON, LYNN J. OKAMOTO, CARMELINA BATTISTA, and WILLIAM B. SAUNDERS: A National Estimate of the Economic Costs of Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 787-793. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAMIDIPUDI THIRUMALA KRISHNA, DAVID SPRINGALL, QING-HAI MENG, NICHOLAS WITHERS, DOMINIC MACLEOD, GIANLUCA BISCIONE, ANTHONY FREW, JULIA POLAK, and STEPHEN HOLGATE: Effects of Ozone on Epithelium and Sensory Nerves in the Bronchial Mucosa of Healthy Humans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 943-950. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNIKA LAITINEN, ALAN ALTRAJA, MARY KÄMPE, MARGARETHA LINDEN, ISMO VIRTANEN, and LAURI A. LAITINEN: Tenascin Is Increased in Airway Basement Membrane of Asthmatics and Decreased by an Inhaled Steroid; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 951-958. [Abstract] [Full text]
DEBORAH H. YATES, MIIN WORSDELL, and PETER J. BARNES: Effect of Regular Salmeterol Treatment on Albuterol-induced Bronchoprotection in Mild Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 988-991. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

HELGA SAUDNY-UNTERBERGER, JAMES G. MARTIN, and KATHERINE GRAY-DONALD: Impact of Nutritional Support on Functional Status During an Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 794-799. [Abstract] [Full text]
NÚRIA ROGER, JOAN A. BARBERÁ, JOSEP ROCA, IRENE ROVIRA, FEDERICO P. GÓMEZ, and ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN: Nitric Oxide Inhalation During Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 800-806. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHENG YAN, DARIUSZ KAMINSKI, and PAWEL SLIWINSKI: Inspiratory Muscle Mechanics of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease during Incremental Exercise; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 807-813. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID M. MANNINO, CLIVE BROWN, and GARY A. GIOVINO: Obstructive Lung Disease Deaths in the United States from 1979 through 1993 . An Analysis Using Multiple-Cause Mortality Data; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 814-818. [Abstract] [Full text]
HARTWIG SCHÜTTE, SIMONE ROSSEAU, RALF CZYMEK, LEANDER ERMERT, DIETER WALMRATH, HANS-JOACHIM KRÄMER, WERNER SEEGER, and FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER: Synergism Between Endotoxin Priming and Exotoxin Challenge in Provoking Severe Vascular Leakage in Rabbit Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 819-824. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELISABETH PRESTERL, THOMAS STAUDINGER, MARIA PETTERMANN, ANDREA LASSNIGG, HEINZ BURGMANN, STEFAN WINKLER, MICHAEL FRASS, and WOLFGANG GRANINGER: Cytokine Profile and Correlation to the APACHE III and MPM II Scores in Patients with Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 825-832. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEFANIE R. FISCHER, DONALD J. DEYO, HANS G. BONE, ROY MCGUIRE, LILLIAN D. TRABER, and DANIEL L. TRABER: Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition Restores Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction in Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 833-839. [Abstract] [Full text]
ASHA N. CHESNUTT, MICHAEL A. MATTHAY, FRED A. TIBAYAN, and JOAN G. CLARK: Early Detection of Type III Procollagen Peptide in Acute Lung Injury . Pathogenetic and Prognostic Significance; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 840-845. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARIO MERGONI, ALESSANDRA MARTELLI, ANNALISA VOLPI, STEFANIA PRIMAVERA, PAOLO ZUCCOLI, and ANDREA ROSSI: Impact of Positive End-expiratory Pressure on Chest Wall and Lung Pressure-Volume Curve in Acute Respiratory Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 846-854. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANS J. WALTHER, JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ-JUVIEL, ROBERTA BRUNI, and ALAN J. WARING: Spiking Survanta with Synthetic Surfactant Peptides Improves Oxygenation in Surfactant-deficient Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 855-861. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARTIN KRAUSE, TORSTEN OLSSON, AMY B. LAW, ROBERT A. PARKER, DANIEL P. LINDSTROM, HÅKAN W. SUNDELL, and ROBERT B. COTTON: Effect of Volume Recruitment on Response to Surfactant Treatment in Rabbits with Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 862-866. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER N. COX, HELENA FRNDOVA, PATRICK S. K. TAN, TOMOHIKO NAKAMURA, KEIKO MIYASAKA, YOSHIO SAKURAI, WILLIAM MIDDLETON, DAVID MAZER, and A. CHARLES BRYAN: Concealed Air Leak Associated with Large Tidal Volumes in Partial Liquid Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 992-997. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

PETER R. DONALD, FREDERICK A. SIRGEL, FREDERICK J. BOTHA, HEINER I. SEIFART, DONALD P. PARKIN, MICHEL L. VANDENPLAS, BERNARD W. VAN de WAL, JOHANNES S. MARITZ, and DENIS A. MITCHISON: The Early Bactericidal Activity of Isoniazid Related to Its Dose Size in Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 895-900. [Abstract] [Full text]
FREDERICK A. SIRGEL, FREDERICK J. BOTHA, DONALD P. PARKIN, BERNARD W. VAN de WAL, ROBERT SCHALL, PETER R. DONALD, and DENIS A. MITCHISON: The Early Bactericidal Activity of Ciprofloxacin in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 901-905. [Abstract] [Full text]
I-HSIN CHIANG, JEN SUO, KUAN-JEN BAI, TAO-PING LIN, KWEN-TAY LUH, CHONG-JEN YU, and PAN-CHYR YANG: Serodiagnosis of Tuberculosis . A Study Comparing Three Specific Mycobacterial Antigens; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 906-911. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRED SATTLER, LARRY NICHOLS, LANCE HIRANO, ALAN HITI, FLORENCE HOFMAN, CLAIRE HUGHLETT, LICHENG ZENG, C. THOMAS BOYLEN, and MICHAEL KOSS: Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis Mimicking Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 912-917. [Abstract] [Full text]
RICHARD HAFNER, JOHATHAN A. COHN, DAVID J. WRIGHT, NANCY E. DUNLAP, MERRILL J. EGORIN, MARY E. ENAMA, KATHERINE MUTH, CHARLES A. PELOQUIN, NATAN MOR, LEONID B. HEIFETS, and the DATRI 008 Study Group: Early Bactericidal Activity of Isoniazid in Pulmonary Tuberculosis . Optimization of Methodology; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 918-923. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

STEFAN HAMMERSCHMIDT and HANS WAHN: Comparable Effects of HOCl and of FMLP-stimulated PMN on the Circulation in an Isolated Lung Model; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 924-931. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASANORI TSUCHIDA, HIROSHI WATANABE, TAKEHIRO WATANABE, HIROYUKI HIRAHARA, MANABU HAGA, HAJIME OHZEKI, JUNICHI HAYASHI, HARUO MIYAMURA, TATSUHIKO HIRONO, TORU ABO, and SHOJI EGUCHI: Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Cytokine Release and Adhesion Molecule Expression in Alveolar Macrophages . Preliminary Report In Six Cases; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 932-938. [Abstract] [Full text]
LELAND L. FAN and CLAUDIA A. KOZINETZ: Factors Influencing Survival in Children with Chronic Interstitial Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 939-942. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTONELLA COLASANTE, NICOLA MASCETRA, MAURO BRUNETTI, GIUSEPPE LATTANZIO, MARIAGRAZIA DIODORO, SARA CALTAGIRONE, PIERO MUSIANI, and FRANCESCA B. AIELLO: Transforming Growth Factor $beta$ 1, Interleukin-8 and Interleukin-1, in Non-Small-Cell Lung Tumors; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 968-973. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARTIN VOKURKA, DENISE LECOSSIER, ROLAND M. du BOIS, BENOIT WALLAERT, MARIANNE KAMBOUCHNER, ABDELLATIF TAZI, and ALLAN J. HANCE: Absence of DNA from Mycobacteria of the M. tuberculosis Complex in Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1000-1003. [Abstract] [Full text]

Respiratory Muscles/Ventilatory Control:

IAN L. MORTIMORE and NEIL J. DOUGLAS: Palatal Muscle EMG Response to Negative Pressure in Awake Sleep Apneic and Control Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 867-873. [Abstract] [Full text]
SAMUEL T. KUNA and JAMES S. SMICKLEY: Superior Pharyngeal Constrictor Activation in Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 874-880. [Abstract] [Full text]
RONALD D. CHERVIN and MICHAEL S. ALDRICH: Effects of Esophageal Pressure Monitoring on Sleep Architecture; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 881-885. [Abstract] [Full text]
R. JOHN KIMOFF, DINA BROOKS, RICHARD L. HORNER, LOUISE F. KOZAR, CAROLINE L. RENDER-TEIXEIRA, VICTORIA CHAMPAGNE, PIERRE MAYER, and ELIOT A. PHILLIPSON: Ventilatory and Arousal Responses to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia in a Canine Model of Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 886-894. [Abstract] [Full text]
CATHERINE COIRAULT, FRANCINE LAMBERT, THIERRY JOSEPH, FRANÇOIS-XAVIER BLANC, DENIS CHEMLA, and YVES LECARPENTIER: Developmental Changes in Crossbridge Properties and Myosin Isoforms in Hamster Diaphragm; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 959-967. [Abstract] [Full text]
GUNNAR GUDMUNDSSON, MELBA CERVENY, and D. MICHAEL SHASBY: Spirometric Values in Obese Individuals . Effects of Body Position; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 998-999. [Abstract] [Full text]

NHLBI WORKSHOP SUMMARY:

TERI A. MANOLIO, GAIL G. WEINMANN, A. SONIA BUIST, CURT D. FURBERG, JOAN L. PINSKY, and SUZANNE H. HURD: Pulmonary Function Testing in Population-Based Studies; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1004-1010. [Abstract] [Full text]

ATS POSITION STATEMENT:

: A Framework for Health Care Policy in the United States; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1011-1015. [Full text]