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N. R. Anthonisen: OM-85 BV for COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1713-1714. [Full text]

CLINICAL COMMENTARY:

JOHN M. LUCE: Making Decisions About the Forgoing of Life-sustaining Therapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1715-1718. [Abstract] [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Asthma and Allergy:

STEPHEN C. LAZARUS, HOFER H. WONG, MICHAEL J. WATTS, HOMER A. BOUSHEY, BERNARD J. LAVINS, and MARGARET C. MINKWITZ: The Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist Zafirlukast Inhibits Sulfur Dioxide-induced Bronchoconstriction in Patients with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1725-1730. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID A. TAYLOR, MARIANNE W. JENSEN, SARAH L. AIKMAN, JEANETTE G. HARRIS, PETER J. BARNES, and BRIAN J. O'CONNOR: Comparison of Salmeterol and Albuterol-induced Bronchoprotection Against Adenosine Monophosphate and Histamine in Mild Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1731-1737. [Abstract] [Full text]
G. M. GAUVREAU, M. JORDANA, R. M. WATSON, D. W. COCKCROFT, and P. M. O'BYRNE: Effect of Regular Inhaled Albuterol on Allergen-induced Late Responses and Sputum Eosinophils in Asthmatic Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1738-1745. [Abstract] [Full text]
RICHARD DONNELLY, KENNETH M. WILLIAMS, A. BARRY BAKER, CARO-ANNE BADCOCK, RICHARD O. DAY, and J. PAUL SEALE: Effects of Budesonide and Fluticasone on 24-Hour Plasma Cortisol . A Dose-Response Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1746-1751. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEFFREY J. FREDBERG, DAVID INOUYE, BRETT MILLER, MADHAVI NATHAN, SAMAH JAFARI, SOUFIA HELIOUI RABOUDI, JAMES P. BUTLER, and STEPHANIE A. SHORE: Airway Smooth Muscle, Tidal Stretches, and Dynamically Determined Contractile States; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1752-1759. [Abstract] [Full text]
SUSAN P. SQUILLACE, RICHARD B. SPORIK, GARY RAKES, NICOLLE COUTURE, ANDREW LAWRENCE, SUSAN MERRIAM, JUAN ZHANG, and THOMAS A. E. PLATTS-MILLS: Sensitization to Dust Mites as a Dominant Risk Factor for Asthma among Adolescents Living in Central Virginia . Multiple Regression Analysis of a Population-based Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1760-1764. [Abstract] [Full text]
T. J. N. HILTERMANN, C. R. de BRUIJNE, J. STOLK, A. H. ZWINDERMAN, F. TH. M. SPIEKSMA, W. ROEMER, P. A. STEERENBERG, P. H. FISCHER, L. van BREE, and P. S. HIEMSTRA: Effects of Photochemical Air Pollution and Allergen Exposure on Upper Respiratory Tract Inflammation in Asthmatics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1765-1772. [Abstract] [Full text]
The European Community Respiratory Health Survey Group: Genes for Asthma? An Analysis of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1773-1780. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAUL F. JAMASON, LAURENCE S. KALKSTEIN, and PETER J. GERGEN: A Synoptic Evaluation of Asthma Hospital Admissions in New York City; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1781-1788. [Abstract] [Full text]
BRIAN E. GILBERT, CAROLINE KNIGHT, FRANCISCO G. ALVAREZ, J. CLIFFORD WALDREP, JOSEPH R. RODARTE, VERNON KNIGHT, and WILLIAM L. ESCHENBACHER: Tolerance of Volunteers to Cyclosporine A-dilauroylphosphatidylcholine Liposome Aerosol; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1789-1793. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANGELA HACZKU, KATSUYUKI TAKEDA, ECKARD HAMELMANN, AKIHIRO OSHIBA, JOAN LOADER, ANTHONY JOETHAM, CHARLES IRVIN, HITOSHI KIKUTANI, and ERWIN W. GELFAND: CD23 Deficient Mice Develop Allergic Airway Hyperresponsiveness Following Sensitization with Ovalbumin; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1945-1955. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEFANIE HEMMANN, KURT BLASER, and RETO CRAMERI: Allergens of Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida boidinii Share IgE-binding Epitopes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1956-1962. [Abstract] [Full text]

COPD and Sleep:

J. P. COLLET, S. SHAPIRO, P. ERNST, P. RENZI, T. DUCRUET, A. ROBINSON, and the PARI-IS Study Steering Committee and Research Group: Effects of an Immunostimulating Agent on Acute Exacerbations and Hospitalizations in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1719-1724. [Abstract] [Full text]
GIOVANNI DAVÌ, STEFANIA BASILI, MARIO VIERI, FRANCESCO CIPOLLONE, STELLA SANTARONE, CESARE ALESSANDRI, PIERPAOLO GAZZANIGA, CORRADO CORDOVA, FRANCESCO VIOLI, and the Chronic Obstructive Bronchitis and Haemostasis Study Group: Enhanced Thromboxane Biosynthesis in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1794-1799. [Abstract] [Full text]
LUC BURDET, BENOÎT de MURALT, YVES SCHUTZ, CLAUDE PICHARD, and JEAN-WILLIAM FITTING: Administration of Growth Hormone to Underweight Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1800-1806. [Abstract] [Full text]
RITA K. CYDULKA, E. R. MCFADDEN, Jr., CHARLES L. EMERMAN, LYNN D. SIVINSKI, WENDY PISANELLI, and ALFRED A. RIMM: Patterns of Hospitalization in Elderly Patients with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1807-1812. [Abstract] [Full text]
HYON C. KIM, TERRY YOUNG, CHARLES G. MATTHEWS, STEVEN M. WEBER, AUSTIN R. WOODARD, and MARI PALTA: Sleep-disordered Breathing and Neuropsychological Deficits . A Population-based Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1813-1819. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROSARIA E. LUCCHINI, FABRIZIO FACCHINI, GRAZIELLA TURATO, MARINA SAETTA, GAETANO CARAMORI, ADALBERTO CIACCIA, PIERO MAESTRELLI, DAVID R. SPRINGALL, JULIA M. POLAK, LEONARDO FABBRI, and CRISTINA E. MAPP: Increased VIP-Positive Nerve Fibers in the Mucous Glands of Subjects with Chronic Bronchitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1963-1968. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care and Pulmonary Circulation:

MARC J. M. BONTEN, DENNIS C. J. J. BERGMANS, ELLEN E. STOBBERINGH, SIEBE van der GEEST, PETER W. DE LEEUW, FRANK H. van TIEL, and CARLO A. GAILLARD: Implementation of Bronchoscopic Techniques in the Diagnosis of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia to Reduce Antibiotic Use; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1820-1824. [Abstract] [Full text]
MERCÉ JOURDAIN, ODILE CARRETTE, ANTOINE TOURNOYS, FRANÇOIS FOURRIER, CHARLOTTE MIZON, JACQUES MANGALABOYI, JENNY GOUDEMAND, JACQUES MIZON, and CLAUDE CHOPIN: Effects of Inter- $alpha$ -inhibitor in Experimental Endotoxic Shock and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1825-1833. [Abstract] [Full text]
E. M. WILLIAMS, R. M. HAMILTON, L. SUTTON, J. P. VIALE, and C. E. W. HAHN: Alveolar and Dead Space Volume Measured by Oscillations of Inspired Oxygen in Awake Adults; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1834-1839. [Abstract] [Full text]
ORLANDO DIAZ, RAQUEL IGLESIA, MIQUEL FERRER, ELISABETH ZAVALA, CRISTINA SANTOS, PETER D. WAGNER, JOSEP ROCA, and ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN: Effects of Noninvasive Ventilation on Pulmonary Gas Exchange and Hemodynamics during Acute Hypercapnic Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1840-1845. [Abstract] [Full text]
PATRICK T. MURRAY, MARK E. WYLAM, and JASON G. UMANS: Endotoxin Impairs Agonist-induced Calcium Mobilization in Rat Mesangial Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1846-1854. [Abstract] [Full text]
GUSTAVO MATUTE-BELLO, W. CONRAD LILES, FRANK RADELLA, II, KENNETH P. STEINBERG, JOHN T. RUZINSKI, MECHTHILD JONAS, EMIL Y. CHI, LEONARD D. HUDSON, and THOMAS R. MARTIN: Neutrophil Apoptosis in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1969-1977. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROLAND WALTER, NENAD BLAU, ANDREAS SCHAFFNER, MARKUS SCHNEEMANN, RUDOLF SPEICH, RETO STOCKER, BÄRBEL NAUJECK, and GABRIELE SCHOEDON: Inhalation of the Nitric Oxide Synthase Cofactor Tetrahydrobiopterin in Healthy Volunteers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 2006-2010. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

RAÚL RIQUELME, ANTONI TORRES, MUSTAFA EL-EBIARY, JOSEP MENSA, RAMÓN ESTRUCH, MAURICIO RUIZ, JOAQUIM ANGRILL, and NESTOR SOLER: Community-acquired Pneumonia in the Elderly . Clinical and Nutritional Aspects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1908-1914. [Abstract] [Full text]
DICK MENZIES, CHUN HO CHAN, and BILKIS VISSANDJÉE: Impact of Immigration on Tuberculosis Infection Among Canadian-born Schoolchildren and Young Adults in Montreal; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1915-1921. [Abstract] [Full text]
OLIVIER LEROY, CHRISTIAN VANDENBUSSCHE, CECILE COFFINIER, CHRISTOPHE BOSQUET, HUGHES GEORGES, BENOIT GUERY, DIDIER THEVENIN, and GILLES BEAUCAIRE: Community-acquired Aspiration Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units . Epidemiological and Prognosis Data; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1922-1929. [Abstract] [Full text]
WILLIAM N. ROM, TING-AN YIE, and KAM-MENG TCHOU-WONG: Development of a Suicide Gene as a Novel Approach to Killing Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1993-1998. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

SALLY S. TINKLE and LEE S. NEWMAN: Beryllium-stimulated Release of Tumor Necrosis Factor- $alpha$ , Interleukin-6, and Their Soluble Receptors in Chronic Beryllium Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1884-1891. [Abstract] [Full text]
DEARBHAILE M. O'DONNELL, JOHN MOYNIHAN, GERALDINE A. FINLAY, VERA M. KEATINGS, CLARE M. O'CONNOR, PAUL MCLOUGHLIN, and MUIRIS X. FITZGERALD: Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Nitrite/Nitrate in Active Pulmonary Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1892-1896. [Abstract] [Full text]
JÜRGEN BEHR, KONRAD MAIER, BARBARA DEGENKOLB, FRITZ KROMBACH, and CLAUS VOGELMEIER: Antioxidative and Clinical Effects of High-dose N-Acetylcysteine in Fibrosing Alveolitis . Adjunctive Therapy to Maintenance Immunosuppression; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1897-1901. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEFANO PETRUZZELLI, ROBERTO PUNTONI, PAOLO MIMOTTI, NOLITA PULERÁ, FILOMENA BALIVA, EDO FORNAI, and CARLO GIUNTINI: Plasma 3-Nitrotyrosine in Cigarette Smokers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1902-1907. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREAS KARAMERIS, PANAGIOTIS PANAGOU, THOMAS TSILALIS, and DEMOSTHENES BOUROS: Association of Expression of Metalloproteinases and Their Inhibitors with the Metastatic Potential of Squamous-Cell Lung Carcinomas . A Molecular and Immunohistochemical Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1930-1936. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASAHIRO YAEKASHIWA, SHOICHI NAKAYAMA, KAZUYA OHNUMA, TOSHIHIKO SAKAI, TATSUYA ABE, KEN SATOH, KUNIO MATSUMOTO, TOSHIKAZU NAKAMURA, TOHRU TAKAHASHI, and TOSHIHIRO NUKIWA: Simultaneous or Delayed Administration of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Equally Represses the Fibrotic Changes in Murine Lung Injury Induced by Bleomycin . A Morphologic Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1937-1944. [Abstract] [Full text]
CONNIE A. TRELLO, DEBBIE A. WILLIAMS, CESAR A. KELLER, COURTNEY CRIM, ROBERT O. WEBSTER, and JILL A. OHAR: Increased Gelatinolytic Activity in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Stable Lung Transplant Recipients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1978-1986. [Abstract] [Full text]
OLIVER EICKELBERG, CARSTEN O. SOMMERFELD, CHRISTOPH WYSER, MICHAEL TAMM, FRANK REICHENBERGER, PHILIP G. BARDIN, MARKUS SOLÈR, MICHAEL ROTH, and ANDRÉ P. PERRUCHOUD: MMP and TIMP Expression Pattern in Pleural Effusions of Different Origins; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1987-1992. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAM-MENG TCHOU-WONG, TIMOTHY J. HARKIN, CHUANXIANG CHI, MARION BODKIN, and WILLIAM N. ROM: GM-CSF Gene Expression Is Normal but Protein Release Is Absent in a Patient with Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1999-2002. [Abstract] [Full text]
MELISSA B. KING, JOSE JESSURUN, and MARSHALL I. HERTZ: Recurrence of Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia after Lung Transplantation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 2003-2005. [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary Disease:

JANET STOCKS, MATTHIAS HENSCHEN, AH-FONG HOO, KATE COSTELOE, and CAROL DEZATEUX: Influence of Ethnicity and Gender on Airway Function in Preterm Infants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1855-1862. [Abstract] [Full text]
ENRICO LOMBARDI, WAYNE J. MORGAN, ANNE L. WRIGHT, RENATO T. STEIN, CATHARINE J. HOLBERG, and FERNANDO D. MARTINEZ: Cold Air Challenge at Age 6 and Subsequent Incidence of Asthma . A Longitudinal Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1863-1869. [Abstract] [Full text]
BRENDA HEMMELGARN and PIERRE ERNST: Airway Function among Inuit Primary School Children in Far Northern Quebec; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1870-1875. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARK J. HAYDEN, PETER D. SLY, SUNALENE G. DEVADASON, LYLE C. GURRIN, JOHANNES H. WILDHABER, and PETER N. LESOUËF: Influence of Driving Pressure on Raised-volume Forced Expiration in Infants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 1876-1883. [Abstract] [Full text]
SANKARAN S. KRISHNAN, JULIAN STEWART, NIKHIL AMIN, RICHARD T. GRIFFIN, and ALLEN J. DOZOR: Electrocardiographic Prediction of Hyperinflation in Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 2011-2014. [Abstract] [Full text]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

John E. Heffner, Moira Aitken, Lois Geist, Molly Osborne, Yancy Phillips, and Kingman Strohl: Attributes of ATS Documents That Guide Clinical Practice . Recommendations of the ATS Clinical Practice Committee; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1997; 156: 2015-2025. [Full text]