AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (157 2)

Richard G. Wunderink: Mortality and the Diagnosis of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia . A New Direction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 349-350. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

NIKOLAOS TZANAKIS, MARIA SAMIOU, DEMOSTHENES BOUROS, JOHN MOUZAS, ELIAS KOUROUMALIS, and NIKOLAOS M. SIAFAKAS: Small Airways Function in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 382-386. [Abstract] [Full text]
CATHERINE LAMBLIN, PHILIPPE GOSSET, ISABELLE TILLIE-LEBLOND, FABIENNE SAULNIER, CHARLES-HUGO MARQUETTE, B. WALLAERT, and A. B. TONNEL: Bronchial Neutrophilia in Patients with Noninfectious Status Asthmaticus; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 394-402. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTONIO M. VIGNOLA, PASCAL CHANEZ, ALISON M. CAMPBELL, FRANÇOISE SOUQUES, BERNARD LEBEL, INGRID ENANDER, and JEAN BOUSQUET: Airway Inflammation in Mild Intermittent and in Persistent Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 403-409. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELIZABETH M. WAGNER, EUGENE R. BLEECKER, SOLBERT PERMUTT, and MARK C. LIU: Direct Assessment of Small Airways Reactivity in Human Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 447-452. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT H. BROWN, JAMES GEORGAKOPOULOS, and WAYNE MITZNER: Individual Canine Airways Responsiveness to Aerosol Histamine and Methacholine in Vivo; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 491-497. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTONIO M. VIGNOLA, ANNA BONANNO, ANGELA MIRABELLA, LOREDANA RICCOBONO, FRANCO MIRABELLA, MIRELLA PROFITA, VINCENZO BELLIA, JEAN BOUSQUET, and GIOVANNI BONSIGNORE: Increased Levels of Elastase and $alpha$ ₁-Antitrypsin in Sputum of Asthmatic Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 505-511. [Abstract] [Full text]
JORDI SUNYER, MANOLIS KOGEVINAS, HANS KROMHOUT, JOSEP M. ANTÓ, JOSEP ROCA, AURELIO TOBIAS, ROEL VERMEULEN, FELIX PAYO, JOSÉ A. MALDONADO, JESUS MARTINEZ-MORATALLA, NEREA MUNIOZGUREN, and the Spanish Group of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey: Pulmonary Ventilatory Defects and Occupational Exposures in a Population-based Study in Spain; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 512-517. [Abstract] [Full text]
HANS BISGAARD: Automatic Actuation of a Dry Powder Inhaler into a Nonelectrostatic Spacer; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 518-521. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTOPHER J. MEADE: The Mechanism by Which Epinastine Stops an Adenosine Analog from Contracting BDE Rat Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 522-530. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARK O. TURNER, DARLENE TAYLOR, RON BENNETT, and J. MARK FITZGERALD: A Randomized Trial Comparing Peak Expiratory Flow and Symptom Self-management Plans for Patients with Asthma Attending a Primary Care Clinic; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 540-546. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHIGEMI YOSHIHARA, JAY A. NADEL, MICHELA FIGINI, COSTANZA EMANUELI, PHILIPPE PRADELLES, and PIERANGELO GEPPETTI: Endogenous Nitric Oxide Inhibits Bronchoconstriction Induced by Cold-Air Inhalation in Guinea Pigs . Role of Kinins; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 547-552. [Abstract] [Full text]
TAKAHIDE NAGASE, HIROKI KURIHARA, YUKIKO KURIHARA, TOMOKO AOKI, YOSHINOSUKE FUKUCHI, YOSHIO YAZAKI, and YASUYOSHI OUCHI: Airway Hyperresponsiveness to Methacholine in Mutant Mice Deficient in Endothelin-1; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 560-564. [Abstract] [Full text]
PATRICK BERGER, ANDREW F. WALLS, ROGER MARTHAN, and J. MANUEL TUNON-de-LARA: Immunoglobulin E-induced Passive Sensitization of Human Airways . An Immunohistochemical Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 610-616. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

J. M. SANCHEZ-NIETO, A. TORRES, F. GARCIA-CORDOBA, M. EL-EBIARY, A. CARRILLO, J. RUIZ, M. L. NUÑEZ, and M. NIEDERMAN: Impact of Invasive and Noninvasive Quantitative Culture Sampling on Outcome of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia . A Pilot Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 371-376. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAOLO PELOSI, DANIELA TUBIOLO, DANIELE MASCHERONI, PIERLUIGI VICARDI, STEFANIA CROTTI, FRANCO VALENZA, and LUCIANO GATTINONI: Effects of the Prone Position on Respiratory Mechanics and Gas Exchange during Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 387-393. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEAN PAUL VIALE, SERGE DUPERRET, PHILIPPE MAHUL, BERTRAND DELAFOSSE, CLAUDE DELPUECH, DIETER WEISMANN, and GUY ANNAT: Time Course Evolution of Ventilatory Responses to Inspiratory Unloading in Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 428-434. [Abstract] [Full text]
KENNETH R. LUTCHEN, ANTHONY SULLIVAN, FREDERIC T. ARBOGAST, BARTOLOME R. CELLI, and ANDREW C. JACKSON: Use of Transfer Impedance Measurements for Clinical Assessment of Lung Mechanics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 435-446. [Abstract] [Full text]
HARTWIG SCHÜTTE, KONSTANTIN MAYER, TOBIAS GESSLER, MARC RÜHL, JAN SCHLAUDRAFF, HEIKO BURGER, WERNER SEEGER, and FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER: Nitric Oxide Biosynthesis in an Exotoxin-induced Septic Lung Model . Role of cNOS and Impact on Pulmonary Hemodynamics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 498-504. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEAN-LOUIS TROUILLET, JEAN CHASTRE, ALBERT VUAGNAT, MARIE-LAURE JOLY-GUILLOU, DANIÈLE COMBAUX, MARIE-CHRISTINE DOMBRET, and CLAUDE GIBERT: Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Caused by Potentially Drug-resistant Bacteria; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 531-539. [Abstract] [Full text]
AUDREY J. DAVIS, ALAN H. JOBE, DIETRICH HÄFNER, and MACHIKO IKEGAMI: Lung Function in Premature Lambs and Rabbits Treated with a Recombinant SP-C Surfactant; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 553-559. [Abstract] [Full text]
LAURENT PAPAZIAN, FABIENNE BREGEON, FRANÇOISE GAILLAT, XAVIER THIRION, MARC GAINNIER, RÉGINE GREGOIRE, PIERRE SAUX, FRANÇOIS GOUIN, YVES JAMMES, and JEAN-PIERRE AUFFRAY: Respective and Combined Effects of Prone Position and Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 580-585. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAZUMI NISHIO, YUKIO SUZUKI, TAKUYA AOKI, KOICHI SUZUKI, ATSUSHI MIYATA, NAGATO SATO, KATSUHIKO NAOKI, HIROYASU KUDO, HARUKUNI TSUMURA, HIROSHI SERIZAWA, SHIGEAKI MOROOKA, YUZURU ISHIMURA, MAKOTO SUEMATSU, and KAZUHIRO YAMAGUCHI: Differential Contribution of Various Adhesion Molecules to Leukocyte Kinetics in Pulmonary Microvessels of Hyperoxia-exposed Rat Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 599-609. [Abstract] [Full text]
GEORGE M. MATUSCHAK, CESAR F. MUNOZ, CHERYL A. JOHANNS, RASHID RAHMAN, and ANDREW J. LECHNER: Upregulation of Postbacteremic TNF- $alpha$ and IL-1 $alpha$ Gene Expression by Alveolar Hypoxia/Reoxygenation in Perfused Rat Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 629-637. [Abstract] [Full text]
MACHIKO IKEGAMI, KAZUKO WADA, GEORGE A. EMERSON, CELSO M. REBELLO, RAFAEL E. HERNANDEZ, and ALAN H. JOBE: Effects of Ventilation Style on Surfactant Metabolism and Treatment Response in Preterm Lambs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 638-644. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

JUDY H. HUANG, PETER J. OEFNER, VIRGINIA ADI, KRISHNA RATNAM, STEPHEN J. RUOSS, EDMUND TRAKO, and PETER N. KAO: Analyses of the NRAMP1 and IFN- $gamma$ R1 Genes in Women with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 377-381. [Abstract] [Full text]
OGUZ K. BASKURT, DAVID GELMONT, and HERBERT J. MEISELMAN: Red Blood Cell Deformability in Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 421-427. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTONIO SPANEVELLO, BIANCA BEGHÉ, ACHILLE BIANCHI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA MIGLIORI, MARCO AMBROSETTI, MARGHERITA NERI, and PHILIP W. IND: Comparison of Two Methods of Processing Induced Sputum: Selected versus Entire Sputum; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 665-668. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

MICHAEL TAMM, FRANK REICHENBERGER, CHRISTINE E. MCGANDY, ALINE STALDER, ANDREAS TIETZ, PETER DALQUEN, ANDRÉ P. PERRUCHOUD, and GIERI CATHOMAS: Diagnosis of Pulmonary Kaposi's Sarcoma by Detection of Human Herpes Virus 8 in Bronchoalveolar Lavage; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 458-463. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEPHEN W. WILCZYNSKI, JEREMY J. ERASMUS, WILLIAM P. PETROS, JAMES J. VREDENBURGH, and RODNEY J. FOLZ: Delayed Pulmonary Toxicity Syndrome following High-dose Chemotherapy and Bone Marrow Transplantation for Breast Cancer; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 565-573. [Abstract] [Full text]
YIH-LEONG CHANG, YU-TUNG YAO, NAI-SAN WANG, and YUNG-CHIE LEE: Segmental Necrosis of Small Bronchi after Prolonged Intakes of Sauropus androgynus in Taiwan; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 594-598. [Abstract] [Full text]
CÉCILE G. LARDOT, FRANÇOIS A. HUAUX, FABRICE R. BROECKAERT, PAUL J. DECLERCK, MONIQUE DELOS, BICE FUBINI, and DOMINIQUE F. LISON: Role of Urokinase in the Fibrogenic Response of the Lung to Mineral Particles; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 617-628. [Abstract] [Full text]
I. R. DOYLE, K. G. DAVIDSON, H. A. BARR, T. E. NICHOLAS, K. PAYNE, and J. PFITZNER: Quantity and Structure of Surfactant Proteins Vary Among Patients with Alveolar Proteinosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 658-664. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

PER NAFSTAD, LEIF ØIE, REIDAR MEHL, PER I. GAARDER, KARIN C.L ØDRUP-CARLSEN, GRETE BOTTEN, PER MAGNUS, and JOUNI J. K. JAAKKOLA: Residential Dampness Problems and Symptoms and Signs of Bronchial Obstruction in Young Norwegian Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 410-414. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDRÉ M. CANTIN: DNase I Acutely Increases Cystic Fibrosis Sputum Elastase Activity and its Potential to Induce Lung Hemorrhage in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 464-469. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT P. LEMKE, NNANAKE IDIONG, SAAD AL-SAEDI, KIM KWIATKOWSKI, DON B. CATES, and HENRIQUE RIGATTO: Evidence of a Critical Period of Airway Instability during Central Apneas in Preterm Infants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 470-474. [Abstract] [Full text]
RONALD C. RUBENSTEIN and PAMELA L. ZEITLIN: A Pilot Clinical Trial of Oral Sodium 4-Phenylbutyrate (Buphenyl) in $Delta$ F508-Homozygous Cystic Fibrosis Patients . Partial Restoration of Nasal Epithelial CFTR Function; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 484-490. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARK J. HAYDEN, FERENC PETAK, ZOLTAN HANTOS, GRAHAM HALL, and PETER D. SLY: Using Low-frequency Oscillation to Detect Bronchodilator Responsiveness in Infants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 574-579. [Abstract] [Full text]

Respiratory Muscles/Ventilatory Control:

ELISABETH BLOCH-SALISBURY, CHRISTINA M. SPENGLER, ROBERT BROWN, and ROBERT B. BANZETT: Self-Control and External Control of Mechanical Ventilation Give Equal Air Hunger Relief; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 415-420. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELLEN M. POUW, ANNEMIE M. W. J. SCHOLS, GER J. van der VUSSE, and EMIEL F. M. WOUTERS: Elevated Inosine Monophosphate Levels in Resting Muscle of Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 453-457. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANCO LAGHI, AMAL JUBRAN, ARZU TOPELI, PATRICK J. FAHEY, EDWARD R. GARRITY, Jr., JOSEPH M. ARCIDI, DONALD J. de PINTO, LONNIE C. EDWARDS, and MARTIN J. TOBIN: Effect of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery on Neuromechanical Coupling of the Diaphragm; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 475-483. [Abstract] [Full text]
DANIELLE FRIBERG, TOR ANSVED, KRISTIAN BORG, BRITT CARLSSON-NORDLANDER, HÅKAN LARSSON, and EVA SVANBORG: Histological Indications of a Progressive Snorers Disease in an Upper Airway Muscle; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 586-593. [Abstract] [Full text]
MOHAN R. MYSORE, LINDA R. MARGRAF, MARINA A. JARAMILLO, DAVID R. BREED, VICKEY L. CHAU, MAURICIO ARÉVALO, and FERNANDO R. MOYA: Surfactant Protein A Is Decreased in a Rat Model of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 654-657. [Abstract] [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

THEODORE J. TORPHY: Phosphodiesterase Isozymes . Molecular Targets for Novel Antiasthma Agents; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 351-370. [Full text]

CASE REPORTS:

JAMES R. KLINGER, MARIA PIA SANCHEZ, LINDA A. CURTIN, MARGARET DURKIN, and BELA MATYAS: Multiple Cases of Life-threatening Adenovirus Pneumonia in a Mental Health Care Center; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 645-649. [Abstract] [Full text]
GILLES DEVOUASSOUX, SYLVIE LANTUEJOUL, PATRICK CHATELAIN, ELISABETH BRAMBILLA, and CHRISTIAN BRAMBILLA: Erdheim-Chester Disease . A Primary Macrophage Cell Disorder; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 650-653. [Abstract] [Full text]