AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (157 3)

E. R. McFadden, Jr.: Inhaled Glucocorticoids and Acute Asthma . Therapeutic Breakthrough or Nonspecific Effect?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 677-678. [Full text]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

NIZAR N. JARJOUR, STEPHEN P. PETERS, RATKO DJUKANOVIC, and WILLIAM J. CALHOUN: Investigative Use of Bronchoscopy in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 692-697. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

NEIL W. SCHLUGER and WILLIAM N. ROM: The Host Immune Response to Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 679-691. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Allergy and Airways:

GUSTAVO RODRIGO and CARLOS RODRIGO: Inhaled Flunisolide for Acute Severe Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 698-703. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAUL M. SELDON, DAVID A. STEVENS, IAN M. ADCOCK, BRIAN J. O'CONNOR, PETER J. BARNES, and MARK A. GIEMBYCZ: Albuterol Does Not Antagonize the Inhibitory Effect of Dexamethasone on Monocyte Cytokine Release; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 803-809. [Abstract] [Full text]
R. A. PAUWELS, J. C. YERNAULT, M. G. DEMEDTS, and P. GEUSENS: Safety and Efficacy of Fluticasone and Beclomethasone in Moderate to Severe Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 827-832. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID L. DUFFY, CHARLES A. MITCHELL, and NICHOLAS G. MARTIN: Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Asthma . A Cotwin-control Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 840-845. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANCESCO G. SALERNO, PETER PARÉ, and MARA S. LUDWIG: A Comparative Study of Elastic Properties of Rat and Guinea Pig Parenchymal Strips; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 846-852. [Abstract] [Full text]
PIOTR KUNA, RAFEUL ALAM, URSZULA RUTA, and PAWEL GORSKI: RANTES Induces Nasal Mucosal Inflammation Rich in Eosinophils, Basophils, and Lymphocytes In Vivo; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 873-879. [Abstract] [Full text]
JUSSARA F. MOLINARI, CARLOS CAMPO, SHAHIDA SHAKIR, and TAHIR AHMED: Inhibition of Antigen-induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness by Ultralow Molecular-weight Heparin; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 887-893. [Abstract] [Full text]
FUAD M. BAROODY, PHILLIP ROUADI, PETER V. DRISCOLL, BRUCE S. BOCHNER, and ROBERT M. NACLERIO: Intranasal Beclomethasone Reduces Allergen-induced Symptoms and Superficial Mucosal Eosinophilia without Affecting Submucosal Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 899-906. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL I. ANSTEAD, TRAVIS A. HUNT, SONIA L. CARLSON, and NAUSHERWAN K. BURKI: Variability of Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Beta-2-Adrenergic Receptor Density in Humans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 990-992. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

CHARLENE E. MCEVOY, KRISTINE E. ENSRUD, EARL BENDER, HARRY K. GENANT, WEI YU, JAYNE M. GRIFFITH, and DENNIS E. NIEWOEHNER: Association between Corticosteroid Use and Vertebral Fractures in Older Men with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 704-709. [Abstract] [Full text]
HENRY E. FESSLER and SOLBERT PERMUTT: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery and Airflow Limitation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 715-722. [Abstract] [Full text]
TAKASHI HAJIRO, KOICHI NISHIMURA, MITSUHIRO TSUKINO, AKIHIKO IKEDA, HIROSHI KOYAMA, and TAKATERU IZUMI: Comparison of Discriminative Properties among Disease-specific Questionnaires for Measuring Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 785-790. [Abstract] [Full text]
LIEKE V. M. MÖLLER, WIM TIMENS, WIM van der BIJ, KOR KOOI, BOB de WEVER, JACOB DANKERT, and LOEK van ALPHEN: Haemophilus Influenzae in Lung Explants of Patients with End-stage Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 950-956. [Abstract] [Full text]
DEVIN SCHELLENBERG, PETER D. PARÉ, TRACEY D. WEIR, JOHN J. SPINELLI, BLAIR A. M. WALKER, and ANDREW J. SANDFORD: Vitamin D Binding Protein Variants and the Risk of COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 957-961. [Abstract] [Full text]
WASIM MAZIAK, STELIOS LOUKIDES, SARAH CULPITT, PAUL SULLIVAN, SERGEI A. KHARITONOV, and PETER J. BARNES: Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 998-1002. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

C. M. PASTOR, D. R. MOREL, and T. R. BILLIAR: Oxygen Supply Dependence of Urea Production in the Isolated Perfused Rat Liver; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 796-802. [Abstract] [Full text]
SUSAN REDLINE, NANCY ADAMS, MILTON E. STRAUSS, THERESA ROEBUCK, MARY WINTERS, and CARL ROSENBERG: Improvement of Mild Sleep-disordered Breathing with CPAP Compared with Conservative Therapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 858-865. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEVEN R. RUTGERS, GERARD H. KOËTER, THOMAS W. van der MARK, and DIRKJE S. POSTMA: Short-term Treatment with Budesonide Does Not Improve Hyperresponsiveness to Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate in COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 880-886. [Abstract] [Full text]
JORDI RELLO, DOLORS MARISCAL, FRANCESCA MARCH, PAOLA JUBERT, FERRAN SANCHEZ, JORDI VALLES, and PERE COLL: Recurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia in Ventilated Patients . Relapse or Reinfection?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 912-916. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARTHA SUE CARRAWAY, KAREN E. WELTY-WOLF, STEPHEN P. KANTROW, YUH-CHIN T. HUANG, STEVEN G. SIMONSON, LORETTA G. QUE, TAKASHI K. KISHIMOTO, and CLAUDE A. PIANTADOSI: Antibody to E- and L-Selectin Does Not Prevent Lung Injury or Mortality in Septic Baboons; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 938-949. [Abstract] [Full text]
DANIEL TALON, BLANDINE MULIN, CLAUDE ROUGET, PASCALE BAILLY, MICHELLE THOUVEREZ, and JEAN-FRANÇOIS VIEL: Risks and Routes for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia with Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 978-984. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

RANY CONDOS, WILLIAM N. ROM, YUK MING LIU, and NEIL W. SCHLUGER: Local Immune Responses Correlate with Presentation and Outcome in Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 729-735. [Abstract] [Full text]
SAMER KAYAL, JEAN-PHILIPPE JAÏS, NADIA AGUINI, JEAN CHAUDIÈRE, and JACQUES LABROUSSE: Elevated Circulating E-Selectin, Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1, and von Willebrand Factor in Patients with Severe Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 776-784. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

MISHASHI MIKAMI, CAROL G. LLEWELLYN-JONES, DARREN BAYLEY, SUSAN L. HILL, and ROBERT A. STOCKLEY: The Chemotactic Activity of Sputum from Patients with Bronchiectasis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 723-728. [Abstract] [Full text]
RICHARD HUBBARD, ANDREA VENN, CHRIS SMITH, MARIE COOPER, IAN JOHNSTON, and JOHN BRITTON: Exposure to Commonly Prescribed Drugs and the Etiology of Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitis . A Case-Control Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 743-747. [Abstract] [Full text]
BURTON W. LEE, JOHN C. WAIN, KARL T. KELSEY, JOHN K. WIENCKE, and DAVID C. CHRISTIANI: Association of Cigarette Smoking and Asbestos Exposure with Location and Histology of Lung Cancer; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 748-755. [Abstract] [Full text]
MANFRED W. ZIEGENHAGEN, PETER ZABEL, GERNOT ZISSEL, MAX SCHLAAK, and JOACHIM MÜLLER-QUERNHEIM: Serum Level of Interleukin 8 Is Elevated in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Indicates Disease Activity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 762-768. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARINA SAETTA, ANTONINO Di STEFANO, GRAZIELLA TURATO, FABRIZIO M. FACCHINI, LAURA CORBINO, CRISTINA E. MAPP, PIERO MAESTRELLI, ADALBERTO CIACCIA, and LEONARDO M. FABBRI: CD8⁺ T-Lymphocytes in Peripheral Airways of Smokers with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 822-826. [Abstract] [Full text]
KEIZO SATO, MORITAKA SUGA, TAKAAKI AKAIKE, SHIGEMOTO FUJII, HIROYUKI MURANAKA, TOSHINORI DOI, HIROSHI MAEDA, and MASAYUKI ANDO: Therapeutic Effect of Erythromycin on Influenza Virus-induced Lung Injury in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 853-857. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT A. WISE, PAUL L. ENRIGHT, JOHN E. CONNETT, NICHOLAS R. ANTHONISEN, RICHARD E. KANNER, PAULA LINDGREN, PEGGY O'HARA, GREGORY R. OWENS, CYNTHIA S. RAND, and DONALD P. TASHKIN: Effect of Weight Gain on Pulmonary Function after Smoking Cessation in the Lung Health Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 866-872. [Abstract] [Full text]
PHILIPPE LESPRIT, BERTRAND GODEAU, FRANCOIS-JÉRÔME AUTHIER, MARTIN SOUBRIER, MATHIEU ZUBER, CLAIRE LARROCHE, JEAN-PAUL VIARD, BERTRAND WECHSLER, and ROMAIN GHERARDI: Pulmonary Hypertension in POEMS Syndrome . A New Feature Mediated by Cytokines; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 907-911. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALEXANDRA BENACHI, BERNADETTE CHAILLEY-HEU, ANNE-LISE DELEZOIDE, MARC DOMMERGUES, FRANCIS BRUNELLE, YVES DUMEZ, and JACQUES R. BOURBON: Lung Growth and Maturation after Tracheal Occlusion in Diaphragmatic Hernia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 921-927. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL D. ROTH, ASHIM ARORA, SANFORD H. BARSKY, ERIC C. KLEERUP, MICHAEL SIMMONS, and DONALD P. TASHKIN: Airway Inflammation in Young Marijuana and Tobacco Smokers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 928-937. [Abstract] [Full text]
C. HERMANS, O. LESUR, B. WEYNAND, TH. PIETERS, M. LAMBERT, and A. BERNARD: Clara Cell Protein (CC16) in Pleural Fluids . A Marker of Leakage through the Visceral Pleura; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 962-969. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL SALMON, HIROSHI KOTO, OONAGH T. LYNCH, EL-BDAOUI HADDAD, NICHOLAS J. LAMB, GREGORY J. QUINLAN, PETER J. BARNES, and K. FAN CHUNG: Proliferation of Airway Epithelium After Ozone Exposure . Effect of Apocynin and Dexamethasone; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 970-977. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANCESCA SANTAMARIA, GIANCARLO PARENTI, GUIDO GUIDI, MIRELLA FILOCAMO, PIETRO STRISCIUGLIO, GIACOMO GRILLO, VINCENZO FARINA, PAOLA SARNELLI, MARIA GRAZIA RIZZOLO, ANTONIO ROTONDO, and GENEROSO ANDRIA: Pulmonary Manifestations of Gaucher Disease . An Increased Risk for L444P Homozygotes?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 985-989. [Abstract] [Full text]

Nitric Oxide:

AARON DEYKIN, ORIT HALPERN, ANTHONY F. MASSARO, JEFFREY M. DRAZEN, and ELLIOT ISRAEL: Expired Nitric Oxide after Bronchoprovocation and Repeated Spirometry in Patients with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 769-775. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNIE THERMINARIAS, PATRICE FLORE, ANNE FAVRE-JUVIN, MARIE-FRANÇOISE ODDOU, MICHÈLE DELAIRE, and FRANCIS GRIMBERT: Air Contamination with Nitric Oxide . Effect on Exhaled Nitric Oxide Response; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 791-795. [Abstract] [Full text]
LIEVEN J. DUPONT, FELICIEN ROCHETTE, MAURITS G. DEMEDTS, and GEERT M. VERLEDEN: Exhaled Nitric Oxide Correlates with Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Steroid-naive Patients with Mild Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 894-898. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEPHEN J. BRETT and TIMOTHY W. EVANS: Measurement of Endogenous Nitric Oxide in the Lungs of Patients with the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 993-997. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

WEI FENG, HEATHER GARRETT, DAVID P. SPEERT, and MALCOLM KING: Improved Clearability of Cystic Fibrosis Sputum with Dextran Treatment in vitro; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 710-714. [Abstract] [Full text]
KENNETH J. RUSSELL, JAMES MCREDMOND, NINA MUKHERJI, CHRISTINE COSTELLO, VERA KEATINGS, SEAMUS LINNANE, MICHAEL HENRY, MUIRIS X. FITZGERALD, and CLARE M. O'CONNOR: Neutrophil Adhesion Molecule Surface Expression and Responsiveness in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 756-761. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAN ERIK H. BUNT, LUC J. ZIMMERMANN, J. L. DARCOS WATTIMENA, RON H. van BEEK, PIETER J. SAUER, and VIRGILIO P. CARNIELLI: Endogenous Surfactant Turnover in Preterm Infants Measured with Stable Isotopes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 810-814. [Abstract] [Full text]

Respiratory Muscles and Sleep:

TIAN-XI JIANG, W. DARLENE REID, and JEREMY D. ROAD: Delayed Diaphragm Injury and Diaphragm Force Production; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 736-742. [Abstract] [Full text]
TAKASHI NISHINO, RISA HASEGAWA, TOHRU IDE, and SHIRO ISONO: Hypercapnia Enhances the Development of Coughing during Continuous Infusion of Water into the Pharynx; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 815-821. [Abstract] [Full text]
HÉLÈNE ROLLIER, ANJA BISSCHOP, GHISLAINE GAYAN-RAMIREZ, RIK GOSSELINK, and MARC DECRAMER: Low Load Inspiratory Muscle Training Increases Diaphragmatic Fiber Dimensions in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 833-839. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID W. CARLEY, SINISA M. TRBOVIC, and MIODRAG RADULOVACKI: Diazepam Suppresses Sleep Apneas in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 917-920. [Abstract] [Full text]

SUPPLEMENT: "Efficacy and Safety of Inhaled Corticosteriods: New Developments"

PETER J. BARNES, SØREN PEDERSEN, and WILLIAM W. BUSSE: Efficacy and Safety of Inhaled Corticosteroids . New Developments; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1S-53. [Full text]