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EDITORIALS:

Kevin B. Weiss and Whitney W. Addington: Tuberculosis . Poverty's Penalty; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1011. [Full text]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

J. RANDALL CURTIS, GORDON D. RUBENFELD, and LEONARD D. HUDSON: Training Pulmonary and Critical Care Physicians in Outcomes Research . Should We Take the Challenge?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1012-1015. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

ANNA-LUISE A. KATZENSTEIN and JEFFREY L. MYERS: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis . Clinical Relevance of Pathologic Classification; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1301-1315. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Asthma and Allergy:

CHIBING TANG, JENNIFER M. ROLLAND, XUN LI, CHRISTOPHER WARD, ROS BISH, and E. HAYDN WALTERS: Alveolar Macrophages from Atopic Asthmatics, But Not Atopic Nonasthmatics, Enhance Interleukin-5 Production by CD4+ T Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1120-1126. [Abstract] [Full text]
PHILIPPE TARODO de la FUENTE, MICAELA ROMAGNOLI, PHILIPPE GODARD, JEAN BOUSQUET, and PASCAL CHANEZ: Safety of Inducing Sputum in Patients with Asthma of Varying Severity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1127-1130. [Abstract] [Full text]
YUICHI MIYABARA, HIROHISA TAKANO, TAKAMICHI ICHINOSE, HEUNG-BIN LIM, and MASARU SAGAI: Diesel Exhaust Enhances Allergic Airway Inflammation and Hyperresponsiveness in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1138-1144. [Abstract] [Full text]
BARBRO DAHLÉN, EWA NIZANKOWSKA, ANDREW SZCZEKLIK, OLLE ZETTERSTRÖM, GRAZYNA BOCHENEK, MARIA KUMLIN, LUCYNA MASTALERZ, GRAZYNA PINIS, LINDA J. SWANSON, TERRY I. BOODHOO, STEPHEN WRIGHT, LOUISE M. DUBÉ, and SVEN-ERIK DAHLÉN: Benefits from Adding the 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibitor Zileuton to Conventional Therapy in Aspirin-intolerant Asthmatics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1187-1194. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALBRECHT BUFE, KIRSTEN GEHLHAR, GABRIELE SCHRAMM, MAX SCHLAAK, and WOLF-MEINHARD BECKER: Allergenic Activity of a Major Grass Pollen Allergen Is Elevated in the Presence of Nasal Secretion; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1269-1276. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

ANDREA PURRO, LORENZO APPENDINI, ANTONIO PATESSIO, SILVIO ZANABONI, MARTA GUDJONSDOTTIR, ANDREA ROSSI, and CLAUDIO F. DONNER: Static Intrinsic PEEP in COPD Patients during Spontaneous Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1044-1050. [Abstract] [Full text]
GARY T. FERGUSON, ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ, MARTIN R. ZAMORA, MARVIN POMERANTZ, JOHN BUCHHOLZ, and BARRY J. MAKE: Improved Exercise Performance Following Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1195-1203. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

JACQUES LEVRAUT, JEAN-PIERRE CIEBIERA, STEPHANE CHAVE, OLIVIER RABARY, PATRICK JAMBOU, MICHEL CARLES, and DOMINIQUE GRIMAUD: Mild Hyperlactatemia in Stable Septic Patients Is Due to Impaired Lactate Clearance Rather Than Overproduction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1021-1026. [Abstract] [Full text]
XIAO YANG LI, KENNETH DONALDSON, and WILLIAM MACNEE: Lipopolysaccharide-induced Alveolar Epithelial Permeability . The Role of Nitric Oxide; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1027-1033. [Abstract] [Full text]
SAADIA EDDAHIBI, BERNADETTE RAFFESTIN, JEAN-MARIE LAUNAY, MARYVONNE SITBON, and SERGE ADNOT: Effect of Dexfenfluramine Treatment in Rats Exposed to Acute and Chronic Hypoxia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1111-1119. [Abstract] [Full text]
THIERRY BOULAIN and the Association des Réanimateurs du Centre-Ouest: Unplanned Extubations in the Adult Intensive Care Unit . A Prospective Multicenter Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1131-1137. [Abstract] [Full text]
EMMANUELLE GIROU, FRANÇOIS STEPHAN, ANA NOVARA, MICHEL SAFAR, and JEAN-YVES FAGON: Risk Factors and Outcome of Nosocomial Infections: Results of a Matched Case-control Study of ICU Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1151-1158. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARYA D. ZILBERBERG and SCOTT K. EPSTEIN: Acute Lung Injury in the Medical ICU . Comorbid Conditions, Age, Etiology, and Hospital Outcome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1159-1164. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEAN CHASTRE, JEAN LOUIS TROUILLET, ALBERT VUAGNAT, MARIE LAURE JOLY-GUILLOU, HERVÉ CLAVIER, MARIE CHRISTINE DOMBRET, and CLAUDE GIBERT: Nosocomial Pneumonia in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1165-1172. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEVEN DEEM, ERIK R. SWENSON, MICHAEL K. ALBERTS, RICHARD G. HEDGES, and MICHAEL J. BISHOP: Red-Blood-Cell Augmentation of Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction . Hematocrit Dependence and the Importance of Nitric Oxide; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1181-1186. [Abstract] [Full text]
DANIEL DE BACKER, JACQUES CRETEUR, OALEED NOORDALLY, NADIA SMAIL, BÉATRICE GULBIS, and JEAN-LOUIS VINCENT: Does Hepato-splanchnic $V$ O₂/DO₂ Dependency Exist in Critically Ill Septic Patients?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1219-1225. [Abstract] [Full text]
DEBORAH A. QUINN, HONG-KAI DU, B. TAYLOR THOMPSON, and CHARLES A. HALES: Amiloride Analogs Inhibit Chronic Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1263-1268. [Abstract] [Full text]
R. CORINNE SPRONG, A.MIRANDA L. WINKELHUYZEN-JANSSEN, COLINDA J. M. AARSMAN, JOHANNES F. L. M. van OIRSCHOT, TJOMME van der BRUGGEN, and B. SWEDER van ASBECK: Low-dose N-Acetylcysteine Protects Rats against Endotoxin-mediated Oxidative Stress, But High-dose Increases Mortality; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1283-1293. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELIE FADEL, GUY-MICHEL MAZMANIAN, ALAIN CHAPELIER, BRUNO BAUDET, HÉLÈNE DETRUIT, VINCENT de MONTPREVILLE, JEAN-MARIE LIBERT, MYRIAM WARTSKI, PHILIPPE HERVE, and PHILIPPE DARTEVELLE: Lung Reperfusion Injury after Chronic or Acute Unilateral Pulmonary Artery Occlusion; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1294-1300. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

MICHAEL F. CANTWELL, MATTHEW T. MCKENNA, EUGENE MCCRAY, and IDA M. ONORATO: Tuberculosis and Race/Ethnicity in the United States . Impact of Socioeconomic Status; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1016-1020. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEVEN ASCH, BARBARA LEAKE, RONALD ANDERSON, and LILLIAN GELBERG: Why Do Symptomatic Patients Delay Obtaining Care for Tuberculosis?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1244-1248. [Abstract] [Full text]
KATE C. CUMMINGS, JANET MOHLE-BOETANI, SARAH E. ROYCE, and DANIEL P. CHIN: Movement of Tuberculosis Patients and the Failure to Complete Antituberculosis Treatment; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1249-1252. [Abstract] [Full text]
DIANE GOSSELIN, MARY M. STEVENSON, ELIZABETH A. COWLEY, UTA GRIESENBACH, DAVID H. EIDELMAN, MARIE BOULÉ, MI-FONG TAM, GERALDINE KENT, EMIL SKAMENE, LAP-CHEE TSUI, and DANUTA RADZIOCH: Impaired Ability of Cftr Knockout Mice to Control Lung Infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1253-1262. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARIANNA M. TALA-HEIKKILÄ, JUHANI E. TUOMINEN, and EERO O. J. TALA: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Revaccination Questionable with Low Tuberculosis Incidence; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1324-1327. [Abstract] [Full text]
NICOLE P. JUFFERMANS, ANNELIES VERBON, SANDER J. H. van DEVENTER, HENK van DEUTEKOM, PETER SPEELMAN, and TOM van der POLL: Tumor Necrosis Factor and Interleukin-1 Inhibitors as Markers of Disease Activity of Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1328-1331. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

STEVEN E. GAY, ELLA A. KAZEROONI, GALEN B. TOEWS, JOSEPH P. LYNCH, III, BARRY H. GROSS, PHILLIP N. CASCADE, DAVID L. SPIZARNY, ANDREW FLINT, M. ANTHONY SCHORK, RICHARD I. WHYTE, JOHN POPOVICH, ROBERT HYZY, and FERNANDO J. MARTINEZ: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis . Predicting Response to Therapy and Survival; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1063-1072. [Abstract] [Full text]
TODD M. GREATENS, GLORIA A. NIEHANS, JEFFREY B. RUBINS, JOSE JESSURUN, ROBERT A. KRATZKE, MICHAEL A. MADDAUS, and DENNIS E. NIEWOEHNER: Do Molecular Markers Predict Survival in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1093-1097. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAMES E. LOCKEY, LINDA S. LEVIN, GRACE K. LEMASTERS, ROY T. MCKAY, CAROL H. RICE, KAREN R. HANSEN, DIANE M. PAPES, SUSAN SIMPSON, and MARIO MEDVEDOVIC: Longitudinal Estimates of Pulmonary Function in Refractory Ceramic Fiber Manufacturing Workers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1226-1233. [Abstract] [Full text]
AN H. MERTENS, JAN M. NAGLER, DANIELLA I. GALDERMANS, HANS R. SLABBYNCK, BARBARA WEISE, and DIRK COOLEN: Quality Assessment of Protected Specimen Brush Samples by Microscopic Cell Count; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1240-1243. [Abstract] [Full text]
LAWRENCE R. ROBINSON, ROBERT BROWNSBERGER, and GANESH RAGHU: Respiratory Failure and Hypoventilation Secondary to Neurosarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1316-1318. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAARTEN A. SULZER, MATHIE P. G. LEERS, JAN A. van NOORD, EWALD C. M. BOLLEN, and PAUL H. M. H. THEUNISSEN: Reduced E-Cadherin Expression Is Associated with Increased Lymph Node Metastasis and Unfavorable Prognosis in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1319-1323. [Abstract] [Full text]

Outcomes and Epidemiology:

TARJA LAITINEN, MAIJA RÄSÄNEN, JAAKKO KAPRIO, MARKKU KOSKENVUO, and LAURI A. LAITINEN: Importance of Genetic Factors in Adolescent Asthma . A Population-based Twin-family Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1073-1078. [Abstract] [Full text]
WILLIAM M. VOLLMER, MOLLY L. OSBORNE, and A. SONIA BUIST: 20-Year Trends in the Prevalence of Asthma and Chronic Airflow Obstruction in an HMO; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1079-1084. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

SVERRE VEDAL, JOHN PETKAU, RICK WHITE, and JIM BLAIR: Acute Effects of Ambient Inhalable Particles in Asthmatic and Nonasthmatic Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1034-1043. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAMES W. ZIEGLER, D. DUNBAR IVY, JONATHAN J. FOX, JOHN P. KINSELLA, WILLIAM R. CLARKE, and STEVEN H. ABMAN: Dipyridamole Potentiates Pulmonary Vasodilation Induced by Acetylcholine and Nitric Oxide in the Ovine Fetus; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1104-1110. [Abstract] [Full text]
ASHISH R. SHAH, DAVID GOZAL, and THOMAS G. KEENS: Determinants of Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise Performance in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1145-1150. [Abstract] [Full text]
TRACY A. LIEU, CHARLES P. QUESENBERRY, MICHAEL E. SOREL, GUILLERMO R. MENDOZA, and ALBIN B. LEONG: Computer-based Models to Identify High-risk Children with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1173-1180. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHIROH ISONO, AKIKO SHIMADA, MAKOTO UTSUGI, AKIYOSHI KONNO, and TAKASHI NISHINO: Comparison of Static Mechanical Properties of the Passive Pharynx between Normal Children and Children with Sleep-disordered Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1204-1212. [Abstract] [Full text]
ULRICH THOME, ANDREAS TÖPFER, PETER SCHALLER, and FRANK POHLANDT: Effect of Mean Airway Pressure on Lung Volume during High-frequency Oscillatory Ventilation of Preterm Infants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1213-1218. [Abstract] [Full text]
VIRGINIA DE ROSE, ALESSANDRO OLIVA, BARBARA MESSORE, BIANCA GROSSO, CINZIA MOLLAR, and ERNESTO POZZI: Circulating Adhesion Molecules in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1234-1239. [Abstract] [Full text]

Respiratory Muscles and Sleep:

ALAN R. SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P. O'DONNELL, JOSHUA BARON, NORMAN SCHUBERT, DANIEL ALAM, SHARYAR D. SAMADI, and PHILIP L. SMITH: The Hypotonic Upper Airway in Obstructive Sleep Apnea . Role of Structures and Neuromuscular Activity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1051-1057. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEPHEN K. FIELD, JOHN A. EVANS, and LORNE M. PRICE: The Effects of Acid Perfusion of the Esophagus on Ventilation and Respiratory Sensation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1058-1062. [Abstract] [Full text]
HISAKO KATAGIRI, MASATO KATAGIRI, TERESA M. KIESER, and PAUL A. EASTON: Diaphragm Function during Sighs in Awake Dogs after Laparotomy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1085-1092. [Abstract] [Full text]
CAROLE L. MARCUS, MARY G. GREENE, and JOHN L. CARROLL: Blood Pressure in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1098-1103. [Abstract] [Full text]
KEVIN M. KRAUSE, MELANIE R. MOODY, FRANCISCO H. ANDRADE, ADDISON A. TAYLOR, CHARLES C. MILLER, III, LESTER KOBZIK, and MICHAEL B. REID: Peritonitis Causes Diaphragm Weakness in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1277-1282. [Abstract] [Full text]

CONFERENCE REPORT:

ANTONIO ARTIGAS, GORDON R. BERNARD, JEAN CARLET, DIDIER DREYFUSS, LUCIANO GATTINONI, LEONARD HUDSON, MAURICE LAMY, JOHN J. MARINI, MICHAEL A. MATTHAY, MICHAEL R. PINSKY, ROGER SPRAGG, PETER M. SUTER, and the Consensus Committee: The American-European Consensus Conference on ARDS, Part 2 . Ventilatory, Pharmacologic, Supportive Therapy, Study Design Strategies, and Issues Related to Recovery and Remodeling; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1332-1347. [Abstract] [Full text]

CORRESPONDENCE:

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SUPPLEMENT: "Advances in Pulmonary Biology and Medicine: Celebrating Fifty Years of NHLBI"

: Preface; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S57. [Full text]
: Happy Birthday NHLBI and DLD! . FOREWORD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S58. [Full text]
JOHN A. CLEMENTS and MARY ELLEN AVERY: Lung Surfactant and Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S59-66. [Full text]
JEFFREY A. WHITSETT and MILDRED T. STAHLMAN: Impact of Advances in Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology on Pulmonary Disease in Neonates; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S67-71. [Full text]
ROBERT J. MASON and RONALD G. CRYSTAL: Pulmonary Cell Biology; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S72-81. [Full text]
JOHN B. WEST and PETER D. WAGNER: Pulmonary Gas Exchange; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S82-87. [Full text]
PETER T. MACKLEM: The Mechanics of Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S88-94. [Full text]
JOHN E. REMMERS and SUKHAMAY LAHIRI: Regulating the Ventilatory Pump . A Splendid Control System Prone to Fail During Sleep; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S95-100. [Full text]
JOHN T. REEVES and LEWIS J. RUBIN: The Pulmonary Circulation . Snapshots of Progress; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S101-108. [Full text]
KENNETH L. BRIGHAM and NORMAN C. STAUB: Pulmonary Edema and Acute Lung Injury Research; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S109-113. [Full text]
JOHN W. SEVERINGHAUS, POUL ASTRUP, and JOHN F. MURRAY: Blood Gas Analysis and Critical Care Medicine; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S114-122. [Full text]
PETER A. WARD and GARY W. HUNNINGHAKE: Lung Inflammation and Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S123-129. [Full text]
JAY A. NADEL and WILLIAM W. BUSSE: Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S130-138. [Full text]
ROBERT M. SENIOR and NICHOLAS R. ANTHONISEN: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S139-147. [Full text]
MICHAEL J. WELSH and BONNIE W. RAMSEY: Research on Cystic Fibrosis . A Journey from the Heart House; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S148-154. [Full text]
NOREEN M. CLARK, WILLIAM C. BAILEY, and CYNTHIA RAND: Advances in Prevention and Education in Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S155-167. [Full text]
SUZANNE S. HURD and CLAUDE LENFANT: NHLBI: Fifty Years of Achievement in Pulmonary Biology and Medicine; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S168-171. [Full text]