AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (157 5)

Didier M. Payen: Is Nitric Oxide Inhalation a "Cosmetic" Therapy in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1361-1362. [Full text]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

RANDY J. HORWITZ, KELLY A. MCGILL, and WILLIAM W. BUSSE: The Role of Leukotriene Modifiers in the Treatment of Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1363-1371. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

BROOKE T. MOSSMAN and ANDREW CHURG: Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Asbestosis and Silicosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1666-1680. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

WILLIAM J. CALHOUN, BERNARD J. LAVINS, MARGARET C. MINKWITZ, RHOBERT EVANS, GERALD J. GLEICH, and JUDITH COHN: Effect of Zafirlukast (Accolate) on Cellular Mediators of Inflammation . Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Findings after Segmental Antigen Challenge; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1381-1389. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAUL HODGINS, PAUL K. HENNEBERGER, MEI-LIN WANG, and EDWARD L. PETSONK: Bronchial Responsiveness and Five-year FEV₁ Decline . A Study in Miners and Nonminers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1390-1396. [Abstract] [Full text]
KLAUS F. RABE, NIKKI WATSON, GORDON DENT, BENITA E. MORTON, KATHRIN WAGNER, HELGO MAGNUSSEN, and CHRISTOPH H. HEUSSER: Inhibition of Human Airway Sensitization by a Novel Monoclonal Anti-IgE Antibody, 17-9; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1429-1435. [Abstract] [Full text]
GIUSEPPE N. COLASURDO, VAL G. HEMMING, GREGORY A. PRINCE, ANDREW S. GELFAND, JOAN E. LOADER, and GARY L. LARSEN: Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Produces Prolonged Alterations of Neural Control in Airways of Developing Ferrets; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1506-1511. [Abstract] [Full text]
YVON CORMIER, MICHEL LAVIOLETTE, GAETANE BEDARD, JAMES DOSMAN, and EVELYNE ISRAEL-ASSAYAG: Effect of Route of Breathing on Response to Exposure in a Swine Confinement Building; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1512-1521. [Abstract] [Full text]
ATSUSHI IGARASHI, HIDEYA IIJIMA, GEN TAMURA, and KUNIO SHIRATO: Tazanolast Inhibits Ozone-induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Guinea Pigs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1531-1535. [Abstract] [Full text]
FEDERICO P. GÓMEZ, RAQUEL IGLESIA, JOSEP ROCA, JOAN A. BARBERÁ, K. FAN CHUNG, and ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN: The Effects of 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibition by Zileuton on Platelet-activating-factor-induced Pulmonary Abnormalities in Mild Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1559-1564. [Abstract] [Full text]
COSTAS PITRIS, MARK E. BREZINSKI, BRETT E. BOUMA, GARY J. TEARNEY, JAMES F. SOUTHERN, and JAMES G. FUJIMOTO: High Resolution Imaging of the Upper Respiratory Tract with Optical Coherence Tomography . A Feasibility Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1640-1644. [Abstract] [Full text]
THIERRY PEREZ, MARTINE REMY-JARDIN, and BERNARD CORTET: Airways Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis . Clinical, Functional, and HRCT Findings; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1658-1665. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Airway Obstruction:

JAUME SAULEDA, FRANCISCO GARCÍA-PALMER, RUDOLF J. WIESNER, SALVADOR TARRAGA, INGA HARTING, PURIFICACIÓN TOMÁS, CRISTINA GÓMEZ, CARLES SAUS, ANDREU PALOU, and ALVAR G. N. AGUSTÍ: Cytochrome Oxidase Activity and Mitochondrial Gene Expression in Skeletal Muscle of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1413-1417. [Abstract] [Full text]
TERENCE A. R. SEEMUNGAL, GAVIN C. DONALDSON, ELIZABETH A. PAUL, JANINE C. BESTALL, DONALD J. JEFFRIES, and JADWIGA A. WEDZICHA: Effect of Exacerbation on Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1418-1422. [Abstract] [Full text]
SYLVIA VERBANCK, DANIEL SCHUERMANS, ALAIN VAN MUYLEM, CHRISTIAN MELOT, MARC NOPPEN, WALTER VINCKEN, and MANUEL PAIVA: Conductive and Acinar Lung-zone Contributions to Ventilation Inhomogeneity in COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1573-1577. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care and Pulmonary Circulation:

JOHN R. MICHAEL, RICHARD G. BARTON, JEFFREY R. SAFFLE, MARY MONE, BOAZ A. MARKEWITZ, KAREN HILLIER, MARK R. ELSTAD, EDWARD J. CAMPBELL, BRETT E. TROYER, RALPH E. WHATLEY, THEODORE G. LIOU, WAYNE M. SAMUELSON, HOLLY J. CARVETH, DOUG M. HINSON, STEPHEN E. MORRIS, BYRON L. DAVIS, and RONALD W. DAY: Inhaled Nitric Oxide Versus Conventional Therapy . Effect on Oxygenation in ARDS; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1372-1380. [Abstract] [Full text]
ZENAIDE M. N. QUEZADO, WAHEEDULLAH KARZAI, ROBERT L. DANNER, BRADLEY D. FREEMAN, LIANG YAN, PETER Q. EICHACKER, STEVEN M. BANKS, J. PERREN COBB, ROBERT E. CUNNION, MARCELO J. N. QUEZADO, JONATHAN E. SEVRANSKY, and CHARLES NATANSON: Effects of L-NMMA and Fluid Loading on TNF-induced Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Dogs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1397-1405. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT J. van SUYLEN, JOS F. M. SMITS, and MAT J. A. P. DAEMEN: Pulmonary Artery Remodeling Differs in Hypoxia- and Monocrotaline-induced Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1423-1428. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTIAN DEFOUILLOY, EMMANUEL TEIGER, SAID SEDIAME, PIERRE ANDRIVET, FRANÇOISE ROUDOT-THORAVAL, CHRISTOS CHOUAID, BRUNO HOUSSET, and SERGE ADNOT: Polycythemia Impairs Vasodilator Response to Acetylcholine in Patients with Chronic Hypoxemic Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1452-1460. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALAN S. MULTZ, DONALD B. CHALFIN, ISRAEL M. SAMSON, DAVID R. DANTZKER, ALAN M. FEIN, HARRY N. STEINBERG, MICHAEL S. NIEDERMAN, and STEVEN M. SCHARF: A "Closed" Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) Improves Resource Utilization When Compared with an "Open" MICU; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1468-1473. [Abstract] [Full text]
ERIC TRONCY, JEAN-PAUL COLLET, STAN SHAPIRO, JEAN-GILLES GUIMOND, LOUIS BLAIR, THIERRY DUCRUET, MARTIN FRANCOEUR, MARC CHARBONNEAU, and GILBERT BLAISE: Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome . A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1483-1488. [Abstract] [Full text]
NÉSTOR SOLER, ANTONI TORRES, SANTIAGO EWIG, JULIÁ GONZALEZ, ROSA CELIS, MUSTAFA EL-EBIARY, CARMEN HERNANDEZ, and ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN: Bronchial Microbial Patterns in Severe Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Requiring Mechanical Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1498-1505. [Abstract] [Full text]
F. HINDER, J. MEYER, M. BOOKE, J. S. EHARDT, J. R. SALSBURY, L. D. TRABER, and D. L. TRABER: Endogenous Nitric Oxide and the Pulmonary Microvasculature in Healthy Sheep and during Systemic Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1542-1549. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREW J. LECHNER, ALVARO VELASQUEZ, KARL R. KNUDSEN, CHERYL A. JOHANNS, THOMAS F. TRACY, Jr., and GEORGE M. MATUSCHAK: Cholestatic Liver Injury Increases Circulating TNF- $alpha$ and IL-6 and Mortality after Escherichia coli Endotoxemia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1550-1558. [Abstract] [Full text]
BETTINA TEMMESFELD-WOLLBRÜCK, ANTAL SZALAY, KONSTANTIN MAYER, HORST OLSCHEWSKI, WERNER SEEGER, and FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER: Abnormalities of Gastric Mucosal Oxygenation in Septic Shock . Partial Responsiveness to Dopexamine; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1586-1592. [Abstract] [Full text]
JASON W. W. THOMASON, E. WESLEY ELY, CAROLINE CHILES, GILBERT FERRETTI, RITA I. FREIMANIS, and EDWARD F. HAPONIK: Appraising Pulmonary Edema Using Supine Chest Roentgenograms in Ventilated Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1600-1608. [Abstract] [Full text]
HEINZ FEHRENBACH, FRANK BRASCH, STEFAN UHLIG, MARKUS WEISSER, CORDULA STAMME, ALBRECHT WENDEL, and JOACHIM RICHTER: Early Alterations in Intracellular and Alveolar Surfactant of the Rat Lung in Response to Endotoxin; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1630-1639. [Abstract] [Full text]
YOSHITAKA FUJII, PETER GOLDBERG, and SABAH N. A. HUSSAIN: Contribution of Macrophages to Pulmonary Nitric Oxide Production in Septic Shock; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1645-1651. [Abstract] [Full text]

Epidemiology:

RACHEL J. GIVELBER, NAT N. COUROPMITREE, DANIEL J. GOTTLIEB, JANE C. EVANS, DANIEL LEVY, RICHARD H. MYERS, and GEORGE T. O'CONNOR: Segregation Analysis of Pulmonary Function among Families in the Framingham Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1445-1451. [Abstract] [Full text]
GINGER L. CHEW, HARRIET A. BURGE, DOUGLAS W. DOCKERY, MICHAEL L. MUILENBERG, SCOTT T. WEISS, and DIANE R. GOLD: Limitations of a Home Characteristics Questionnaire as a Predictor of Indoor Allergen Levels; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1536-1541. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

JACQUES GROSSET, NACER LOUNIS, CHANTAL TRUFFOT-PERNOT, RICHARD J. O'BRIEN, MARIO C. RAVIGLIONE, and BAOHONG JI: Once-weekly Rifapentine-containing Regimens for Treatment of Tuberculosis in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1436-1440. [Abstract] [Full text]
STÉPHANE JOUVESHOMME, BERTRAND DAUTZENBERG, HAYSSAM BAKDACH, and JEAN-PHILIPPE DERENNE: Preliminary Results of Collapse Therapy with Plombage for Pulmonary Disease Caused by Multidrug-resistant Mycobacteria; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1609-1615. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

SARA H. MITCHELL, W. GERALD TEAGUE, and with the Technical Assistance of AMY ROBINSON: Reduced Gas Transfer at Rest and during Exercise in School-age Survivors of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1406-1412. [Abstract] [Full text]
CANMAO XIE, LISETE R. TEIXEIRA, JEFFREY P. MCGOVERN, and RICHARD W. LIGHT: Systemic Corticosteroids Decrease the Effectiveness of Talc Pleurodesis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1441-1444. [Abstract] [Full text]
ATHOL U. WELLS, DAVID M. HANSELL, PATRICIA L. HASLAM, MICHAEL B. RUBENS, JEREMY CAILES, CAROL M. BLACK, and ROLAND M. du BOIS: Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cellularity . Lone Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitis Compared with the Fibrosing Alveolitis of Systemic Sclerosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1474-1482. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROSA M. SEGURA, JOSÉ ALEGRE, ENCARNA VARELA, RAMON MARTI, JOSEP M. SURIÑACH, JORDI JUFRESA, LLUIS ARMADANS, CARLES PASCUAL, and TOMÁS FERNÁNDEZ de SEVILLA: Interleukin-8 and Markers of Neutrophil Degranulation in Pleural Effusions; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1565-1572. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEFFREY B. RUBINS, TODD GREATENS, ROBERT A. KRATZKE, ANNIE T. TAN, VITALY A. POLUNOVSKY, and PETER BITTERMAN: Lovastatin Induces Apoptosis in Malignant Mesothelioma Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1616-1622. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOSEPH A. LASKY, BOIHOANG TONTHAT, JING-YAO LIU, MITCHELL FRIEDMAN, and ARNOLD R. BRODY: Upregulation of the PDGF-alpha Receptor Precedes Asbestos-induced Lung Fibrosis in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1652-1657. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep and Respiratory Muscles:

JEAN-JACQUES HOSSELET, ROBERT G. NORMAN, INDU AYAPPA, and DAVID M. RAPOPORT: Detection of Flow Limitation with a Nasal Cannula/ Pressure Transducer System; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1461-1467. [Abstract] [Full text]
DENIS E. O'DONNELL, MAUREEN MCGUIRE, LORELEI SAMIS, and KATHERINE A. WEBB: General Exercise Training Improves Ventilatory and Peripheral Muscle Strength and Endurance in Chronic Airflow Limitation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1489-1497. [Abstract] [Full text]
RUZICA JOKIC, ARTUR KLIMASZEWSKI, JOSEPH MINK, and MICHAEL F. FITZPATRICK: Surface Tension Forces in Sleep Apnea: The Role of a Soft Tissue Lubricant . A Randomized Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1522-1525. [Abstract] [Full text]
DANIEL NAVAJAS, RAMÓN FARRÉ, MAR ROTGER, RAMÓN BADIA, MARINA PUIG-de-MORALES, and JOSEP M. MONTSERRAT: Assessment of Airflow Obstruction during CPAP by Means of Forced Oscillation in Patients with Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1526-1530. [Abstract] [Full text]

Thoracic Surgery:

GERARD CRINER, FRANCIS C. CORDOVA, VADIM LEYENSON, BRUCE ROY, JOHN TRAVALINE, SHRIVAS SUDARSHAN, GERALD O'BRIEN, ANNE MARIE KUZMA, and SATOSHI FURUKAWA: Effect of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery on Diaphragm Strength; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1578-1585. [Abstract] [Full text]
MURRAY D. BECKER, YAHYA M. BERKMEN, JOHN H. M. AUSTIN, IN K. MUN, BENJAMIN M. ROMNEY, ANNA ROZENSHTEIN, PATRICIA A. JELLEN, CHUN K. YIP, BYRON THOMASHOW, and MARK E. GINSBURG: Lung Volumes before and after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery . Quantitative CT Analysis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1593-1599. [Abstract] [Full text]
OMAR M. HIJAZI, MURUGAPPAN RAMANATHAN, AARON S. ESTRERA, RONALD M. PESHOCK, and CONNIE C. W. HSIA: Fixed Maximal Stroke Index in Patients after Pneumonectomy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1623-1629. [Abstract] [Full text]

CASE REPORTS:

MARC HUMBERT, SOPHIE MAÎ TRE, FRÉDÉRIQUE CAPRON, BERNADETTE RAIN, DOMINIQUE MUSSET, and GÉRALD SIMONNEAU: Pulmonary Edema Complicating Continuous Intravenous Prostacyclin in Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1681-1685. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL ZAUGG, VLADIMIR KAPLAN, URS WIDMER, PETER CARL BAUMANN, and ERICH WALTER RUSSI: Fatal Air Embolism in an Airplane Passenger with a Giant Intrapulmonary Bronchogenic Cyst; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1686-1689. [Abstract] [Full text]
GORDON L. YUNG, RICHARD N. CHANNICK, PETER F. FEDULLO, WILLIAM R. AUGER, KIM M. KERR, STUART W. JAMIESON, DAVID P. KAPELANSKI, and KENNETH M. MOSER: Successful Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy in Two Patients with Sickle Cell Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1690-1693. [Abstract] [Full text]
LOUIS G. van `t HEK, PAUL E. VERWEIJ, CORRY M. WEEMAES, ROELOF van DALEN, JAN-BART YNTEMA, and JACQUES F. MEIS: Successful Treatment with Voriconazole of Invasive Aspergillosis in Chronic Granulomatous Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1694-1696. [Abstract] [Full text]

CORRESPONDENCE:

David M. Claman and Bernhard A. Votteri: EFFECTS OF ESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE MONITORING ON SLEEP ARCHITECTURE; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1697-1698. [Full text]

SUPPLEMENT: "The Role of Small Airways in Asthma: A Review and Key Questions"

PETER H. HOWARTH: Small Airways and Asthma . An Important Therapeutic Target?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S173. [Full text]
PETER K. JEFFERY: The Development of Large and Small Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S174-180. [Full text]
PETER T. MACKLEM: The Physiology of Small Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S181-183. [Full text]
ANTONIO M. VIGNOLA, JEAN BOUSQUET, PASCAL CHANEZ, ROSALIA GAGLIARDO, ANNA M. MERENDINO, GIUSEPPINA CHIAPPARA, and GIOVANNI BONSIGNORE: Assessment of Airway Inflammation in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S184-187. [Full text]
RICHARD J. MARTIN: Small Airway and Alveolar Tissue Changes in Nocturnal Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S188-190. [Full text]
WILLIAM R. ROCHE: Inflammatory and Structural Changes in the Small Airways in Bronchial Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S191-194. [Full text]
LEONARDO M. FABBRI, GAETANO CARAMORI, BIANCO BEGHÉ, ALBERTO PAPI, and ADALBERTO CIACCIA: Physiologic Consequences of Long-term Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S195-198. [Full text]
PHILIP J. THOMPSON: Drug Delivery to the Small Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S199-202. [Full text]
ANN J. WOOLCOCK: Effects of Drugs on Small Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: S203-207. [Full text]