AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (157 6)

Richard J. O'Brien and Andrew A. Vernon: New Tuberculosis Drug Development . How Can We Do Better?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1705-1707. [Full text]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

ARTHUR S. SLUTSKY and LORRAINE N. TREMBLAY: Multiple System Organ Failure . Is Mechanical Ventilation a Contributing Factor?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1721-1725. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

GERT FOLKERTS, WILLIAM W. BUSSE, FRANS P. NIJKAMP, RONALD SORKNESS, and JAMES E. GERN: Virus-induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1708-1720. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Allergy and Airways:

CAROLIEN I. M. PANHUYSEN, EUGENE R. BLEECKER, GERARD H. KOETER, DEBORAH A. MEYERS, and DIRKJE S. POSTMA: Characterization of Obstructive Airway Disease in Family Members of Probands with Asthma . An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1734-1742. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOSEPH P. M. BRAAT, PAUL G. MULDER, WYTSKE J. FOKKENS, ROY GERTH van WIJK, and EVERT RIJNTJES: Intranasal Cold Dry Air Is Superior to Histamine Challenge in Determining the Presence and Degree of Nasal Hyperreactivity in Nonallergic Noninfectious Perennial Rhinitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1748-1755. [Abstract] [Full text]
JÖRGEN THORN and RAGNAR RYLANDER: Airways Inflammation and Glucan in a Rowhouse Area; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1798-1803. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARK O. TURNER, KUKU NOERTJOJO, SVERRE VEDAL, TONY BAI, SUSAN CRUMP, and J. MARK FITZGERALD: Risk Factors for Near-fatal Asthma . A Case-Control Study in Hospitalized Patients with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1804-1809. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREA J. APTER, SUSAN T. REISINE, GLENN AFFLECK, ERIK BARROWS, and RICHARD L. ZUWALLACK: Adherence with Twice-daily Dosing of Inhaled Steroids . Socioeconomic and Health-belief Differences; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1810-1817. [Abstract] [Full text]
HUAN-ZHONG SHI, JING-MIN DENG, HUI XU, ZHI-XIN NONG, CHANG-QING XIAO, ZHI-MING LIU, SHOU-MING QIN, HAI-XING JIANG, GUANG-NAN LIU, and YI-QIANG CHEN: Effect of Inhaled Interleukin-4 on Airway Hyperreactivity in Asthmatics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1818-1821. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANCESCO FORASTIERE, JOHN BALMES, MARINA SCARINCI, and IRA B. TAGER: Occupation, Asthma, and Chronic Respiratory Symptoms in a Community Sample of Older Women; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1864-1870. [Abstract] [Full text]
PHILIP BRIGHT, MARTIN R. MILLER, JAYNE A. FRANKLYN, and MICHAEL C. SHEPPARD: The Use of a Neural Network to Detect Upper Airway Obstruction Caused by Goiter; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1885-1891. [Abstract] [Full text]
S. HASAN ARSHAD, ROBERT G. HAMILTON, and N. FRANKLIN ADKINSON, Jr.: Repeated Aerosol Exposure to Small Doses of Allergen . A Model for Chronic Allergic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1900-1906. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASARU AMISHIMA, MITSURU MUNAKATA, YASUYUKI NASUHARA, ATSUKO SATO, TORU TAKAHASHI, YUKIHIKO HOMMA, and YOSHIKAZU KAWAKAMI: Expression of Epidermal Growth Factor and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Immunoreactivity in the Asthmatic Human Airway; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1907-1912. [Abstract] [Full text]
YA-PING LOU, KIYOSHI TAKEYAMA, KATHLEEN M. GRATTAN, JAMES A. LAUSIER, IRIS F. UEKI, CARLOS AGUSTÍ, and JAY A. NADEL: Platelet-activating Factor Induces Goblet Cell Hyperplasia and Mucin Gene Expression in Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1927-1934. [Abstract] [Full text]
AMY L. LAMBERT, DARRELL W. WINSETT, DANIEL L. COSTA, MARYJANE K. SELGRADE, and M. IAN GILMOUR: Transfer of Allergic Airway Responses with Serum and Lymphocytes from Rats Sensitized to Dust Mite; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1991-1999. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAMES E. BOERS, ANTON W. AMBERGEN, and FREDERIK B. J. M. THUNNISSEN: Number and Proliferation of Basal and Parabasal Cells in Normal Human Airway Epithelium; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 2000-2006. [Abstract] [Full text]

COPD:

EDWIN K. SILVERMAN, HAROLD A. CHAPMAN, JEFFREY M. DRAZEN, SCOTT T. WEISS, BERNARD ROSNER, EDWARD J. CAMPBELL, WALTER J. O'DONNELL, JOHN J. REILLY, LEO GINNS, STEVEN MENTZER, JOHN WAIN, and FRANK E. SPEIZER: Genetic Epidemiology of Severe, Early-onset Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . Risk to Relatives for Airflow Obstruction and Chronic Bronchitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1770-1778. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNEMIE M. W. J. SCHOLS, JOS SLANGEN, LEX VOLOVICS, and EMIEL F. M. WOUTERS: Weight Loss Is a Reversible Factor in the Prognosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1791-1797. [Abstract] [Full text]
PHILLIPPA J. POOLE, ANDREW G. VEALE, and PETER N. BLACK: The Effect of Sustained-Release Morphine on Breathlessness and Quality of Life in Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1877-1880. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

CHRISTIAN PUTENSEN, CHRISTOPH HÖRMANN, AXEL KLEINSASSER, and GABRIELE PUTENSEN-HIMMER: Cardiopulmonary Effects of Aerosolized Prostaglandin E₁ and Nitric Oxide Inhalation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1743-1747. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARGARETA MURE, ROBB W. GLENNY, KAREN B. DOMINO, and MICHAEL P. HLASTALA: Pulmonary Gas Exchange Improves in the Prone Position with Abdominal Distension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1785-1790. [Abstract] [Full text]
YOSHIHIDE NAKAGAWA, MAX HARRY WEIL, WANCHUN TANG, SHIJIE SUN, HITOSHI YAMAGUCHI, XIAOHUA JIN, and JOE BISERA: Sublingual Capnometry for Diagnosis and Quantitation of Circulatory Shock; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1838-1843. [Abstract] [Full text]
RENÉ GUST, JAMES KOZLOWSKI, ALAN H. STEPHENSON, and DANIEL P. SCHUSTER: Synergistic Hemodynamic Effects of Low-dose Endotoxin and Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1919-1926. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALAIN F. BROCCARD, JOHN R. HOTCHKISS, NAOTO KUWAYAMA, DOUGLAS A. OLSON, SABA JAMAL, DOUGLAS O. WANGENSTEEN, and JOHN J. MARINI: Consequences of Vascular Flow on Lung Injury Induced by Mechanical Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1935-1942. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT N. AXON, MANUEL S. BAIRD, JOHN D. LANG, AMY E. BRIX, and VANCE G. NIELSEN: PentaLyte Decreases Lung Injury after Aortic Occlusion-Reperfusion; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1982-1990. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

C. M. TAM, S. L. CHAN, C. W. LAM, C. C. LEUNG, K. M. KAM, J. S. MORRIS, and D. A. MITCHISON: Rifapentine and Isoniazid in the Continuation Phase of Treating Pulmonary Tuberculosis . Initial Report; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1726-1733. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAIME R. UNGO, DENIS JONES, DAVID ASHKIN, ELENA S. HOLLENDER, DAVID BERNSTEIN, ANTHONY P. ALBANESE, and ARTHUR E. PITCHENIK: Antituberculosis Drug-induced Hepatotoxicity . The Role of Hepatitis C Virus and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1871-1876. [Abstract] [Full text]
RENÉE RIDZON, CYNTHIA G. WHITNEY, MATTHEW T. MCKENNA, JEFFERY P. TAYLOR, SUSAN H. ASHKAR, ANNETTE T. NITTA, SYDNEY M. HARVEY, SARAH VALWAY, CHARLES WOODLEY, ROBERT COOKSEY, and IDA M. ONORATO: Risk Factors for Rifampin Mono-resistant Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1881-1884. [Abstract] [Full text]
TIMOTHY J. HARKIN, CARLO CIOTOLI, DOREEN J. ADDRIZZO-HARRIS, DAVID P. NAIDICH, JAISHREE JAGIRDAR, and WILLIAM N. ROM: Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (TBNA) in Patients Infected with HIV; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1913-1918. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTOPHER ASTON, WILLIAM N. ROM, ANITA T. TALBOT, and JOAN REIBMAN: Early Inhibition of Mycobacterial Growth by Human Alveolar Macrophages is not Due to Nitric Oxide; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1943-1950. [Abstract] [Full text]
KOJI MARUTA, HIROSHI MIYAMOTO, TETSUO HAMADA, MIDORI OGAWA, HATSUMI TANIGUCHI, and SHIN-ICHI YOSHIDA: Entry and Intracellular Growth of Legionella dumoffii in Alveolar Epithelial Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1967-1974. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary and Cystic Fibrosis:

LISETTE S. NIXON, BERNARD YUNG, SCOTT C. BELL, J. STUART ELBORN, and DENNIS J. SHALE: Circulating Immunoreactive Interleukin-6 in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1764-1769. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEAN-MARIE ZAHM, CLAUDE GALABERT, ALEXANDRA CHAFFIN, JEAN-PIERRE CHAZALETTE, CÉCILE GROSSKOPF, and EDITH PUCHELLE: Improvement of Cystic Fibrosis Airway Mucus Transportability by Recombinant Human DNase Is Related to Changes in Phospholipid Profile; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1779-1784. [Abstract] [Full text]
T. HOFMANN, M. J. STUTTS, A. ZIERSCH, C. RÜCKES, W. M. WEBER, M. R. KNOWLES, H. LINDEMANN, and R. C. BOUCHER: Effects of Topically Delivered Benzamil and Amiloride on Nasal Potential Difference in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1844-1849. [Abstract] [Full text]
DANIEL S. DONOVAN, Jr., ANASTASIO PAPADOPOULOS, RONALD B. STARON, VICKI ADDESSO, LARRY SCHULMAN, CARLTON MCGREGOR, FELICIA COSMAN, ROBERT L. LINDSAY, and ELIZABETH SHANE: Bone Mass and Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults with Advanced Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1892-1899. [Abstract] [Full text]
GEORGE M. BRINSON, PEADAR G. NOONE, MATTHEW A. MAURO, MICHAEL R. KNOWLES, JAMES R. YANKASKAS, JEET S. SANDHU, and PAUL F. JAQUES: Bronchial Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Hemoptysis in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1951-1958. [Abstract] [Full text]
JUAN MANUEL FIGUEROA, ENRIQUE MANSILLA, and ANGELA MARÍA SUBURO: Innervation of Nasal Turbinate Blood Vessels in Rhinitic and Nonrhinitic Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1959-1966. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep and Respiratory Muscles:

THOMAS BRACK, AMAL JUBRAN, and MARTIN J. TOBIN: Effect of Resistive Loading on Variational Activity of Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1756-1763. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAMON FARRÉ, RENÉ PESLIN, JOSEP M. MONTSERRAT, MAR ROTGER, and DANIEL NAVAJAS: Flow-dependent Positive Airway Pressure to Maintain Airway Patency in Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1855-1863. [Abstract] [Full text]

Transplantation and Lung Injury:

P. E. SILKOFF, M. CARAMORI, L. TREMBLAY, P. MCCLEAN, C. CHAPARRO, S. KESTEN, M. HUTCHEON, A. S. SLUTSKY, N. ZAMEL, and S. KESHAVJEE: Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Human Lung Transplantation . A Noninvasive Marker of Acute Rejection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1822-1828. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHOJI KUDOH, ARATA AZUMA, MASAHIKO YAMAMOTO, TAKATERU IZUMI, and MASAYUKI ANDO: Improvement of Survival in Patients with Diffuse Panbronchiolitis Treated with Low-dose Erythromycin; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1829-1832. [Abstract] [Full text]
LARRY L. SCHULMAN, ALAN D. WEINBERG, CARLTON MCGREGOR, MARK E. GALANTOWICZ, NICOLE M. SUCIU-FOCA, and SILVIU ITESCU: Mismatches at the HLA-DR and HLA-B Loci Are Risk Factors for Acute Rejection after Lung Transplantation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1833-1837. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIROYASU KOBAYASHI, ESTEBAN C. GABAZZA, OSAMU TAGUCHI, HIDEO WADA, HIROYUKI TAKEYA, JUNJI NISHIOKA, HIROKI YASUI, TETSU KOBAYASHI, OSAMU HATAJI, KOJI SUZUKI, and YUKIHIKO ADACHI: Protein C Anticoagulant System in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1850-1854. [Abstract] [Full text]
HANI SHENNIB, ALLAN G. L. LEE, JIN Q. KUANG, MASASHI YANAGISAWA, ELIOT H. OHLSTEIN, and ADEL GIAID: Efficacy of Administering an Endothelin-receptor Antagonist (SB209670) in Ameliorating Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Lung Allografts; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 1975-1981. [Abstract] [Full text]

CASE REPORTS:

ABDELLATIF TAZI, LAURENCE MONTCELLY, ANNE BERGERON, DOMINIQUE VALEYRE, JEAN-PAUL BATTESTI, and ALLEN J. HANCE: Relapsing Nodular Lesions in the Course of Adult Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 2007-2010. [Abstract] [Full text]

SUPPLEMENT: "Mechanisms of Action Roundtable"

: Foreword; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 209S. [Full text]
WILLIAM W. BUSSE: Leukotrienes and Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 210S-213. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID AHARONY: Pharmacology of Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 214S-219. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER R. BERNSTEIN: Chemistry and Structure-Activity Relationships of Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 220S-226. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC PETERS-GOLDEN: Cell Biology of the 5-Lipoxygenase Pathway; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 227S-232. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEFFREY DRAZEN: Clinical Pharmacology of Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists and 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 233S-237. [Abstract] [Full text]
WILLIAM J. CALHOUN: Summary of Clinical Trials with Zafirlukast; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 238S-246. [Abstract] [Full text]
: General Discussion; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 157: 247S-248. [Full text]