AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (158 2)

IRA B. TAGER: Smoking and Childhood Asthma $---$ Where Do We Stand?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 349-351. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

JAMES R. GOSSAGE and GHASSAN KANJ: Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations . A State of the Art Review; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 643-661. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

EDWARD M. ZORATTI, SUZANNE HAVSTAD, JUAN RODRIGUEZ, YOEL ROBENS-PARADISE, JENNIFER E. LAFATA, and BRUCE MCCARTHY: Health Service Use by African Americans and Caucasians with Asthma in a Managed Care Setting; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 371-377. [Abstract] [Full text]
S. J. TILL, S. R. DURHAM, K. RAJAKULASINGAM, M. HUMBERT, D. HUSTON, R. DICKASON, A. B. KAY, and C. J. CORRIGAN: Allergen-induced Proliferation and Interleukin-5 Production by Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Blood T Cells after Segmental Allergen Challenge; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 404-411. [Abstract] [Full text]
JÜRGEN SCHWARZE, GRZEGORZ CIESLEWICZ, ANTHONY JOETHAM, LEE K. SUN, WILLIAM N. SUN, TSE WEN CHANG, ECKARD HAMELMANN, and ERWIN W. GELFAND: Antigen-specific Immunoglobulin-A Prevents Increased Airway Responsiveness and Lung Eosinophilia after Airway Challenge in Sensitized Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 519-525. [Abstract] [Full text]
DOROTHY L. CHRISTIAN, LISA L. CHEN, CORNELIUS H. SCANNELL, RONALD E. FERRANDO, BARBARA S. WELCH, and JOHN R. BALMES: Ozone-induced Inflammation Is Attenuated with Multiday Exposure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 532-537. [Abstract] [Full text]
HENRY GONG, Jr., RICHARD WONG, RADHA J. SARMA, WILLIAM S. LINN, EMMETT D. SULLIVAN, DEBORAH A. SHAMOO, KAREN R. ANDERSON, and SHANKAR B. PRASAD: Cardiovascular Effects of Ozone Exposure in Human Volunteers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 538-546. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROHINI V. CHOWGULE, VASANT M. SHETYE, JITENDRA R. PARMAR, AJAY M. BHOSALE, MANGALAR R. KHANDAGALE, SUHAS V. PHALNITKAR, and PRAKASH C. GUPTA: Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms, Bronchial Hyperreactivity, and Asthma in a Megacity . Results of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey in Mumbai (Bombay); Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 547-554. [Abstract] [Full text]
KATHLEEN J. HALEY, MARY E. SUNDAY, BARRY R. WIGGS, HARRY P. KOZAKEWICH, JOHN J. REILLY, STEVEN J. MENTZER, DAVID J. SUGARBAKER, CLAIRE M. DOERSCHUK, and JEFFREY M. DRAZEN: Inflammatory Cell Distribution within and along Asthmatic Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 565-572. [Abstract] [Full text]
B. J. MOORE, G. G. KING, Y. D'YACHKOVA, H. R. AHMAD, and PETER D. PARÉ: Mechanism of Methacholine Dose-Response Plateaus in Normal Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 666-669. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

EDGAR C. LUCEY, RONALD H. GOLDSTEIN, PHILLIP J. STONE, and GORDON L. SNIDER: Remodeling of Alveolar Walls after Elastase Treatment of Hamsters . Results of Elastin and Collagen mRNA In Situ Hybridization; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 555-564. [Abstract] [Full text]
SARAH BERNARD, PIERRE LEBLANC, FRANÇOIS WHITTOM, GUY CARRIER, JEAN JOBIN, ROGER BELLEAU, and FRANÇOIS MALTAIS: Peripheral Muscle Weakness in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 629-634. [Abstract] [Full text]
RIITTA ERKINJUNTTI-PEKKANEN, HANNU RYTKÖNEN, JOUKO I. KOKKARINEN, HANNU O. TUKIAINEN, KAARINA PARTANEN, and ERKKI O. TERHO: Long-term Risk of Emphysema in Patients with Farmer's Lung and Matched Control Farmers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 662-665. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care and Pulmonary Circulation:

THEODOROS VASSILAKOPOULOS, SPYROS ZAKYNTHINOS, and CHARIS ROUSSOS: The Tension-Time Index and the Frequency/ Tidal Volume Ratio Are the Major Pathophysiologic Determinants of Weaning Failure and Success; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 378-385. [Abstract] [Full text]
G. M. VERGHESE, K. MCCORMICK-SHANNON, R. J. MASON, and MICHAEL A. MATTHAY: Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Keratinocyte Growth Factor in the Pulmonary Edema Fluid of Patients with Acute Lung Injury . Biologic and Clinical Significance; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 386-394. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL S. HENDRYX, JOHN F. FIESELMANN, M. JEANNE BOCK, DOUGLAS S. WAKEFIELD, CHARLES M. HELMS, and SUZANNE E. BENTLER: Outreach Education to Improve Quality of Rural ICU Care . Results of a Randomized Trial; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 418-423. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID K. MADTES, GORDON RUBENFELD, LAWRENCE D. KLIMA, JOHN A. MILBERG, KENNETH P. STEINBERG, THOMAS R. MARTIN, GANESH RAGHU, LEONARD D. HUDSON, and JOAN G. CLARK: Elevated Transforming Growth Factor- $alpha$ Levels in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 424-430. [Abstract] [Full text]
GUANG FA ZHU, BO SUN, SHAN FU NIU, YING YUN CAI, KE LIN, ROBERT LINDWALL, and BENGT ROBERTSON: Combined Surfactant Therapy and Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Rabbits with Oleic Acid-induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 437-443. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTOPHER J. DOIG, LLOYD R. SUTHERLAND, J. DEAN SANDHAM, GORDON H. FICK, MARJA VERHOEF, and JON B. MEDDINGS: Increased Intestinal Permeability Is Associated with the Development of Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Critically Ill ICU Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 444-451. [Abstract] [Full text]
SCOTT K. EPSTEIN and RONALD L. CIUBOTARU: Independent Effects of Etiology of Failure and Time to Reintubation on Outcome for Patients Failing Extubation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 489-493. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIRONI MAKITA, MASAHARU NISHIMURA, KENJI MIYAMOTO, TSUYOSHI NAKANO, YOSHINORI TANINO, JUNICHI HIROKAWA, JUN NISHIHIRA, and YOSHIKAZU KAWAKAMI: Effect of Anti-Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Antibody on Lipopolysaccharide-induced Pulmonary Neutrophil Accumulation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 573-579. [Abstract] [Full text]
KOICHI SUZUKI, KATSUHIKO NAOKI, HIROYASU KUDO, KAZUMI NISHIO, NAGATO SATO, TAKUYA AOKI, YUKIO SUZUKI, KEI TAKESHITA, ATSUSHI MIYATA, HARUKUNI TSUMURA, YUKI YAMAKAWA, and KAZUHIRO YAMAGUCHI: Impaired Hypoxic Vasoconstriction in Intraacinar Microvasculature in Hyperoxia-exposed Rat Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 602-609. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAREN E. WELTY-WOLF, MARTHA SUE CARRAWAY, Y.-C. T. HUANG, STEVEN G. SIMONSON, STEPHEN P. KANTROW, and CLAUDE A. PIANTADOSI: Bacterial Priming Increases Lung Injury in Gram-negative Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 610-619. [Abstract] [Full text]
YOSHIHIRO MINAMIYA, SATORU MOTOYAMA, MICHIHIKO KITAMURA, SATOSHI SAITO, KUNIHIKO TERADA, and JUN-ICHI OGAWA: The Requirement of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 for Neutrophil Respiratory Burst in the Pulmonary Circulation of Rats Infused with Endotoxin; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 635-642. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

YVON CORMIER, EVELYNE ISRAËL-ASSAYAG, GAÉTANE BÉDARD, and CAROLINE DUCHAINE: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in Peat Moss Processing Plant Workers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 412-417. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTONI XAUBET, CARLES AGUSTÍ, PATRICIO LUBURICH, JOSEP ROCA, CONCEPCIÓN MONTÓN, MARÍA CARMEN AYUSO, JOAN ALBERT BARBERÁ, and ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN: Pulmonary Function Tests and CT Scan in the Management of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 431-436. [Abstract] [Full text]
NATHALIE BAUDRY, GAWIYOU DANIALOU, JORGE BOCZKOWSKI, and ERIC VICAUT: In Vivo Study of the Effect of Systemic Hypoxia on Leukocyte-Endothelium Interactions; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 477-483. [Abstract] [Full text]
EVE BOURGKARD, PIERRE BERNADAC, NEARKASEN CHAU, JEAN-PIERRE BERTRAND, DAN TECULESCU, and QUANG THIEU PHAM: Can the Evolution to Pneumoconiosis Be Suspected in Coal Miners? . A Longitudinal Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 504-509. [Abstract] [Full text]
ESSI LAKARI, PAAVO PÄÄKKÖ, and VUOKKO L. KINNULA: Manganese Superoxide Dismutase, but not CuZn Superoxide Dismutase, Is Highly Expressed in the Granulomas of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis and Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 589-596. [Abstract] [Full text]
MALCOLM SUE-CHU, EEVA-MAIJA KARJALAINEN, ALAN ALTRAJA, ANNIKA LAITINEN, LAURI A. LAITINEN, LARS LARSSON, and LEIF BJERMER: Lymphoid Aggregates in Endobronchial Biopsies from Young Elite Cross-country Skiers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 597-601. [Abstract] [Full text]
HAZEL A. JONES, JOHN B. SCHOFIELD, THOMAS KRAUSZ, ALAN R. BOOBIS, and CHRISTOPHER HASLETT: Pulmonary Fibrosis Correlates with Duration of Tissue Neutrophil Activation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 620-628. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

NICHOLAS J. WITHERS, LORRAINE LOW, STEPHEN T. HOLGATE, and JOANNE B. CLOUGH: The Natural History of Respiratory Symptoms in a Cohort of Adolescents; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 352-357. [Abstract] [Full text]
URS FREY, MICHAEL SILVERMAN, RICHARD KRAEMER, and ANDREW C. JACKSON: High-frequency Respiratory Impedance Measured by Forced-Oscillation Technique in Infants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 363-370. [Abstract] [Full text]
BARBARA SCHMIDT, PATRICE GILLIE, LESLEY MITCHELL, MAUREEN ANDREW, CHRIS CACO, and ROBIN ROBERTS: A Placebo-controlled Randomized Trial of Antithrombin Therapy in Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 470-476. [Abstract] [Full text]
JIU-YAO WANG, CHI-CHANG SHIEH, PEI-FEN YOU, HUAN-YAO LEI, and KENNETH B. M. REID: Inhibitory Effect of Pulmonary Surfactant Proteins A and D on Allergen-induced Lymphocyte Proliferation and Histamine Release in Children with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 510-518. [Abstract] [Full text]
JÜRG HAMMER, ANDREW NUMA, and CHRISTOPHER J. L. NEWTH: Total Lung Capacity by N₂ Washout from High and Low Lung Volumes in Ventilated Infants and Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 526-531. [Abstract] [Full text]
ISABELLE DURIEU, SIMONE PEYROL, DOMINIQUE GINDRE, GABRIEL BELLON, DENIS VITAL DURAND, and YVES PACHECO: Subepithelial Fibrosis and Degradation of the Bronchial Extracellular Matrix in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 580-588. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep and Respiratory Muscles:

MICHAEL J. DRINNAN, ALAN MURRAY, CLIVE J. GRIFFITHS, and G. JOHN GIBSON: Interobserver Variability in Recognizing Arousal in Respiratory Sleep Disorders; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 358-362. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC ESTENNE, ERIC DEROM, and ANDRÉ DE TROYER: Neck and Abdominal Muscle Activity in Patients with Severe Thoracic Scoliosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 452-457. [Abstract] [Full text]
GIOVANNI A. FONTANA, TITO PANTALEO, FEDERICO LAVORINI, FRANCESCO BENVENUTI, and SALVATORE GANGEMI: Defective Motor Control of Coughing in Parkinson's Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 458-464. [Abstract] [Full text]
W. WARD FLEMONS and MARLENE A. REIMER: Development of a Disease-specific Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire for Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 494-503. [Abstract] [Full text]

Tuberculosis:

TAKAHIRO YONEDA and JERROLD J. ELLNER: CD4⁺ T Cell and Natural Killer Cell-dependent Killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Human Monocytes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 395-403. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARCEL A. BEHR, PHILIP C. HOPEWELL, E. ANTONIO PAZ, L. MASAE KAWAMURA, GISELA F. SCHECTER, and PETER M. SMALL: Predictive Value of Contact Investigation for Identifying Recent Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 465-469. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAREN TOCQUE, MARK A. BELLIS, CHEUK M. TAM, SHIU L. CHAN, QUTUB SYED, TRACEY REMMINGTON, and PETER D. O. DAVIES: Long-term Trends in Tuberculosis . Comparison of Age-cohort Data between Hong Kong and England and Wales; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 484-488. [Abstract] [Full text]

NHLBI WORKSHOP SUMMARY:

ALFRED P. FISHMAN, MARK C. FISHMAN, BRUCE A. FREEMAN, MICHAEL A. GIMBRONE, MARLENE RABINOVITCH, DAVID ROBINSON, and DOROTHY BERLIN GAIL: Mechanisms of Proliferative and Obliterative Vascular Diseases . Insights from the Pulmonary and Systemic Circulations; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 670-674. [Full text]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

: Round Table Conference . Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 675-679. [Full text]

CORRESPONDENCE:

J. BELDA, K. PARAMESWARAN, and F. E. HARGREAVE: COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS OF PROCESSING INDUCED SPUTUM: SELECTED VERSUS ENTIRE SPUTUM; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 680-682. [Full text]