AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (158 3)

W. J. Morgan and F. D. Martinez: Maternal Smoking and Infant Lung Function . Further Evidence for An In Utero Effect; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 689-690. [Full text]

CLINICAL COMMENTARY:

DAVID W. HUDGEL and SITTHEP THANAKITCHARU: Pharmacologic Treatment of Sleep-disordered Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 691-699. [Abstract] [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways and Airway Immunology:

MARILYN L. MOY, MARY L. LANTIN, ANDREW HARVER, and RICHARD M. SCHWARTZSTEIN: Language of Dyspnea in Assessment of Patients with Acute Asthma Treated with Nebulized Albuterol; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 749-753. [Abstract] [Full text]
NORBERT KRUG, THOMAS JUNG, UTE NAPP, KATHRIN WAGNER, GERHARD SCHULTZE-WERNINGHAUS, CHRISTOPH HEUSSER, CHRISTIAN H. L. RIEGER, UWE SCHAUER, and HELMUT FABEL: Frequencies of T Cells Expressing Interleukin-4 and Interleukin-5 in Atopic Asthmatic Children . Comparison with Atopic Asthmatic Adults; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 754-759. [Abstract] [Full text]
TRACEY D. WEIR, NOA MALLEK, ANDREW J. SANDFORD, TONY R. BAI, NASSAR AWADH, J. M. FITZGERALD, DON COCKCROFT, ALAN JAMES, STEPHEN B. LIGGETT, and PETER D. PARÉ: $beta$ ₂-Adrenergic Receptor Haplotypes in Mild, Moderate and Fatal/Near Fatal Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 787-791. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID CHEUNG, ANTON M. J. WEVER, JAAP A. de GOEIJ, CASPER S. de GRAAFF, HERMAN STEEN, and PETER J. STERK: Effects of Theophylline on Tolerance to the Bronchoprotective Actions of Salmeterol in Asthmatics In Vivo; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 792-796. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTOPHE LEROYER, LUCA PERFETTI, CAROLE TRUDEAU, JOCELYNE L'ARCHEVQUE, MOIRA CHAN-YEUNG, and JEAN-LUC MALO: Comparison of Serial Monitoring of Peak Expiratory Flow and FEV₁ in the Diagnosis of Occupational Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 827-832. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEPHAN F. LANES, LEE L. LANZA, and CHARLES E. WENTWORTH, III: Risk of Emergency Care, Hospitalization, and ICU Stays for Acute Asthma among Recipients of Salmeterol; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 857-861. [Abstract] [Full text]
UGO PRADAL, CARLO CASTELLANI, ANTONELLA DELMARCO, and GIANNI MASTELLA: Nasal Potential Difference in Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 896-901. [Abstract] [Full text]
NICK H. T. ten HACKEN, HESTER van der VAART, THOMAS W. van der MARK, GERARD H. KOËTER, and DIRKJE S. POSTMA: Exhaled Nitric Oxide Is Higher Both at Day and Night in Subjects with Nocturnal Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 902-907. [Abstract] [Full text]
R. ANDREW MCIVOR, EMILIO PIZZICHINI, MARK O. TURNER, PATRICIA HUSSACK, FREDERICK E. HARGREAVE, and MALCOLM R. SEARS: Potential Masking Effects of Salmeterol on Airway Inflammation in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 924-930. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELEANOR M. MINSHALL, ROBERT SCHLEIMER, LISA CAMERON, MIKE MINNICOZZI, ROBERT W. EGAN, JOSE-CARLOS GUTIERREZ-RAMOS, DAVID H. EIDELMAN, and QUTAYBA HAMID: Interleukin-5 Expression in the Bone Marrow of Sensitized Balb/c Mice after Allergen Challenge; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 951-957. [Abstract] [Full text]
ISABELLE VACHIER, GIUSEPPINA CHIAPPARA, ANTONIO MAURIZIO VIGNOLA, ROSALIA GAGLIARDO, ELENA ALTIERI, BÉATRICE TÉROUANNE, PATRICE VIC, JEAN BOUSQUET, PHILIPPE GODARD, and PASCAL CHANEZ: Glucocorticoid Receptors in Bronchial Epithelial Cells in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 963-970. [Abstract] [Full text]
PASCAL CHANEZ, DAVID SPRINGALL, ANTONIO M. VIGNOLA, ANNE MORADOGHI-HATTVANI, JULIA M. POLAK, PHILIPPE GODARD, and JEAN BOUSQUET: Bronchial Mucosal Immunoreactivity of Sensory Neuropeptides in Severe Airway Diseases; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 985-990. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALAN H. JOBE and MACHIKO IKEGAMI: Surfactant Homeostasis in Corticotropin-releasing Hormone Deficiency in Adult Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 995-997. [Abstract] [Full text]
MONICA KRAFT, GAIL H. CASSELL, JAN E. HENSON, HAROLD WATSON, JAN WILLIAMSON, B. P. MARMION, CHARLOTTE A. GAYDOS, and RICHARD J. MARTIN: Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the Airways of Adults with Chronic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 998-1001. [Abstract] [Full text]

COPD:

ELLEN M. POUW, ANNEMIE M. W. J. SCHOLS, NICOLAAS E. P. DEUTZ, and EMIEL F. M. WOUTERS: Plasma and Muscle Amino Acid Levels in Relation to Resting Energy Expenditure and Inflammation in Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 797-801. [Abstract] [Full text]
ARTHUR F. GELB, NOE ZAMEL, JAMES C. HOGG, NESTER L. MÜLLER, and MARK J. SCHEIN: Pseudophysiologic Emphysema Resulting from Severe Small-Airways Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 815-819. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care and Vascular Disease:

MICHAEL L. CARL, EDWARD S. SCHELEGLE, STEVEN B. HOLLSTIEN, and JERRY F. GREEN: Control of Ventilation during Lung Volume Changes and Permissive Hypercapnia in Dogs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 742-748. [Abstract] [Full text]
SUSAN M. LANE, KAY C. MAENDER, NANCY E. AWENDER, and MICHAEL B. MARON: Adrenal Epinephrine Increases Alveolar Liquid Clearance in a Canine Model of Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 760-768. [Abstract] [Full text]
NATHALIE KERMARREC, PATRICIA ZUNIC, SADEK BELOUCIF, JOËLLE BENESSIANO, LUDOVIC DROUET, and DIDIER PAYEN: Impact of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Platelet Aggregation and Fibrinolysis in Rats with Endotoxic Lung Injury . Role of Cyclic Guanosine 5'-monophosphate; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 833-839. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHARLES LUTZ, DAVID CARNEY, CHRISTINE FINCK, ANTHONY PICONE, LOUIS A. GATTO, ANDREW PASKANIK, EDWARD LANGENBACK, and GARY NIEMAN: Aerosolized Surfactant Improves Pulmonary Function in Endotoxin-induced Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 840-845. [Abstract] [Full text]
G. UMBERTO MEDURI, RAJU C. REDDY, TIMMYE STANLEY, and FATEN EL-ZEKY: Pneumonia in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome . A Prospective Evaluation of Bilateral Bronchoscopic Sampling; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 870-875. [Abstract] [Full text]
KRISTEN J. PRICE, PETER F. THALL, SUSANNAH K. KISH, VICKIE R. SHANNON, and BORJE S. ANDERSSON: Prognostic Indicators for Blood and Marrow Transplant Patients Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 876-884. [Abstract] [Full text]
MIGUEL SÁNCHEZ GARCÍA, JOSÉ A. CAMBRONERO GALACHE, JULIA LÓPEZ DIAZ, ENRIQUE CERDÁ CERDÁ, JOSÉ RUBIO BLASCO, MIGUEL A. GÓMEZ AGUINAGA, ANTONIO NÚÑEZ REIZ, SANTIAGO ROGERO MARÍN, JUAN J. OÑORO CAÑAVERAL, and JOSÉ A. SACRISTÁN del CASTILLO: Effectiveness and Cost of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract in Critically Ill Intubated Patients . A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Trial; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 908-916. [Abstract] [Full text]
F. TAKAO KANEKO, ALEJANDRO C. ARROLIGA, RAED A. DWEIK, SUZY A. COMHAIR, DANIEL LASKOWSKI, RITA OPPEDISANO, MARY JANE THOMASSEN, and SERPIL C. ERZURUM: Biochemical Reaction Products of Nitric Oxide as Quantitative Markers of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 917-923. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAZUSHIGE OKADA, MATTHEW L. BERNSTEIN, WEI ZHANG, DANIEL P. SCHUSTER, and MITCHELL D. BOTNEY: Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibition Delays Pulmonary Vascular Neointimal Formation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 939-950. [Abstract] [Full text]

Epidemiology:

AH-FONG HOO, MATTHIAS HENSCHEN, CAROL DEZATEUX, KATE COSTELOE, and JANET STOCKS: Respiratory Function Among Preterm Infants Whose Mothers Smoked During Pregnancy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 700-705. [Abstract] [Full text]
IAIN M. CAREY, DAVID P. STRACHAN, and DEREK G. COOK: Effects of Changes in Fresh Fruit Consumption on Ventilatory Function in Healthy British Adults; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 728-733. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN ELLIOT, PETER VULLERMIN, and PHILIP ROBINSON: Maternal Cigarette Smoking Is Associated with Increased Inner Airway Wall Thickness in Children Who Die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 802-806. [Abstract] [Full text]
NAOTO KEICHO, KATSUSHI TOKUNAGA, KOICHIRO NAKATA, YOSHIO TAGUCHI, ARATA AZUMA, MAKOTO BANNAI, MITSURU EMI, NOBUYA OHISHI, YOSHIO YAZAKI, and SHOJI KUDOH: Contribution of HLA Genes to Genetic Predisposition in Diffuse Panbronchiolitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 846-850. [Abstract] [Full text]
JORDI SUNYER, JOSEP M. ANTÓ, DAVE MCFARLANE, ANTONIA DOMINGO, AURELIO TOBÍAS, MARIA-ANTONIA BARCELÓ, and ALVARO MÚÑOZ: Sex Differences in Mortality of People Who Visited Emergency Rooms for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 851-856. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARIA H. GARRETT, MARTIN A. HOOPER, BEVERLEY M. HOOPER, and MICHAEL J. ABRAMSON: Respiratory Symptoms in Children and Indoor Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide and Gas Stoves; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 891-895. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathophysiology:

KENNETH W. T. TSANG, PAK-LEUNG HO, WAH-KIT LAM, MARY S. M. IP, KWOK-NING CHAN, CHU-SEK HO, CLARA C. G. OOI, and KWOK Y. YUEN: Inhaled Fluticasone Reduces Sputum Inflammatory Indices in Severe Bronchiectasis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 723-727. [Abstract] [Full text]
FOKJE M. SPOELSTRA, HESSEL HOVENGA, JACOBIEN A. NOORDHOEK, DIRKJE S. POSTMA, and HENK F. KAUFFMAN: Changes in CD11b and L-selectin Expression on Eosinophils Are Mediated by Human Lung Fibroblasts In Vitro; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 769-777. [Abstract] [Full text]
JANET M. HUGHES, HANS WEILL, HARVEY CHECKOWAY, ROBERT N. JONES, MELANIE M. HENRY, NICHOLAS J. HEYER, NOAH S. SEIXAS, and PAUL A. DEMERS: Radiographic Evidence of Silicosis Risk in the Diatomaceous Earth Industry; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 807-814. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALEJANDRA RAMÍREZ-VENEGAS, RAÚL H. SANSORES, ROGELIO PÉREZ-PADILLA, GUILLERMO CARRILLO, and MOISÉS SELMAN: Utility of a Provocation Test for Diagnosis of Chronic Pigeon Breeder's Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 862-869. [Abstract] [Full text]
BARRY WEINBERGER, LADAN FAKHRZADEH, DIANE E. HECK, JEFFREY D. LASKIN, CAROL R. GARDNER, and DEBRA L. LASKIN: Inhaled Nitric Oxide Primes Lung Macrophages to Produce Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Intermediates; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 931-938. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAMELA H. SCOTT, ANDREW PAUL, CHRISTOPHER M. BELHAM, ANDREW J. PEACOCK, ROGER M. WADSWORTH, GWYN W. GOULD, DAVID WELSH, and ROBIN PLEVIN: Hypoxic Stimulation of the Stress-activated Protein Kinases in Pulmonary Artery Fibroblasts; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 958-962. [Abstract] [Full text]
NAJMUNNISA NASREEN, DANIEL L. HARTMAN, KAMAL A. MOHAMMED, and VEENA B. ANTONY: Talc-induced Expression of C-C and C-X-C Chemokines and Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 in Mesothelial Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 971-978. [Abstract] [Full text]
KEISHI KUBO, YOSHITAKA YAMAZAKI, TAKESHI MASUBUCHI, AKEMI TAKAMIZAWA, HIROSHI YAMAMOTO, TOMONOBU KOIZUMI, KEISAKU FUJIMOTO, YUKINORI MATSUZAWA, TAKAYUKI HONDA, MINORU HASEGAWA, and SHUSUKE SONE: Pulmonary Infection with Mycobacterium Avium-intracellulare Leads to Air Trapping Distal to the Small Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 979-984. [Abstract] [Full text]
STELIOS LOUKIDES, ILDIKO HORVATH, THERESA WODEHOUSE, PETER J. COLE, and PETER J. BARNES: Elevated Levels of Expired Breath Hydrogen Peroxide in Bronchiectasis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 991-994. [Abstract] [Full text]

Respiratory Muscles and Sleep:

SUSANNE A. CLARK, CHRISTINE R. WILSON, MAKOTO SATOH, DAVID PEGELOW, and JEROME A. DEMPSEY: Assessment of Inspiratory Flow Limitation Invasively and Noninvasively during Sleep; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 713-722. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL I. POLKEY, REBECCA A. LYALL, MALCOLM GREEN, P. NIGEL LEIGH, and JOHN MOXHAM: Expiratory Muscle Function in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 734-741. [Abstract] [Full text]
LESLEY S. BENNETT, BEVERLY A. LANGFORD, JOHN R. STRADLING, and ROBERT J. O. DAVIES: Sleep Fragmentation Indices as Predictors of Daytime Sleepiness and nCPAP Response in Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 778-786. [Abstract] [Full text]
ERIK van LUNTEREN and MICHELLE MOYER: Electrophysiologic and Inotropic Effects of K⁺-Channel Blockade in Aged Diaphragm; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 820-826. [Abstract] [Full text]

Surgery:

JENS MICHAEL HOHLFELD, EZGI TIRYAKI, HINRICH HAMM, HEINZ GERD HOYMANN, NORBERT KRUG, AXEL HAVERICH, and HELMUT FABEL: Pulmonary Surfactant Activity Is Impaired in Lung Transplant Recipients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 706-712. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANK REICHENBERGER, JAMES HABICHT, ACHIM KAIM, PETER DALQUEN, FRANZISKA BERNET, REINHARD SCHLÄPFER, PETER STULZ, ANDRÉ P. PERRUCHOUD, ANDRÉ TICHELLI, ALOIS GRATWOHL, and MICHAEL TAMM: Lung Resection for Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Neutropenic Patients with Hematologic Diseases; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 885-890. [Abstract] [Full text]

NHLBI WORKSHOP SUMMARY:

RICHARD J. MARTIN and SUSAN BANKS-SCHLEGEL: Chronobiology of Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1002-1007. [Full text]