AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (158 4)

Peter D. Wagner: Functional Consequences of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1017-1019. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

TIMOTHY L. FRANK, ANIL ADISESH, ANTHONY C. PICKERING, JOHN F. J. MORRISON, TAMSIN WRIGHT, HELEN FRANCIS, ANGELA FLETCHER, PETER I. FRANK, and PHILIP HANNAFORD: Relationship between Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Childhood Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1032-1036. [Abstract] [Full text]
ILDIKÓ HORVÁTH, LOUISE E. DONNELLY, ANDRÁS KISS, SERGEI A. KHARITONOV, SAM LIM, K. FAN CHUNG, and PETER J. BARNES: Combined Use of Exhaled Hydrogen Peroxide and Nitric Oxide in Monitoring Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1042-1046. [Abstract] [Full text]
NANCY KLINE LEIDY, KITTY S. CHAN, and CECELIA COUGHLIN: Is the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire a Useful Measure for Low-income Asthmatics?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1082-1090. [Abstract] [Full text]
KITAW DEMISSIE, MARY B. BRECKENRIDGE, and GEORGE G. RHOADS: Infant and Maternal Outcomes in the Pregnancies of Asthmatic Women; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1091-1095. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN D. BRANNAN, HEIKKI KOSKELA, SANDRA D. ANDERSON, and NORA CHEW: Responsiveness to Mannitol in Asthmatic Subjects with Exercise- and Hyperventilation-induced Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1120-1126. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASAYUKI HOJO, KARIM MAGHNI, THOMAS B. ISSEKUTZ, and JAMES G. MARTIN: Involvement of $alpha$ -4 Integrins in Allergic Airway Responses and Mast Cell Degranulation In Vivo; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1127-1133. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHANNES C. C. M.in't VEEN, HERMELIJN H. SMITS, ANTONIA J. J. RAVENSBERG, PIETER S. HIEMSTRA, PETER J. STERK, and ELISABETH H. BEL: Impaired Perception of Dyspnea in Patients with Severe Asthma . Relation to Sputum Eosinophils; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1134-1141. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDRZEJ SZCZEKLIK, RYSZARD DWORSKI, LUCYNA MASTALERZ, ANNA PROKOP, JAMES R. SHELLER, EWA NIZANKOWSKA, ADAM CMIEL, and JOHN A. OATES: Salmeterol Prevents Aspirin-induced Attacks of Asthma and Interferes with Eicosanoid Metabolism; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1168-1172. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARCIA M. M. PIZZICHINI, EMILIO PIZZICHINI, ANN EFTHIMIADIS, ANOOP J. CHAUHAN, SEBASTIAN L. JOHNSTON, PAT HUSSACK, JIM MAHONY, JERRY DOLOVICH, and FREDERICK E. HARGREAVE: Asthma and Natural Colds . Inflammatory Indices in Induced Sputum: A Feasibility Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1178-1184. [Abstract] [Full text]
GAIL OTULAKOWSKI, SUSANNE FLUECKIGER-STAUB, LYNDA ELLIS, KUMAR RAMLALL, OLIVIER STAUB, DAVID SMITH, PETER DURIE, and HUGH O'BRODOVICH: Relation between $alpha$ , $beta$ , and $gamma$ Human Amiloride- Sensitive Epithelial Na⁺ Channel mRNA Levels and Nasal Epithelial Potential Difference in Healthy Men; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1213-1220. [Abstract] [Full text]
CARLOS AGUSTI, KIYOSHI TAKEYAMA, LARS OLAF CARDELL, IRIS UEKI, JAMES LAUSIER, YA-PING LOU, and JAY A. NADEL: Goblet Cell Degranulation after Antigen Challenge in Sensitized Guinea Pigs . Role of Neutrophils; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1253-1258. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANK J. TRUDO, WARREN B. GEFTER, KEVIN C. WELCH, KRISHANU B. GUPTA, GREG MAISLIN, and RICHARD J. SCHWAB: State-related Changes in Upper Airway Caliber and Surrounding Soft-Tissue Structures in Normal Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1259-1270. [Abstract] [Full text]
GIORGIO L. PIACENTINI, ALESSANDRO BODINI, LIDIA VINO, LUISA ZANOLLA, SILVIA COSTELLA, LUCIA VICENTINI, and ATTILIO L. BONER: Influence of Environmental Concentrations of NO on the Exhaled NO Test; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1299-1301. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

TAKASHI HAJIRO, KOICHI NISHIMURA, MITSUHIRO TSUKINO, AKIHIKO IKEDA, HIROSHI KOYAMA, and TAKATERU IZUMI: Analysis of Clinical Methods Used to Evaluate Dyspnea in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1185-1189. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTONINO DI STEFANO, ARMANDO CAPELLI, MIRCO LUSUARDI, PIERO BALBO, CINZIA VECCHIO, PIERO MAESTRELLI, CRISTINA E. MAPP, LEONARDO M. FABBRI, CLAUDIO F. DONNER, and MARINA SAETTA: Severity of Airflow Limitation Is Associated with Severity of Airway Inflammation in Smokers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1277-1285. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care and Circulation:

ALBERT H. M. FROON, MARC J. M. BONTEN, CARLO A. GAILLARD, JAN WILLEM M. GREVE, MIEKE A. DENTENER, PETER W. de LEEUW, MARJOLEIN DRENT, ELLEN E. STOBBERINGH, and WIM A. BUURMAN: Prediction of Clinical Severity and Outcome of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia . Comparison of Simplified Acute Physiology Score with Systemic Inflammatory Mediators; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1026-1031. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEPHEN L. ARCHER, KHIER DJABALLAH, MARC HUMBERT, E. KENNETH WEIR, MURIEL FARTOUKH, JOSETTE DALL'AVA-SANTUCCI, JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MERCIER, GERALD SIMONNEAU, and A. TUAN DINH-XUAN: Nitric Oxide Deficiency in Fenfluramine- and Dexfenfluramine-induced Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1061-1067. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAMES K. STOLLER, EDWARD J. MASCHA, LUCY KESTER, and DAVID HANEY: Randomized Controlled Trial of Physician-directed versus Respiratory Therapy Consult Service-directed Respiratory Care to Adult Non-ICU Inpatients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1068-1075. [Abstract] [Full text]
MEHRAN MONCHI, FLORENCE BELLENFANT, ALAIN CARIOU, LUC-MARIE JOLY, DOMINIQUE THEBERT, IVAN LAURENT, JEAN-FRANÇOIS DHAINAUT, and FABRICE BRUNET: Early Predictive Factors of Survival in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome . A Multivariate Analysis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1076-1081. [Abstract] [Full text]
BETTY Y. POON, CHRISTOPHER M. GODDARD, CYNTHIA D. LEAF, JAMES A. RUSSELL, and KEITH R. WALLEY: L-2-Oxothiazolidine-4-Carboxylic Acid Prevents Endotoxin-induced Cardiac Dysfunction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1109-1113. [Abstract] [Full text]
THOMAS J. PRENDERGAST, MICHAEL T. CLAESSENS, and JOHN M. LUCE: A National Survey of End-of-life Care for Critically Ill Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1163-1167. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT L. CONHAIM, STEPHENIA D. COOLER, ANN M. MCGRATH, DAVID A. DEANGELES, GREGORY A. MYERS, and BRUCE A. HARMS: Filtration of Diaspirin Crosslinked Hemoglobin into Lung and Soft Tissue Lymph; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1204-1212. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAREN O. MCKAY, PETER R. A. JOHNSON, JUDITH L. BLACK, ALLAN R. GLANVILLE, and CAROL L. ARMOUR: Airway Structure and Function in Eisenmenger's Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1245-1252. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

EVA K. CATLOS, MICHAEL F. CANTWELL, GULSHAN BHATIA, SONJA GEDIN, JULIEANN LEWIS, and JANET C. MOHLE-BOETANI: Public Health Interventions to Encourage TB Class A/B1/B2 Immigrants to Present for TB Screening; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1037-1041. [Abstract] [Full text]
KENNETH W. TSANG, SHIU-KUM LAM, WAH-KIT LAM, JOHAN KARLBERG, BENJAMIN C. WONG, WAYNE H. HU, WING-WAI YEW, and MARY S. IP: High Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Active Bronchiectasis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1047-1051. [Abstract] [Full text]
STÉPHANE JOUVESHOMME, EMMANUELLE CAMBAU, DAVID TRYSTRAM, MICHEL SZPYTMA, WLADIMIR SOUGAKOFF, JEAN-PHILIPPE DERENNE, and JACQUES GROSSET: Clinical Utility of an Amplification Test Based on Ligase Chain Reaction in Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1096-1101. [Abstract] [Full text]
SANTIAGO EWIG, MAURICIO RUIZ, JOSEP MENSA, MARIA ANGELES MARCOS, JOSE ANTONIO MARTINEZ, FRANCISCO ARANCIBIA, MICHAEL S. NIEDERMAN, and ANTONI TORRES: Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia . Assessment of Severity Criteria; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1102-1108. [Abstract] [Full text]
NAGESH V. SALIAN, JAMES A. RISH, KATHLEEN D. EISENACH, M. DONALD CAVE, and JOSEPH H. BATES: Polymerase Chain Reaction to Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Histologic Specimens; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1150-1155. [Abstract] [Full text]
SANDRO GIOSUÈ, MASSIMO CASARINI, LUCILLA ALEMANNO, GIANNI GALLUCCIO, PAOLO MATTIA, GIOACCHINO PEDICELLI, LIONELLO REBEK, ALBERTO BISETTI, and FRANCO AMEGLIO: Effects of Aerosolized Interferon- $alpha$ in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1156-1162. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARY S. M. IP, K. Y. YUEN, PATRICK C. Y. WOO, W. K. LUK, KENNETH W. T. TSANG, W. K. LAM, and RAYMOND H. S. LIANG: Risk Factors for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1173-1177. [Abstract] [Full text]
RICHARD J. WALLACE, Jr., YANSHENG ZHANG, BARBARA A. BROWN, DAVID DAWSON, DAVID T. MURPHY, REBECCA WILSON, and DAVID E. GRIFFITH: Polyclonal Mycobacterium avium Complex Infections in Patients with Nodular Bronchiectasis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1235-1244. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

BURTON W. LEE, JOHN C. WAIN, KARL T. KELSEY, JOHN K. WIENCKE, and DAVID C. CHRISTIANI: Association between Diet and Lung Cancer Location; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1197-1203. [Abstract] [Full text]
PATRICK RAY, MARTINE ANTOINE, MURIELLE MARY-KRAUSE, MARIE-GISÈLE LEBRETTE, MARIE WISLEZ, CLAUDINE DUVIVIER, MARIE-CAROLINE MEYOHAS, PIERRE-MARIE GIRARD, CHARLES MAYAUD, and JACQUES CADRANEL: AIDS-related Primary Pulmonary Lymphoma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1221-1229. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARJORIE F. R. SILVA, WALTER A. ZIN, and PAULO H. N. SALDIVA: Airspace Configuration at Different Transpulmonary Pressures in Normal and Paraquat-induced Lung Injury in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1230-1234. [Abstract] [Full text]
VINCENT COTTIN, ANNE-VALÉRIE DONSBECK, DIDIER REVEL, ROBERT LOIRE, and JEAN-FRANÇOIS CORDIER: Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia . Individualization of a Clinicopathologic Entity in a Series of 12 Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1286-1293. [Abstract] [Full text]
TORU TAKAHASHI, MITSURU MUNAKATA, ISAMU SUZUKI, and YOSHIKAZU KAWAKAMI: Serum and Bronchoalveolar Fluid KL-6 Levels in Patients with Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1294-1298. [Abstract] [Full text]

Physiology:

MONIQUE OSWALD-MAMMOSSER, ROMAIN KESSLER, GILBERT MASSARD, JEAN-MARIE WIHLM, EMMANUEL WEITZENBLUM, and JEAN LONSDORFER: Effect of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery on Gas Exchange and Pulmonary Hemodynamics at Rest and during Exercise; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1020-1025. [Abstract] [Full text]
WERNER NIKISCHIN, TILO GERHARDT, RUTH EVERETT, and EDUARDO BANCALARI: A New Method to Analyze Lung Compliance When Pressure-Volume Relationship Is Nonlinear; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1052-1060. [Abstract] [Full text]
KEVIN M. CREAMER, LARYSSA L. MCCLOUD, LYLE E. FISHER, and INA C. EHRHART: Ventilation above Closing Volume Reduces Pulmonary Vascular Resistance Hysteresis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1114-1119. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep and Respiratory Muscles:

DAVID W. HUDGEL, ELIZABETH A. GORDON, SITTHEP THANAKITCHARU, and EUGENE N. BRUCE: Instability of Ventilatory Control in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1142-1149. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER R. EASTWOOD, DAVID R. HILLMAN, ALAN R. MORTON, and KEVIN E. FINUCANE: The Effects of Learning on the Ventilatory Responses to Inspiratory Threshold Loading; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1190-1196. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALINA A. IONESCU, KEN CHATHAM, CAROLE A. DAVIES, LISETTE S. NIXON, STEPHANIE ENRIGHT, and DENNIS J. SHALE: Inspiratory Muscle Function and Body Composition in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1271-1276. [Abstract] [Full text]

CASE REPORTS:

MARK R. NICOLLS, LANCE S. TERADA, RUBIN M. TUDER, SHEILA A. PRINDIVILLE, and MARVIN I. SCHWARZ: Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage with Underlying Pulmonary Capillaritis in the Retinoic Acid Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1302-1305. [Abstract] [Full text]
XAVIER MUÑOZ, SERGI MARTÍ, JORDI SUMALLA, JOSEP BOSCH, and GABRIEL SAMPOL: Acute Delirium as a Manifestation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1306-1307. [Abstract] [Full text]