AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (158 5)

SUSAN MURIN, GREGORY P. MARELICH, ALEJANDRO C. ARROLIGA, and RICHARD A. MATTHAY: Hereditary Thrombophilia and Venous Thromboembolism; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1369-1373. [Abstract] [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Asthma and Atopy:

MARTIN SCHUILING, HERMAN MEURS, ANNET B. ZUIDHOF, NICOLETTE VENEMA, and JOHAN ZAAGSMA: Dual Action of iNOS-derived Nitric Oxide in Allergen-induced Airway Hyperreactivity in Conscious, Unrestrained Guinea Pigs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1442-1449. [Abstract] [Full text]
LIEVEN J. DUPONT, JAN L. PYPE, MAURITS G. DEMEDTS, PAUL DE LEYN, GEORGES DENEFFE, and GEERT M. VERLEDEN: The Effects of 8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin on the Cholinergic Contraction in Guinea Pig and Human Airways In Vitro; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1479-1486. [Abstract] [Full text]
SAMANTHA L. GREEN, M. CHRISTINE GAILLARD, ERNEST SONG, JOHN B. DEWAR, and ANDREW HALKAS: Polymorphisms of the Beta Chain of the High-Affinity Immunoglobulin E Receptor (Fc $varepsilon$ RI- $beta$ ) in South African Black and White Asthmatic and Nonasthmatic Individuals; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1487-1492. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEAN-CHARLES DALPHIN, ANDRÉ DUBIEZ, ELISABETH MONNET, DANIEL GORA, VIRGINIE WESTEEL, DIDIER PERNET, JEAN-CHARLES POLIO, ROGER GIBEY, JEAN-JACQUES LAPLANTE, and ALAIN DEPIERRE: Prevalence of Asthma and Respiratory Symptoms in Dairy Farmers in the French Province of the Doubs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1493-1498. [Abstract] [Full text]
LORRAINE A. HART, VIJAYA L. KRISHNAN, IAN M. ADCOCK, PETER J. BARNES, and K. FAN CHUNG: Activation and Localization of Transcription Factor, Nuclear Factor- $kappa$ B, in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1585-1592. [Abstract] [Full text]
FINN FINSNES, GEIR CHRISTENSEN, TORSTEIN LYBERG, OLE M. SEJERSTED, and OLE H. SKJØNSBERG: Increased Synthesis and Release of Endothelin-1 during the Initial Phase of Airway Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1600-1606. [Abstract] [Full text]
M. DOLHNIKOFF, J. MORIN, and M. S. LUDWIG: Human Lung Parenchyma Responds to Contractile Stimulation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1607-1612. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAGNAR RYLANDER, MARIA NORRHALL, ULLA ENGDAHL, ALF TUNSÄTER, and PATRICK G. HOLT: Airways Inflammation, Atopy, and (1 $right-arrow$ 3)- $beta$ -D-Glucan Exposures in Two Schools; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1685-1687. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

EMILIO PIZZICHINI, MARCIA M. M. PIZZICHINI, PETER GIBSON, K. PARAMESWARAN, GERALD J. GLEICH, LES BERMAN, JERRY DOLOVICH, and FREDERICK E. HARGREAVE: Sputum Eosinophilia Predicts Benefit from Prednisone in Smokers with Chronic Obstructive Bronchitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1511-1517. [Abstract] [Full text]
BORIS E. A. LAMS, ANA R. SOUSA, P. JOHN REES, and TAK H. LEE: Immunopathology of the Small-Airway Submucosa in Smokers with and without Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1518-1523. [Abstract] [Full text]
DENIS E. O'DONNELL, MIU LAM, and KATHERINE A. WEBB: Measurement of Symptoms, Lung Hyperinflation, and Endurance during Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1557-1565. [Abstract] [Full text]
AINA NOGUERA, XAVIER BUSQUETS, JAUME SAULEDA, JOSE M. VILLAVERDE, WILLIAM MacNEE, and ALVAR G. N. AGUSTÍ: Expression of Adhesion Molecules and G Proteins in Circulating Neutrophils in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1664-1668. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care and Pulmonary Circulation:

SERGEI A. KHARITONOV, MARIA A. SAPIENZA, PETER J. BARNES, and K. FAN CHUNG: Prostaglandins E₂ and F₂ Reduce Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Normal and Asthmatic Subjects Irrespective of Airway Caliber Changes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1374-1378. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER B. BACH, SHANNON S. CARSON, and ALAN LEFF: Outcomes and Resource Utilization for Patients with Prolonged Critical Illness Managed by University-based or Community-based Subspecialists; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1410-1415. [Abstract] [Full text]
LARS J. BJERTNAES, TOMONOBU KOIZUMI, and JOHN H. NEWMAN: Inhaled Nitric Oxide Reduces Lung Fluid Filtration after Endotoxin in Awake Sheep; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1416-1423. [Abstract] [Full text]
G. UMBERTO MEDURI, ELIZABETH A. TOLLEY, ALBERT CHINN, FRANKIE STENTZ, and ARNOLD POSTLETHWAITE: Procollagen Types I and III Aminoterminal Propeptide Levels during Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and in Response to Methylprednisolone Treatment; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1432-1441. [Abstract] [Full text]
GEORGE NAKOS, EIRENE I. KITSIOULI, and MARILENA E. LEKKA: Bronchoalveolar Lavage Alterations in Pulmonary Embolism; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1504-1510. [Abstract] [Full text]
IAN R. DOYLE, CEDRIC HERMANS, ALFRED BERNARD, TERENCE E. NICHOLAS, and ANDREW D. BERSTEN: Clearance of Clara Cell Secretory Protein 16 (CC16) and Surfactant Proteins A and B from Blood in Acute Respiratory Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1528-1535. [Abstract] [Full text]
BRIAN R. JACOBS, RICHARD J. BRILLI, EDGAR T. BALLARD, DANIEL J. PASSERINI, and DANIEL J. SMITH: Aerosolized Soluble Nitric Oxide Donor Improves Oxygenation and Pulmonary Hypertension in Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1536-1542. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAX KIRMSE, YUJI FUJINO, DEAN HESS, and ROBERT M. KACMAREK: Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Improves Gas Exchange and Pulmonary Mechanics during Partial Liquid Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1550-1556. [Abstract] [Full text]
KEIZO SHIBATA, NUALA CREGG, DOREEN ENGELBERTS, AKINORI TAKEUCHI, LUDWIK FEDORKO, and BRIAN P. KAVANAGH: Hypercapnic Acidosis May Attenuate Acute Lung Injury by Inhibition of Endogenous Xanthine Oxidase; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1578-1584. [Abstract] [Full text]
KABIR ABUBAKAR, BARBARA SCHMIDT, SHELLEY MONKMAN, COLIN WEBBER, DEREK deSA, and ROBIN ROBERTS: Heparin Improves Gas Exchange during Experimental Acute Lung Injury in Newborn Piglets; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1620-1625. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER NEUMANN, JAN E. BERGLUND, ENRIQUE F. MONDÉJAR, ANDERS MAGNUSSON, and GÖRAN HEDENSTIERNA: Effect of Different Pressure Levels on the Dynamics of Lung Collapse and Recruitment in Oleic-Acid-induced Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1636-1643. [Abstract] [Full text]
LOUIS PUYBASSET, PHILIPPE CLUZEL, NAN CHAO, ARTHUR S. SLUTSKY, PIERRE CORIAT, JEAN-JACQUES ROUBY, and the CT Scan ARDS Study Group: A Computed Tomography Scan Assessment of Regional Lung Volume in Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1644-1655. [Abstract] [Full text]
MENG-CHIH LIN, SATORU EBIHARA, QASIM EL DWAIRI, SABAH N. A. HUSSAIN, LIYING YANG, STEWART B. GOTTFRIED, ALAIN COMTOIS, and BASIL J. PETROF: Diaphragm Sarcolemmal Injury Is Induced by Sepsis and Alleviated by Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1656-1663. [Abstract] [Full text]
XIAO-WEN JIANG, KENJIRO KAMBARA, NAOKI GOTOH, KAZUHIKO NISHIGAKI, and HISAYOSHI FUJIWARA: Effects of Low-Dose Beraprost Sodium, a Stable Prostaglandin I₂ Analogue, on Reperfusion Injury to Rabbit Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1669-1675. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

PAOLO MONTUSCHI, GIOVANNI CIABAT TONI, PAOLO PAREDI, PANAGIOTIS PANTELIDIS, ROLAND M. du BOIS, SERGEI A. KHARITONOV, and PETER J. BARNES: 8-Isoprostane as a Biomarker of Oxidative Stress in Interstitial Lung Diseases; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1524-1527. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARK D. WEWERS, PHILIP T. DIAZ, MARY ELLEN WEWERS, MELISSA P. LOWE, HAIKADY N. NAGARAJA, and THOMAS L. CLANTON: Cigarette Smoking in HIV Infection Induces a Suppressive Inflammatory Environment in the Lung; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1543-1549. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARY J. MALIARIK, BENJAMIN A. RYBICKI, EMILY MALVITZ, ROBERTA G. SHEFFER, MARCIE MAJOR, JOHN POPOVICH, Jr., and MICHAEL C. IANNUZZI: Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Gene Polymorphism and Risk of Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1566-1570. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREA J. COHEN, TALMADGE E. KING, Jr., LAURA B. GILMAN, CATHERINE MAGILL-SOLC, and YORK E. MILLER: High Expression of Neutral Endopeptidase in Idiopathic Diffuse Hyperplasia of Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1593-1599. [Abstract] [Full text]
KATSUSHI KUROSU, NORIO YUMOTO, MASAKAZU FURUKAWA, TAKAYUKI KURIYAMA, and ATSUO MIKATA: Low-Grade Pulmonary Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma with or without Intraclonal Variation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1613-1619. [Abstract] [Full text]
SOO-TAEK UH, YOSHIKAZU INOUE, TALMADGE E. KING, Jr., EDWARD D. CHAN, LEE S. NEWMAN, and DAVID W. H. RICHES: Morphometric Analysis of Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Localization in Lung Tissues of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1626-1635. [Abstract] [Full text]
AKIHITO YOKOYAMA, NOBUOKI KOHNO, HIRONOBU HAMADA, MITSUNORI SAKATANI, EINOSUKE UEDA, KEIICHI KONDO, YUTAKA HIRASAWA, and KUNIO HIWADA: Circulating KL-6 Predicts the Outcome of Rapidly Progressive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1680-1684. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

JAMES W. ZIEGLER, D. DUNBAR IVY, JAMES W. WIGGINS, JOHN P. KINSELLA, WILLIAM R. CLARKE, and STEVEN H. ABMAN: Effects of Dipyridamole and Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Pediatric Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1388-1395. [Abstract] [Full text]
JENNIFER A. ALISON, JEFF A. REGNIS, PETER M. DONNELLY, ROGER D. ADAMS, COLIN E. SULLIVAN, and PETER T. P. BYE: End-Expiratory Lung Volume during Arm and Leg Exercise in Normal Subjects and Patients with Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1450-1458. [Abstract] [Full text]

Physiology/Epidemiology:

PAUL L. ENRIGHT and DUANE L. SHERRILL: Reference Equations for the Six-Minute Walk in Healthy Adults; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1384-1387. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAIDA I. HARIK-KHAN, ROBERT A. WISE, and JAMES L. FOZARD: Determinants of Maximal Inspiratory Pressure . The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1459-1464. [Abstract] [Full text]
REMKO HOUBA, DICK HEEDERIK, and GERT DOEKES: Wheat Sensitization and Work-related Symptoms in the Baking Industry Are Preventable . An Epidemiologic Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1499-1503. [Abstract] [Full text]
SILVIA R. R. VIEIRA, LOUIS PUYBASSET, JACK RICHECOEUR, QIN LU, PHILIPPE CLUZEL, PABLO B. GUSMAN, PIERRE CORIAT, and JEAN-JACQUES ROUBY: A Lung Computed Tomographic Assessment of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure-induced Lung Overdistension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1571-1577. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep and Respiratory Muscles:

VISHESH K. KAPUR, THOMAS D. KOEPSELL, JAMES deMAINE, RICHARD HERT, ROBERT E. SANDBLOM, and BRUCE M. PSATY: Association of Hypothyroidism and Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1379-1383. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNE MARIE LORINO, FREDERIC LOFASO, DANIELLE DUIZABO, FRANÇOISE ZERAH, FRANÇOISE GOLDENBERG, MARIE PIA d'ORTHO, ALAIN HARF, and HUBERT LORINO: Respiratory Resistive Impedance as an Index of Airway Obstruction during Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Titration; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1465-1470. [Abstract] [Full text]
SAIRAM PARTHASARATHY, AMAL JUBRAN, and MARTIN J. TOBIN: Cycling of Inspiratory and Expiratory Muscle Groups with the Ventilator in Airflow Limitation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1471-1478. [Abstract] [Full text]

Transplant/Surgery:

HERVÉ MAL, ANTOINE LEVY, THIERRY LAPERCHE, CHARLES SLEIMAN, JEAN LOUIS STIEVENART, ALAIN COHEN-SOLAL, OLIVIER BRUGIÈRE, GUY LESÈCHE, GILLES JEBRAK, and MICHEL FOURNIER: Limitations of Radionuclide Angiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Systolic Function before Lung Transplantation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1396-1402. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAANAN ARENS, JOSEPH M. MCDONOUGH, HUAQING ZHAO, NANCY P. BLUMENTHAL, ROBERT M. KOTLOFF, and MICHAEL M. GRUNSTEIN: Altered Lung Mechanics after Double-Lung Transplantation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1403-1409. [Abstract] [Full text]
EDDA M. TSCHERNKO, EVA M. GRUBER, PETER JAKSCH, OLIVER JANDRASITS, URSULA JANTSCH, THOMAS BRACK, HEINZ LAHRMANN, WALTER KLEPETKO, and THEODOR WANKE: Ventilatory Mechanics and Gas Exchange during Exercise before and after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1424-1431. [Abstract] [Full text]

CASE REPORTS:

OLIVIER VANDENPLAS, SIMONE CASEL, MONIQUE DELOS, JEAN-PAUL TRIGAUX, MICHEL MELANGE, and ERIC MARCHAND: Granulomatous Bronchiolitis Associated with Crohn's Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1676-1679. [Abstract] [Full text]

CORRESPONDENCE:

: Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1688. [Full text]

SUPPLEMENT: "Respiratory Health Hazards in Agriculture"

: Respiratory Health Hazards in Agriculture; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S1-76. [Full text]

SUPPLEMENT: "13TH TRANSATLANTIC AIRWAY CONFERENCE"

: Purpose of the Conference; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S77. [Full text]
ALAN R. LEFF: Biology of Airway Smooth Muscle . Conference Summary; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S78-79. [Full text]
NEWMAN L. STEPHENS, WEILONG LI, YING WANG, and XUEFEI MA: The Contractile Apparatus of Airway Smooth Muscle . Biophysics and Biochemistry; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S80-94. [Abstract] [Full text]
H. LEE SWEENEY: Regulation and Tuning of Smooth Muscle Myosin; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S95-99. [Abstract] [Full text]
JULIAN SOLWAY, SEAN M. FORSYTHE, ANDREW J. HALAYKO, JOAQUIM E. VIEIRA, MARC B. HERSHENSON, and BLANCA CAMORETTI-MERCADO: Transcriptional Regulation of Smooth Muscle Contractile Apparatus Expression; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S100-108. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL I. KOTLIKOFF and YONG-XIAO WANG: Calcium Release and Calcium-Activated Chloride Channels in Airway Smooth Muscle Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S109-114. [Abstract] [Full text]
HAKON HAKONARSON and MICHAEL M. GRUNSTEIN: Regulation of Second Messengers Associated with Airway Smooth Muscle Contraction and Relaxation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S115-122. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER J. BARNES: Pharmacology of Airway Smooth Muscle; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S123-132. [Abstract] [Full text]
REYNOLD A. PANETTIERI, Jr.: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Airway Smooth Muscle Proliferation and Cell Adhesion Molecule Expression; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S133-140. [Abstract] [Full text]
D. SPINA: Epithelium Smooth Muscle Regulation and Interactions; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S141-145. [Abstract] [Full text]
MALCOLM JOHNSON: The $beta$ -Adrenoceptor; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S146-153. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALLISON D. FRYER and DAVID B. JACOBY: Muscarinic Receptors and Control of Airway Smooth Muscle; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S154-160. [Abstract] [Full text]
KLAUS F. RABE: Mechanisms of Immune Sensitization of Human Bronchus; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S161-170. [Abstract] [Full text]
J. G. WIDDICOMBE: Autonomic Regulation . i-NANC/e-NANC; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S171-175. [Abstract] [Full text]
SOUFIA HELIOUI RABOUDI, BRETT MILLER, JAMES P. BUTLER, STEPHANIE A. SHORE, and JEFFREY J. FREDBERG: Dynamically Determined Contractile States of Airway Smooth Muscle; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S176-178. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHUN Y. SEOW, R. ROBERT SCHELLENBERG, and PETER D. PARÉ: Structural and Functional Changes in the Airway Smooth Muscle of Asthmatic Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S179-186. [Abstract] [Full text]
D. S. POSTMA and H. A. M. KERSTJENS: Characteristics of Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S187-192. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEFFREY M. DRAZEN: Leukotrienes as Mediators of Airway Obstruction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S193-200. [Abstract] [Full text]
STUART J. HIRST and TAK H. LEE: Airway Smooth Muscle as a Target of Glucocorticoid Action in the Treatment of Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: S201-206. [Abstract] [Full text]