AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (158 6)

JEFFREY M. DRAZEN and ELLIOT ISRAEL: Should Antileukotriene Therapies Be Used Instead of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma? . Yes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1697-1698. [Full text]
SALLY E. WENZEL: Should Antileukotriene Therapies Be Used Instead of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma? . No; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1699-1701. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

DOMENICO PRATICÒ, STEFANIA BASILI, MARIO VIERI, CORRADO CORDOVA, FRANCESCO VIOLI, and GARRET A. FITZGERALD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Is Associated with an Increase in Urinary Levels of Isoprostane F₂-III, an Index of Oxidant Stress; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1709-1714. [Abstract] [Full text]
JACOB DE BOER, F.MAY H. POUW, JOHAN ZAAGSMA, and HERMAN MEURS: Effects of Endogenous Superoxide Anion and Nitric Oxide on Cholinergic Constriction of Normal and Hyperreactive Guinea Pig Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1784-1789. [Abstract] [Full text]
PINGFANG SONG, EMANUELE CRIMI, MANLIO MILANESE, JIE DUAN, KAI REHDER, and VITO BRUSASCO: Anti-inflammatory Agents and Allergen-induced $beta$ ₂-Receptor Dysfunction in Isolated Human Bronchi; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1809-1814. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARIKE BOEZEN, JAN SCHOUTEN, BERT RIJCKEN, JUDITH VONK, JORRIT GERRITSEN, SASKIA van der ZEE, GERARD HOEK, BERT BRUNEKREEF, and DIRKJE POSTMA: Peak Expiratory Flow Variability, Bronchial Responsiveness, and Susceptibility to Ambient Air Pollution in Adults; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1848-1854. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIDEYASU MISHIMA, MASAYUKI HOJO, AZUMA WATANABE, QUTAYBA A. HAMID, and JAMES G. MARTIN: CD4+ T Cells Can Induce Airway Hyperresponsiveness to Allergen Challenge in the Brown Norway Rat; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1863-1870. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID A. OELBERG, ROBERT M. KACMAREK, PAUL P. PAPPAGIANOPOULOS, LEO C. GINNS, and DAVID M. SYSTROM: Ventilatory and Cardiovascular Responses to Inspired He-O₂ during Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1876-1882. [Abstract] [Full text]
GREGORY G. KING, STEFAN EBERL, CHERYL M. SALOME, IVEN H. YOUNG, and ANN J. WOOLCOCK: Differences in Airway Closure between Normal and Asthmatic Subjects Measured with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography and Technegas; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1900-1906. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTONIO M. VIGNOLA, LOREDANA RICCOBONO, ANGELA MIRABELLA, MIRELLA PROFITA, PASCAL CHANEZ, VINCENZO BELLIA, GISÈLE MAUTINO, PROVVIDENZA D'ACCARDI, JEAN BOUSQUET, and GIOVANNI BONSIGNORE: Sputum Metalloproteinase-9/Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 Ratio Correlates with Airflow Obstruction in Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1945-1950. [Abstract] [Full text]
WILLEM I. de BOER, ANNEMARIE van SCHADEWIJK, JACOB K. SONT, HARI S. SHARMA, JAN STOLK, PIETER S. HIEMSTRA, and J.HAN J. M. van KRIEKEN: Transforming Growth Factor $beta$ ₁ and Recruitment of Macrophages and Mast Cells in Airways in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1951-1957. [Abstract] [Full text]
KATHRYN HOBBS, JULIE NEGRI, MARY KLINNERT, LANNY J. ROSENWASSER, and LARRY BORISH: Interleukin-10 and Transforming Growth Factor- $beta$ Promoter Polymorphisms in Allergies and Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1958-1962. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAURO D'AMATO, LUCIA RICCI VITIANI, GIANNI PETRELLI, LUIGINA FERRIGNO, ANGELO di PIETRO, ROBERTO TREZZA, and PAOLO MARIA MATRICARDI: Association of Persistent Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness with $beta$ ₂-Adrenoceptor (ADRB2) Haplotypes . A Population Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1968-1973. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHANN CHRISTIAN VIRCHOW, PETER JULIUS, MAREK LOMMATZSCH, WERNER LUTTMANN, HARALD RENZ, and ARMIN BRAUN: Neurotrophins Are Increased in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid after Segmental Allergen Provocation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 2002-2005. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care and Pulmonary Circulation:

DANIEL JEAN, SAÏDA REZAIGUIA-DELCLAUX, CHRISTOPHE DELACOURT, ROLAND LECLERCQ, CHANTAL LAFUMA, CHRISTIAN BRUN-BUISSON, ALAIN HARF, and CHRISTOPHE DELCLAUX: Protective Effect of Endotoxin Instillation on Subsequent Bacteria-induced Acute Lung Injury in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1702-1708. [Abstract] [Full text]
SAM BAYAT, AHMED MENAOUAR, DANIEL ANGLADE, HENRY ETTINGER, ANNE FRANÇOIS-JOUBERT, GILA BENCHETRIT, and FRANCIS A. GRIMBERT: In Vivo Quantitation of Epithelial Lining Fluid in Dog Lung; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1715-1723. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID J. WELSH, PAMELA SCOTT, ROBIN PLEVIN, RODGER WADSWORTH, and ANDREW J. PEACOCK: Hypoxia Enhances Cellular Proliferation and Inositol 1,4,5-Triphosphate Generation in Fibroblasts from Bovine Pulmonary Artery But Not from Mesenteric Artery; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1757-1762. [Abstract] [Full text]
AMAL JUBRAN, MALI MATHRU, DAVID DRIES, and MARTIN J. TOBIN: Continuous Recordings of Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation during Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and the Ramifications Thereof; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1763-1769. [Abstract] [Full text]
LLUIS GALLART, QIN LU, LOUIS PUYBASSET, G. S. UMAMAHESWARA RAO, PIERRE CORIAT, JEAN-JACQUES ROUBY, and The NO Almitrine Study Group: Intravenous Almitrine Combined with Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1770-1777. [Abstract] [Full text]
LAURENT BROCHARD, FRANÇOISE ROUDOT-THORAVAL, ERIC ROUPIE, CHRISTOPHE DELCLAUX, JEAN CHASTRE, ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ-MONDÉJAR, EVA CLÉMENTI, JORDI MANCEBO, PHILLIP FACTOR, DIMITRI MATAMIS, MARCO RANIERI, LLUIS BLANCH, GIUSEPPE RODI, HERVÉ MENTEC, DIDIER DREYFUSS, MIGUEL FERRER, CHRISTIAN BRUN-BUISSON, MARTIN TOBIN, FRANÇOIS LEMAIRE, and The Multicenter Trial Group on Tidal Volume Reduction in ARDS: Tidal Volume Reduction for Prevention of Ventilator-induced Lung Injury in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1831-1838. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID L. GEORGE, PAMELA S. FALK, RICHARD G. WUNDERINK, KENNETH V. LEEPER, Jr., G. UMBERTO MEDURI, ELAINE L. STEERE, CATHY E. CORBETT, and C. GLEN MAYHALL: Epidemiology of Ventilator-acquired Pneumonia Based on Protected Bronchoscopic Sampling; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1839-1847. [Abstract] [Full text]
IMMA VALLVERDÚ, NURIA CALAF, MIREIA SUBIRANA, ALVAR NET, SALVADOR BENITO, and JORDI MANCEBO: Clinical Characteristics, Respiratory Functional Parameters, and Outcome of a Two-Hour T-Piece Trial in Patients Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1855-1862. [Abstract] [Full text]
ARNOLD S. KRISTOF, PETER GOLDBERG, VICTOR LAUBACH, and SABAH N. A. HUSSAIN: Role of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Endotoxin-induced Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1883-1889. [Abstract] [Full text]
AKIRA SUWABE, KAZUHISA OTAKE, NAOSHI YAKUWA, HIROKI SUZUKI, MIYUKI ITO, HITONOBU TOMOIKE, YASUSHI SAITO, and KEIJI TAKAHASHI: Artificial Surfactant (Surfactant TA) Modulates Adherence and Superoxide Production of Neutrophils; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1890-1899. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHINJI TERAMOTO, TAKESHI MATSUSE, TERUAKI OKA, HIDEKI ITO, YOSHINOSUKE FUKUCHI, and YASUYOSHI OUCHI: Investigation of Effects of Anesthesia and Age on Aspiration in Mice through LacZ Gene Transfer by Recombinant E1-deleted Adenovirus Vectors; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1914-1919. [Abstract] [Full text]
GAËTANE STASSIJNS, GHISLAINE GAYAN-RAMIREZ, PAUL DE LEYN, GUIDO VERHOEVEN, PAUL HERIJGERS, VERA de BOCK, RENÉ DOM, ROELAND LYSENS, and MARC DECRAMER: Systolic Ventricular Dysfunction Causes Selective Diaphragm Atrophy in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1963-1967. [Abstract] [Full text]
ATTILA KOVACS, MICHAEL R. COURTOIS, BENICO BARZILAI, IRENE E. KARL, PHILIP A. LUDBROOK, and RICHARD S. HOTCHKISS: Reversal of Hypocalcemia and Decreased Afterload in Sepsis . Effect on Myocardial Systolic and Diastolic Function; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1990-1998. [Abstract] [Full text]
RUBIN M. TUDER, ZIVOTIJE RADISAVLJEVIC, KENNETH R. SHROYER, JULIA M. POLAK, and NORBERT F. VOELKEL: Monoclonal Endothelial Cells in Appetite Suppressant-associated Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1999-2001. [Abstract] [Full text]

Genetics/Epidemiology:

PETER R. BREMNER, NICHOLAS H. de KLERK, GERARD F. RYAN, ALAN L. JAMES, MICHAEL MUSK, CATHERINE MURRAY, PETER N. LE SÖUEF, SALLY YOUNG, RANDOLPH SPARGO, and A. WILLIAM MUSK: Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Aborigines from Tropical Western Australia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1724-1729. [Abstract] [Full text]
GUIDO van den BOOM, CONSTANT P. van SCHAYCK, MAUREEN P. M. H. RUTTEN-van MÖLKEN, PRASANNA R. S. TIRIMANNA, JOOST J. den OTTER, PIERRE M. van GRUNSVEN, MAJA J. BUITENDIJK, CEES L. A. van HERWAARDEN, and CHRIS van WEEL: Active Detection of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma in the General Population . Results and Economic Consequences of the DIMCA Program; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1730-1738. [Abstract] [Full text]
FERNANDO D. MARTINEZ, SUSAN SOLOMON, CATHARINE J. HOLBERG, PENELOPE E. GRAVES, MAURO BALDINI, and ROBERT P. ERICKSON: Linkage of Circulating Eosinophils to Markers on Chromosome 5q; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1739-1744. [Abstract] [Full text]
IDA WELLE, GEIR EGIL EIDE, PER BAKKE, and AMUND GULSVIK: Applicability of the Single-Breath Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity in a Norwegian Community Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1745-1750. [Abstract] [Full text]
P. DUMORTIER, L. ÇOPLÜ, V. de MAERTELAER, S. EMRI, I. BARIS, and P. DE VUYST: Assessment of Environmental Asbestos Exposure in Turkey by Bronchoalveolar Lavage; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1815-1824. [Abstract] [Full text]
LYLE J. PALMER, SIW E. DANIELS, PETER J. RYE, NEIL A. GIBSON, GUAN K. TAY, WILLIAM O. C. M. COOKSON, JACK GOLDBLATT, PAUL R. BURTON, and PETER N. LESOUËF: Linkage of Chromosome 5q and 11q Gene Markers to Asthma-associated Quantitative Traits in Australian Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1825-1830. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

PETER B. FRAPPELL, FABIOLA LEÓN-VELARDE, LOURDES AGUERO, and JACOPO P. MORTOLA: Response to Cooling Temperature in Infants Born at an Altitude of 4,330 Meters; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1751-1756. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEVEN R. SEIDNER, ALAN H. JOBE, JACQUELINE J. COALSON, and MACHIKO IKEGAMI: Abnormal Surfactant Metabolism and Function in Preterm Ventilated Baboons; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1982-1989. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pulmonary Fibrosis and Lung Injury:

RICHARD W. TOBIN, CHARLES E. POPE, II, CARLOS A. PELLEGRINI, MARY J. EMOND, JIM SILLERY, and GANESH RAGHU: Increased Prevalence of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1804-1808. [Abstract] [Full text]
JIN DAI, BLAKE GILKS, KAREN PRICE, and ANDREW CHURG: Mineral Dusts Directly Induce Epithelial and Interstitial Fibrogenic Mediators and Matrix Components in the Airway Wall; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1907-1913. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN T. BERG, ELLEN C. BREEN, ZHENXING FU, ODILE MATHIEU-COSTELLO, and JOHN B. WEST: Alveolar Hypoxia Increases Gene Expression of Extracellular Matrix Proteins and Platelet-derived Growth Factor-B in Lung Parenchyma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1920-1928. [Abstract] [Full text]
BRUNO CRESTANI, DOMINIQUE VALEYRE, SERGE RODEN, BENOÎT WALLAERT, JEAN-CHARLES DALPHIN, JEAN-FRANÇOIS CORDIER, and The Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Maladies Orphelines Pulmonaires (GERM O P): Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia Syndrome Primed by Radiation Therapy to the Breast; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1929-1935. [Abstract] [Full text]
HONG WEI CHU, JANET L. HALLIDAY, RICHARD J. MARTIN, DONALD Y. M. LEUNG, STANLEY J. SZEFLER, and SALLY E. WENZEL: Collagen Deposition in Large Airways May Not Differentiate Severe Asthma from Milder Forms of the Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1936-1944. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep:

JÉRÔME ARGOD, JEAN-LOUIS PÉPIN, and PATRICK LÉVY: Differentiating Obstructive and Central Sleep Respiratory Events through Pulse Transit Time; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1778-1783. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARY J. MORRELL, YASEEN ARABI, BRIAN ZAHN, and M. SAFWAN BADR: Progressive Retropalatal Narrowing Preceding Obstructive Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1974-1981. [Abstract] [Full text]

Tuberculosis:

JOHN L. JOHNSON, SAM NYOLE, ALPHONSE OKWERA, CHRISTOPHER C. WHALEN, PETER NSUBUGA, VUKOSAVA PEKOVIC, ROBIN HUEBNER, ROBERT S. WALLIS, PETER N. MUGYENYI, ROY D. MUGERWA, JERROLD J. ELLNER, and The Uganda-Case Western Reserve University Research Collaboration: Instability of Tuberculin and Candida Skin Test Reactivity in HIV-infected Ugandans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1790-1796. [Abstract] [Full text]
DANIEL P. CHIN, KATHRYN DERIEMER, PETER M. SMALL, ALFREDO PONCE de LEON, RACHEL STEINHART, GISELA F. SCHECTER, CHARLES L. DALEY, ANDREW R. MOSS, E. ANTONIO PAZ, ROBERT M. JASMER, CRISTINA B. AGASINO, and PHILIP C. HOPEWELL: Differences in Contributing Factors to Tuberculosis Incidence in U.S.-born and Foreign-born Persons; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1797-1803. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARK N. LOBATO and PHILIP C. HOPEWELL: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection after Travel to or Contact with Visitors from Countries with a High Prevalence of Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1871-1875. [Abstract] [Full text]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

: Research Priorities in Respiratory Nursing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 2006-2015. [Full text]