AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (159 1)

DICK MENZIES: Interpretation of Repeated Tuberculin Tests . Boosting, Conversion, and Reversion; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 15-21. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

THOMAS M. HYERS: Venous Thromboembolism; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1-14. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways/COPD:

SAM LIM, ANON JATAKANON, MATTHIAS JOHN, THOMAS GILBEY, BRIAN J. O'CONNOR, KIAN FAN CHUNG, and PETER J. BARNES: Effect of Inhaled Budesonide on Lung Function and Airway Inflammation . Assessment by Various Inflammatory Markers in Mild Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 22-30. [Abstract] [Full text]
GAIL M. GAUVREAU, RICK M. WATSON, and PAUL M. O'BYRNE: Protective Effects of Inhaled PGE₂ on Allergen-induced Airway Responses and Airway Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 31-36. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNIKA WALLIN, THOMAS SANDSTRÖM, MARGARETHA SÖDERBERG, PETER HOWARTH, BO LUNDBÄCK, GIOVANNI DELLA-CIOPPA, SUSAN WILSON, MARY JUDD, STEPHEN HOLGATE, ANNE LINDBERG, LARS LARSSEN, Mary Judd, and Bo Melander: The Effects of Regular Inhaled Formoterol, Budesonide, and Placebo on Mucosal Inflammation and Clinical Indices in Mild Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 79-86. [Abstract] [Full text]
SUSAN M. KENNEDY, MOIRA CHAN-YEUNG, KAY TESCHKE, and BARBARA KARLEN: Change in Airway Responsiveness among Apprentices Exposed to Metalworking Fluids; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 87-93. [Abstract] [Full text]
G. L. CHRISTIE, P. J. HELMS, D. J. GODDEN, S. J. ROSS, J. A. R. FRIEND, J. S. LEGGE, N. E. HAITES, and J. G. DOUGLAS: Asthma, Wheezy Bronchitis, and Atopy across Two Generations; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 125-129. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROMAIN KESSLER, MICHÈLE FALLER, GILLES FOURGAUT, BERTRAND MENNECIER, and EMMANUEL WEITZENBLUM: Predictive Factors of Hospitalization for Acute Exacerbation in a Series of 64 Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 158-164. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIROSHI KANAZAWA, KAZUTO HIRATA, and JUNICHI YOSHIKAWA: Guinea Pig Airway Hyperresponsiveness Induced by Blockade of the Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor . Role for Endogenous Nitric Oxide; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 165-168. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID W. KACZKA, EDWARD P. INGENITO, ELLIOT ISRAEL, and KENNETH R. LUTCHEN: Airway and Lung Tissue Mechanics in Asthma . Effects of Albuterol; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 169-178. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN L. HANKINSON, JOHN R. ODENCRANTZ, and KATHLEEN B. FEDAN: Spirometric Reference Values from a Sample of the General U.S. Population; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 179-187. [Abstract] [Full text]
MONICA KRAFT, RICHARD J. MARTIN, SUSAN WILSON, RATKO DJUKANOVIC, and STEPHEN T. HOLGATE: Lymphocyte and Eosinophil Influx into Alveolar Tissue in Nocturnal Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 228-234. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALAIN CADIEUX, NATHALIE P. MONAST, FRANÇOIS POMERLEAU, ALAIN FOURNIER, and CHANTAL LANOUE: Bronchoprotector Properties of Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide in Guinea Pig and Human Airways . Effect of Pulmonary Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 235-243. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

HIDEAKI IMANAKA, MAX KIRMSE, HARALD MANG, DEAN HESS, and ROBERT M. KACMAREK: Expiratory Phase Tracheal Gas Insufflation and Pressure Control in Sheep with Permissive Hypercapnia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 49-54. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAMES B. FINK, RAJIV DHAND, JERRY GRYCHOWSKI, PATRICK J. FAHEY, and MARTIN J. TOBIN: Reconciling In Vitro and In Vivo Measurements of Aerosol Delivery from a Metered-Dose Inhaler during Mechanical Ventilation and Defining Efficiency-enhancing Factors; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 63-68. [Abstract] [Full text]
SANTIAGO EWIG, ANTONI TORRES, MUSTAFA EL-EBIARY, NEUS FÀBREGAS, CARMEN HERNÁNDEZ, JULIÀ GONZÁLEZ, JOSE MARIA NICOLÁS, and LUIS SOTO: Bacterial Colonization Patterns in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Traumatic and Medical Head Injury . Incidence, Risk Factors, and Association with Ventilator-associated Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 188-198. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANK ROSE, CRISTOPHER KÜRTH-LANDWEHR, ULF SIBELIUS, KARL H. REUNER, KLAUS AKTORIES, WERNER SEEGER, and FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER: Role of Actin Depolymerization in the Surfactant Secretory Response of Alveolar Epithelial Type II Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 206-212. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREAS GÜNTHER, REINHOLD SCHMIDT, ANDREAS FEUSTEL, UTE MEIER, CAROLINE PUCKER, MONIKA ERMERT, and WERNER SEEGER: Surfactant Subtype Conversion Is Related to Loss of Surfactant Apoprotein B and Surface Activity in Large Surfactant Aggregates . Experimental and Clinical Studies; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 244-251. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANK HINDER, HENNING D. STUBBE, HUGO VAN AKEN, RENÉ WAURICK, MICHAEL BOOKE, and JÖRG MEYER: Role of Nitric Oxide in Sepsis-associated Pulmonary Edema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 252-257. [Abstract] [Full text]
QIN LU, SILVIA R. R. VIEIRA, JACK RICHECOEUR, LOUIS PUYBASSET, PIERRE KALFON, PIERRE CORIAT, and JEAN-JACQUES ROUBY: A Simple Automated Method for Measuring Pressure-Volume Curves during Mechanical Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 275-282. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN P. KRESS, MICHAEL F. O'CONNOR, and GREGORY A. SCHMIDT: Clinical Examination Reliably Detects Intrinsic Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 290-294. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

DEMOSTHENES BOUROS, SOPHIA SCHIZA, NIKOLAOS TZANAKIS, GEORGE CHALKIADAKIS, JOHN DROSITIS, and NIKOLAOS SIAFAKAS: Intrapleural Urokinase versus Normal Saline in the Treatment of Complicated Parapneumonic Effusions and Empyema . A Randomized, Double-Blind Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 37-42. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASSIMO CASARINI, FRANCO AMEGLIO, LUCILLA ALEMANNO, PROFETA ZANGRILLI, PAOLO MATTIA, GREGORINO PAONE, ALBERTO BISETTI, and SANDRO GIOSUÈ: Cytokine Levels Correlate with a Radiologic Score in Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 143-148. [Abstract] [Full text]
NAOMI N. BOCK, BRIAN S. METZGER, JANE R. TAPIA, and HENRY M. BLUMBERG: A Tuberculin Screening and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Program in an Inner-City Population; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 295-300. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

PATRICK WEYNANTS, JOËLLE THONNARD, MARIE MARCHAND, MONIQUE DELOS, THIERRY BOON, and PIERRE G. COULIE: Derivation of Tumor-specific Cytolytic T-Cell Clones from Two Lung Cancer Patients with Long Survival; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 55-62. [Abstract] [Full text]
LEWIS J. WESSELIUS, WADE L. WILLIAMS, KIRSTIN BAILEY, SUSAN VAMOS, AMY R. O'BRIEN-LADNER, and THOMAS WIEGMANN: Iron Uptake Promotes Hyperoxic Injury to Alveolar Macrophages; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 100-106. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNIE TAN, HÉLÈNE LEVREY, CORNELIA DAHM, VITALY A. POLUNOVSKY, JEFFREY RUBINS, and PETER B. BITTERMAN: Lovastatin Induces Fibroblast Apoptosis In Vitro and In Vivo . A Possible Therapy for Fibroproliferative Disorders; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 220-227. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIROSHI KUBO, NICHOLAS A. DOYLE, LORI GRAHAM, SABRINA D. BHAGWAN, WILLIAM M. QUINLAN, and CLAIRE M. DOERSCHUK: L- and P-Selectin and CD11/CD18 in Intracapillary Neutrophil Sequestration in Rabbit Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 267-274. [Abstract] [Full text]

Occupational Lung Disease:

ELIZABETH L. CORBETT, GAVIN J. CHURCHYARD, TIM CLAYTON, PHILIP HERSELMAN, BRIAN WILLIAMS, RICHARD HAYES, DAAN MULDER, and KEVIN M. DE COCK: Risk Factors for Pulmonary Mycobacterial Disease in South African Gold Miners . A Case-Control Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 94-99. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEFFEREY L. BURGESS, C. ANDREW BRODKIN, WILLIAM E. DANIELL, GEORGE P. PAPPAS, MATTHEW C. KEIFER, BERT D. STOVER, STEVEN D. EDLAND, and SCOTT BARNHART: Longitudinal Decline in Measured Firefighter Single-Breath Diffusing Capacity of Carbon Monoxide Values . A Respiratory Surveillance Dilemma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 119-124. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAN-PAUL ZOCK, DICK HEEDERIK, and BERT BRUNEKREEF: Influence of Shift Work and Host Factors on Endotoxin-related Acute Peak Flow Changes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 137-142. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

PETER J. FRANKLIN, ROSS TAPLIN, and STEPHEN M. STICK: A Community Study of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Healthy Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 69-73. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHANNES H. WILDHABER, GRAHAM L. HALL, and STEPHEN M. STICK: Measurements of Exhaled Nitric Oxide with the Single-Breath Technique and Positive Expiratory Pressure in Infants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 74-78. [Abstract] [Full text]
DANIELA STEFANUTTI and JEAN-WILLIAM FITTING: Sniff Nasal Inspiratory Pressure . Reference Values in Caucasian Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 107-111. [Abstract] [Full text]
D. NUNLEY, J. DAUBER, A. IACONO, R. KEENAN, A. ZEEVI, R. CORNWELL, R. LOVE, K. MEYER, Paula Soergel, and Kimberly Peterson: Unopposed Neutrophil Elastase in Bronchoalveolar Lavage from Transplant Recipients with Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 258-261. [Abstract] [Full text]
EUGENIO BARALDI, SABINA CARRÀ, CINZIA DARIO, NICOLETTA AZZOLIN, RICCARDO ONGARO, GUIDO MARCER, and FRANCO ZACCHELLO: Effect of Natural Grass Pollen Exposure on Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Asthmatic Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 262-266. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT G. CANADY, THOMAS PLATTS-MILLS, ANDREW MURPHY, ROY JOHANNESEN, and BENJAMIN GASTON: Vital Capacity Reservoir and Online Measurement of Childhood Nitrosopnea Are Linearly Related . Clinical Implications; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 311-314. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep and Respiratory Muscles:

WILLIS H. TSAI, W. WARD FLEMONS, WILLIAM A. WHITELAW, and JOHN E. REMMERS: A Comparison of Apnea-Hypopnea Indices Derived from Different Definitions of Hypopnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 43-48. [Abstract] [Full text]
HEINRICH F. BECKER, AMANDA J. PIPER, WENDY E. FLYNN, STEPHEN G. MCNAMARA, RON R. GRUNSTEIN, J. HERMANN PETER, and COLIN E. SULLIVAN: Breathing during Sleep in Patients with Nocturnal Desaturation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 112-118. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN R. STRADLING, DEBBY J. PITSON, LESLEY BENNETT, CHARLES BARBOUR, and ROBERT J. O. DAVIES: Variation in the Arousal Pattern after Obstructive Events in Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 130-136. [Abstract] [Full text]
EMILIA SFORZA, CHRISTOPHE PETIAU, THOMAS WEISS, ANNE THIBAULT, and JEAN KRIEGER: Pharyngeal Critical Pressure in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome . Clinical Implications; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 149-157. [Abstract] [Full text]
PIERRE MAYER, MAURICE DEMATTEIS, JEAN LOUIS PÉPIN, BERNARD WUYAM, DAN VEALE, ANNICK VILA, and PATRICK LÉVY: Peripheral Neuropathy in Sleep Apnea . A Tissue Marker of the Severity of Nocturnal Desaturation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 213-219. [Abstract] [Full text]
GHISLAINE GAYAN-RAMIREZ, FRANK VANDERHOYDONC, GUIDO VERHOEVEN, and MARC DECRAMER: Acute Treatment with Corticosteroids Decreases IGF-1 and IGF-2 Expression in the Rat Diaphragm and Gastrocnemius; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 283-289. [Abstract] [Full text]

Surgery:

SI M. PHAM, SURINDRA N. MITRUKA, WOOK YOUM, SEN LI, NOBUYOSHI KAWAHARADA, SAMUEL A. YOUSEM, YOLONDA L. COLSON, and SUZANNE T. ILDSTAD: Mixed Hematopoietic Chimerism Induces Donor-specific Tolerance for Lung Allografts in Rodents; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 199-205. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT THURNHEER, HERMANN ENGEL, WALTER WEDER, UZ STAMMBERGER, IRÈNE LAUBE, ERICH W. RUSSI, and KONRAD E. BLOCH: Role of Lung Perfusion Scintigraphy in Relation to Chest Computed Tomography and Pulmonary Function in the Evaluation of Candidates for Lung Volume Reduction Surgery; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 301-310. [Abstract] [Full text]

CASE REPORTS:

STEPHEN CORNE, KIM WEBSTER, GREGORY MCGINN, WALTER ST.-JOHN, and MAGDY YOUNES: Medullary Metastasis Causing Impairment of Respiratory Pressure Output with Intact Respiratory Rhythm; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 315-320. [Abstract] [Full text]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

: Dyspnea . Mechanisms, Assessment, and Management: A Consensus Statement; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 321-340. [Full text]