AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (159 2)

ALAN R. LEFF: Martin Tobin, Editor-Designate; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 353. [Full text]

EDITORIALS:

BERT BRUNEKREEF: All But Quiet on the Particulate Front; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 354-356. [Full text]

CLINICAL COMMENTARY:

JA-LIANG LIN, MEI-LING LEU, YU-CHIH LIU, and GUAN-HSING CHEN: A Prospective Clinical Trial of Pulse Therapy with Glucocorticoid and Cyclophosphamide in Moderate to Severe Paraquat-poisoned Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 357-360. [Full text]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

MITCHELL D. BOTNEY: Role of Hemodynamics in Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling . Implications for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 361-364. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

CEDRIC HERMANS and ALFRED BERNARD: Lung Epithelium-specific Proteins . Characteristics and Potential Applications as Markers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 646-678. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

MARTIN SCHUILING, ANNET B. ZUIDHOF, JOHAN ZAAGSMA, and HERMAN MEURS: Involvement of Tachykinin NK₁ Receptor in the Development of Allergen-induced Airway Hyperreactivity and Airway Inflammation in Conscious, Unrestrained Guinea Pigs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 423-430. [Abstract] [Full text]
CURT J. REYNOLDS, ALKIS TOGIAS, and DAVID PROUD: Airway Neural Responses to Kinins . Tachyphylaxis and Role of Receptor Subtypes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 431-438. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIROAKI KUME and KENZO TAKAGI: Inhibition of $beta$ -Adrenergic Desensitization by K_Ca Channels in Human Trachealis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 452-460. [Abstract] [Full text]
ISABELLE TILLIE-LEBLOND, JÉRÔME PUGIN, CHARLES-HUGO MARQUETTE, CATHERINE LAMBLIN, FABIENNE SAULNIER, ANNE BRICHET, BENOIT WALLAERT, ANDRÉ-BERNARD TONNEL, and PHILIPPE GOSSET: Balance between Proinflammatory Cytokines and Their Inhibitors in Bronchial Lavage from Patients with Status Asthmaticus; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 487-494. [Abstract] [Full text]
HARALD GROEBEN, MARIE-THERES SILVANUS, MECHTHILD BESTE, and JÜRGEN PETERS: Both Intravenous and Inhaled Lidocaine Attenuate Reflex Bronchoconstriction but at Different Plasma Concentrations; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 530-535. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDERS BLOMBERG, MAMIDIPUDI T. KRISHNA, RAGNBERTH HELLEDAY, MARGARETA SÖDERBERG, MAJ-CARI LEDIN, FRANK J. KELLY, ANTHONY J. FREW, STEPHEN T. HOLGATE, and THOMAS SANDSTRÖM: Persistent Airway Inflammation but Accommodated Antioxidant and Lung Function Responses after Repeated Daily Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 536-543. [Abstract] [Full text]
FABIO L. M. RICCIARDOLO, VANDA RADO, LEONARDO M. FABBRI, PETER J. STERK, GIUSEPPE U. DI MARIA, and PIERANGELO GEPPETTI: Bronchoconstriction Induced by Citric Acid Inhalation in Guinea Pigs . Role of Tachykinins, Bradykinin, and Nitric Oxide; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 557-562. [Abstract] [Full text]
MUDIT MATHUR, KARIN HERRMANN, XIANTANG LI, YIMIN QIN, JOEL WEINSTOCK, DAVID ELLIOTT, JOSEPH MONAHAN, and PHILIP PADRID: TRFK-5 Reverses Established Airway Eosinophilia But Not Established Hyperresponsiveness in a Murine Model of Chronic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 580-587. [Abstract] [Full text]
PASCAL CHANEZ, ANTONIO M. VIGNOLA, PATRICE VIC, FRANCESCA GUDDO, GIOVANNI BONSIGNORE, PHILIPPE GODARD, and JEAN BOUSQUET: Comparison between Nasal and Bronchial Inflammation in Asthmatic and Control Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 588-595. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC BOSSÉ, JAMILA CHAKIR, MAHMOUD ROUABHIA, LOUIS-PHILIPPE BOULET, MARIE AUDETTE, and MICHEL LAVIOLETTE: Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-9:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 Ratio Correlates with Steroid Responsiveness in Moderate to Severe Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 596-602. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOANN MEERSCHAERT, E. A. BECKY KELLY, DEANE F. MOSHER, WILLIAM W. BUSSE, and NIZAR N. JARJOUR: Segmental Antigen Challenge Increases Fibronectin in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 619-625. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHU HASHIMOTO, KEN MATSUMOTO, YASUHIRO GON, TOMOKO NAKAYAMA, IKUKO TAKESHITA, and TAKASHI HORIE: Hyperosmolarity-induced Interleukin-8 Expression in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells through p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 634-640. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

JEAN-LUC DIEHL, SOUHEIL EL ATROUS, DOMINIQUE TOUCHARD, FRANÇOIS LEMAIRE, and LAURENT BROCHARD: Changes in the Work of Breathing Induced by Tracheotomy in Ventilator-dependent Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 383-388. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALESSIA PEDOTO, JENNIFER E. CARUSO, JYOTIRMOY NANDI, ALBERT OLER, STEPHEN P. HOFFMANN, APOSTOLOS K. TASSIOPOULOS, DANIEL J. MCGRAW, ENRICO M. CAMPORESI, and TAWFIC S. HAKIM: Acidosis Stimulates Nitric Oxide Production and Lung Damage in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 397-402. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROGER D. YUSEN, ALAN H. COHEN, and AARON HAMVAS: Normal Lung Function in Subjects Heterozygous for Surfactant Protein-B Deficiency; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 411-414. [Abstract] [Full text]
E. WESLEY ELY, PATRICIA A. BENNETT, DAVID L. BOWTON, SEAN M. MURPHY, ALLISON M. FLORANCE, and EDWARD F. HAPONIK: Large Scale Implementation of a Respiratory Therapist- driven Protocol for Ventilator Weaning; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 439-446. [Abstract] [Full text]
FELIPE O. ORTIZ, THOMAS K. ALDRICH, RONALD L. NAGEL, and LENNETTE J. BENJAMIN: Accuracy of Pulse Oximetry in Sickle Cell Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 447-451. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDRÉS ESTEBAN, INMACULADA ALÍA, MARTIN J. TOBIN, ANSELMO GIL, FEDERICO GORDO, INMACULADA VALLVERDÚ, LLUIS BLANCH, ALFONSO BONET, ANTONIA VÁZQUEZ, RAUL de PABLO, ANTONIO TORRES, MIGUEL A. de la CAL, and SANTIAGO MACÍAS: Effect of Spontaneous Breathing Trial Duration on Outcome of Attempts to Discontinue Mechanical Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 512-518. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALAIN SERRAF, HASSAN SELLAK, PHILIPPE HERVÉ, NICOLAS BONNET, MONICA ROBOTIN, HÉLÈNE DETRUIT, BRUNEAU BAUDET, GUY MICHEL MAZMANIAN, and CLAUDE PLANCHE: Vascular Endothelium Viability and Function after Total Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Neonatal Piglets; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 544-551. [Abstract] [Full text]
RENÉ GUST, TIMOTHY J. MCCARTHY, JAMES KOZLOWSKI, ALAN H. STEPHENSON, and DANIEL P. SCHUSTER: Response to Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Acute Lung Injury Depends on Distribution of Pulmonary Blood Flow Prior to Its Administration; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 563-570. [Abstract] [Full text]
SANGEETA BHORADE, JEFFREY CHRISTENSON, MICHAEL O'CONNOR, ANNICK LAVOIE, ANNE POHLMAN, and JESSE B. HALL: Response to Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Patients with Acute Right Heart Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 571-579. [Abstract] [Full text]
E. LECUONA, F. SALDÍAS, A. COMELLAS, K. RIDGE, C. GUERRERO, and J. I. SZNAJDER: Ventilator-associated Lung Injury Decreases Lung Ability to Clear Edema in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 603-609. [Abstract] [Full text]
FERNANDO J. SALDÍAS, EMILIA LECUONA, ALEJANDRO P. COMELLAS, KAREN M. RIDGE, and JACOB I. SZNAJDER: Dopamine Restores Lung Ability to Clear Edema in Rats Exposed to Hyperoxia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 626-633. [Abstract] [Full text]

Epidemiology and Lung Injury:

C. ARDEN III POPE, DOUGLAS W. DOCKERY, RICHARD E. KANNER, G. MARTIN VILLEGAS, and JOEL SCHWARTZ: Oxygen Saturation, Pulse Rate, and Particulate Air Pollution . A Daily Time-Series Panel Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 365-372. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID E. ABBEY, NAOMI NISHINO, WILLIAM F. MCDONNELL, RAOUL J. BURCHETTE, SYNNØVE F. KNUTSEN, W. LAWRENCE BEESON, and JIE X. YANG: Long-Term Inhalable Particles and Other Air Pollutants Related to Mortality in Nonsmokers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 373-382. [Abstract] [Full text]
MYRA A. CARPENTER, MELVYN S. TOCKMAN, RICHARD G. HUTCHINSON, CLARENCE E. DAVIS, and GERARDO HEISS: Demographic and Anthropometric Correlates of Maximum Inspiratory Pressure . The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 415-422. [Abstract] [Full text]
DOUGLAS MORRISON, IRFAN RAHMAN, SUSAN LANNAN, and WILLIAM MACNEE: Epithelial Permeability, Inflammation, and Oxidant Stress in the Air Spaces of Smokers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 473-479. [Abstract] [Full text]
LEILA JOHN MARQUES, LING ZHENG, NIKOLAOS POULAKIS, JOSUNE GUZMAN, and ULRICH COSTABEL: Pentoxifylline Inhibits TNF- $alpha$ Production from Human Alveolar Macrophages; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 508-511. [Abstract] [Full text]
RENUKA UPPALURI, ERIC A. HOFFMAN, MILAN SONKA, GARY W. HUNNINGHAKE, and GEOFFREY MCLENNAN: Interstitial Lung Disease . A Quantitative Study Using the Adaptive Multiple Feature Method; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 519-525. [Abstract] [Full text]
MYOUNG HEE PARK, YOUNG WHAN KIM, HO IL YOON, CHUL-GYU YOO, SUNG KOO HAN, YOUNG-SOO SHIM, and WON DONG KIM: Association of HLA Class I Antigens with Diffuse Panbronchiolitis in Korean Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 526-529. [Abstract] [Full text]
ARNAUD BERGER, NATHALIE HAVET, DANIEL VIAL, LAURENCE ARBIBE, CLAUDE DUMAREY, MALCOM L. WATSON, and LHOUSSEINE TOUQUI: Dioleylphosphatidylglycerol Inhibits the Expression of Type II Phospholipase A2 in Macrophages; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 613-618. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

LAURIE SANDMAN, NEIL W. SCHLUGER, AMY L. DAVIDOW, and STANLEY BONK: Risk Factors for Rifampin-monoresistant Tuberculosis . A Case-Control Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 468-472. [Abstract] [Full text]
TIMOTHY HIEBERT, JANICE MILES, and G. C. OKESON: Contaminated Aerosol Recovery from Pulmonary Function Testing Equipment; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 610-612. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Surgery:

IRA L. WEG, LEONARD ROSSOFF, KERRI MCKEON, L. MICHAEL GRAVER, and STEVEN M. SCHARF: Development of Pulmonary Hypertension after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 552-556. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC ESTENNE, MARIE CASSART, PHILIPPE PONCELET, and PIERRE ALAIN GEVENOIS: Volume of Graft and Native Lung after Single-Lung Transplantation for Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 641-645. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

ATHANASIOS G. KADITIS, SHEKHAR T. VENKATARAMAN, WALTER A. ZIN, and ETSURO K. MOTOYAMA: Partitioning of Respiratory System Resistance in Children with Respiratory Insufficiency; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 389-396. [Abstract] [Full text]
C. DEZATEUX, J. STOCKS, I. DUNDAS, and M. E. FLETCHER: Impaired Airway Function and Wheezing in Infancy . The Influence of Maternal Smoking and a Genetic Predisposition to Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 403-410. [Abstract] [Full text]
MATTHIAS HENSCHEN and JANET STOCKS: Assessment of Airway Function Using Partial Expiratory Flow-Volume Curves . How Reliable are Measurements of Maximal Expiratory Flow at FRC during Early Infancy?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 480-486. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep:

HEATHER M. ENGLEMAN, RUTH N. KINGSHOTT, PETER K. WRAITH, THOMAS W. MACKAY, IAN J. DEARY, and NEIL J. DOUGLAS: Randomized Placebo-controlled Crossover Trial of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Mild Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 461-467. [Abstract] [Full text]
EUGENI BALLESTER, JOAN R. BADIA, LOURDES HERNÁNDEZ, EVA CARRASCO, JUAN de PABLO, CONSOL FORNAS, ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN, and JOSEP M. MONTSERRAT: Evidence of the Effectiveness of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Treatment of Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 495-501. [Abstract] [Full text]
DANIEL J. GOTTLIEB, CORALYN W. WHITNEY, WILLIAM H. BONEKAT, CONRAD IBER, GARY D. JAMES, MICHAEL LEBOWITZ, F. JAVIER NIETO, and CARL E. ROSENBERG: Relation of Sleepiness to Respiratory Disturbance Index . The Sleep Heart Health Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 502-507. [Abstract] [Full text]

NHLBI WORKSHOP SUMMARY:

: Report of Workshop on Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 679-683. [Full text]