AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (159 3)

JESSE HALL: Assessment of Fever in the Intensive Care Unit . Is the Answer Just Beyond The Tip of Our Nose?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 693-694. [Full text]

CLINICAL COMMENTARY:

THOMAS S. MOULDING: Medication Monitors to Treat Tuberculosis . A Supplement to Directly Observed Therapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 989-991. [Abstract] [Full text]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

GREGORY G. KING, NESTOR L. MÜLLER, and PETER D. PARÉ: Evaluation of Airways in Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using High-Resolution Computed Tomography; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 992-1004. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

SUNDEEP SALVI, ANDERS BLOMBERG, BERTIL RUDELL, FRANK KELLY, THOMAS SANDSTRÖM, STEPHEN T. HOLGATE, and ANTHONY FREW: Acute Inflammatory Responses in the Airways and Peripheral Blood After Short-Term Exposure to Diesel Exhaust in Healthy Human Volunteers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 702-709. [Abstract] [Full text]
OLAF HOLZ, RUDOLF A. JÖRRES, PETRA TIMM, MARION MÜCKE, KAI RICHTER, SILKE KOSCHYK, and HELGO MAGNUSSEN: Ozone-induced Airway Inflammatory Changes Differ between Individuals and Are Reproducible; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 776-784. [Abstract] [Full text]
SCOTT E. CRATER, EDWARD J. PETERS, MARCUS L. MARTIN, ANDREW W. MURPHY, and THOMAS A. E. PLATTS-MILLS: Expired Nitric Oxide and Airway Obstruction in Asthma Patients with an Acute Exacerbation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 806-811. [Abstract] [Full text]
GRAHAM K. CROMPTON, JON G. AYRES, GURNAM BASRAN, GIANFRANCO SCHIRALDI, VITO BRUSASCO, ARNE EIVINDSON, AUDREY H. JAMIESON, and HÅKAN OLSSON: Comparison of Oral Bambuterol and Inhaled Salmeterol in Patients with Symptomatic Asthma and Using Inhaled Corticosteroids; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 824-828. [Abstract] [Full text]
LOUIS-PHILIPPE BOULET, JOANNE MILOT, LOUISE GAGNON, PATRICE E. POUBELLE, and JACQUES BROWN: Long-Term Influence of Inhaled Corticosteroids on Bone Metabolism and Density . Are Biological Markers Predictors of Bone Loss?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 838-844. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARTIN KOHLHÄUFL, PETER BRAND, GERHARD SCHEUCH, THOMAS S. MEYER, HOLGER SCHULZ, KARL HÄUSSINGER, and JOACHIM HEYDER: Increased Fine Particle Deposition in Women with Asymptomatic Nonspecific Airway Hyperresponsiveness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 902-906. [Abstract] [Full text]
DÉSIRÉE F. JANSEN, BERT RIJCKEN, JAN P. SCHOUTEN, JAN KRAAN, SCOTT T. WEISS, WIM TIMENS, and DIRKJE S. POSTMA: The Relationship of Skin Test Positivity, High Serum Total IgE Levels, and Peripheral Blood Eosinophilia to Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Airway Hyperresponsiveness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 924-931. [Abstract] [Full text]
PHILIP E. SILKOFF, SUGURU WAKITA, JOSE CHATKIN, KHALIL ANSARIN, CARLOS GUTIERREZ, MARLOVA CARAMORI, PATRICIA MCCLEAN, ARTHUR S. SLUTSKY, NOE ZAMEL, and KENNETH R. CHAPMAN: Exhaled Nitric Oxide after $beta$ ₂-agonist Inhalation and Spirometry in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 940-944. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEFFREY J. FREDBERG, DAVID S. INOUYE, SRBOLJUB M. MIJAILOVICH, and JAMES P. BUTLER: Perturbed Equilibrium of Myosin Binding in Airway Smooth Muscle and Its Implications in Bronchospasm; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 959-967. [Abstract] [Full text]
NAGATO SATOH, KOICHIRO ASANO, KATSUHIKO NAOKI, KOUICHI FUKUNAGA, MAKIKO IWATA, MINORU KANAZAWA, and KAZUHIRO YAMAGUCHI: Plasma Platelet-activating Factor Acetylhydrolase Deficiency in Japanese Patients with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 974-979. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASAHIKO HARAGUCHI, SANAE SHIMURA, and KUNIO SHIRATO: Morphometric Analysis of Bronchial Cartilage in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Bronchial Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1005-1013. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease:

FRODE GALLEFOSS, PER SIGVALD BAKKE, and PÅL KJAERSGAARD: Quality of Life Assessment after Patient Education in a Randomized Controlled Study on Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 812-817. [Abstract] [Full text]
HARVEY O. COXSON, ROBERT M. ROGERS, KENNETH P. WHITTALL, YULIA D'YACHKOVA, PETER D. PARÉ, FRANK C. SCIURBA, and JAMES C. HOGG: A Quantification of the Lung Surface Area in Emphysema Using Computed Tomography; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 851-856. [Abstract] [Full text]
R. S. RICHARDSON, J. SHELDON, D. C. POOLE, S. R. HOPKINS, A. L. RIES, and P. D. WAGNER: Evidence of Skeletal Muscle Metabolic Reserve During Whole Body Exercise in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 881-885. [Abstract] [Full text]
SARAH BERNARD, FRANÇOIS WHITTOM, PIERRE LEBLANC, JEAN JOBIN, ROGER BELLEAU, CHANTAL BÉRUBÉ, GUY CARRIER, and FRANÇOIS MALTAIS: Aerobic and Strength Training in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 896-901. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

LAURENT HOLZAPFEL, CLAUDE CHASTANG, GUY DEMINGEON, JULIEN BOHE, BONAVY PIRALLA, and ALAIN COUPRY: A Randomized Study Assessing the Systematic Search for Maxillary Sinusitis in Nasotracheally Mechanically Ventilated Patients . Influence of Nosocomial Maxillary Sinusitis on the Occurrence of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 695-701. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAFAEL FERNANDEZ, MANUEL MENDEZ, and MAGDY YOUNES: Effect of Ventilator Flow Rate on Respiratory Timing in Normal Humans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 710-719. [Abstract] [Full text]
EDOARDO DE ROBERTIS, SIGURDUR E. SIGURDSSON, BJÖRN DREFELDT, and BJÖRN JONSON: Aspiration of Airway Dead Space . A New Method to Enhance CO₂ Elimination; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 728-732. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAURIZIO F. CEREDA, MARIA-ELENA SPARACINO, ALEXANDRA R. FRANK, RUDOLF TRAWÖGER, and THEODOR KOLOBOW: Efficacy of Tracheal Gas Insufflation in Spontaneously Breathing Sheep with Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 845-850. [Abstract] [Full text]
BERND JILMA, ANDREW BLANN, THOMAS PERNERSTORFER, PETRA STOHLAWETZ, HANS-GEORG EICHLER, BARBARA VONDROVEC, JEAN AMIRAL, VOLKER RICHTER, and OSWALD F. WAGNER: Regulation of Adhesion Molecules during Human Endotoxemia . No Acute Effects of Aspirin; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 857-863. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAOLO PELOSI, PAOLO CADRINGHER, NICOLA BOTTINO, MAURO PANIGADA, FABIOLA CARRIERI, ELENA RIVA, ALFREDO LISSONI, and LUCIANO GATTINONI: Sigh in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 872-880. [Abstract] [Full text]
YITZHAK BELAI, JOSÉ M. HERNÁNDEZ-JUVIEL, ROBERTA BRUNI, ALAN J. WARING, and FRANS J. WALTHER: Addition of $alpha$ ₁-Antitrypsin to Surfactant Improves Oxygenation in Surfactant-deficient Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 917-923. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRÉDÉRIC MICHARD, DENIS CHEMLA, CHRISTIAN RICHARD, MARC WYSOCKI, MICHAEL R. PINSKY, YVES LECARPENTIER, and JEAN-LOUIS TEBOUL: Clinical Use of Respiratory Changes in Arterial Pulse Pressure to Monitor the Hemodynamic Effects of PEEP; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 935-939. [Abstract] [Full text]
KURT H. ALBERTINE, GREGORY P. JONES, BARRY C. STARCHER, JOHN F. BOHNSACK, PENNY L. DAVIS, SOO-CHUL CHO, DAVID P. CARLTON, and RICHARD D. BLAND: Chronic Lung Injury in Preterm Lambs . Disordered Respiratory Tract Development; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 945-958. [Abstract] [Full text]
HARI P. R. BANDLA, NARONG SIMAKAJORNBOON, GAVIN R. GRAFF, and DAVID GOZAL: Protein Kinase C Modulates Ventilatory Patterning in the Developing Rat; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 968-973. [Abstract] [Full text]
LORRAINE B. WARE, JEFFREY A. GOLDEN, WALTER E. FINKBEINER, and MICHAEL A. MATTHAY: Alveolar Epithelial Fluid Transport Capacity in Reperfusion Lung Injury after Lung Transplantation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 980-988. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIROSHI SAITO, MASAHARU NISHIMURA, HIDEKI SHINANO, HIRONI MAKITA, ICHIZO TSUJINO, EIJI SHIBUYA, FUMIHIKO SATO, KENJI MIYAMOTO, and YOSHIKAZU KAWAKAMI: Plasma Concentration of Adenosine during Normoxia and Moderate Hypoxia in Humans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1014-1018. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

KIMBERLEY D. CLARK, NIGEL WARDROBE-WONG, and PHILLIP D. SNASHALL: Endogenous Cortisol and Lung Damage in a Predominantly Smoking Population; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 755-759. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN M. PETERS, EDWARD AVOL, WILLIAM NAVIDI, STEPHANIE J. LONDON, W. JAMES GAUDERMAN, FRED LURMANN, WILLIAM S. LINN, HELENE MARGOLIS, EDWARD RAPPAPORT, HENRY GONG, Jr., and DUNCAN C. THOMAS: A Study of Twelve Southern California Communities with Differing Levels and Types of Air Pollution . I. Prevalence of Respiratory Morbidity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 760-767. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN M. PETERS, EDWARD AVOL, W. JAMES GAUDERMAN, WILLIAM S. LINN, WILLIAM NAVIDI, STEPHANIE J. LONDON, HELENE MARGOLIS, EDWARD RAPPAPORT, HITA VORA, HENRY GONG, Jr., and DUNCAN C. THOMAS: A Study of Twelve Southern California Communities with Differing Levels and Types of Air Pollution . II. Effects on Pulmonary Function; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 768-775. [Abstract] [Full text]
LAURI LAMMI, LASSE RYHÄNEN, ESSI LAKARI, JUHA RISTELI, PAAVO PÄÄKKÖ, KATRIINA KAHLOS, SEPPO LÄHDE, and VUOKKO KINNULA: Type III and Type I Procollagen Markers in Fibrosing Alveolitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 818-823. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALIYA N. HUSAIN, MOMIN T. SIDDIQUI, EARLE W. HOLMES, ARCOT J. CHANDRASEKHAR, MARY MCCABE, RUTA RADVANY, and EDWARD R. GARRITY, Jr.: Analysis of Risk Factors for the Development of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 829-833. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREA J. COHEN, WILBUR A. FRANKLIN, CATHY MAGILL, JULIE SORENSON, and YORK E. MILLER: Low Neutral Endopeptidase Levels in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Lung Cancer Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 907-910. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

JIM LEWIS, LYNDA MCCAIG, DIETRICH HÄFNER, ROGER SPRAGG, RUUD VELDHUIZEN, and CAROLYN KERR: Dosing and Delivery of a Recombinant Surfactant in Lung-injured Adult Sheep; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 741-747. [Abstract] [Full text]
KEES de MEER, VINCENT A. M. GULMANS, and JOHAN van der LAAG: Peripheral Muscle Weakness and Exercise Capacity in Children with Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 748-754. [Abstract] [Full text]
GARY P. RAKES, EURICO ARRUDA, JIM M. INGRAM, GATES E. HOOVER, JUAN C. ZAMBRANO, FREDERICK G. HAYDEN, THOMAS A. E. PLATTS-MILLS, and PETER W. HEYMANN: Rhinovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Wheezing Children Requiring Emergency Care . IgE and Eosinophil Analyses; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 785-790. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARCUS H. JONES, STEPHANIE D. DAVIS, DEBORAH GRANT, KATHY CHRISTOPH, JEFFREY KISLING, and ROBERT S. TEPPER: Forced Expiratory Maneuvers in Very Young Children . Assessment of Flow Limitation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 791-795. [Abstract] [Full text]

Physiology and Diagnosis:

RONG CHANG CHEN and SHENG YAN: Perceived Inspiratory Difficulty during Inspiratory Threshold and Hyperinflationary Loadings; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 720-727. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASSIMO MINIATI, RENATO PREDILETTO, BRUNO FORMICHI, CARLO MARINI, GIORGIO DI RICCO, LUCIA TONELLI, GERMANA ALLESCIA, and MASSIMO PISTOLESI: Accuracy of Clinical Assessment in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 864-871. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHERYL M. SALOME, ALYSON M. ROBERTS, NATHAN J. BROWN, JOHN DERMAND, GUY B. MARKS, and ANN J. WOOLCOCK: Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurements in a Population Sample of Young Adults; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 911-916. [Abstract] [Full text]

Respiratory Muscle:

YAROSLAV LANDO, PHILLIP M. BOISELLE, DANIEL SHADE, SATOSHI FURUKAWA, ANNE MARIE KUZMA, JOHN M. TRAVALINE, and GERARD J. CRINER: Effect of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery on Diaphragm Length in Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 796-805. [Abstract] [Full text]
MATTEO CAPPELLO, ALEXANDRE LEGRAND, and ANDRÉ DE TROYER: Determinants of Rib Motion in Flail Chest; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 886-891. [Abstract] [Full text]
SPYROS ZAKYNTHINOS, THEODOROS VASSILAKOPOULOS, ANTONIOS MAVROMMATIS, CHARIS ROUSSOS, and GEORGE E. TZELEPIS: Effects of Different Expiratory Maneuvers on Inspiratory Muscle Force Output; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 892-895. [Abstract] [Full text]

Tuberculosis:

JILL MURRAY, PAMELA SONNENBERG, STUART C. SHEARER, and PETER GODFREY-FAUSSETT: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the Outcome of Treatment for New and Recurrent Pulmonary Tuberculosis in African Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 733-740. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHARLES D. WELLS, MIGUEL OCAÑA, KATHLEEN MOSER, DAVID BERGMIRE-SWEAT, JANET C. MOHLE-BOETANI, and NANCY J. BINKIN: A Study of Tuberculosis Among Foreign-Born Hispanic Persons in the U.S. States Bordering Mexico; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 834-837. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHARLES A. PELOQUIN, SHAUN E. BERNING, GWEN A. HUITT, JAMES M. CHILDS, MICHAEL D. SINGLETON, and GORDON T. JAMES: Once-Daily and Twice-Daily Dosing of p-Aminosalicylic Acid Granules; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 932-934. [Abstract] [Full text]