AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (159 4)

Gerald C. Smaldone: Aerosolized Bronchodilators in the Intensive Care Unit . Much Ado about Nothing?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1029-1030. [Full text]

CLINICAL COMMENTARY:

HENRY E. FESSLER and ROBERT A. WISE: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery . Is Less Really More?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1031-1035. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

JACOB K. SONT, LUUK N. A. WILLEMS, ELISABETH H. BEL, J.HAN J. M. van KRIEKEN, JAN P. VANDENBROUCKE, PETER J. STERK, and the AMPUL Study Group: Clinical Control and Histopathologic Outcome of Asthma when Using Airway Hyperresponsiveness as an Additional Guide to Long-Term Treatment; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1043-1051. [Abstract] [Full text]
HELEEN SCHEERENS, THERESA L. BUCKLEY, THEA LEUSINK MUIS, JOHAN GARSSEN, JAN DORMANS, FRANS P. NIJKAMP, and HENK VAN LOVEREN: Long-term Topical Exposure to Toluene Diisocyanate in Mice Leads to Antibody Production and In Vivo Airway Hyperresponsiveness Three Hours after Intranasal Challenge; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1074-1080. [Abstract] [Full text]
ARTHUR N. FREED and MICHAEL S. DAVIS: Hyperventilation with Dry Air Increases Airway Surface Fluid Osmolality in Canine Peripheral Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1101-1107. [Abstract] [Full text]
GERARD J. J. M. BORSBOOM, WILFRID van PELT, HANS C. van HOUWELINGEN, BEN G. van VIANEN, JAN P. SCHOUTEN, and PHILIP H. QUANJER: Diurnal Variation in Lung Function in Subgroups from Two Dutch Populations . Consequences for Longitudinal Analysis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1163-1171. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNE K. LAATIKAINEN, HEIKKI P. J. KRÖGER, HANNU O. TUKIAINEN, RISTO J. HONKANEN, and SEPPO V. SAARIKOSKI: Bone Mineral Density in Perimenopausal Women with Asthma . A Population-based Cross-sectional Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1179-1185. [Abstract] [Full text]
WILLIAM M. ABRAHAM, ASHFAQ AHMED, JUAN R. SABATER, ISABEL T. LAUREDO, YELENA BOTVINNIKOVA, ROBERT J. BJERCKE, X. HU, B. MITCH REVELLE, TIMOTHY P. KOGAN, IAN L. SCOTT, RICHARD A. F. DIXON, EDWARD T. H. YEH, and PAMELA J. BECK: Selectin Blockade Prevents Antigen-induced Late Bronchial Responses and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Allergic Sheep; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1205-1214. [Abstract] [Full text]
PIERSANTE SESTINI, ROSA METELLA REFINI, MARIA GRAZIA PIERONI, ADRIANO VAGHI, MARIA ROBUSCHI, and SEBASTIANO BIANCO: Different Effects of Inhaled Aspirinlike Drugs on Allergen-Induced Early and Late Asthmatic Responses; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1228-1233. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELIZABETH ZEMP, SERGE ELSASSER, CHRISTIAN SCHINDLER, NINO KÜNZLI, ANDRÉ P. PERRUCHOUD, GUIDO DOMENIGHETTI, TULLIO MEDICI, URSULA ACKERMANN-LIEBRICH, PHILIPP LEUENBERGER, CHRISTIAN MONN, GIANFRANCO BOLOGNINI, JEAN-PIERRE BONGARD, OTTO BRÄNDLI, WERNER KARRER, ROLAND KELLER, MARTIN H. SCHÖNI, JEAN-MARIE TSCHOPP, BEA VILLIGER, JEAN-PIERRE ZELLWEGER, and the SAPALDIA Team: Long-Term Ambient Air Pollution and Respiratory Symptoms in Adults (SAPALDIA Study); Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1257-1266. [Abstract] [Full text]
EJVIND FRAUSING HANSEN, KLAUS PHANARETH, LARS C. LAURSEN, AXEL KOK-JENSEN, and ASGER DIRKSEN: Reversible and Irreversible Airflow Obstruction as Predictor of Overall Mortality in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1267-1271. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIROSHI KANAZAWA, SATOSHI SHIRAISHI, TAKASHI OKAMOTO, KAZUTO HIRATA, and JUNICHI YOSHIKAWA: Inhibition of Bronchoprotective Effects of $beta$ ₂-Adrenoceptor Agonists by Peroxynitrite in Guinea Pig Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1272-1276. [Abstract] [Full text]
HASSAN LEMJABBAR, PHILIPPE GOSSET, CATHERINE LAMBLIN, I. TILLIE, DANIEL HARTMANN, BENOIT WALLAERT, ANDRE B. TONNEL, and CHANTAL LAFUMA: Contribution of 92 kDa Gelatinase/Type IV Collagenase in Bronchial Inflammation during Status Asthmaticus; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1298-1307. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Airways Obstruction:

CLAUDE GUERIN, ARNAUD CHEVRE, PIERRE DESSIRIER, THIERRY PONCET, MARIE-HELENE BECQUEMIN, PIERRE FRANÇOIS DEQUIN, CHANTAL LE GUELLEC, DIDIER JACQUES, and GERARD FOURNIER: Inhaled Fenoterol-Ipratropium Bromide in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1036-1042. [Abstract] [Full text]
C. MAGNUS SKÖLD, XIANGDE LIU, TAKESHI UMINO, YUNKUI ZHU, YOSHIHIRO OHKUNI, DEBRA J. ROMBERGER, JOHN R. SPURZEM, ARTHUR J. HEIRES, and STEPHEN I. RENNARD: Human Neutrophil Elastase Augments Fibroblast-Mediated Contraction of Released Collagen Gels; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1138-1146. [Abstract] [Full text]
NORIAKI TAKABATAKE, HIDENORI NAKAMURA, SHUICHI ABE, TOSHIHIKO HINO, HIROSHI SAITO, HIDEKI YUKI, SHUICHI KATO, and HITONOBU TOMOIKE: Circulating Leptin in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1215-1219. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

JULIO SANDOVAL, PEDRO ALVARADO, MARIA LUISA MARTÍNEZ-GUERRA, ARTURO GÓMEZ, ANDRÉS PALOMAR, SONIA MEZA, EFRÉN SANTOS, and MARTÍN ROSAS: Effect of Body Position Changes on Pulmonary Gas Exchange in Eisenmenger's Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1070-1073. [Abstract] [Full text]
YUJI FUJINO, MAX KIRMSE, DEAN HESS, and ROBERT M. KACMAREK: The Effect of Mode, Inspiratory Time, and Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Partial Liquid Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1087-1095. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARK W. FRAMPTON, WILLIAM A. PRYOR, RAFAEL CUETO, CHRISTOPHER COX, PAUL E. MORROW, and MARK J. UTELL: Ozone Exposure Increases Aldehydes in Epithelial Lining Fluid in Human Lung; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1134-1137. [Abstract] [Full text]
BJÖRN JONSON, JEAN-CHRISTOPHE RICHARD, CHRISTIAN STRAUS, JORDI MANCEBO, FRANÇOIS LEMAIRE, and LAURENT BROCHARD: Pressure-Volume Curves and Compliance in Acute Lung Injury . Evidence of Recruitment Above the Lower Inflection Point; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1172-1178. [Abstract] [Full text]
RINALDO BELLOMO, JOHN A. KELLUM, STEPHEN R. WISNIEWSKI, MICHAEL R. PINSKY, and Brian Ondulik: Effects of Norepinephrine on the Renal Vasculature in Normal and Endotoxemic Dogs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1186-1192. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN P. KINSELLA, THOMAS A. PARKER, HENRY GALAN, BRETT C. SHERIDAN, and STEVEN H. ABMAN: Independent and Combined Effects of Inhaled Nitric Oxide, Liquid Perfluorochemical, and High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in Premature Lambs with Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1220-1227. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTIAN PUTENSEN, NORBERT J. MUTZ, GABRIELE PUTENSEN-HIMMER, and JÖRG ZINSERLING: Spontaneous Breathing During Ventilatory Support Improves Ventilation-Perfusion Distributions in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1241-1248. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAREN K. HEYLAND, DEBORAH J. COOK, LAUREN GRIFFITH, SEAN P. KEENAN, and CHRISTIAN BRUN-BUISSON: The Attributable Morbidity and Mortality of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Critically Ill Patient; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1249-1256. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOSEPH A. FISHER, JOSHUA RUCKER, LEEOR Z. SOMMER, ALEX VESELY, ELANA LAVINE, YOEL GREENWALD, GEORGE VOLGYESI, LUDWIK FEDORKO, and STEVE ISCOE: Isocapnic Hyperpnea Accelerates Carbon Monoxide Elimination; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1289-1292. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALEXANDRE MIGNON, NICOLAS ROUQUET, MONIQUE FABRE, SYLVIE MARTIN, JEAN CHRISTOPHE PAGÈS, JEAN FRANÇOIS DHAINAUT, AXEL KAHN, PASCALE BRIAND, and VIRGINIE JOULIN: LPS Challenge in D-galactosamine-Sensitized Mice Accounts for Caspase-dependent Fulminant Hepatitis, not for Septic Shock; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1308-1315. [Abstract] [Full text]

Exercise and Diagnosis:

SALVATORE MANGIONE and LINDA Z. NIEMAN: Pulmonary Auscultatory Skills During Training in Internal Medicine and Family Practice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1119-1124. [Abstract] [Full text]
CLAUDETTE M. ST. CROIX, THOMAS J. WETTER, DAVID F. PEGELOW, KEITH C. MEYER, and JEROME A. DEMPSEY: Assessment of Nitric Oxide Formation During Exercise; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1125-1133. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARTIN SCHWAIBLMAIR, HERMANN REICHENSPURNER, CHRISTIAN MÜLLER, JOSEF BRIEGEL, HEINER FÜRST, JÜRGEN GROH, BRUNO REICHART, and CLAUS VOGELMEIER: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Before and After Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1277-1283. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

GANESH RAGHU, W. CRAIG JOHNSON, DIANE LOCKHART, and YOLANDA MAGETO: Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis with a New Antifibrotic Agent, Pirfenidone . Results of a Prospective, Open-label Phase II Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1061-1069. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER F. BARNES, ZHENHUA YANG, JANICE M. POGODA, SUSAN PRESTON-MARTIN, BRENDA E. JONES, MICHIKO OTAYA, LAURA KNOWLES, SYDNEY HARVEY, KATHLEEN D. EISENACH, and M. DONALD CAVE: Foci of Tuberculosis Transmission in Central Los Angeles; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1081-1086. [Abstract] [Full text]
POONAM KAUL, INDERJIT SINGH, and RONALD B. TURNER: Effect of Nitric Oxide on Rhinovirus Replication and Virus-Induced Interleukin-8 Elaboration; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1193-1198. [Abstract] [Full text]
LEENA KAINULAINEN, JUKKA NIKOSKELAINEN, TYTTI VUORINEN, KALLE TEVOLA, KARI LIIPPO, and OLLI RUUSKANEN: Viruses and Bacteria in Bronchial Samples from Patients with Primary Hypogammaglobulinemia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1199-1204. [Abstract] [Full text]
AZZEDDINE DAKHAMA, RICHARD G. HEGELE, GENEVIèVE LAFLAMME, EVELYNE ISRAëL-ASSAYAG, and YVON CORMIER: Common Respiratory Viruses in Lower Airways of Patients with Acute Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1316-1322. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAM-MENG TCHOU-WONG, OSAMU TANABE, CHUANXIANG CHI, TING-AN YIE, and WILLIAM N. ROM: Activation of NF- $kappa$ B in Mycobacterium tuberculosis- induced Interleukin-2 Receptor Expression in Mononuclear Phagocytes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1323-1329. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTJE WIEDE, WOLFGANG JAGLA, TOBIAS WELTE, THOMAS KÖHNLEIN, HENNING BUSK, and WERNER HOFFMANN: Localization of TFF3, a New Mucus-associated Peptide of the Human Respiratory Tract; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1330-1335. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAMES P. STEWART, JIM J. EGAN, ALAN J. ROSS, BRIAN G. KELLY, SHE S. LOK, PHILIP S. HASLETON, and ASHLEY A. WOODCOCK: The Detection of Epstein-Barr Virus DNA in Lung Tissue from Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1336-1341. [Abstract] [Full text]
LISA A. MAIER, MARY V. RAYNOLDS, DAVID A. YOUNG, ELIZABETH A. BARKER, and LEE S. NEWMAN: Angiotensin-1 Converting Enzyme Polymorphisms in Chronic Beryllium Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1342-1350. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

MARGARET H. KERR and JAMES Y. PATON: Surfactant Protein Levels in Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1115-1118. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANK W. MOLER and SUZANNE E. OHMIT: Severity Of Illness Models For Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Hospitalization; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1234-1240. [Abstract] [Full text]
EUGENIO BARALDI, CINZIA DARIO, RICCARDO ONGARO, MASSIMO SCOLLO, NICOLETTA M. AZZOLIN, NICOLA PANZA, NICOLA PAGANINI, and FRANCO ZACCHELLO: Exhaled Nitric Oxide Concentrations during Treatment of Wheezing Exacerbation in Infants and Young Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1284-1288. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep and Respiratory Muscles:

JUNICHI SUZUKI, RYOICHI TANAKA, SHENG YAN, RONCHANG CHEN, PETER T. MACKLEM, and BENGT KAYSER: Assessment of Abdominal Muscle Contractility, Strength, and Fatigue; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1052-1060. [Abstract] [Full text]
CAROL J. HOY, MARJORIE VENNELLE, RUTH N. KINGSHOTT, HEATHER M. ENGLEMAN, and NEIL J. DOUGLAS: Can Intensive Support Improve Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Use in Patients with the Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1096-1100. [Abstract] [Full text]
NIGEL MCARDLE, GRAHAM DEVEREUX, HASSAN HEIDARNEJAD, HEATHER M. ENGLEMAN, THOMAS W. MACKAY, and NEIL J. DOUGLAS: Long-term Use of CPAP Therapy for Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1108-1114. [Abstract] [Full text]
GERALDO LORENZI-FILHO, HILMI R. DAJANI, RICHARD S. T. LEUNG, JOHN S. FLORAS, and T. DOUGLAS BRADLEY: Entrainment of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Oscillations by Periodic Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1147-1154. [Abstract] [Full text]
NEIL S. FREEDMAN, NATALIE KOTZER, and RICHARD J. SCHWAB: Patient Perception of Sleep Quality and Etiology of Sleep Disruption in the Intensive Care Unit; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1155-1162. [Abstract] [Full text]
DINA BROOKS, RICHARD L. HORNER, JOHN S. FLORAS, LOUISE F. KOZAR, CAROLINE L. RENDER-TEIXEIRA, and ELIOT A. PHILLIPSON: Baroreflex Control of Heart Rate in a Canine Model of Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1293-1297. [Abstract] [Full text]
VICTOR HOFFSTEIN, JAMES HAIGHT, PHILIP COLE, and NOE ZAMEL: Does Snoring Contribute to Presbycusis?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1351-1354. [Abstract] [Full text]

CORRESPONDENCE:

: Risk Factors Versus Mechanisms of Death in Subjects with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1355-1356. [Full text]

SUPPLEMENT: "Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease"

: Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1S. [Full text]
: Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . A Statement of the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 2S-40. [Full text]