AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (159 5)

Steve Nelson: A Question of Balance; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1365-1367. [Full text]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

MARK T. GLADWIN, ALAN N. SCHECHTER, JAMES H. SHELHAMER, and FREDERICK P. OGNIBENE: The Acute Chest Syndrome in Sickle Cell Disease . Possible Role of Nitric Oxide in Its Pathophysiology and Treatment; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1368-1376. [Full text]

Asthma and Airways:

MOIRA CHAN-YEUNG, HIDETO OBATA, MICHELLE DITTRICK, HENRY CHAN, and RAJA ABBOUD: Airway Inflammation, Exhaled Nitric Oxide, and Severity of Asthma in Patients with Western Red Cedar Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1434-1438. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTOPH WYSER, PETER STULZ, MARKUS SOLÈR, MICHAEL TAMM, JAN MÜLLER-BRAND, JAMES HABICHT, ANDRÉ P. PERRUCHOUD, and CHRIS T. BOLLIGER: Prospective Evaluation of an Algorithm for the Functional Assessment of Lung Resection Candidates; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1450-1456. [Abstract] [Full text]
LORNA J. WOOD, ROMA SEHMI, GAIL M. GAUVREAU, RICHARD M. WATSON, RONAN FOLEY, JUDAH A. DENBURG, and PAUL M. O'BYRNE: An Inhaled Corticosteroid, Budesonide, Reduces Baseline but Not Allergen-induced Increases in Bone Marrow Inflammatory Cell Progenitors in Asthmatic Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1457-1463. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROB E. T. NOCKER, FRANK R. WELLER, THEO A. OUT, MARIËLLE J. de RIEMER, HENK M. JANSEN, and JARING S. van der ZEE: A Double-blind Study on the Effect of Inhaled Corticosteroids on Plasma Protein Exudation in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1499-1505. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNICK de VRIES, MARK C. DESSING, FERDI ENGELS, PAUL A. J. HENRICKS, and FRANS P. NIJKAMP: Nerve Growth Factor Induces a Neurokinin-1 Receptor- Mediated Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Guinea Pigs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1541-1544. [Abstract] [Full text]
SYLVIA VERBANCK, DANIËL SCHUERMANS, MARC NOPPEN, ALAIN VAN MUYLEM, MANUEL PAIVA, and WALTER VINCKEN: Evidence of Acinar Airway Involvement in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1545-1550. [Abstract] [Full text]
HAROLD S. NELSON, ROBERT B. BERKOWITZ, DAVID A. TINKELMAN, AMANDA H. EMMETT, KATHLEEN A. RICKARD, and STEVEN W. YANCEY: Lack of Subsensitivity to Albuterol After Treatment with Salmeterol in Patients with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1556-1561. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALMA MULDER, GAIL M. GAUVREAU, RICK M. WATSON, and PAUL M. O'BYRNE: Effect of Inhaled Leukotriene D₄ on Airway Eosinophilia and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Asthmatic Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1562-1567. [Abstract] [Full text]
AUGUSTO A. LITONJUA, DAVID SPARROW, and SCOTT T. WEISS: The FEF_25-75/FVC Ratio Is Associated with Methacholine Airway Responsiveness . The Normative Aging Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1574-1579. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAMES E. BOERS, ANTON W. AMBERGEN, and FREDERIK B. J. M. THUNNISSEN: Number and Proliferation of Clara Cells in Normal Human Airway Epithelium; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1585-1591. [Abstract] [Full text]
QUTAYBA A. HAMID, SALLY E. WENZEL, PIA J. HAUK, ANNE TSICOPOULOS, BENOIT WALLAERT, JEAN-JACQUES LAFITTE, GEORGE P. CHROUSOS, STANLEY J. SZEFLER, and DONALD Y. M. LEUNG: Increased Glucocorticoid Receptor $beta$ in Airway Cells of Glucocorticoid-insensitive Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1600-1604. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANGELA HACZKU, KATSUYUKI TAKEDA, IMRE REDAI, ECKARD HAMELMANN, GREGORY CIESLEWICZ, ANTHONY JOETHAM, JOAN LOADER, JAMES J. LEE, CHARLES IRVIN, and ERWIN W. GELFAND: Anti-CD86 (B7.2) Treatment Abolishes Allergic Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1638-1643. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDERS MELLÉN, PETER ARVIDSSON, MONA PALMQVIST, and JAN LÖTVALL: Equivalent Bronchodilation with Salbutamol Given via pMDI or Turbuhaler; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1663-1665. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease:

DANIEL SHADE, Jr., FRANCIS CORDOVA, YAROSLAV LANDO, JOHN M. TRAVALINE, SATOSHI FURUKAWA, ANNE MARIE KUZMA, and GERARD J. CRINER: Relationship between Resting Hypercapnia and Physiologic Parameters before and after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1405-1411. [Abstract] [Full text]
VICTOR IVO PEINADO, JOAN ALBERT BARBERÁ, PIETRO ABATE, JOSEP RAMÍREZ, JOSEP ROCA, SALUD SANTOS, and ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN: Inflammatory Reaction in Pulmonary Muscular Arteries of Patients with Mild Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1605-1611. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREW J. SANDFORD, TABASSUM CHAGANI, JOHN J. SPINELLI, and PETER D. PARÉ: $alpha$ ₁-Antitrypsin Genotypes and the Acute-phase Response to Open Heart Surgery; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1624-1628. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

WAHEEDULLAH KARZAI, BERND ULRICH von SPECHT, CHANTAL PARENT, J. HABERSTROH, KARIN WOLLERSEN, CHARLES NATANSON, STEVEN M. BANKS, and PETER. Q. EICHACKER: G-CSF during Escherichia coli versus Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia in Rats Has Fundamentally Different and Opposite Effects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1377-1382. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC LEEMAN, VALÉRIE ZEGERS de BEYL, DOMINIQUE BIARENT, MARCO MAGGIORINI, CHRISTIAN MÉLOT, and ROBERT NAEIJE: Inhibition of Cyclooxygenase and Nitric Oxide Synthase in Hypoxic Vasoconstriction and Oleic Acid-Induced Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1383-1390. [Abstract] [Full text]
H. WILLIAM TAEUSCH, KAREN W. LU, JON GOERKE, and JOHN A. CLEMENTS: Nonionic Polymers Reverse Inactivation of Surfactant by Meconium and Other Substances; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1391-1395. [Abstract] [Full text]
DEBORAH A. QUINN, ROBERT B. FOGEL, CYNTHIA D. SMITH, MICHAEL LAPOSATA, B. TAYLOR THOMPSON, STEPHEN M. JOHNSON, ARTHUR C. WALTMAN, and CHARLES A. HALES: D-Dimers in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1445-1449. [Abstract] [Full text]
YUKIO SATO, KEITH R. WALLEY, MARIA E. KLUT, DEAN ENGLISH, YULIA D'YACHKOVA, JAMES C. HOGG, and STEPHAN F. van EEDEN: Nitric Oxide Reduces the Sequestration of Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes in Lung by Changing Deformability and CD18 Expression; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1469-1476. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROSE A. SHARKEY, SEAMAS C. DONNELLY, KEVIN G. CONNELLY, COLIN E. ROBERTSON, CHRISTOPHER HASLETT, and JOHN E. REPINE: Initial Serum Ferritin Levels in Patients with Multiple Trauma and the Subsequent Development of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1506-1509. [Abstract] [Full text]
LORENZO APPENDINI, ANDREA PURRO, MARTA GUDJONSDOTTIR, PAOLO BADERNA, ANTONIO PATESSIO, SILVIO ZANABONI, CLAUDIO F. DONNER, and ANDREA ROSSI: Physiologic Response of Ventilator-dependent Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to Proportional Assist Ventilation and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1510-1517. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHANNON S. CARSON, PETER B. BACH, LORAINE BRZOZOWSKI, and ALAN LEFF: Outcomes after Long-Term Acute Care . An Analysis of 133 Mechanically Ventilated Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1568-1573. [Abstract] [Full text]
SILVIA R. R. VIEIRA, LOUIS PUYBASSET, QIN LU, JACK RICHECOEUR, PHILIPPE CLUZEL, PIERRE CORIAT, and JEAN-JACQUES ROUBY: A Scanographic Assessment of Pulmonary Morphology in Acute Lung Injury . Significance of the Lower Inflection Point Detected on the Lung Pressure-Volume Curve; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1612-1623. [Abstract] [Full text]
TIMOTHY S. BLACKWELL, LISA H. LANCASTER, THOMAS R. BLACKWELL, ANNAPURNA VENKATAKRISHNAN, and JOHN W. CHRISTMAN: Chemotactic Gradients Predict Neutrophilic Alveolitis in Endotoxin-treated Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1644-1652. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

HOMER L. TWIGG, III, DIAA M. SOLIMAN, RICHARD B. DAY, KENNETH S. KNOX, RODNEY J. ANDERSON, DAVID S. WILKES, and CAROL T. SCHNIZLEIN-BICK: Lymphocytic Alveolitis, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Viral Load, and Outcome in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1439-1444. [Abstract] [Full text]
REBECCA S. MALONE, DOUGLAS N. FISH, DAVID M. SPIEGEL, JAMES M. CHILDS, and CHARLES A. PELOQUIN: The Effect of Hemodialysis on Isoniazid, Rifampin, Pyrazinamide, and Ethambutol; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1580-1584. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARCEL BONAY, FRANCINE BOUCHONNET, VLADIMIR PELICIC, BEATRICE LAGIER, MARTINE GRANDSAIGNE, DENISE LECOSSIER, ALAIN GRODET, MARTIN VOKURKA, BRIGITTE GICQUEL, and ALLAN J. HANCE: Effect of Stimulation of Human Macrophages on Intracellular Survival of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin . Evaluation with a Mycobacterial Reporter Strain; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1629-1637. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

MARK B. JORISSEN, KRIS DE BOECK, and HARRY CUPPENS: Genotype-Phenotype Correlations for the Paranasal Sinuses in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1412-1416. [Abstract] [Full text]
PATRIK LASSUS, ARI RISTIMÄKI, OLAVI YLIKORKALA, LASSE VIINIKKA, and STURE ANDERSSON: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Human Preterm Lung; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1429-1433. [Abstract] [Full text]
YOLANDE ARON, BARBARA S. POLLA, THIERRY BIENVENU, JOSETTE DALL'AVA, DANIEL DUSSER, and DOMINIQUE HUBERT: HLA Class II Polymorphism in Cystic Fibrosis . A Possible Modifier of Pulmonary Phenotype; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1464-1468. [Abstract] [Full text]
SUSAN REDLINE, PETER V. TISHLER, MARK SCHLUCHTER, JOAN AYLOR, KATHRYN CLARK, and GREGORY GRAHAM: Risk Factors for Sleep-disordered Breathing in Children . Associations with Obesity, Race, and Respiratory Problems; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1527-1532. [Abstract] [Full text]
C. MARGUET, F. JOUEN-BOEDES, T. P. DEAN, and J. O. WARNER: Bronchoalveolar Cell Profiles in Children with Asthma, Infantile Wheeze, Chronic Cough, or Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1533-1540. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep, Dyspnea, and Respiratory Muscles:

SYLVAIN RENOLLEAU, PATRICK LETOURNEAU, THÉOPHILE NIYONSENGA, JEAN-PAUL PRAUD, and Bruno Gagné: Thyroarytenoid Muscle Electrical Activity During Spontaneous Apneas in Preterm Lambs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1396-1404. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTOPHER P. O'DONNELL, CHARLES D. SCHAUB, ABBY S. HAINES, DAN E. BERKOWITZ, CLARKE G. TANKERSLEY, ALAN R. SCHWARTZ, and PHILIP L. SMITH: Leptin Prevents Respiratory Depression in Obesity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1477-1484. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERTO MEJIA, JOSEPH WARD, TIMOTHY LENTINE, and DONALD A. MAHLER: Target Dyspnea Ratings Predict Expected Oxygen Consumption as Well as Target Heart Rate Values; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1485-1489. [Abstract] [Full text]
GERALDO LORENZI-FILHO, FIONA RANKIN, IAN BIES, and T. DOUGLAS BRADLEY: Effects of Inhaled Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen on Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in Patients with Heart Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1490-1498. [Abstract] [Full text]
DIMITAR SAJKOV, TINGTING WANG, NICHOLAS A. SAUNDERS, ALEXANDRA J. BUNE, ALISTER M. NEILL, and R. DOUGLAS MCEVOY: Daytime Pulmonary Hemodynamics in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea without Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1518-1526. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRÉDÉRIC SÉRIÈS, CLAUDE CÔTÉ, and SYLVAIN ST. PIERRE: Dysfunctional Mechanical Coupling of Upper Airway Tissues in Sleep Apnea Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1551-1555. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER V. DICPINIGAITIS, DAVID R. GRIMM, and MARVIN LESSER: Cough Reflex Sensitivity in Subjects with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1660-1662. [Abstract] [Full text]

The Pleura:

ELISABETTA PACE, MARK GJOMARKAJ, MARIO MELIS, MIRELLA PROFITA, MARIO SPATAFORA, ANTONIO M. VIGNOLA, GIOVANNI BONSIGNORE, and CHRISTOPHER H. MODY: Interleukin-8 Induces Lymphocyte Chemotaxis into the Pleural Space . Role of Pleural Macrophages; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1592-1599. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAMAL A. MOHAMMED, NAJMUNNISA NASREEN, MELISSA J. WARD, and VEENA B. ANTONY: Helper T Cell Type 1 and 2 Cytokines Regulate C-C Chemokine Expression in Mouse Pleural Mesothelial Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1653-1659. [Abstract] [Full text]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

: Pulmonary Rehabilitation $---$ 1999; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1666-1682. [Full text]

CORRESPONDENCE:

: SMALL AIRWAY DYSFUNCTION AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1683. [Full text]

SUPPLEMENT: "The Many Faces of Airway Inflammation"

P. M. O'BYRNE and D. S. POSTMA: The Many Faces of Airway Inflammation . Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1S-41. [Full text]