AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (159 6)

Claire M. Doerschuk: Neutrophil Rheology and Transit through Capillaries and Sinusoids; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1693-1695. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

KEVIN C. DOERSCHUG, MICHAEL W. PETERSON, CHARLES S. DAYTON, and JOEL N. KLINE: Asthma Guidelines . An Assessment of Physician Understanding and Practice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1735-1741. [Abstract] [Full text]
CARA CASSINO, KAZUHIKO ITO, IRA BADER, CARLO CIOTOLI, GEORGE THURSTON, and JOAN REIBMAN: Cigarette Smoking and Ozone-Associated Emergency Department Use for Asthma by Adults in New York City; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1773-1779. [Abstract] [Full text]
JULIA A. NIGHTINGALE, DUNCAN F. ROGERS, and PETER J. BARNES: Differential Effect of Formoterol on Adenosine Monophosphate and Histamine Reactivity in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1786-1790. [Abstract] [Full text]
ADEL H. MANSUR, D. TIMOTHY BISHOP, ALEX F. MARKHAM, NEWTON E. MORTON, STEPHEN T. HOLGATE, and JOHN F. J. MORRISON: Suggestive Evidence for Genetic Linkage Between IgE Phenotypes and Chromosome 14q Markers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1796-1802. [Abstract] [Full text]
JENS M. HOHLFELD, KIM AHLF, GORAN ENHORNING, KERSTIN BALKE, VEIT J. ERPENBECK, JAN PETSCHALLIES, HEINZ G. HOYMANN, HELMUT FABEL, and NORBERT KRUG: Dysfunction of Pulmonary Surfactant in Asthmatics after Segmental Allergen Challenge; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1803-1809. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOSE M. CHATKIN, KHALIL ANSARIN, PHILIP E. SILKOFF, PATRICIA MCCLEAN, CARLOS GUTIERREZ, NOE ZAMEL, and KENNETH R. CHAPMAN: Exhaled Nitric Oxide as a Noninvasive Assessment of Chronic Cough; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1810-1813. [Abstract] [Full text]
TEET PULLERITS, LEA PRAKS, BENGT-ERIC SKOOGH, RAIVO ANI, and JAN LÖTVALL: Randomized Placebo-controlled Study Comparing a Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist and a Nasal Glucocorticoid in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1814-1818. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEAN-LUC MALO, HEBERTO GHEZZO, and ROBERT ÉLIE: Occupational Asthma Caused by Isocyanates . Patterns of Asthmatic Reactions to Increasing Day-to-Day Doses; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1879-1883. [Abstract] [Full text]
AKIKO SANO, NILDA M. MUÑOZ, HIROYUKI SANO, JOHN CHOI, XIANGDONG ZHU, BENJAMIN JACOBS, and ALAN R. LEFF: Inhibition of cPLA₂ Translocation and Leukotriene C₄Secretion by Fluticasone Propionate in Exogenously Activated Human Eosinophils; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1903-1909. [Abstract] [Full text]
OMAR GHAFFAR, QUTAYBA HAMID, PAOLO M. RENZI, ZOULFIA ALLAKHVERDI, SOPHIE MOLET, JAMES C. HOGG, STEPHANIE A. SHORE, ANDREW D. LUSTER, and BOUCHAIB LAMKHIOUED: Constitutive and Cytokine-Stimulated Expression of Eotaxin by Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1933-1942. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAWN D. HUNTER and BRADLEY J. UNDEM: Identification and Substance P Content of Vagal Afferent Neurons Innervating the Epithelium of the Guinea Pig Trachea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1943-1948. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Airflow Obstruction:

ERNEST SALA, JOSEP ROCA, RAMÓN M. MARRADES, JULI ALONSO, JOSÉ M. GONZALEZ de SUSO, ANGEL MORENO, JOAN ALBERT BARBERÁ, JOSEP NADAL, LLUIS de JOVER, ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN, and PETER D. WAGNER: Effects of Endurance Training on Skeletal Muscle Bioenergetics in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1726-1734. [Abstract] [Full text]
EYAL SHAHAR, LORI L. BOLAND, AARON R. FOLSOM, MELVYN S. TOCKMAN, PAUL G. MCGOVERN, and JOHN H. ECKFELDT: Docosahexaenoic Acid and Smoking-Related Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1780-1785. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT J. van SUYLEN, EMIEL F. WOUTERS, HERMAN J. PENNINGS, EMILE C. CHERIEX, PETRA E. van POL, ANTON W. AMBERGEN, ANNE-MARIE VERMELIS, and MAT J. DAEMEN: The DD Genotype of the Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Gene Is Negatively Associated with Right Ventricular Hypertrophy In Male Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1791-1795. [Abstract] [Full text]
TAKASHI HAJIRO, KOICHI NISHIMURA, PAUL W. JONES, MITSUHIRO TSUKINO, AKIHIKO IKEDA, HIROSHI KOYAMA, and TAKATERU IZUMI: A Novel, Short, and Simple Questionnaire to Measure Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1874-1878. [Abstract] [Full text]
TOMOKO BETSUYAKU, MASAHARU NISHIMURA, KIMIHIRO TAKEYABU, MISHIE TANINO, PER VENGE, SHENGYUAN XU, and YOSHIKAZU KAWAKAMI: Neutrophil Granule Proteins in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Subjects with Subclinical Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1985-1991. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

ELLEN M. DROST, GARBIS KASSABIAN, HERBERT J. MEISELMAN, DAVID GELMONT, and TIMOTHY C. FISHER: Increased Rigidity and Priming of Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes in Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1696-1702. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER B. ANNING, MARK SAIR, C. PETER WINLOVE, and TIMOTHY W. EVANS: Abnormal Tissue Oxygenation and Cardiovascular Changes in Endotoxemia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1710-1715. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELENI GIANNOULI, KIM WEBSTER, DAN ROBERTS, and MAGDY YOUNES: Response of Ventilator-dependent Patients to Different Levels of Pressure Support and Proportional Assist; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1716-1725. [Abstract] [Full text]
JORDI RELLO, EMILI DIAZ, MARTA ROQUE, and JORDI VALLÉS: Risk Factors for Developing Pneumonia within 48 Hours of Intubation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1742-1746. [Abstract] [Full text]
DIDIER DREYFUSS, LAURENT MARTIN-LEFÈVRE, and GEORGES SAUMON: Hyperinflation-Induced Lung Injury during Alveolar Flooding in Rats . Effect of Perfluorocarbon Instillation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1752-1757. [Abstract] [Full text]
KARL TRäGER, PETER RADERMACHER, KAREN M. RIEGER, ARNIM VLATTEN, JOSEF VOGT, THOMAS IBER, JENS ADLER, ULRICH WACHTER, ROBERT GROVER, MICHAEL GEORGIEFF, and BORISLAV SANTAK: Norepinephrine and N-Monomethyl-L-arginine in Porcine Septic Shock . Effects on Hepatic O₂ Exchange and Energy Balance; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1758-1765. [Abstract] [Full text]
OWE R. LUHR, KRISTIAN ANTONSEN, MAGNUS KARLSSON, SIDSEL AARDAL, ADALBJÖRN THORSTEINSSON, CLAES G. FROSTELL, JAN BONDE, and the ARF Study Group: Incidence and Mortality after Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1849-1861. [Abstract] [Full text]
PHILIPPE VIGNON, LYNN WEINERT, VICTOR MOR-AVI, KIRK T. SPENCER, JAMES BEDNARZ, and ROBERTO M. LANG: Quantitative Assessment of Regional Right Ventricular Function with Color Kinesis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1949-1959. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

SANTIAGO EWIG, MAURICIO RUIZ, ANTONI TORRES, FRANCESC MARCO, JOSE ANTONIO MARTINEZ, MIGUEL SANCHEZ, and JOSEP MENSA: Pneumonia Acquired in the Community Through Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1835-1842. [Abstract] [Full text]
EGBERT HERTING, XIAOZHUANG GAN, PETRA RAUPRICH, CONNIE JARSTRAND, and BENGT ROBERTSON: Combined Treatment with Surfactant and Specific Immunoglobulin Reduces Bacterial Proliferation in Experimental Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1862-1867. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROSARIO MENÉNDEZ, JUAN CÓRDOBA, PILAR de la CUADRA, MARÍA J. CREMADES, JOSÉ L. LÓPEZ-HONTAGAS, MIGUEL SALAVERT, and MIGUEL GOBERNADO: Value of the Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in Noninvasive Respiratory Samples for Diagnosis of Community-acquired Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1868-1873. [Abstract] [Full text]
A. MARC HARRISON, CYNTHIA A. BONVILLE, HELENE F. ROSENBERG, and JOSEPH B. DOMACHOWSKE: Respiratory Syncytical Virus-induced Chemokine Expression in the Lower Airways . Eosinophil Recruitment and Degranulation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1918-1924. [Abstract] [Full text]
RICHARD L. KRADIN, HONG-WEN LIU, NICO van ROOIJEN, KIM SPRINGER, LONG-HAI ZHAO, and CAROL P. LEARY: Pulmonary Immunity to Listeria Is Enhanced by Elimination of Alveolar Macrophages; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1967-1974. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

SUZY A. A. COMHAIR, MARC J. LEWIS, PERCY R. BHATHENA, JEFFREY P. HAMMEL, and SERPIL C. ERZURUM: Increased Glutathione and Glutathione Peroxidase in Lungs of Individuals with Chronic Beryllium Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1824-1829. [Abstract] [Full text]
EVELYNE ISRAËL-ASSAYAG, AZZEDDINE DAKHAMA, SOPHIE LAVIGNE, MICHEL LAVIOLETTE, and YVON CORMIER: Expression of Costimulatory Molecules on Alveolar Macrophages in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1830-1834. [Abstract] [Full text]
EVANGELIA DAVISKAS, SANDRA D. ANDERSON, STEFAN EBERL, H-KIM CHAN, and GEORGE BAUTOVICH: Inhalation of Dry Powder Mannitol Improves Clearance of Mucus in Patients with Bronchiectasis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1843-1848. [Abstract] [Full text]
RUBIN M. TUDER, CARLYNE D. COOL, MARK W. GERACI, JUN WANG, STEVEN H. ABMAN, LAUREL WRIGHT, DAVID BADESCH, and NORBERT F. VOELKEL: Prostacyclin Synthase Expression Is Decreased in Lungs from Patients with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1925-1932. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELVIRA RICHTER, Y. P. KATARIA, G. ZISSEL, J. HOMOLKA, M. SCHLAAK, and J. MÜLLER-QUERNHEIM: Analysis of the Kveim-Siltzbach Test Reagent for Bacterial DNA; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1981-1984. [Abstract] [Full text]
NOBUYUKI HIZAWA, ETSURO YAMAGUCHI, KEN FURUYA, EISEI JINUSHI, AKIHIDE ITO, and YOSHIKAZU KAWAKAMI: The Role of the C-C Chemokine Receptor 2 Gene Polymorphism V64I (CCR2-64I) in Sarcoidosis in a Japanese Population; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 2021-2023. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Transplantation:

ANNETTE BOEHLER, XIAO HUI BAI, MINGYAO LIU, STEPHEN CASSIVI, DEAN CHAMBERLAIN, ARTHUR S. SLUTSKY, and SHAF KESHAVJEE: Upregulation of T-Helper 1 Cytokines and Chemokine Expression in Post-transplant Airway Obliteration; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1910-1917. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARIE CASSART, YVES VERBANDT, PHILIPPE de FRANCQUEN, PIERRE ALAIN GEVENOIS, and MARC ESTENNE: Diaphragm Dimensions After Single-Lung Transplantation for Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1992-1997. [Abstract] [Full text]
WILLIAM L. ESCHENBACHER, KATHLEEN KREISS, M. DIANE LOUGHEED, GLENN S. PRANSKY, BRIAN DAY, and ROBERT M. CASTELLAN: Nylon Flock-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 2003-2008. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEAN-MARC NACCACHE, MARTINE ANTOINE, MARIE WISLEZ, JOCELYNE FLEURY-FEITH, ERIC OKSENHENDLER, CHARLES MAYAUD, and JACQUES CADRANEL: Sarcoid-like Pulmonary Disorder in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 2009-2013. [Abstract] [Full text]
RICHARD LONG, EVA NOBERT, SYLVIA CHOMYC, JAN van EMBDEN, CIARAN McNAMEE, RAFAEL REY DURAN, JAMES TALBOT, and ANNE FANNING: Transcontinental Spread of Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium bovis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 2014-2017. [Abstract] [Full text]
NAJIB T. AYAS, F. DENNIS MCCOOL, ROBERT GORE, STEVEN L. LIEBERMAN, and ROBERT BROWN: Prevention of Human Diaphragm Atrophy with Short Periods of Electrical Stimulation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 2018-2020. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

ALAN H. COHEN, GEORGE B. MALLORY, Jr., KATHY ROSS, DEBORAH K. WHITE, ERIC MENDELOFF, CHARLES B. HUDDLESTON, and JAMES S. KEMP: Growth of Lungs after Transplantation in Infants and in Children Younger than 3 Years of Age; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1747-1751. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNA LÚCIA B. CABRAL, GLEICE M. CONCEIÇÃO, CRÍSTÍNA H. F. FONSECA-GUEDES, and MILTON A. MARTINS: Exercise-induced Bronchospasm in Children . Effects of Asthma Severity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1819-1823. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOSÉ A. CASTRO-RODRÍGUEZ, CATHARINE J. HOLBERG, ANNE L. WRIGHT, MARILYN HALONEN, LYNN M. TAUSSIG, WAYNE J. MORGAN, and FERNANDO D. MARTINEZ: Association of Radiologically Ascertained Pneumonia Before Age 3 yr with Asthmalike Symptoms and Pulmonary Function During Childhood . A Prospective Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1891-1897. [Abstract] [Full text]
ORNIT CHIBA-FALEK, RICHARD B. PARAD, EITAN KEREM, and BATSHEVA KEREM: Variable Levels of Normal RNA in Different Fetal Organs Carrying a Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Splicing Mutation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1998-2002. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep and Respiratory Muscles:

NARESH M. PUNJABI, DANIEL J. O'HEARN, DAVID N. NEUBAUER, F. JAVIER NIETO, ALAN R. SCHWARTZ, PHILIP L. SMITH, and KAREN BANDEEN-ROCHE: Modeling Hypersomnolence in Sleep-disordered Breathing . A Novel Approach Using Survival Analysis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1703-1709. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAFUMI NIIJIMA, HIROSHI KIMURA, HIDENORI EDO, TOSHIHIDE SHINOZAKI, JIAN KANG, SHIGERU MASUYAMA, KOICHIRO TATSUMI, and TAKAYUKI KURIYAMA: Manifestation of Pulmonary Hypertension During REM Sleep in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1766-1772. [Abstract] [Full text]
LESLEY S. BENNETT, CHARLES BARBOUR, BEVERLEY LANGFORD, JOHN R. STRADLING, and ROBERT J. O. DAVIES: Health Status in Obstructive Sleep Apnea . Relationship with Sleep Fragmentation and Daytine Sleepiness, and Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1884-1890. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASATO KIJIMA, SHIROH ISONO, and TAKASHI NISHINO: Coordination of Swallowing and Phases of Respiration During Added Respiratory Loads in Awake Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1898-1902. [Abstract] [Full text]
MIGUEL CARRERA, FERRAN BARBÉ, JAUME SAULEDA, MANUEL TOMÁS, CRISTINA GÓMEZ, and ALVAR GN. AGUSTÍ: Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Exhibit Genioglossus Dysfunction that Is Normalized after Treatment with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1960-1966. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALAIN S. COMTOIS, QASIM EL-DWAIRI, VICTOR E. LAUBACH, and SABAH N. A. HUSSAIN: Lipopolysaccharide-induced Diaphragmatic Contractile Dysfunction in Mice Lacking the Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 1975-1980. [Abstract] [Full text]
EVA LINDBERG, AHMED ELMASRY, THORARINN GISLASON, CHRISTER JANSON, HARRIET BENGTSSON, JERKER HETTA, MARIKA NETTELBLADT, and GUNNAR BOMAN: Evolution of Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Sleepy Snorers . A Population-based Prospective Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 2024-2027. [Abstract] [Full text]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Kazuhiko Muramatsu and Ko Yukitake: A NEW METHOD TO ANALYZE LUNG COMPLIANCE WHEN PRESSURE-VOLUME RELATIONSHIP IS NONLINEAR; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 159: 2028. [Full text]