AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (160 1)

ALBERT van der VLIET, JASON P. EISERICH, MARK K. SHIGENAGA, and CARROLL E. CROSS: Reactive Nitrogen Species and Tyrosine Nitration in the Respiratory Tract . Epiphenomena or a Pathobiologic Mechanism of Disease?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1-9. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

HUW S. JENKINS, JAGDISH L. DEVALIA, REBECCA L. MISTER, ANDREW M. BEVAN, CSABA RUSZNAK, and ROBERT J. DAVIES: The Effect of Exposure to Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide on the Airway Response of Atopic Asthmatics to Inhaled Allergen . Dose- and Time-dependent Effects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 33-39. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANGELA SIMPSON, ADNAN CUSTOVIC, SPIROS PIPIS, ANIL ADISESH, BRIAN FARAGHER, and ASHLEY WOODCOCK: Exhaled Nitric Oxide, Sensitization, and Exposure to Allergens in Patients with Asthma Who Are Not Taking Inhaled Steroids; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 45-49. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHIROH ISONO, NAOKATSU SAEKI, ATSUKO TANAKA, and TAKASHI NISHINO: Collapsibility of Passive Pharynx in Patients with Acromegaly; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 64-68. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHANNES C. C. M.in`t VEEN, HERMELIJN H. SMITS, PIETER S. HIEMSTRA, AEILKO E. ZWINDERMAN, PETER J. STERK, and ELISABETH H. BEL: Lung Function and Sputum Characteristics of Patients with Severe Asthma During an Induced Exacerbation by Double-Blind Steroid Withdrawal; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 93-99. [Abstract] [Full text]
H. EDWARD FLEMING, FRÉDÉRIC F. LITTLE, DAVID SCHNURR, PEDRO C. AVILA, HOFER WONG, JANE LIU, SHIGEO YAGI, and HOMER A. BOUSHEY: Rhinovirus-16 Colds in Healthy and in Asthmatic Subjects . Similar Changes in Upper and Lower Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 100-108. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHIRO UEDA, KENJI NISHIO, NAOTO MINAMINO, ATSUSHI KUBO, YASUHIRO AKAI, KENJI KANGAWA, HISAYUKI MATSUO, YOSHIHIRO FUJIMURA, AKIRA YOSHIOKA, KAZUHIRO MASUI, NAOFUMI DOI, YOSHINORI MURAO, and SEIJI MIYAMOTO: Increased Plasma Levels of Adrenomedullin in Patients with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 132-136. [Abstract] [Full text]
PEADAR G. NOONE, WILLIAM D. BENNETT, JEFF A. REGNIS, KIRBY L. ZEMAN, JOHNNY L. CARSON, MALCOLM KING, RICHARD C. BOUCHER, and MICHAEL R. KNOWLES: Effect of Aerosolized Uridine-5'-Triphosphate on Airway Clearance with Cough in Patients with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 144-149. [Abstract] [Full text]
ERIC DEROM, JAN VAN SCHOOR, WIM VERHAEGHE, WALTER VINCKEN, and ROMAIN PAUWELS: Systemic Effects of Inhaled Fluticasone Propionate and Budesonide in Adult Patients with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 157-161. [Abstract] [Full text]
RICHARD STANFORD, TRENT MCLAUGHLIN, and LYNN J. OKAMOTO: The Cost of Asthma in the Emergency Department and Hospital; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 211-215. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAOLO MONTUSCHI, MASSIMO CORRADI, GIOVANNI CIABATTONI, JULIA NIGHTINGALE, SERGEI A. KHARITONOV, and PETER J. BARNES: Increased 8-Isoprostane, a Marker of Oxidative Stress, in Exhaled Condensate of Asthma Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 216-220. [Abstract] [Full text]
E. R. MCFADDEN, Jr., JO ANN NELSON, M. E. SKOWRONSKI, and K. A. LENNER: Thermally Induced Asthma and Airway Drying; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 221-226. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID A. TAYLOR, MARIANNE W. JENSEN, VARSHA KANABAR, RENATE ENGELSTÄTTER, VOLKER W. STEINIJANS, PETER J. BARNES, and BRIAN J. O'CONNOR: A Dose-dependent Effect of the Novel Inhaled Corticosteroid Ciclesonide on Airway Responsiveness to Adenosine-5'-Monophosphate in Asthmatic Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 237-243. [Abstract] [Full text]
MONA PALMQVIST, THOMAS IBSEN, ANDERS MELLÉN, and JAN LÖTVALL: Comparison of the Relative Efficacy of Formoterol and Salmeterol in Asthmatic Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 244-249. [Abstract] [Full text]
TABASSUM CHAGANI, PETER D. PARÉ, SHOUKANG ZHU, TRACEY D. WEIR, TONY R. BAI, NASSER A. BEHBEHANI, J. MARK FITZGERALD, and ANDREW J. SANDFORD: Prevalence of Tumor Necrosis Factor- $alpha$ and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Polymorphisms in Mild/Moderate and Fatal/Near-Fatal Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 278-282. [Abstract] [Full text]
CÉSAR PICADO, JOAN C. FERNANDEZ-MORATA, MANEL JUAN, JORDI ROCA-FERRER, MIREIA FUENTES, ANTONI XAUBET, and JOAQUIM MULLOL: Cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA Is Downexpressed in Nasal Polyps from Aspirin-sensitive Asthmatics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 291-296. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOEL N. KLINE, J. DAVID COWDEN, GARY W. HUNNINGHAKE, BRIAN C. SCHUTTE, JANET L. WATT, CHRISTINE L. WOHLFORD-LENANE, LINDA S. POWERS, MICHAEL P. JONES, and DAVID A. SCHWARTZ: Variable Airway Responsiveness to Inhaled Lipopolysaccharide; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 297-303. [Abstract] [Full text]
JONAS S. ERJEFÄLT, LENNART GREIFF, MORGAN ANDERSSON, ERIK MATSSON, HANNES PETERSEN, MARGARETA LINDEN, TAREQ ANSARI, PETER K. JEFFERY, and CARL G. A. PERSSON: Allergen-induced Eosinophil Cytolysis Is a Primary Mechanism for Granule Protein Release in Human Upper Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 304-312. [Abstract] [Full text]
Gisèle Mautino, Corinne Henriquet, Dany Jaffuel, Jean Bousquet, and Françoise Capony: Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 Levels in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Asthmatic Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 324-330. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIDEYA IIJIMA, GEN TAMURA, TZUEN-REN HSIUE, YI LIU, HAJIME TANIGUCHI, and KUNIO SHIRATO: Suplatast Tosilate Inhibits Late Response and Airway Inflammation in Sensitized Guinea Pigs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 331-335. [Abstract] [Full text]
NIZAR N. JARJOUR and GORAN ENHORNING: Antigen-induced Airway Inflammation in Atopic Subjects Generates Dysfunction of Pulmonary Surfactant; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 336-341. [Abstract] [Full text]
EMIKO NOGUCHI, MASANAO SHIBASAKI, TADAO ARINAMI, KAZUNORI TAKEDA, YUKAKO YOKOUCHI, KIMIKO KOBAYASHI, NATSUKI IMOTO, SATOKO NAKAHARA, AKIRA MATSUI, and HIDEO HAMAGUCHI: No Association between Atopy/Asthma and the Ile50val Polymorphism of IL-4 Receptor; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 342-345. [Abstract] [Full text]
KRISHNAN N. PARAMESWARAN, MARK D. INMAN, BRUCE P. EKHOLM, MARILYN M. MORRIS, EDIE SUMMERS, PAUL M. O'BYRNE, and FREDERICK E. HARGREAVE: Protection against Methacholine Bronchoconstriction to Assess Relative Potency of Inhaled $beta$ ₂-Agonist; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 354-357. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

DIDIER TASSAUX, PHILIPPE JOLLIET, JEAN-MARC THOURET, JEAN ROESELER, RENÉ DORNE, and JEAN-CLAUDE CHEVROLET: Calibration of Seven ICU Ventilators for Mechanical Ventilation with Helium-Oxygen Mixtures; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 22-32. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAMONA O. HOPKINS, LINDELL K. WEAVER, DONNA POPE, JAMES F. ORME, Jr., ERIN D. BIGLER, and VALERIE LARSON-LOHR: Neuropsychological Sequelae and Impaired Health Status in Survivors of Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 50-56. [Abstract] [Full text]
WILLIAM A. MARINELLI, CRAIG R. WEINERT, CYNTHIA R. GROSS, JOHN P. KNOEDLER, Jr., CARON L. BURY, JAMES R. KANGAS, and JAMES W. LEATHERMAN: Right Heart Catheterization in Acute Lung Injury . An Observational Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 69-76. [Abstract] [Full text]
JACK RICHECOEUR, QIN LU, SILVIA R. R. VIEIRA, LOUIS PUYBASSET, PIERRE KALFON, PIERRE CORIAT, and JEAN-JACQUES ROUBY: Expiratory Washout versus Optimization of Mechanical Ventilation during Permissive Hypercapnia in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 77-85. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTOPHE GIRAULT, ISABELLE DAUDENTHUN, VIRGINIE CHEVRON, FABIENNE TAMION, JACQUES LEROY, and GUY BONMARCHAND: Noninvasive Ventilation as a Systematic Extubation and Weaning Technique in Acute-on-Chronic Respiratory Failure . A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 86-92. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVIDE CHIUMELLO, GORSEV PRISTINE, and ARTHUR S. SLUTSKY: Mechanical Ventilation Affects Local and Systemic Cytokines in an Animal Model of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 109-116. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARIO HENSEL and WOLFGANG J. KOX: Increased Intrapulmonary Oxygen Consumption in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 137-143. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREW A. PELLETT, ROYCE W. JOHNSON, GERALYNN G. MORRISON, MICHAEL S. CHAMPAGNE, BENNETT P. DeBOISBLANC, and MICHAEL G. LEVITZKY: A Comparison of Pulmonary Arterial Occlusion Algorithms for Estimation of Pulmonary Capillary Pressure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 162-168. [Abstract] [Full text]
DARREN S. DELOREY and TONY G. BABB: Progressive Mechanical Ventilatory Constraints with Aging; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 169-177. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAREK A. MARTYNOWICZ, THOMAS A. MINOR, BRUCE J. WALTERS, and ROLF D. HUBMAYR: Regional Expansion of Oleic Acid-Injured Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 250-258. [Abstract] [Full text]
SATOSHI SHIBATA, HIDEKI OHDAN, TOSHIO NORIYUKI, SHINKICHIRO YOSHIOKA, TOSHIMASA ASAHARA, and KIYOHIKO DOHI: Novel Assessment of Acute Lung Injury by In Vivo Near-Infrared Spectroscopy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 317-323. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

ELIZABETH L. CORBETT, GAVIN J. CHURCHYARD, MALCOLM HAY, PHILIP HERSELMAN, TIM CLAYTON, BRIAN WILLIAMS, RICHARD HAYES, DAAN MULDER, and KEVIN M. DE COCK: The Impact of HIV Infection on Mycobacterium kansasii Disease in South African Gold Miners; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 10-14. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELIZABETH L. CORBETT, LUCILLE BLUMBERG, GAVIN J. CHURCHYARD, NOMSA MOLOI, KATHY MALLORY, TIM CLAYTON, BRIAN G. WILLIAMS, RICHARD E. CHAISSON, RICHARD J. HAYES, and KEVIN M. DE COCK: Nontuberculous Mycobacteria . Defining Disease in a Prospective Cohort of South African Miners; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 15-21. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID C. SNYDER, E. ANTONIO PAZ, JANET C. MOHLE-BOETANI, ROBERT FALLSTAD, ROSA LEE BLACK, and DANIEL P. CHIN: Tuberculosis Prevention in Methadone Maintenance Clinics . Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 178-185. [Abstract] [Full text]
LUCY E. DESJARDIN, MARK D. PERKINS, KATHY WOLSKI, SHIRLEY HAUN, LUCILÉIA TEIXEIRA, YING CHEN, JOHN L. JOHNSON, JERROLD J. ELLNER, REYNALDO DIETZE, JOSEPH BATES, M. DONALD CAVE, and KATHLEEN D. EISENACH: Measurement of Sputum Mycobacterium tuberculosis Messenger RNA as a Surrogate for Response to Chemotherapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 203-210. [Abstract] [Full text]
PHILIP T. DIAZ, MARK A. KING, ERIC R. PACHT, MARK D. WEWERS, JAMES E. GADEK, DAVID NEAL, HAIKADY N. NAGARAJA, JANICE DRAKE, and THOMAS L. CLANTON: The Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Diffusion Impairment in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 272-277. [Abstract] [Full text]
SAUGATO SANYAL, PETER R. SMITH, ANIMITA C. SAHA, SASWATI GUPTA, LEONARD BERKOWITZ, and PETER HOMEL: Initial Microbiologic Studies Did Not Affect Outcome in Adults Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 346-348. [Abstract] [Full text]
NESRIN MOGULKOC, SAIT KARAKURT, BARBARA ISALSKA, ÜLKÜ BAYINDIR, TURGAY ÇELIKEL, VOLKAN KORTEN, and NESRIN ÇOLPAN: Acute Purulent Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 349-353. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Transplant:

XIAO N. WANG, TREVOR J. WILLIAMS, MICHAEL J. MCKENNA, JIA L. LI, STEVEN F. FRASER, ELEONORA A. SIDE, GREGORY I. SNELL, E. HAYDN WALTERS, and MICHAEL F. CAREY: Skeletal Muscle Oxidative Capacity, Fiber Type, and Metabolites after Lung Transplantation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 57-63. [Abstract] [Full text]
LUKE P. NAEHER, THEODORE R. HOLFORD, WILLIAM S. BECKETT, KATHLEEN BELANGER, ELIZABETH W. TRICHE, MICHAEL B. BRACKEN, and BRIAN P. LEADERER: Healthy Women's PEF Variations with Ambient Summer Concentrations of PM₁₀, PM_2.5, SO₄², H⁺, and O₃; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 117-125. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARCEL BALTZAN, SANJAY MEHTA, TREVOR H. KIRKHAM, and MANUEL G. COSIO: Randomized Trial of Prolonged Chloroquine Therapy in Advanced Pulmonary Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 192-197. [Abstract] [Full text]
DÉSIRÉE F. JANSEN, JAN P. SCHOUTEN, JUDITH M. VONK, BERT RIJCKEN, WIM TIMENS, JAN KRAAN, SCOTT T. WEISS, and DIRKJE S. POSTMA: Smoking and Airway Hyperresponsiveness Especially in the Presence of Blood Eosinophilia Increase the Risk to Develop Respiratory Symptoms . A 25-year Follow-up Study in the General Adult Population; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 259-264. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELI GABBAY, TREVOR J. WILLIAMS, ANNE P. GRIFFITHS, LOUISE M. MACFARLANE, TOM C. KOTSIMBOS, DONALD S. ESMORE, and GREGORY I. SNELL: Maximizing the Utilization of Donor Organs Offered for Lung Transplantation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 265-271. [Abstract] [Full text]
BIRGITTA AGERBERTH, JOHAN GRUNEWALD, ESMERALDA CASTAÑOS-VELEZ, BERIT OLSSON, HANS JÖRNVALL, HANS WIGZELL, ANDERS EKLUND, and GUDMUNDUR H. GUDMUNDSSON: Antibacterial Components in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Healthy Individuals and Sarcoidosis Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 283-290. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

CHARLOTTE SUPPLI ULRIK and VIBEKE BACKER: Markers of Impaired Growth of Pulmonary Function in Children and Adolescents; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 40-44. [Abstract] [Full text]
HANS BISGAARD, JOHN GILLIES, MARCELLE GROENEWALD, and CLAIRE MADEN: The Effect of Inhaled Fluticasone Propionate in the Treatment of Young Asthmatic Children . A Dose Comparison Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 126-131. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARION H. GROL, DIRKJE S. POSTMA, JUDITH M. VONK, JAN P. SCHOUTEN, BERT RIJCKEN, GERARD H. KOËTER, and JORRIT GERRITSEN: Risk Factors from Childhood to Adulthood for Bronchial Responsiveness at Age 32-42 yr; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 150-156. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARIANNE S. MUHLEBACH, PAUL W. STEWART, MARGARET W. LEIGH, and TERRY L. NOAH: Quantitation of Inflammatory Responses to Bacteria in Young Cystic Fibrosis and Control Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 186-191. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARGARET F. PHILLIPS, PHILIP E. M. SMITH, NADINE CARROLL, RICHARD H. T. EDWARDS, and PETER M. A. CALVERLEY: Nocturnal Oxygenation and Prognosis in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 198-202. [Abstract] [Full text]
DIANE R. GOLD, HARRIET A. BURGE, VINCENT CAREY, DONALD K. MILTON, THOMAS PLATTS-MILLS, and SCOTT T. WEISS: Predictors of Repeated Wheeze in the First Year of Life . The Relative Roles of Cockroach, Birth Weight, Acute Lower Respiratory Illness, and Maternal Smoking; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 227-236. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN ELLIOT, PETER VULLERMIN, NEIL CARROLL, ALAN JAMES, and PHILIP ROBINSON: Increased Airway Smooth Muscle in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 313-316. [Abstract] [Full text]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

GORDON D. RUBENFELD, DEREK C. ANGUS, MICHAEL R. PINSKY, J. RANDALL CURTIS, ALFRED F. CONNORS, Jr., GORDON R. BERNARD, and The Members of the Outcomes Research Workshop: Outcomes Research in Critical Care . Results of the American Thoracic Society Critical Care Assembly Workshop on Outcomes Research; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 358-367. [Full text]
: Idiopathic Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome . Diagnosis and Management; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 368-373. [Full text]

CORRESPONDENCE:

FIONA E. CLODE, LOUISE A. METHERELL, and TYRONE L. PITT: NOSOCOMIAL ACQUISITION OF BURKHOLDERIA GLADIOLI IN PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 374-375. [Full text]