AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (160 2)

ALAN R. LEFF: Some Final Thoughts; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 385-386. [Full text]
IRA B. TAGER: Air Pollution and Lung Function Growth . Is It Ozone?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 387-389. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

CHRISTOPHER E. BRIGHTLING, RICHARD WARD, KAH LAY GOH, ANDREW J. WARDLAW, and IAN D. PAVORD: Eosinophilic Bronchitis Is an Important Cause of Chronic Cough; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 406-410. [Abstract] [Full text]
LARS-OLAF CARDELL, CARLOS AGUSTÍ, KIYOSHI TAKEYAMA, PÄR STJÄRNE, and JAY A. NADEL: LTB₄-induced Nasal Gland Serous Cell Secretion Mediated by Neutrophil Elastase; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 411-414. [Abstract] [Full text]
YUICHI MAJIMA, TERUHIKO HARADA, TAKESHI SHIMIZU, KAZUHIKO TAKEUCHI, YASUO SAKAKURA, SUSUMU YASUOKA, and SUMIKO YOSHINAGA: Effect of Biochemical Components on Rheologic Properties of Nasal Mucus in Chronic Sinusitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 421-426. [Abstract] [Full text]
ETIENNE ROUX, JEAN-MARC HYVELIN, JEAN-PIERRE SAVINEAU, and ROGER MARTHAN: Human Isolated Airway Contraction . Interaction between Air Pollutants and Passive Sensitization; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 439-445. [Abstract] [Full text]
FLORENCE C. TAO, BARBARA TOLLOCZKO, DAVID H. EIDELMAN, and JAMES G. MARTIN: Enhanced Ca²⁺ Mobilization in Airway Smooth Muscle Contributes to Airway Hyperresponsiveness in an Inbred Strain of Rat; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 446-453. [Abstract] [Full text]
GREGORY G. KING, BARBARA J. MOORE, CHUN Y. SEOW, and PETER D. PARÉ: Time Course of Increased Airway Narrowing Caused by Inhibition of Deep Inspiration during Methacholine Challenge; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 454-457. [Abstract] [Full text]
TAKESHI HISADA, MICHAEL SALMON, YASUYUKI NASUHARA, and K. FAN CHUNG: Cysteinyl-leukotrienes Partly Mediate Eotaxin-induced Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness and Eosinophilia in IL-5 Transgenic Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 571-575. [Abstract] [Full text]
TAHIR AHMED, BRENDA J. GONZALEZ, and IGNACIO DANTA: Prevention of Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction by Inhaled Low-molecular-weight Heparin; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 576-581. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNE E. TATTERSFIELD, DIRKJE S. POSTMA, PETER J. BARNES, KLAS SVENSSON, CARL-AXEL BAUER, PAUL M. O'BYRNE, CLAES-GÖRAN LÖFDAHL, ROMAIN A. PAUWELS, and ANDERS ULLMAN: Exacerbations of Asthma . A Descriptive Study of 425 Severe Exacerbations; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 594-599. [Abstract] [Full text]
GAIL M. GAUVREAU, RICK M. WATSON, and PAUL M. O'BYRNE: Kinetics of Allergen-Induced Airway Eosinophilic Cytokine Production and Airway Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 640-647. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAMES N. BARANIUK, MUSHTAQ ALI, ATSUSHI YUTA, SHEEN-YIE FANG, and KRISTINA NARANCH: Hypertonic Saline Nasal Provocation Stimulates Nociceptive Nerves, Substance P Release, and Glandular Mucous Exocytosis in Normal Humans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 655-662. [Abstract] [Full text]
HISATOSHI SUGIURA, MASAKAZU ICHINOSE, TATSUYA OYAKE, YASUFUMI MASHITO, YUZURU OHUCHI, NAOMI ENDOH, MOTOHIKO MIURA, SHUNSUKE YAMAGATA, AKIRA KOARAI, TAKAAKI AKAIKE, HIROSHI MAEDA, and KUNIO SHIRATO: Role of Peroxynitrite in Airway Microvascular Hyperpermeability during Late Allergic Phase in Guinea Pigs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 663-671. [Abstract] [Full text]
JUN HUANG, RON OLIVENSTEIN, RAME TAHA, QUTAYBA HAMID, and MARA LUDWIG: Enhanced Proteoglycan Deposition in the Airway Wall of Atopic Asthmatics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 725-729. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

DENIS E. O'DONNELL, MIU LAM, and KATHERINE A. WEBB: Spirometric Correlates of Improvement in Exercise Performance after Anticholinergic Therapy in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 542-549. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARINA SAETTA, SIMONETTA BARALDO, LAURA CORBINO, GRAZIELLA TURATO, FAUSTO BRACCIONI, FEDERICO REA, GIORGIO CAVALLESCO, GIUSEPPE TROPEANO, CRISTINA E. MAPP, PIERO MAESTRELLI, ADALBERTO CIACCIA, and LEONARDO M. FABBRI: CD8+ve Cells in the Lungs of Smokers with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 711-717. [Abstract] [Full text]

Epidemiology and Lung Injury:

THOMAS FRISCHER, MICHAEL STUDNICKA, CHRISTIAN GARTNER, ERICH TAUBER, FRITZ HORAK, ANDREAS VEITER, JOHN SPENGLER, JOACHIM KÜHR, and RADVAN URBANEK: Lung Function Growth and Ambient Ozone . A Three-Year Population Study in School Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 390-396. [Abstract] [Full text]
NINO KÜNZLI, ELISABETH ZEMP STUTZ, ANDRE P. PERRUCHOUD, OTTO BRÄNDLI, JEAN-MARIE TSCHOPP, GIANFRANCO BOLOGNINI, WERNER KARRER, CHRISTIAN SCHINDLER, URSULA ACKERMANN-LIEBRICH, and PHILIPPE LEUENBERGER: Peak Flow Variability in the SAPALDIA Study and Its Validity in Screening for Asthma-related Conditions; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 427-434. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTHONY J. NEWMAN TAYLOR, PAUL CULLINAN, PENNY A. LYMPANY, JESSICA M. HARRIS, ROBERT J. DOWDESWELL, and ROLAND M. du BOIS: Interaction of HLA Phenotype and Exposure Intensity in Sensitization to Complex Platinum Salts; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 435-438. [Abstract] [Full text]
EJVIND FRAUSING HANSEN, FINN VEJLØ RASMUSSEN, FINN HARDT, and OLE KAMSTRUP: Lung Function and Respiratory Health of Long-term Fiber-exposed Stonewool Factory Workers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 466-472. [Abstract] [Full text]
HORST OLSCHEWSKI, H. ARDESCHIR GHOFRANI, DIETER WALMRATH, RALPH SCHERMULY, BETTINA TEMMESFELD-WOLLBRÜCK, FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER, and WERNER SEEGER: Inhaled Prostacyclin and Iloprost in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Lung Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 600-607. [Abstract] [Full text]
TATSUO FUKUSE, TOSHIKI HIRATA, TAKAYUKI NAKAMURA, MASAHIRO KAWASHIMA, SHIGEKI HITOMI, and HIROMI WADA: Influence of Deflated and Anaerobic Conditions During Cold Storage on Rat Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 621-627. [Abstract] [Full text]
SIMON R. JOHNSON and ANNE E. TATTERSFIELD: Decline in Lung Function in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis . Relation to Menopause and Progesterone Treatment; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 628-633. [Abstract] [Full text]
RENUKA UPPALURI, ERIC A. HOFFMAN, MILAN SONKA, PATRICK G. HARTLEY, GARY W. HUNNINGHAKE, and GEOFFREY MCLENNAN: Computer Recognition of Regional Lung Disease Patterns; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 648-654. [Abstract] [Full text]
RONALD L. SORKNESS, WILLIAM L. CASTLEMAN, APARNA KUMAR, MICHAEL R. KAPLAN, and ROBERT F. LEMANSKE, Jr.: Prevention of Chronic Postbronchiolitis Airway Sequelae with IFN- $gamma$ Treatment in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 705-710. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

ELIE AZOULAY, ANTOINE PARROT, ANTOINE FLAHAULT, DANIELLE CESARI, ISABELLE LECOMTE, PATRICIA ROUX, FAYÇAL SAIDI, MURIEL FARTOUKH, JEAN-FRANÇOIS BERNAUDIN, JACQUES CADRANEL, and CHARLES MAYAUD: AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in the Era of Adjunctive Steroids . Implication of BAL Neutrophilia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 493-499. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEFAN V. GOLDBERG, JEFFERY S. DUCHIN, TAMMY SHIELDS, and CHARLES M. NOLAN: Four-Month, Four-Drug Preventive Therapy for Inactive Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 508-512. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID C. SNYDER and DANIEL P. CHIN: Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Directly Observed Therapy for Patients with Tuberculosis at Low Risk for Treatment Default; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 582-586. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARIE FLAMENT-SAILLOUR, JÉRÔME ROBERT, VINCENT JARLIER, and JACQUES GROSSET: Outcome of Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis in France . A Nationwide Case-Control Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 587-593. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC NOPPEN, DENIS PIÉRARD, MARC MEYSMAN, INGEBORG CLAES, and WALTER VINCKEN: Bacterial Colonization of Central Airways after Stenting; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 672-677. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

ANDREW C. JACKSON, WERNER TENNHOFF, RICHARD KRAEMER, and URS FREY: Airway and Tissue Resistance in Wheezy Infants . Effects of Albuterol; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 557-563. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARILYN HALONEN, DEBRA A. STERN, CARLA LOHMAN, ANNE L. WRIGHT, MARK A. BROWN, and FERNANDO D. MARTINEZ: Two Subphenotypes of Childhood Asthma That Differ in Maternal and Paternal Influences on Asthma Risk; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 564-570. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Critical Care:

MAURICIO RUIZ, SANTIAGO EWIG, MARIA ANGELES MARCOS, JOSE ANTONIO MARTINEZ, FRANCISCO ARANCIBIA, JOSEP MENSA, and ANTONI TORRES: Etiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: . Impact of Age, Comorbidity, and Severity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 397-405. [Abstract] [Full text]
TAMIM AL-KHARRAT, STUART ZARICH, YAW AMOATENG-ADJEPONG, and CONSTANTINE A. MANTHOUS: Analysis of Observer Variability in Measurement of Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressures; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 415-420. [Abstract] [Full text]
DJILLALI ANNANE, FABIEN TRABOLD, TAREK SHARSHAR, IRÈNE JARRIN, ANNE SOPHIE BLANC, JEAN CLAUDE RAPHAEL, and PHILIPPE GAJDOS: Inappropriate Sympathetic Activation at Onset of Septic Shock . A Spectral Analysis Approach; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 458-465. [Abstract] [Full text]
LAURENT PAPAZIAN, ANTOINE ROCH, FABIENNE BREGEON, XAVIER THIRION, FRANÇOISE GAILLAT, PIERRE SAUX, VINCENT FULACHIER, YVES JAMMES, and JEAN-PIERRE AUFFRAY: Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Vasoconstrictors in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 473-479. [Abstract] [Full text]
NORITOSHI NAGAYA, MASAAKI UEMATSU, TORU SATOH, SHINGO KYOTANI, FUMIO SAKAMAKI, NORIFUMI NAKANISHI, MASAKAZU YAMAGISHI, TAKEYOSHI KUNIEDA, and KUNIO MIYATAKE: Serum Uric Acid Levels Correlate with the Severity and the Mortality of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 487-492. [Abstract] [Full text]
CAROL J. ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM R. AUGER, PETER F. FEDULLO, RICHARD N. CHANNICK, KIM M. KERR, STUART W. JAMIESON, DAVID P. KAPELANSKI, CONSTANCE N. WATT, and KENNETH M. MOSER: Long-Term Outcome after Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 523-528. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARIUS M. HOEPER, ROMAN MAIER, JOERN TONGERS, JOST NIEDERMEYER, JENS M. HOHLFELD, MICHAEL HAMM, and HELMUT FABEL: Determination of Cardiac Output by the Fick Method, Thermodilution, and Acetylene Rebreathing in Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 535-541. [Abstract] [Full text]
TADASHI NEMOTO, GEORGE E. HATZAKIS, C. WILLIAM THORPE, RONALD OLIVENSTEIN, SANDRA DIAL, and JASON H. T. BATES: Automatic Control of Pressure Support Mechanical Ventilation Using Fuzzy Logic; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 550-556. [Abstract] [Full text]
JORDI RELLO, MARCIO SA-BORGES, HUMBERTO CORREA, SANTIAGO-RAMON LEAL, and JORGE BARAIBAR: Variations in Etiology of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia across Four Treatment Sites . Implications for Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 608-613. [Abstract] [Full text]
JACEK MICHNA, ALAN H. JOBE, and MACHIKO IKEGAMI: Positive End-expiratory Pressure Preserves Surfactant Function in Preterm Lambs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 634-639. [Abstract] [Full text]
KENYA HONDA, HIROSUKE KOBAYASHI, RYUJI HATAISHI, SEISHIRO HIRANO, NAOTO FUKUYAMA, HIROE NAKAZAWA, and TOMOYUKI TOMITA: Inhaled Nitric Oxide Reduces Tyrosine Nitration after Lipopolysaccharide Instillation into Lungs of Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 678-688. [Abstract] [Full text]
ODILE D. SCHNEUWLY, MARC LICKER, CATHERINE M. PASTOR, ALEXANDRE SCHWEIZER, DANIEL O. SLOSMAN, YUSUF KAPANCI, LAURENT P. NICOD, JOHN ROBERT, ANASTASE SPILIOPOULOS, and DENIS R. MOREL: Beneficial Effects of Leukocyte-depleted Blood and Low-potassium Dextran Solutions on Microvascular Permeability in Preserved Porcine Lung; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 689-697. [Abstract] [Full text]
KEITH R. WALLEY, TREENA E. MCDONALD, YUGI HIGASHIMOTO, and SHIZU HAYASHI: Modulation of Proinflammatory Cytokines by Nitric Oxide in Murine Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 698-704. [Abstract] [Full text]
MATTHIAS OCHS, ILIJA NENADIC, ANTONIA FEHRENBACH, JOHANNES M. ALBES, THORSTEN WAHLERS, JOACHIM RICHTER, and HEINZ FEHRENBACH: Ultrastructural Alterations in Intraalveolar Surfactant Subtypes after Experimental Ischemia and Reperfusion; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 718-724. [Abstract] [Full text]

Respiratory Muscles:

FERNANDO J. MARTINEZ, ROBERT L. STRAWDERMAN, KEVIN R. FLAHERTY, MARK COWAN, JONATHAN B. ORENS, and JOHN WALD: Respiratory Response during Arm Elevation in Isolated Diaphragm Weakness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 480-486. [Abstract] [Full text]
JANET L. LARSON, MARGARET K. COVEY, SCOTT E. WIRTZ, JEAN K. BERRY, CHARLES G. ALEX, W. EDWIN LANGBEIN, and LONNIE EDWARDS: Cycle Ergometer and Inspiratory Muscle Training in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 500-507. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL I. POLKEY, YUANMING LUO, RANDEEP GULERIA, CARL-HUGO HAMNEG ÅRD, MALCOLM GREEN, and JOHN MOXHAM: Functional Magnetic Stimulation of the Abdominal Muscles in Humans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 513-522. [Abstract] [Full text]
PHILIP D. HUGHES, MICHAEL I. POLKEY, M. LOU HARRIS, ANDREW J. S. COATS, JOHN MOXHAM, and MALCOLM GREEN: Diaphragm Strength In Chronic Heart Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 529-534. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRÉDÉRIC SÉRIÈS, ALEXANDRE DEMOULE, ISABELLE MARC, CATHIE SANFAÇON, JEAN PHILIPPE DERENNE, and THOMAS SIMILOWSKI: Inspiratory Flow Dynamics During Phrenic Nerve Stimulation in Awake Normals During Nasal Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 614-620. [Abstract] [Full text]

CASE REPORTS:

MARK V. HENDRICKS, JOHN H. CROSBY, and W. BRUCE DAVIS: Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Granulomas in a Case of Severe Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 730-731. [Abstract] [Full text]
NEIL M. SKJODT, RAJ ATKAR, and PAUL A. EASTON: Screening for Hypothyroidism in Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 732-735. [Abstract] [Full text]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

: Statement on Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 736-755. [Full text]

CORRESPONDENCE:

: EXERCISE LIMITATION IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD); Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 756. [Full text]
: POLYMORPHISM OF THE BETA CHAIN OF THE HIGH AFFINITY IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR (Fc $varepsilon$ RI- $beta$ ) IN SOUTH AFRICAN BLACK AND WHITE ASTHMATIC AND NONASTHMATIC INDIVIDUALS; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 757. [Full text]