AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (160 3)

MARTIN J. TOBIN: The Torch Passes, the AJRCCM Community Stays Aglow; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 765. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airways:

MASSIMO GORINI, IACOPO IANDELLI, GIANNI MISURI, FRANCESCO BERTOLI, MARIO FILIPPELLI, MARCO MANCINI, ROBERTO DURANTI, FRANCESCO GIGLIOTTI, and GIORGIO SCANO: Chest Wall Hyperinflation during Acute Bronchoconstriction in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 808-816. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHIGEHARU MYOU, MASAKI FUJIMURA, YUMIE KAMIO, YOSHIHISA ISHIURA, HIDEKI TACHIBANA, TATSUKI HIROSE, TAKUMA HASHIMOTO, and TAMOTSU MATSUDA: Bronchodilator Effect of Inhaled Olprinone, a Phosphodiesterase 3 Inhibitor, in Asthmatic Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 817-820. [Abstract] [Full text]
KOTARO KUMANO, ATSUHITO NAKAO, HIROSHI NAKAJIMA, FUMIAKI HAYASHI, MASASHI KURIMOTO, HARUKI OKAMURA, YASUSHI SAITO, and ITSUO IWAMOTO: Interleukin-18 Enhances Antigen-induced Eosinophil Recruitment into the Mouse Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 873-878. [Abstract] [Full text]
RITA K. CYDULKA, CHARLES L. EMERMAN, DONALD SCHREIBER, KARIN H. MOLANDER, PRESCOTT G. WOODRUFF, and CARLOS A. CAMARGO, Jr.: Acute Asthma among Pregnant Women Presenting to the Emergency Department; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 887-892. [Abstract] [Full text]
JERRY YU, JU F. ZHANG, ANDREW M. ROBERTS, LYNELL C. COLLINS, and EUGENE C. FLETCHER: Pulmonary Rapidly Adapting Receptor Stimulation Does Not Increase Airway Resistance in Anesthetized Rabbits; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 906-912. [Abstract] [Full text]
ESTEBAN G. BURCHARD, EDWIN K. SILVERMAN, LANNY J. ROSENWASSER, LARRY BORISH, CHANDRI YANDAVA, ANTHONY PILLARI, SCOTT T. WEISS, JEFFREY HASDAY, CRAIG M. LILLY, JEAN G. FORD, and JEFFREY M. DRAZEN: Association Between a Sequence Variant in the IL-4 Gene Promoter and FEV₁ in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 919-922. [Abstract] [Full text]
NORIHARU SHIJUBO, YOSHIHISA ITOH, TETSUJI YAMAGUCHI, AKIHIRO IMADA, MICHIO HIRASAWA, TOSHIYUKI YAMADA, TADASHI KAWAI, and SHOSAKU ABE: Clara Cell Protein-positive Epithelial Cells Are Reduced in Small Airways of Asthmatics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 930-933. [Abstract] [Full text]
ECKARD HAMELMANN, GREG CIESLEWICZ, JURGEN SCHWARZE, T. ISHIZUKA, A. JOETHAM, C. HEUSSER, and ERWIN W. GELFAND: Anti-interleukin 5 But Not Anti-IgE Prevents Airway Inflammation and Airway Hyperresponsiveness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 934-941. [Abstract] [Full text]
THAIS MAUAD, ANA CAROLINA GALTAROSSA XAVIER, PAULO HILÁRIO NASCIMENTO SALDIVA, and MARISA DOLHNIKOFF: Elastosis and Fragmentation of Fibers of the Elastic System in Fatal Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 968-975. [Abstract] [Full text]
SALLY E. WENZEL, LAWRENCE B. SCHWARTZ, ESTHER L. LANGMACK, JANET L. HALLIDAY, JOHN B. TRUDEAU, ROBYN L. GIBBS, and HONG WEI CHU: Evidence That Severe Asthma Can Be Divided Pathologically into Two Inflammatory Subtypes with Distinct Physiologic and Clinical Characteristics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1001-1008. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN V. FAHY, DONALD W. COCKCROFT, LOUIS-PHILIPPE BOULET, HOFER H. WONG, FRANCINE DESCHESNES, ELIZABETH E. DAVIS, JANE RUPPEL, JOHN Q. SU, and DANIEL C. ADELMAN: Effect of Aerosolized Anti-IgE (E25) on Airway Responses to Inhaled Allergen in Asthmatic Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1023-1027. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Airflow Obstruction:

JIRO FUJITA, C. MAGNUS SKÖLD, DAVID M. DAUGHTON, RONALD F. ERTL, JIRO TAKAHARA, and STEPHEN I. RENNARD: Modulation of Elastase Binding to Elastin by Human Alveolar Macrophage-derived Lipids; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 802-807. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEPHEN H. LORING, DAVID E. LEITH, MARY J. CONNOLLY, EDWARD P. INGENITO, STEVEN J. MENTZER, and JOHN J. REILLY, Jr.: Model of Functional Restriction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Transplantation, and Lung Reduction Surgery; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 821-828. [Abstract] [Full text]
ADAM T. HILL, DARREN BAYLEY, and ROBERT A. STOCKLEY: The Interrelationship of Sputum Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Chronic Bronchitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 893-898. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARTIN KOHLHÄUFL, PETER BRAND, CLEMENS ROCK, THORSTEN RADONS, GERHARD SCHEUCH, THOMAS MEYER, HOLGER SCHULZ, KLAUS J. PFEIFER, KARL HÄUSSINGER, and JOACHIM HEYDER: Noninvasive Diagnosis of Emphysema . Aerosol Morphometry and Aerosol Bolus Dispersion in Comparison to HRCT; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 913-918. [Abstract] [Full text]
GHASSAN KHOUKAZ and NICHOLAS J. GROSS: Effects of Salmeterol on Arterial Blood Gases in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . Comparison with Albuterol and Ipratropium; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1028-1030. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

SPYROS G. ZAKYNTHINOS, THEODOROS VASSILAKOPOULOS, EPAMINONDAS ZAKYNTHINOS, CHARIS ROUSSOS, and GEORGE E. TZELEPIS: Correcting Static Intrinsic Positive End-expiratory Pressure for Expiratory Muscle Contraction . Validation of a New Method; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 785-790. [Abstract] [Full text]
JACQUES CRETEUR, DANIEL DE BACKER, and JEAN-LOUIS VINCENT: A Dobutamine Test Can Disclose Hepatosplanchnic Hypoperfusion in Septic Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 839-845. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANK ROSE, KLAUS ZWICK, HOSSEIN ARDESCHIR GHOFRANI, ULF SIBELIUS, WERNER SEEGER, DIETER WALMRATH, and FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER: Prostacyclin Enhances Stretch-induced Surfactant Secretion in Alveolar Epithelial Type II Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 846-851. [Abstract] [Full text]
DIDIER PITTET, STEPHAN HARBARTH, PETER M. SUTER, KONRAD REINHART, ANTON LEIGHTON, CHRISTOPHER BARKER, FRANCES MACDONALD, EDWARD ABRAHAM, and the Ro 45-2081 Study Group: Impact of Immunomodulating Therapy on Morbidity in Patients with Severe Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 852-857. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT C. DUKARM, JAMES A. RUSSELL, FREDERICK C. MORIN, III, BRYAN J. PERRY, and ROBIN H. STEINHORN: The cGMP-specific Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor E4021 Dilates the Pulmonary Circulation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 858-865. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN P. KRESS, ANNE S. POHLMAN, JOHN ALVERDY, and JESSE B. HALL: The Impact of Morbid Obesity on Oxygen Cost of Breathing ( $V$ O_2RESP) at Rest; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 883-886. [Abstract] [Full text]
PEGGY M. SIMON, ADEL S. ZUROB, WILLIBALD M. WIES, J. C. LEITER, ROLF D. HUBMAYR, MERILYN L. JENSEN, and RANDOLPH W. STROETZ: Entrainment of Respiration in Humans by Periodic Lung Inflations . Effect of State and CO₂; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 950-960. [Abstract] [Full text]
BRUNO DIGIOVINE, CAROL CHENOWETH, CHARLES WATTS, and MILLICENT HIGGINS: The Attributable Mortality and Costs of Primary Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 976-981. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHELE L. BARNARD, KAREN M. RIDGE, FERNANDO SALDIAS, ELIOT FRIEDMAN, MEIR GARE, CARMEN GUERRERO, EMILIA LECUONA, ALEJANDRO M. BERTORELLO, ADRIAN I. KATZ, and JACOB I. SZNAJDER: Stimulation of the Dopamine 1 Receptor Increases Lung Edema Clearance; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 982-986. [Abstract] [Full text]

Infection:

EDWARD E. WALSH, ANN R. FALSEY, and PATRICIA A. HENNESSEY: Respiratory Syncytial and Other Virus Infections in Persons with Chronic Cardiopulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 791-795. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNE-MARIE GUERGUERIAN, MARIE GAUTHIER, MARC H. LEBEL, CATHERINE ANN FARRELL, and JACQUES LACROIX: Ribavirin in Ventilated Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis . A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 829-834. [Abstract] [Full text]
EISAKU TANAKA, TERUMI KIMOTO, KAZUNARI TSUYUGUCHI, ISAO WATANABE, HISAKO MATSUMOTO, AKIO NIIMI, KATSUHIRO SUZUKI, TAKAKO MURAYAMA, RYOICHI AMITANI, and FUMIYUKI KUZE: Effect of Clarithromycin Regimen for Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 866-872. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAURICIO RUIZ, SANTIAGO EWIG, ANTONI TORRES, FRANCISCO ARANCIBIA, FRANCESC MARCO, JOSEP MENSA, MIGUEL SANCHEZ, and JOSE ANTONIO MARTINEZ: Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia . Risk Factors and Follow-up Epidemiology; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 923-929. [Abstract] [Full text]
G. UMBERTO MEDURI, SIVA KANANGAT, JENNIFER STEFAN, ELIZABETH TOLLEY, and DENNIS SCHABERG: Cytokines IL-1 $beta$ , IL-6, and TNF- $alpha$ Enhance In Vitro Growth of Bacteria; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 961-967. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAZUYOSHI KAWAKAMI, AKIKO MIYAZATO, YOICHIRO IWAKURA, and ATSUSHI SAITO: Induction of Lymphocytic Inflammatory Changes in Lung Interstitium by Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 995-1000. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Injury and Pathology:

ERIC J. OLSON, JAMES P. UTZ, and UDAYA B. S. PRAKASH: Therapeutic Bronchoscopy in Broncholithiasis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 766-770. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER A. DARGAVILLE, MICHAEL SOUTH, PETER VERVAART, and PETER N. MCDOUGALL: Validity of Markers of Dilution in Small Volume Lung Lavage; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 778-784. [Abstract] [Full text]
CLAUDIO SARTORI, MATTIA LEPORI, THILO BUSCH, HERVÉ DUPLAIN, WULF HILDEBRANDT, PETER BÄRTSCH, PASCAL NICOD, KONRAD J. FALKE, and URS SCHERRER: Exhaled Nitric Oxide Does Not Provide a Marker of Vascular Endothelial Function in Healthy Humans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 879-882. [Abstract] [Full text]
ZOE D. DANIIL, FRANCES C. GILCHRIST, ANDREW G. NICHOLSON, DAVID M. HANSELL, JESSICA HARRIS, THOMAS V. COLBY, and ROLAND M. du BOIS: A Histologic Pattern of Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia Is Associated with a Better Prognosis Than Usual Interstitial Pneumonia in Patients with Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 899-905. [Abstract] [Full text]
PASCAL FOUCHER, PETER HEERINGA, ARJEN H. PETERSEN, MINKE G. HUITEMA, ELISABETH BROUWER, JAN W. COHEN TERVAERT, JOCHUM PROP, PHILIP CAMUS, JAN J. WEENING, and CEES G. M. KALLENBERG: Antimyeloperoxidase-associated Lung Disease . An Experimental Model; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 987-994. [Abstract] [Full text]
PATRICK J. FOLEY, PENELOPE A. LYMPANY, ELZBIETA PUSCINSKA, JAN ZIELINSKI, KENNETH I. WELSH, and ROLAND M. du BOIS: Analysis of MHC Encoded Antigen-processing Genes TAP1 and TAP2 Polymorphisms in Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1009-1014. [Abstract] [Full text]
NICHOLAS J. LAMB, GREGORY J. QUINLAN, SARAH T. WESTERMAN, JOHN M. C. GUTTERIDGE, and TIMOTHY W. EVANS: Nitration of Proteins in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Receiving Inhaled Nitric Oxide; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1031-1034. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary:

PETER A. DARGAVILLE, MICHAEL SOUTH, and PETER N. McDOUGALL: Comparison of Two Methods of Diagnostic Lung Lavage in Ventilated Infants with Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 771-777. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEVE W. STITES, MARK W. PLAUTZ, KIRSTIN BAILEY, AMY R. O'BRIEN-LADNER, and LEWIS J. WESSELIUS: Increased Concentrations of Iron and Isoferritins in the Lower Respiratory Tract of Patients with Stable Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 796-801. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT S. TEPPER, MARCUS JONES, STEPHANIE DAVIS, JEFF KISLING, and ROBERT CASTILE: Rate Constant for Forced Expiration Decreases with Lung Growth during Infancy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 835-838. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHANJANA AWASTHI, JACQUELINE J. COALSON, ERIKA CROUCH, FUNMAI YANG, and RICHARD J. KING: Surfactant Proteins A and D in Premature Baboons with Chronic Lung Injury (Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia) . Evidence for an Inhibition of Secretion; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 942-949. [Abstract] [Full text]

CASE REPORTS:

JOHN K. CHOI, JANE KEARNS, HAROLD I. PALEVSKY, KATHLEEN T. MONTONE, LARRY R. KAISER, CHESTER M. ZMIJEWSKI, and JOHN E. TOMASZEWSKI: Hyperacute Rejection of a Pulmonary Allograft . Immediate Clinical and Pathologic Findings; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1015-1018. [Abstract] [Full text]
RONALD L. MORTON, LAWRENCE R. SHOEMAKER, and NEMR S. EID: Steroid-refractory Neonatal Eosinophilic Pneumonia Responsive to Cyclosporin A; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1019-1022. [Abstract] [Full text]

NHLBI WORKSHOP SUMMARY:

WILLIAM BUSSE, JACK ELIAS, DEAN SHEPPARD, and SUSAN BANKS-SCHLEGEL: Airway Remodeling and Repair; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1035-1042. [Full text]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

: The Diagnostic Approach to Acute Venous Thromboembolism . Clinical Practice Guideline; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1043-1066. [Full text]