AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (160 4)

Virend K. Somers: To Sleep, Perchance to Breathe . Implications for the Failing Heart; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1077-1078. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

MICHAEL A. JANTZ and STEVEN A. SAHN: Corticosteroids in Acute Respiratory Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1079-1100. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airway Disorders:

HARM A. W. M. TIDDENS, WARD HOFHUIS, JAN M. BOGAARD, WIM C. J. HOP, HUIB de BRUIN, LUC N. A. WILLEMS, and JOHAN C. de JONGSTE: Compliance, Hysteresis, and Collapsibility of Human Small Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1110-1118. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAJIV DHAND, MARK GOODE, RALSTON REID, JAMES B. FINK, PATRICK J. FAHEY, and MARTIN J. TOBIN: Preferential Pulmonary Retention of (S)-Albuterol after Inhalation of Racemic Albuterol; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1136-1141. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOANNE P. BREWER, ALISON B. KISSELGOF, and THOMAS R. MARTIN: Genetic Variability in Pulmonary Physiological, Cellular, and Antibody Responses to Antigen in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1150-1156. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNEMIE M. W. J. SCHOLS, EVA C. CREUTZBERG, WIM A. BUURMAN, L. ARTHUR CAMPFIELD, WIM H. M. SARIS, and EMIEL F. M. WOUTERS: Plasma Leptin Is Related to Proinflammatory Status and Dietary Intake in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1220-1226. [Abstract] [Full text]
HANS BISGAARD, LOTTE LOLAND, and JACOB ANH ØJ: NO in Exhaled Air of Asthmatic Children Is Reduced by the Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist Montelukast; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1227-1231. [Abstract] [Full text]
DENYSE GAUTRIN, CHRISTOPHE LEROYER, CLAIRE INFANTE-RIVARD, HERBERTO GHEZZO, JEAN-GUY DUFOUR, DENISE GIRARD, and JEAN-LUC MALO: Longitudinal Assessment of Airway Caliber and Responsiveness in Workers Exposed to Chlorine; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1232-1237. [Abstract] [Full text]
RICHARD C. AHRENS, LESLIE HENDELES, WILLIAM R. CLARKE, ROBERT J. DOCKHORN, MALCOLM R. HILL, LEIGH M. VAUGHAN, CHERI LUX, and SEUNG-HO HAN: Therapeutic Equivalence of Spiros Dry Powder Inhaler and Ventolin Metered Dose Inhaler . A Bioassay Using Methacholine; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1238-1243. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL J. BERRY, W. JACK REJESKI, NORMAN E. ADAIR, and DANIEL ZACCARO: Exercise Rehabilitation and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Stage; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1248-1253. [Abstract] [Full text]
CATHARINA C. M. VENINGA, PER LAGERL ØV, ROLF WAHLSTRÖM, MARIA MUSKOVA, PETRA DENIG, JOHANNES BERKHOF, MICHAEL M. KOCHEN, FLORA M. HAAIJER-RUSKAMP, and the Drug Education Project Group: Evaluating an Educational Intervention to Improve the Treatment of Asthma in Four European Countries; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1254-1262. [Abstract] [Full text]
ADRIAN TOMKINSON, ARIHIKO KANEHIRO, NATHAN RABINOVITCH, ANTHONY JOETHAM, GRZEGORZ CIESLEWICZ, and ERWIN W. GELFAND: The Failure of STAT6-deficient Mice to Develop Airway Eosinophilia and Airway Hyperresponsiveness Is Overcome by Interleukin-5; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1283-1291. [Abstract] [Full text]
ERKKI A. KALLIO, PETRI K. KOSKINEN, EINARI AAVIK, ELISABETH BUCHDUNGER, and KARL B. LEMSTRÖM: Role of Platelet-derived Growth Factor in Obliterative Bronchiolitis (Chronic Rejection) in the Rat; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1324-1332. [Abstract] [Full text]
KATRIEN GRÜNBERG, MIEKE C. TIMMERS, ERIC P. A. de KLERK, ELLIOT C. DICK, and PETER J. STERK: Experimental Rhinovirus 16 Infection Causes Variable Airway Obstruction in Subjects with Atopic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1375-1380. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care Medicine:

CARLA CHRUSCH, SATYENDRA SHARMA, HELMUT UNRUH, EDGAR BAUTISTA, KRIKA DUKE, ALLAN BECKER, WAYNE KEPRON, and STEVEN N. MINK: Histamine H3 Receptor Blockade Improves Cardiac Function in Canine Anaphylaxis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1142-1149. [Abstract] [Full text]
RENÉ GUST, JAMES K. KOZLOWSKI, ALAN H. STEPHENSON, and DANIEL P. SCHUSTER: Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Oleic Acid-Induced Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1165-1170. [Abstract] [Full text]
KONSTANTIN MAYER, BETTINA TEMMESFELD-WOLLBRÜCK, ALEXANDER FRIEDLAND, HORST OLSCHEWSKI, MICHAEL REICH, WERNER SEEGER, and AND FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER: Severe Microcirculatory Abnormalities Elicited by E. coli Hemolysin in the Rabbit Ileum Mucosa; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1171-1178. [Abstract] [Full text]
THOMAS E. WISWELL, ROBERT M. SMITH, LAURENCE B. KATZ, LISA MASTROIANNI, DAVIES Y. WONG, DAVID WILLMS, STEPHEN HEARD, MARK WILSON, R. DUNCAN HITE, ANTONIO ANZUETO, SUSAN D. REVAK, and CHARLES G. COCHRANE: Bronchopulmonary Segmental Lavage with Surfaxin (KL₄-Surfactant) for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1188-1195. [Abstract] [Full text]
NAJAH ABI-GERGES, BENOIT TAVERNIER, ALEXANDRE MEBAZAA, VALÉRIE FAIVRE, XAVIER PAQUERON, DIDIER PAYEN, RODOLPHE FISCHMEISTER, and PIERRE-FRANÇOIS MÉRY: Sequential Changes in Autonomic Regulation of Cardiac Myocytes after In Vivo Endotoxin Injection in Rat; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1196-1204. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC J. M. BONTEN, DENNIS C. J. J. BERGMANS, HAN SPEIJER, and ELLEN E. STOBBERINGH: Characteristics of Polyclonal Endemicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Colonization in Intensive Care Units . Implications for Infection Control; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1212-1219. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHINGO FURUE, KENJI KUWABARA, KATSUYA MIKAWA, KAHORU NISHINA, MAKOTO SHIGA, NOBUHIRO MAEKAWA, MASAHIKO UENO, YUKIKO CHIKAZAWA, TAKASHI ONO, YOZO HORI, AKIHIRO MATSUKAWA, MASARU YOSHINAGA, and HIDEFUMI OBARA: Crucial Role of Group IIA Phospholipase A₂ in Oleic Acid-Induced Acute Lung Injury in Rabbits; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1292-1302. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELLIOTT D. CROUSER, MARK W. JULIAN, and PAUL M. DORINSKY: Ileal $V$ O₂- $D$ O₂ Alterations Induced by Endotoxin Correlate with Severity of Mitochondrial Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1347-1353. [Abstract] [Full text]
MANUEL LOIS, LOU ANN S. BROWN, I. MARC MOSS, JESSE ROMAN, and DAVID M. GUIDOT: Ethanol Ingestion Increases Activation of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Rat Lungs during Acute Endotoxemia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1354-1360. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Inflammation and Infection:

TAKASHI NIIMI, HIROSHI TOMITA, SHIGEKI SATO, HARUHIKO KAWAGUCHI, KENJI AKITA, HIROYOSHI MAEDA, YOSHIKI SUGIURA, and RYUZO UEDA: Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphism in Patients with Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1107-1109. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAME A. TAHA, ELEANOR M. MINSHALL, RON OLIVENSTEIN, DAIZO IHAKU, BENOÎT WALLAERT, ANNE TSICOPOULOS, ANDRÉ-BERNARD TONNEL, ROBERTA DAMIA, DICK MENZIES, and QUTAYBA A. HAMID: Increased Expression of IL-12 Receptor mRNA in Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1119-1123. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDRÉ M. CANTIN and DONALD E. WOODS: Aerosolized Prolastin Suppresses Bacterial Proliferation in a Model of Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1130-1135. [Abstract] [Full text]
PATRICIA V. DÍAZ, WILLIAM J. CALHOUN, KIM L. HINTON, LUIS F. AVENDAÑO, ALDO GAGGERO, VALESKA SIMON, SONIA M. ARREDONDO, RICARDO PINTO, and ARMANDO DÍAZ: Differential Effects of Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Adenovirus on Mononuclear Cell Cytokine Responses; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1157-1164. [Abstract] [Full text]
JULIA PÉREZ-RAMOS, M. de LOURDES SEGURA-VALDEZ, BEATRIZ VANDA, MOISÉS SELMAN, and ANNIE PARDO: Matrix Metalloproteinases 2, 9, and 13, and Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases 1 and 2 in Experimental Lung Silicosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1274-1282. [Abstract] [Full text]
SUSANNE BECKER, WILLIAM A. CLAPP, JACQUELINE QUAY, KATHY L. FREES, HILLEL S. KOREN, and DAVID A. SCHWARTZ: Compartmentalization of the Inflammatory Response to Inhaled Grain Dust; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1309-1318. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Transplantation, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, And Neoplasia:

GERD HERMLE, HARTWIG SCHÜTTE, DIETER WALMRATH, KLAUS GEIGER, WERNER SEEGER, and FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER: Ventilation-Perfusion Mismatch after Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion . Protective Effect of Nitric Oxide; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1179-1187. [Abstract] [Full text]
NORIHARU SHIJUBO, TOSHIMITSU UEDE, SHIGEYUKI KON, MASAHIRO MAEDA, TATSUYA SEGAWA, AKIHIRO IMADA, MICHIO HIRASAWA, and SHOSAKU ABE: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Osteopontin in Stage I Lung Adenocarcinoma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1269-1273. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIROMICHI HAMADA, MASARU TERAI, HIROSHI KIMURA, KIYOMI HIRANO, SHINJI OANA, and HIROO NIIMI: Increased Expression of Mast Cell Chymase in the Lungs of Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Associated with Early Pulmonary Vascular Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1303-1308. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHI-HUE CHIANG, KERRY WU, CHENG-PING YU, HORNG-CHIN YAN, WANN-CHERNG PERNG, and CHIN-PYNG WU: Hypothermia and Prostaglandin E₁ Produce Synergistic Attenuation of Ischemia-Reperfusion Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1319-1323. [Abstract] [Full text]

Neuromuscular Control of Breathing:

DON D. SIN, FABIA FITZGERALD, JOHN D. PARKER, GARY NEWTON, JOHN S. FLORAS, and T. DOUGLAS BRADLEY: Risk Factors for Central and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in 450 Men And Women with Congestive Heart Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1101-1106. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEAN LOUIS PÉPIN, JEAN KRIEGER, DANIEL RODENSTEIN, ANDRÉ CORNETTE, EMILIA SFORZA, PIERRE DELGUSTE, CHRYSTÈLE DESCHAUX, VÉRONIQUE GRILLIER, and PATRICK LÉVY: Effective Compliance during the First 3 Months of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure . A European Prospective Study of 121 Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1124-1129. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOÃO G. PANTOJA, FRANCISCO H. ANDRADE, ADAANI E. FROST, WILLIAM L. ESCHENBACHER, and MICHAEL B. REID: Respiratory and Limb Muscle Function in Lung Allograft Recipients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1205-1211. [Abstract] [Full text]
ADNAN I. QURESHI, W. CHRISTOPHER WINTER, and DONALD L. BLIWISE: Sleep Fragmentation and Morning Cerebrovasomotor Reactivity to Hypercapnia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1244-1247. [Abstract] [Full text]
ARZU TOPELI, FRANCO LAGHI, and MARTIN J. TOBIN: Can Diaphragmatic Contractility be Assessed by Twitch Airway Pressures in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1369-1374. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine:

JUDITH H. ABERLE, STEPHAN W. ABERLE, MICHAEL N. DWORZAK, CHRISTIAN W. MANDL, WINFRIED REBHANDL, GEORG VOLLNHOFER, MICHAEL KUNDI, and THERESE POPOW-KRAUPP: Reduced Interferon- $gamma$ Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Infants with Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1263-1268. [Abstract] [Full text]
JACQUELINE J. COALSON, VICKI T. WINTER, THERESA SILER-KHODR, and BRADLEY A. YODER: Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease in Extremely Immature Baboons; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1333-1346. [Abstract] [Full text]

CASE REPORTS:

DANIEL J. O'HEARN, KRISTIN M. LEIFERMAN, FREDERICK ASKIN, and STEVE N. GEORAS: Pulmonary Infiltrates after Cytokine Therapy for Stem Cell Transplantation . Massive Deposition of Eosinophil Major Basic Protein Detected by Immunohistochemistry; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1361-1365. [Abstract] [Full text]
DOROTHY A. WHITE, TIMOTHY E. KIEHN, ANNA Y. BONDOC, and SUSAN A. MASSARELLA: Pulmonary Nodule due to Mycobacterium haemophilum in an Immunocompetent Host; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1366-1368. [Abstract] [Full text]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

: Cardiorespiratory Sleep Studies in Children . Establishment of Normative Data and Polysomnographic Predictors of Morbidity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1381-1387. [Full text]

CORRESPONDENCE:

FRANCINE KAUFFMANN, ANNE GUIOCHON-MANTEL, and Françoise Neukirch: IS LOW ENDOGENOUS CORTISOL A RISK FACTOR FOR ASTHMA?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1428. [Full text]
ALAIN HARF: EFFECT OF BODY POSITION CHANGES ON PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE IN EISENMENGER'S SYNDROME; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1429. [Full text]
Romain Kessler and Monique Oswald-Mammosser: DOES LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY COMPROMISE THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: S1429-1430. [Full text]