EDITORIALS: Jacob Iasha Sznajder Strategies to Increase Alveolar Epithelial Fluid Removal in the Injured Lung Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1441-1442. [Full text] ARTICLES: Airway Biology and Disease: JOHN L. FAUL, ELIZABETH A. DEMERS, CONOR M. BURKE, and LEONARD W. POULTER The Reproducibility of Repeat Measures of Airway Inflammation in Stable Atopic Asthma Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1457-1461. [Abstract] [Full text] ASGER DIRKSEN, JOOP H. DIJKMAN, FLEMMING MADSEN, BEREND STOEL, DUNCAN C. S. HUTCHISON, CHARLOTTE S. ULRIK, LENE T. SKOVGAARD, AXEL KOK-JENSEN, ARJAN RUDOLPHUS, NIELS SEERSHOLM, HENRI A. VROOMAN, JOHAN H. C. REIBER, NIELS C. HANSEN, THOMAS HECKSCHER, KAJ VISKUM, and JAN STOLK A Randomized Clinical Trial of 1-Antitrypsin Augmentation Therapy Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1468-1472. [Abstract] [Full text] GIOVANNI BALZANO, FRANCESCO STEFANELLI, CARMELA IORIO, ALBERTO DE FELICE, ENRICO M. MELILLO, MICHELE MARTUCCI, and GAETANO MELILLO Eosinophilic Inflammation in Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . Relationship with Neutrophils and Airway Function Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1486-1492. [Abstract] [Full text] XUN LI, CHRIS WARD, FRANCIS THIEN, ROS BISH, TIFFANY BAMFORD, XIANGHUA BAO, MICHAEL BAILEY, JOHN W. WILSON, and E. HAYDN WALTERS An Antiinflammatory Effect of Salmeterol, a Long-acting 2 Agonist, Assessed in Airway Biopsies and Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Asthma Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1493-1499. [Abstract] [Full text] IKEADI MAURICE NDUKWU, EDWARD T. NAURECKAS, CHRISTOPHER MAXWELL, MICHAEL WALDMAN, and ALAN R. LEFF Relationship of Cellular Transmigration and Airway Response after Allergen Challenge Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1516-1524. [Abstract] [Full text] ANON JATAKANON, CARINA UASUF, WAZIM MAZIAK, SAM LIM, KIAN FAN CHUNG, and PETER J. BARNES Neutrophilic Inflammation in Severe Persistent Asthma Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1532-1539. [Abstract] [Full text] CATHARINE J. HOLBERG, MARILYN HALONEN, ANNE L. WRIGHT, and FERNANDO D. MARTINEZ Familial Aggregation and Segregation Analysis of Eosinophil Levels Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1604-1610. [Abstract] [Full text] SARAH V. CULPITT, WASIM MAZIAK, STELIOS LOUKIDIS, JULIA A. NIGHTINGALE, JOHN L. MATTHEWS, and PETER J. BARNES Effect of High Dose Inhaled Steroid on Cells, Cytokines, and Proteases in Induced Sputum in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1635-1639. [Abstract] [Full text] WILLIAM M. VOLLMER, LEONA E. MARKSON, ELIZABETH O'CONNOR, LESLY L. SANOCKI, LESLYE FITTERMAN, MARC BERGER, and A. SONIA BUIST Association of Asthma Control with Health Care Utilization and Quality of Life Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1647-1652. [Abstract] [Full text] TUNG-JUNG HUANG, EL-BDAOUI HADDAD, ALYSON J. FOX, MICHAEL SALMON, CAROLINE JONES, GILLIAN BURGESS, and KIAN FAN CHUNG Contribution of Bradykinin B1 and B2 Receptors in Allergen-induced Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1717-1723. [Abstract] [Full text] ANDERS CERVIN, JENNY ÖNNERFÄLT, LARS EDVINSSON, and LARS GRUNDEMAR Functional Effects of Neuropeptide Y Receptors on Blood Flow and Nitric Oxide Levels in the Human Nose Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1724-1728. [Abstract] [Full text] Lung Transplantation, Pleural Disease, and Pulmonary Vascular Disease: RALPH THEO SCHERMULY, HOSSEIN ARDESCHIR GHOFRANI, BEATE ENKE, NORBERT WEISSMANN, FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER, WERNER SEEGER, CHRISTIAN SCHUDT, and DIETER WALMRATH Low-dose Systemic Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors Amplify the Pulmonary Vasodilatory Response to Inhaled Prostacyclin in Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1500-1506. [Abstract] [Full text] MONIQUE A. MALOUF and ALLAN R. GLANVILLE The Spectrum of Mycobacterial Infection after Lung Transplantation Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1611-1616. [Abstract] [Full text] JAN HIRSCH, ANDREAS ELSSNER, GERTI MAZUR, KONRAD L. MAIER, IRIS BITTMANN, JÜRGEN BEHR, MARTIN SCHWAIBLMAIR, HERMANN REICHENSPURNER, HEINER FÜRST, JOSEF BRIEGEL, and CLAUS VOGELMEIER Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome after (Heart-)Lung Transplantation . Impaired Antiprotease Defense and Increased Oxidant Activity Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1640-1646. [Abstract] [Full text] CHRISTOPHER W. H. DAVIES, SUSAN E. KEARNEY, FERGUS V. GLEESON, and ROBERT J. O. DAVIES Predictors of Outcome and Long-term Survival in Patients with Pleural Infection Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1682-1687. [Abstract] [Full text] Mechanical Ventilation and Acute Lung Injury: MARC LAFFON, JEAN-FRANÇOIS PITTET, KATHARINA MODELSKA, MICHAEL A. MATTHAY, and DAVID M. YOUNG Interleukin-8 Mediates Injury from Smoke Inhalation to both the Lung Endothelial and the Alveolar Epithelial Barriers in Rabbits Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1443-1449. [Abstract] [Full text] KATHARINA MODELSKA, JEAN-FRANÇOIS PITTET, HANS G. FOLKESSON, V. COURTNEY BROADDUS, and MICHAEL A. MATTHAY Acid-induced Lung Injury . Protective Effect of Anti-interleukin-8 Pretreatment on Alveolar Epithelial Barrier Function in Rabbits Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1450-1456. [Abstract] [Full text] MAX KIRMSE, YUJI FUJINO, JONATHAN HROMI, HARALD MANG, DEAN HESS, and ROBERT M. KACMAREK Pressure-release Tracheal Gas Insufflation Reduces Airway Pressures in Lung-injured Sheep Maintaining Eucapnia Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1462-1467. [Abstract] [Full text] NICOLAS BOCQUILLON, DANIEL MATHIEU, RÉMI NEVIERE, NATHALIE LEFEBVRE, XAVIER MARECHAL, and FRANCIS WATTEL Gastric Mucosal pH and Blood Flow during Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1555-1561. [Abstract] [Full text] RAVI R. THIAGARAJAN, SUSAN L. BRATTON, LYNN D. MARTIN, THOMAS V. BROGAN, and DEBRA TAYLOR Predictors of Successful Extubation in Children Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1562-1566. [Abstract] [Full text] MARCO CONFALONIERI, ALFREDO POTENA, GIORGIO CARBONE, ROSSANA DELLA PORTA, ELIZABETH A. TOLLEY, and G. UMBERTO MEDURI Acute Respiratory Failure in Patients with Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia . A Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Noninvasive Ventilation Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1585-1591. [Abstract] [Full text] KARAM C. MOUNZER, MICHAEL MONCURE, YOLANDA R. SMITH, and MARK J. DINUBILE Relationship of Admission Plasma Gelsolin Levels to Clinical Outcomes in Patients after Major Trauma Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1673-1681. [Abstract] [Full text] DAVID E. CARNEY, CARL E. BREDENBERG, HENRY J. SCHILLER, ANTHONY L. PICONE, ULYSSE G. MCCANN, II, LOUIS A. GATTO, GRAEME BAILEY, MARK FILLINGER, and GARY F. NIEMAN The Mechanism of Lung Volume Change during Mechanical Ventilation Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1697-1702. [Abstract] [Full text] HAIBO ZHANG, YOUNG KYOON KIM, ANAND GOVINDARAJAN, ATSUSHI BABA, MATTHEW BINNIE, V. MARCO RANIERI, MINGYAO LIU, and ARTHUR S. SLUTSKY Effect of Adrenoreceptors on Endotoxin-induced Cytokines and Lipid Peroxidation in Lung Explants Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1703-1710. [Abstract] [Full text] SIGRID FALK, ROLF GÖGGEL, ULRICH HEYDASCH, FRANK BRASCH, KLAUS-MICHAEL MÜLLER, ALBRECHT WENDEL, and STEFAN UHLIG Quinolines Attenuate PAF-induced Pulmonary Pressor Responses and Edema Formation Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1734-1742. [Abstract] [Full text] YORAM STERN, ANDREW SALZMAN, ROBIN T. COTTON, and BASILIA ZINGARELLI Protective Effect of 3-Aminobenzamide, an Inhibitor of Poly (ADP-Ribose) Synthetase, against Laryngeal Injury in Rats Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1743-1749. [Abstract] [Full text] FRANCO LAGHI, KISHORE KARAMCHANDANI, and MARTIN J. TOBIN Influence of Ventilator Settings in Determining Respiratory Frequency during Mechanical Ventilation Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1766-1770. [Abstract] [Full text] Neuromuscular Control of Breathing: BHAJAN SINGH, PETER R. EASTWOOD, KEVIN E. FINUCANE, JANINE A. PANIZZA, and ARTHUR W. MUSK Effect of Asbestos-Related Pleural Fibrosis on Excursion of the Lower Chest Wall and Diaphragm Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1507-1515. [Abstract] [Full text] SHENG YAN Sensation of Inspiratory Difficulty during Inspiratory Threshold and Hyperinflationary Loadings . Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Strength Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1544-1549. [Abstract] [Full text] JOAN R. BADIA, R. JOHN KIMOFF, EUGENI BALLESTER, LOURDES HERNÁNDEZ, MAR ROTGER, DANIEL NAVAJAS, and JOSEP M. MONTSERRAT Clinical Application of the Forced Oscillation Technique for CPAP Titration in the Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1550-1554. [Abstract] [Full text] GERRARD F. RAFFERTY, M. LOU HARRIS, MICHAEL I. POLKEY, ANNE GREENOUGH, and JOHN MOXHAM Effect of Hypercapnia on Maximal Voluntary Ventilation and Diaphragm Fatigue in Normal Humans Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1567-1571. [Abstract] [Full text] GIOVANNI A. FONTANA, TITO PANTALEO, FEDERICO LAVORINI, DONATELLA MUTOLO, GIANNI POLLI, and MASSIMO PISTOLESI Coughing in Laryngectomized Patients Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1578-1584. [Abstract] [Full text] LUC J. TEPPEMA and ALBERT DAHAN Acetazolamide and Breathing . 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PACK, and JOAN C. HENDRICKS The Effects of Trazodone with L-Tryptophan on Sleep-disordered Breathing in the English Bulldog Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1659-1667. [Abstract] [Full text] EUGENE C. FLETCHER, MARY PROCTOR, JERRY YU, JUFANG ZHANG, JUAN J. GUARDIOLA, CARLTON HORNUNG, and GANG BAO Pulmonary Edema Develops after Recurrent Obstructive Apneas Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1688-1696. [Abstract] [Full text] GARY H. MILLS, DIMITRIS KYROUSSIS, PAUL JENKINS, CARL-HUGO HAMNEGARD, MICHAEL I. POLKEY, JOHN WASS, G. MICHAEL BESSER, JOHN MOXHAM, and MALCOLM GREEN Respiratory Muscle Strength in Cushing's Syndrome Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1762-1765. [Abstract] [Full text] Pediatric Pulmonary Disease: JOANNE B. CLOUGH, KATE A. KEEPING, LUCY C. EDWARDS, WENDY M. FREEMAN, JILL A. WARNER, and JOHN O. WARNER Can We Predict Which Wheezy Infants Will Continue to Wheeze? Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1473-1480. [Abstract] [Full text] JAN ERIK H. BUNT, VIRGILIO P. CARNIELLI, STEVEN R. SEIDNER, MACHIKO IKEGAMI, J. L. DARCOS WATTIMENA, PIETER J. J. SAUER, ALAN H. JOBE, and LUC J. I. ZIMMERMANN Metabolism of Endogenous Surfactant in Premature Baboons and Effect of Prenatal Corticosteroids Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1481-1485. [Abstract] [Full text] DESPINA DAISY FRANGOLIAS, ESHWAR MAHENTHIRALINGAM, SANDRA RAE, JANET M. RABOUD, A. G. F. DAVIDSON, RITA WITTMANN, and PEARCE GEORGE WILCOX Burkholderia cepacia in Cystic Fibrosis . Variable Disease Course Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1572-1577. [Abstract] [Full text] FRANCA RUSCONI, CLAUDIA GALASSI, GIUSEPPE M. CORBO, FRANCESCO FORASTIERE, ANNIBALE BIGGERI, GIOVANNINO CICCONE, ELISABETTA RENZONI, and the SIDRIA Collaborative Group Risk Factors for Early, Persistent, and Late-onset Wheezing in Young Children Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1617-1622. [Abstract] [Full text] N. RENÉE CROWTHER LABIRIS, ANNE M. 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[Abstract] [Full text] JOHAN ASKLING, JOHAN GRUNEWALD, ANDERS EKLUND, GUNNAR HILLERDAL, and ANDERS EKBOM Increased Risk for Cancer Following Sarcoidosis Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1668-1672. [Abstract] [Full text] DIMITRIS A. VASSILAKIS, GEORGE SOURVINOS, MILTIADIS MARKATOS, KOSTAS PSATHAKIS, DEMETRIOS A. SPANDIDOS, NIKOLAOS M. SIAFAKAS, and DEMOSTHENES BOUROS Microsatellite DNA Instability and Loss of Heterozygosity in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1729-1733. [Abstract] [Full text] MARISA DOLHNIKOFF, THAIS MAUAD, and MARA S. LUDWIG Extracellular Matrix and Oscillatory Mechanics of Rat Lung Parenchyma in Bleomycin-induced Fibrosis Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1750-1757. [Abstract] [Full text] CASE REPORTS: ROBERT S. WRIGHT, ZEB DYER, MYRON I. LIEBHABER, DONNA L. KELL, and PHILIP HARBER Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis from Pezizia domiciliana . A Case of El Niño Lung Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1758-1761. 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