AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (160 6)

Martin J. Tobin: Introducing the "How It Really Happened" Series; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1801. [Full text]

HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED:

JOHN B. WEST: Distribution of Pulmonary Blood Flow; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1802-1803. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airway Biology and Asthma:

LARRY C. BORISH, HAROLD S. NELSON, MIGUEL J. LANZ, LORI CLAUSSEN, JAMES B. WHITMORE, JAN M. AGOSTI, and LESLIE GARRISON: Interleukin-4 Receptor in Moderate Atopic Asthma . A Phase I/II Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1816-1823. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARION H. GROL, JORRIT GERRITSEN, JUDITH M. VONK, JAN P. SCHOUTEN, GERARD H. KOËTER, BERT RIJCKEN, and DIRKJE S. POSTMA: Risk Factors for Growth and Decline of Lung Function in Asthmatic Individuals up to Age 42 years . A 30-year Follow-up Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1830-1837. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHEL LAVIOLETTE, KERSTIN MALMSTROM, SUSAN LU, PAUL CHERVINSKY, JEAN-CLAUDE PUJET, IZABELLA PESZEK, JI ZHANG, and THEODORE F. REISS: Montelukast Added to Inhaled Beclomethasone in Treatment of Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1862-1868. [Abstract] [Full text]
IAN D. PAVORD, RICHARD WARD, GERRIT WOLTMANN, ANDREW J. WARDLAW, JAMES R. SHELLER, and RYSZARD DWORSKI: Induced Sputum Eicosanoid Concentrations in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1905-1909. [Abstract] [Full text]
RYSZARD DWORSKI, JOHN J. MURRAY, L. JACKSONROBERTS, II, JOHN A. OATES, JASON D. MORROW, LAURA FISHER, and JAMES R. SHELLER: Allergen-induced Synthesis of F₂-Isoprostanes in Atopic Asthmatics . Evidence for Oxidant Stress; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1947-1951. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIDETOSHI NAKAMURA, SCOTT T. WEISS, ELLIOT ISRAEL, ANDREW D. LUSTER, JEFFREY M. DRAZEN, and CRAIG M. LILLY: Eotaxin and Impaired Lung Function in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1952-1956. [Abstract] [Full text]
GENE L. COLICE, JENNIFER VANDEN BURGT, JESSIE SONG, PATTI STAMPONE, and PHILIP J. THOMPSON: Categorizing Asthma Severity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1962-1967. [Abstract] [Full text]
EDWARD T. NAURECKAS, I. MAURICE NDUKWU, ANDREW J. HALAYKO, CHRISTOPHER MAXWELL, MARC B. HERSHENSON, and JULIAN SOLWAY: Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Asthmatic Subjects Is Mitogenic for Human Airway Smooth Muscle; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2062-2066. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASAHIRO KAKUYAMA, AMRITA AHLUWALIA, JOSE RODRIGO, and PATRICK VALLANCE: Cholinergic Contraction Is Altered in nNOS Knockouts . Cooperative Modulation of Neural Bronchoconstriction by nNOS and COX; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2072-2078. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASAKI FUJIMURA, MIKI ABO, YUMIE KAMIO, SHIGEHARU MYOU, YOSHIHISA ISHIURA, TAKUMA HASHIMOTO, and TAMOTSU MATSUDA: Effect of Leukotriene and Thromboxane Antagonist on Propranolol-induced Bronchoconstriction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2100-2103. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

CHARLOTTE LANDBO, EVA PRESCOTT, PETER LANGE, JØRGEN VESTBO, and THOMAS P. ALMDAL: Prognostic Value of Nutritional Status in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1856-1861. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEANNETTE J. HOSPERS, JAN P. SCHOUTEN, SCOTT T. WEISS, BERT RIJCKEN, and DIRKJE S. POSTMA: Asthma Attacks with Eosinophilia Predict Mortality from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a General Population Sample; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1869-1874. [Abstract] [Full text]
ADAM T. HILL, EDWARD J. CAMPBELL, DARREN L. BAYLEY, SUSAN L. HILL, and ROBERT A. STOCKLEY: Evidence for Excessive Bronchial Inflammation during an Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Patients with $alpha$ ₁-Antitrypsin Deficiency (PiZ); Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1968-1975. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAJAT MATHUR, I. JANE COX, ANGELA OATRIDGE, DANIEL T. SHEPHARD, RORY J. SHAW, and SIMON D. TAYLOR-ROBINSON: Cerebral Bioenergetics in Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1994-1999. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRODE GALLEFOSS and PER SIGVALD BAKKE: How Does Patient Education and Self-management among Asthmatics and Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Affect Medication?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2000-2005. [Abstract] [Full text]
GERARD J. CRINER, FRANCIS C. CORDOVA, SATOSHI FURUKAWA, ANN MARIE KUZMA, JOHN M. TRAVALINE, VADIM LEYENSON, and GERARD M. O'BRIEN: Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Bilateral Lung Volume Reduction Surgery to Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2018-2027. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELAINE LEE, TRISHA LINDO, NICHOLAS JACKSON, LEE MENG-CHOONG, PAULA REYNOLDS, ANTHONY HILL, MALCOLM HASWELL, STEPHEN JACKSON, and STEPHEN KILFEATHER: Reversal of Human Neutrophil Survival by Leukotriene B₄ Receptor Blockade and 5-Lipoxygenase and 5-Lipoxygenase Activating Protein Inhibitors; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2079-2085. [Abstract] [Full text]
GORDANA VLAHOVIC, MICHAEL L. RUSSELL, ROBERT R. MERCER, and JAMES D. CRAPO: Cellular and Connective Tissue Changes in Alveolar Septal Walls in Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2086-2092. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care Medicine:

TIMOTHY A. DAVIDSON, GORDON D. RUBENFELD, ELLEN S. CALDWELL, LEONARD D. HUDSON, and KENNETH P. STEINBERG: The Effect of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome on Long-term Survival; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1838-1842. [Abstract] [Full text]
KELLY E. GREENE, JO RAE WRIGHT, KENNETH P. STEINBERG, JOHN T. RUZINSKI, ELLEN CALDWELL, WES B. WONG, WILLIAM HULL, JEFFREY A. WHITSETT, TOYOAKI AKINO, YOSHIO KUROKI, HISATO NAGAE, LEONARD D. HUDSON, and THOMAS R. MARTIN: Serial Changes in Surfactant-associated Proteins in Lung and Serum before and after Onset of ARDS; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1843-1850. [Abstract] [Full text]
LYNNE ARMSTRONG, DAVID R. THICKETT, JASON P. MANSELL, MIRELA IONESCU, EMMA HOYLE, R. CLARK BILLINGHURST, A. ROBIN POOLE, and ANN B. MILLAR: Changes in Collagen Turnover in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1910-1915. [Abstract] [Full text]
KEITH J. BARRINGTON, AVASH J. SINGH, PHILLIP C. ETCHES, and NEIL N. FINER: Partial Liquid Ventilation with and without Inhaled Nitric Oxide in a Newborn Piglet Model of Meconium Aspiration; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1922-1927. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN P. KRESS, JEFFREY CHRISTENSON, ANNE S. POHLMAN, DARREN R. LINKIN, and JESSE B. HALL: Outcomes of Critically Ill Cancer Patients in a University Hospital Setting; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1957-1961. [Abstract] [Full text]
LUC-MARIE JOLY, MEHRAN MONCHI, ALAIN CARIOU, JEAN-DANIEL CHICHE, FLORENCE BELLENFANT, FABRICE BRUNET, and JEAN-FRANÇOIS DHAINAUT: Effects of Dobutamine on Gastric Mucosal Perfusion and Hepatic Metabolism in Patients with Septic Shock; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1983-1986. [Abstract] [Full text]
PARTHA DATTA and SHELDON MAGDER: Hemodynamic Response to Norepinephrine with and without Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Porcine Endotoxemia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1987-1993. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAUL B. LANGEVIN, VASHTI HELLEIN, SUSAN M. HARMS, WILLIAM K. THARP, C. CHEUNG-SEEKIT, and S. LAMPOTANG: Synchronization of Radiograph Film Exposure with the Inspiratory Pause . Effect on the Appearance of Bedside Chest Radiographs in Mechanically Ventilated Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2067-2071. [Abstract] [Full text]

Environmental Lung Disease and Pulmonary Function Testing:

DUANE L. SHERRILL, PAUL L. ENRIGHT, WALTER T. KALTENBORN, and MICHAEL D. LEBOWITZ: Predictors of Longitudinal Change in Diffusing Capacity over 8 Years; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1883-1887. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEPHEN H. GAVETT, SHARON L. MADISON, MICHAEL A. STEVENS, and DANIEL L. COSTA: Residual Oil Fly Ash Amplifies Allergic Cytokines, Airway Responsiveness, and Inflammation in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1897-1904. [Abstract] [Full text]
XIPING XU, JIANHUA YANG, CHANGZHONG CHEN, BINYAN WANG, YONTONG JIN, ZHIAN FANG, XIAOBIN WANG, and SCOTT T. WEISS: Familial Aggregation of Pulmonary Function in a Rural Chinese Community; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1928-1933. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAMZI M. KAFOURY, WILLIAM A. PRYOR, GIUSEPPE L. SQUADRITO, MARIA GIULIA SALGO, XIAOYAN ZOU, and MITCHELL FRIEDMAN: Induction of Inflammatory Mediators in Human Airway Epithelial Cells by Lipid Ozonation Products; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1934-1942. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAIJA-RIITTA HIRVONEN, MARJO RUOTSALAINEN, MARJUT ROPONEN, ANNE HYVÄRINEN, TUULA HUSMAN, VELI-MATTI KOSMA, HANNU KOMULAINEN, KAI SAVOLAINEN, and AINO NEVALAINEN: Nitric Oxide and Proinflammatory Cytokines in Nasal Lavage Fluid Associated with Symptoms and Exposure to Moldy Building Microbes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1943-1946. [Abstract] [Full text]
EVA HNIZDO, GAVIN CHURCHYARD, DAVE BARNES, and ROB DOWDESWELL: Assessment of Reliability of Lung Function Screening Programs or Longitudinal Studies; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2006-2011. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELIZABETH L. CORBETT, JILL MURRAY, GAVIN J. CHURCHYARD, PHILIP C. HERSELMAN, TIM C. CLAYTON, KEVIN M. DE COCK, and RICHARD J. HAYES: Use of Miniradiographs to Detect Silicosis . Comparison of Radiological with Autopsy Findings; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2012-2017. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAUL D. BLANC, SUSAN ELLBJÄR, CHRISTER JANSON, DAN NORBÄCK, EVA NORRMAN, PETER PLASCHKE, and KJELL TORÉN: Asthma-related Work Disability in Sweden . The Impact of Workplace Exposures; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2028-2033. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Infection and Pulmonary Transplantation:

YOSHITAKA YAMAZAKI, KEISHI KUBO, AKEMI TAKAMIZAWA, HIROSHI YAMAMOTO, TAKAYUKI HONDA, and SHUSUKE SONE: Markers Indicating Deterioration of Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1851-1855. [Abstract] [Full text]
MATTHEW B. STANBROOK and STEVEN KESTEN: Bronchial Hyperreactivity after Lung Transplantation Predicts Early Bronchiolitis Obliterans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2034-2039. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAMES F. CHMIEL, MICHAEL W. KONSTAN, JEANNE E. KNESEBECK, JAY B. HILLIARD, TRACEY L. BONFIELD, DEBORAH V. DAWSON, and MELVIN BERGER: IL-10 Attenuates Excessive Inflammation in Chronic Pseudomonas Infection in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2040-2047. [Abstract] [Full text]
HENRY KOZIEL, SUE KIM, CHRISTINE REARDON, XIUHONG LI, ROBERT GARLAND, PAULA PINKSTON, and HARDY KORNFELD: Enhanced In Vivo Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Replication in the Lungs of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons with Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2048-2055. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHIGEHARU FUJIEDA, SUMIKO IHO, YUICHI KIMURA, HIROSHI SUNAGA, HIDEKI IGAWA, CHIZURU SUGIMOTO, SABURO YAMAMOTO, and HITOSHI SAITO: DNA from Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (MY-1) Inhibits Immunoglobulin E Production by Human Lymphocytes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2056-2061. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELI GABBAY, E. HAYDN WALTERS, BERNADETTE ORSIDA, HELEN WHITFORD, CHRISTOPHER WARD, TOM C. KOTSIMBOS, GREGORY I. SNELL, and TREVOR J. WILLIAMS: In Stable Lung Transplant Recipients, Exhaled Nitric Oxide Levels Positively Correlate with Airway Neutrophilia and Bronchial Epithelial iNOS; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2093-2099. [Abstract] [Full text]

Neuromuscular Control of Breathing:

DENIS E. O'DONNELL, CHRISTINE D'ARSIGNY, SATISH RAJ, HOSHIAR ABDOLLAH, and KATHERINE A. WEBB: Ventilatory Assistance Improves Exercise Endurance in Stable Congestive Heart Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1804-1811. [Abstract] [Full text]
DONALD L. BLIWISE, GARY E. SWAN, DORIT CARMELLI, and ASENATH LA RUE: Correlates of the "Don't Know" Response to Questions about Snoring; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1812-1815. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID W. CARLEY and MIODRAG RADULOVACKI: Mirtazapine, a Mixed-Profile Serotonin Agonist/Antagonist, Suppresses Sleep Apnea in the Rat; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1824-1829. [Abstract] [Full text]
LUDGER GROTE, THOMAS PLOCH, JÖRG HEITMANN, LENNART KNAACK, THOMAS PENZEL, and JÖRG HERMANN PETER: Sleep-related Breathing Disorder Is an Independent Risk Factor for Systemic Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1875-1882. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN D. PARKER, DINA BROOKS, LOUISE F. KOZAR, CAROLINE L. RENDER-TEIXEIRA, RICHARD L. HORNER, T. DOUGLAS BRADLEY, and ELIOT A. PHILLIPSON: Acute and Chronic Effects of Airway Obstruction on Canine Left Ventricular Performance; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1888-1896. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANCO LAGHI and MARTIN J. TOBIN: Does Inhaled Albuterol Improve Diaphragmatic Contractility in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1916-1921. [Abstract] [Full text]
JASON H. MATEIKA, DANIEL L. MILLROOD, JAEHEE KIM, HECTOR P. RODRIGUEZ, and GHASSAN J. SAMARA: Response of Human Tongue Protrudor and Retractors to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 1976-1982. [Abstract] [Full text]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

: Recommendations for Standardized Procedures for the Online and Offline Measurement of Exhaled Lower Respiratory Nitric Oxide and Nasal Nitric Oxide in Adults and Children $---$ 1999 . THIS OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY WAS ADOPTED BY THE ATS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, JULY 1999; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2104-2117. [Full text]
: International Consensus Conferences in Intensive Care Medicine: Ventilator-associated Lung Injury in ARDS . THIS OFFICIAL CONFERENCE REPORT WAS COSPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, AND THE SOCIETÉ DE RÉANIMATION DE LANGUE FRANÇAISE, AND WAS APPROVED BY THE ATS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, JULY 1999; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1999; 160: 2118-2124. [Full text]

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