AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (161 1)

Jonathan M. Samet: Does Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Increase Lung Cancer Risk?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 1. [Full text]

HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED:

JOHN W. SEVERINGHAUS: Stumbling Over a Bias . What Happens to Spinal Fluid pH at High Altitude?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 3-4. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airway Biology, Asthma, and COPD:

RENAUD LOUIS, LAURIE C. K. LAU, ADRIAAN O. BRON, ALBERT C. ROLDAAN, MAURICE RADERMECKER, and RATKO DJUKANOVIC: The Relationship between Airways Inflammation and Asthma Severity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 9-16. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAUME SAULEDA, FRANCISCO JOSÉ GARCÍA-PALMER, GERMAN GONZÁLEZ, ANDREU PALOU, and ALVAR G. N. AGUSTÍ: The Activity of Cytochrome Oxidase Is Increased in Circulating Lymphocytes of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, and Chronic Arthritis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 32-35. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHARLES G. IRVIN, JUNO PAK, and RICHARD J. MARTIN: Airway-Parenchyma Uncoupling in Nocturnal Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 50-56. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANON JATAKANON, SAM LIM, and PETER J. BARNES: Changes in Sputum Eosinophils Predict Loss of Asthma Control; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 64-72. [Abstract] [Full text]
ZHONG-XIN WU, DAOHONG ZHOU, GANG CHEN, and LU-YUAN LEE: Airway Hyperresponsiveness to Cigarette Smoke in Ovalbumin-sensitized Guinea Pigs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 73-80. [Abstract] [Full text]
NIELS SEERSHOLM, JON TORGNY ROSTRUP WILCKE, AXEL KOK-JENSEN, and ASGER DIRKSEN: Risk of Hospital Admission for Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in $alpha$ ₁-Antitrypsin Heterozygotes of Phenotype PiMZ; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 81-84. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARIËLLE P. K. J. ENGELEN, ANNEMIE M. W. J. SCHOLS, JOAN D. DOES, NICOLAAS E. P. DEUTZ, and EMIEL F. M. WOUTERS: Altered Glutamate Metabolism Is Associated with Reduced Muscle Glutathione Levels in Patients with Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 98-103. [Abstract] [Full text]
INGRID A. LAING, CEDRIC HERMANS, ALFRED BERNARD, PAUL R. BURTON, JACK GOLDBLATT, and PETER N. LE SOUËF: Association between Plasma CC16 Levels, the A38G Polymorphism, and Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 124-127. [Abstract] [Full text]
GIUSEPPINA CUTTITTA, FABIO CIBELLA, ALFREDO VISCONTI, NICOLA SCICHILONE, VINCENZO BELLIA, and GIOVANNI BONSIGNORE: Spontaneous Gastroesophageal Reflux and Airway Patency during the Night in Adult Asthmatics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 177-181. [Abstract] [Full text]
VERENA ARNOLD, SANDRA BALKOW, RICHARD STAATS, HEINRICH MATTHYS, WERNER LUTTMANN, and JOHANN CHRISTIAN VIRCHOW, Jr.: Increase in Perforin-positive Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes in Extrinsic and Intrinsic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 182-186. [Abstract] [Full text]
CATHERINE DUEZ, JOHAN KIPS, JOËL PESTEL, KURT TOURNOY, ANDRÉ-BERNARD TONNEL, and ROMAIN PAUWELS: House Dust Mite-induced Airway Changes in hu-SCID Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 200-206. [Abstract] [Full text]
CRISTINA E. MAPP, DEBORAH MIOTTO, FAUSTO BRACCIONI, MARINA SAETTA, GRAZIELLA TURATO, PIERO MAESTRELLI, JAMES E. KRAUSE, VLADIMIR KARPITSKIY, NORMAN BOYD, PIERO GEPPETTI, and LEONARDO M. FABBRI: The Distribution of Neurokinin-1 and Neurokinin-2 Receptors in Human Central Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 207-215. [Abstract] [Full text]
LORRAINE HART, SAM LIM, IAN ADCOCK, PETER J. BARNES, and K. FAN CHUNG: Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy on Expression and DNA-Binding Activity of Nuclear Factor $kappa$ B in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 224-231. [Abstract] [Full text]
KIMBERLY A. MOORE, BRADLEY J. UNDEM, and DANIEL WEINREICH: Antigen Inhalation Unmasks NK-2 Tachykinin Receptor-mediated Responses in Vagal Afferents; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 232-236. [Abstract] [Full text]
NEIL G. CARROLL, STEVEN PERRY, ARTEE KARKHANIS, SALIMA HARJI, JOHN BUTT, ALAN L. JAMES, and FRANCIS H. Y. GREEN: The Airway Longitudinal Elastic Fiber Network and Mucosal Folding in Patients with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 244-248. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIROMASA INOUE, HISAMICHI AIZAWA, HIROYUKI NAKANO, KOICHIRO MATSUMOTO, KAZUYOSHI KUWANO, JAY A. NADEL, and NOBUYUKI HARA: Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitors Attenuate Ozone-induced Airway Inflammation in Guinea Pigs . Possible Role of Interleukin-8; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 249-256. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALAINA J. AMMIT, CAROL L. ARMOUR, and JUDITH L. BLACK: Smooth-Muscle Myosin Light-Chain Kinase Content Is Increased in Human Sensitized Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 257-263. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHU HASHIMOTO, YASUHIRO GON, IKUKO TAKESHITA, KEN MATSUMOTO, ITSURO JIBIKI, HAJIME TAKIZAWA, SHOJI KUDOH, and TAKASHI HORIE: Diesel Exhaust Particles Activate p38 MAP Kinase to Produce Interleukin 8 and RANTES by Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells and N-Acetylcysteine Attenuates p38 MAP Kinase Activation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 280-285. [Abstract] [Full text]
JORGE L. BRIEVA, IGNACIO DANTA, and ADAM WANNER: Effect of an Inhaled Glucocorticosteroid on Airway Mucosal Blood Flow in Mild Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 293-296. [Abstract] [Full text]

Mechanical Ventilation and Acute Lung Injury:

CRISTINA SANTOS, MIQUEL FERRER, JOSEP ROCA, ANTONI TORRES, CARME HERNÁNDEZ, and ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN: Pulmonary Gas Exchange Response to Oxygen Breathing in Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 26-31. [Abstract] [Full text]
WOLFGANG M. KUEBLER, JOERG BORGES, AXEL SCKELL, GERHARD E. H. KUHNLE, KARE BERGH, KONRAD MESSMER, and ALWIN E. GOETZ: Role of L-Selectin in Leukocyte Sequestration in Lung Capillaries in a Rabbit Model of Endotoxemia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 36-43. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEAN-DAMIEN RICARD, LAURENT MARTIN-LEFÈVRE, DIDIER DREYFUSS, and GEORGES SAUMON: Alveolar Permeability and Liquid Absorption during Partial Liquid Ventilation of Rats with Perflubron; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 44-49. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAZUNORI MURAKAMI, KENJI OKAJIMA, and MITSUHIRO UCHIBA: The Prevention of Lipopolysaccharide-induced Pulmonary Vascular Injury by Pretreatment with Cepharanthine in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 57-63. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAUREEN O. MEADE, RICHARD J. COOK, GORDON H. GUYATT, RYAN GROLL, JOHN R. KACHURA, MICHEL BEDARD, DEBORAH J. COOK, ARTHUR S. SLUTSKY, and THOMAS E. STEWART: Interobserver Variation in Interpreting Chest Radiographs for the Diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 85-90. [Abstract] [Full text]
JEAN-DAMIEN RICARD, ERIC LE MIÈRE, PHILIPPE MARKOWICZ, SERGE LASRY, GEORGES SAUMON, KAMEL DJEDAÏNI, FRANÇOIS COSTE, and DIDIER DREYFUSS: Efficiency and Safety of Mechanical Ventilation with a Heat and Moisture Exchanger Changed Only Once a Week; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 104-109. [Abstract] [Full text]
HUBERTINE HEREMANS, CHRISTIANE DILLEN, MARLEEN GROENEN, PATRICK MATTHYS, and ALFONS BILLIAU: Role of Interferon- $gamma$ and Nitric Oxide in Pulmonary Edema and Death Induced by Lipopolysaccharide; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 110-117. [Abstract] [Full text]
SANGEETA MEHTA, PETER P. LIU, FABIA S. FITZGERALD, YASMIN K. ALLIDINA, and T. DOUGLAS BRADLEY: Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Cardiac Volumes in Patients with Ischemic and Dilated Cardiomyopathy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 128-134. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN G. LAFFEY, DOREEN ENGELBERTS, and BRIAN P. KAVANAGH: Buffering Hypercapnic Acidosis Worsens Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 141-146. [Abstract] [Full text]
RALPH THEO SCHERMULY, ANDREAS GÜNTHER, NORBERT WEISSMANN, HOSSEIN ARDESCHIR GHOFRANI, WERNER SEEGER, FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER, and DIETER WALMRATH: Differential Impact of Ultrasonically Nebulized Versus Tracheal-instilled Surfactant on Ventilation-Perfusion ( $V$ A/ $Q$ ) Mismatch in a Model of Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 152-159. [Abstract] [Full text]
ABEL MALDONADO, TORSTEN T. BAUER, MIQUEL FERRER, CARMEN HERNANDEZ, FRANCISCO ARANCIBIA, ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN, and ANTONIO TORRES: Capnometric Recirculation Gas Tonometry and Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 171-176. [Abstract] [Full text]
SATORU HASHIMOTO, ATSUKO KOBAYASHI, KUNIHIKO KOOGUCHI, YOSHIHIRO KITAMURA, HIDEKI ONODERA, and HIROO NAKAJIMA: Upregulation of Two Death Pathways of Perforin/Granzyme and FasL/Fas in Septic Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 237-243. [Abstract] [Full text]
PHILIPPE DURAND, MARIA BACHELET, FABRICE BRUNET, MARIE JEANNE RICHARD, JEAN-FRANÇOIS DHAINAUT, JOSETTE DALL'AVA, and BARBARA S. POLLA: Inducibility of the 70 kD Heat Shock Protein in Peripheral Blood Monocytes Is Decreased in Human Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Recovers Over Time; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 286-292. [Abstract] [Full text]

Neuromuscular Control of Breathing:

M. JEFFERY MADOR, THOMAS J. KUFEL, LILIBETH A. PINEDA, and GYANENDRA K. SHARMA: Diaphragmatic Fatigue and High-intensity Exercise in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 118-123. [Abstract] [Full text]
BELKACEM BOUFERRACHE, SLAVI FILTCHEV, ANDRÉ LEKE, QING MARBAIX-LI, MICHEL FREVILLE, and CLAUDE GAULTIER: The Hyperoxic Test in Infants Reinvestigated; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 160-165. [Abstract] [Full text]
CRAIG A. HUKINS and DAVID R. HILLMAN: Daytime Predictors of Sleep Hypoventilation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 166-170. [Abstract] [Full text]
HANS W. DUCHNA, CHRISTIAN GUILLEMINAULT, RICCARDO A. STOOHS, JOHN L. FAUL, HEITOR MORENO, BRIAN B. HOFFMAN, and TERENCE F. BLASCHKE: Vascular Reactivity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 187-191. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pulmonary Fibrosis, Cancer, Infection, and Miscellaneous:

RICHARD HUBBARD, ANDREA VENN, SARAH LEWIS, and JOHN BRITTON: Lung Cancer and Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitis . A Population-based Cohort Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 5-8. [Abstract] [Full text]
KARAN S. BHALLA, STEPHEN W. WILCZYNSKI, AMIR M. ABUSHAMAA, WILLIAM P. PETROS, CAROLYN S. MCDONALD, JENNIFER S. LOFTIS, NELSON J. CHAO, JAMES J. VREDENBURGH, and RODNEY J. FOLZ: Pulmonary Toxicity of Induction Chemotherapy Prior to Standard or High-dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Support; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 17-25. [Abstract] [Full text]
WARREN H. FINLAY, CARLOS F. LANGE, MALCOLM KING, and DAVID P. SPEERT: Lung Delivery of Aerosolized Dextran; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 91-97. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID A. STOLTZ, STEVE NELSON, JAY K. KOLLS, PING ZHANG, RUDOLF P. BOHM, Jr., MICHAEL MURPHEY-CORB, and GREGORY J. BAGBY: In Vitro Ethanol Suppresses Alveolar Macrophage TNF- $alpha$ during Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 135-140. [Abstract] [Full text]
DENNIS W. NIELSON, PHILIP L. KU, and MARLENE EGGER: Topical Lidocaine Exaggerates Laryngomalacia during Flexible Bronchoscopy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 147-151. [Abstract] [Full text]
HAN-PIN KUO, CHUN-HUA WANG, KUO-SHIUNG HUANG, HORNG-CHYUAN LIN, CHIH-TENG YU, CHIEN-YIN LIU, and LING-CHUAN LU: Nitric Oxide Modulates Interleukin-1 $beta$ and Tumor Necrosis Factor- $alpha$ Synthesis by Alveolar Macrophages in Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 192-199. [Abstract] [Full text]
MURIEL FARTOUKH, MARC HUMBERT, FRÉDÉRIQUE CAPRON, SOPHIE MAÎTRE, FLORENCE PARENT, CATHERINE LE GALL, OLIVIER SITBON, PHILIPPE HERVÉ, PIERRE DUROUX, and GÉRALD SIMONNEAU: Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in Histiocytosis X; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 216-223. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALAIN BOUSSUGES, FLORENCE MOLENAT, HENRI BURNET, EMMANUEL CAUCHY, BERNARD GARDETTE, JEAN-MARIE SAINTY, YVES JAMMES, and JEAN-PAUL RICHALET: Operation Everest III (Comex '97): Modifications of Cardiac Function Secondary to Altitude-induced Hypoxia . An Echocardiographic and Doppler Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 264-270. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNA M. van HEECKEREN, JAMSAK TSCHEIKUNA, RONALD W. WALENGA, MICHAEL W. KONSTAN, PAMELA B. DAVIS, BERNIE EROKWU, MUSA A. HAXHIU, and THOMAS W. FERKOL: Effect of Pseudomonas Infection on Weight Loss, Lung Mechanics, and Cytokines in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 271-279. [Abstract] [Full text]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

: Guidelines for Methacholine and Exercise Challenge Testing $---$ 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. 2000; 161: 309-329. [Full text]
: Care of the Child with a Chronic Tracheostomy . THIS OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY WAS ADOPTED BY THE ATS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, JULY 1999; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 297-308. [Full text]

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