AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (162 3)

Martin J. Tobin: Reporting Research, Retraction of Results, and Responsibility; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 773-774. [Full text]

UPDATE IN NONPULMONARY CRITICAL CARE:

PATRICK MURRAY and JESSE HALL: Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Renal Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 777-781. [Full text]

How It Really Happened:

WILLIAM W. STEAD: The Devil Is in the Details; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 775-776. [Full text]

CLINICAL COMMENTARY:

DAVID OST and ALAN FEIN: Evaluation and Management of the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 782-787. [Full text]

RETRACTIONS:

Mark D. Eisner, Stephen C. Shiboski, Edward H. Yelin, Paul D. Blanc, and Dorothy F. Bainton: Retraction . Eisner MD, Yelin EH, Henke J, Shiboski SC, Blanc PD. Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Asthma Health Outcomes: The Impact of Changing Exposure Status on Health Outcomes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;158:170-175; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 788. [Full text]
Patricia P. Katz, Edward H. Yelin, Paul D. Blanc, and Dorothy F. Bainton: Retraction . Katz P, Yelin E, Smith S, Blanc P. Perceived Control of Asthma: Development and Validation of a Questionnaire. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997;155:577-582; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: a788. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Asthma and Airway Biology:

CHRISTOPHER E. BRIGHTLING, RICHARD WARD, GERRIT WOLTMANN, PETER BRADDING, JAMES R. SHELLER, RYSZARD DWORSKI, and IAN D. PAVORD: Induced Sputum Inflammatory Mediator Concentrations in Eosinophilic Bronchitis and Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 878-882. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELIZABETH A. BECKY KELLY, WILLIAM W. BUSSE, and NIZAR N. JARJOUR: Inhaled Budesonide Decreases Airway Inflammatory Response to Allergen; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 883-890. [Abstract] [Full text]
HEIN J. L. BRACKEL, OLE F. PEDERSEN, PAUL G. H. MULDER, SHELLEY E. OVERBEEK, KAREL F. KERREBIJN, and JAN M. BOGAARD: Central Airways Behave More Stiffly during Forced Expiration in Patients with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 896-904. [Abstract] [Full text]
NICOLA SCICHILONE, TRISEVGENI KAPSALI, SOLBERT PERMUTT, and ALKIS TOGIAS: Deep Inspiration-induced Bronchoprotection Is Stronger than Bronchodilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 910-916. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER P. PLASCHKE, CHRISTER JANSON, EVA NORRMAN, EYTHOR BJÖRNSSON, SUSANNE ELLBJÄR, and BENGT JÄRVHOLM: Onset and Remission of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma and the Relationship with Atopic Sensitization and Smoking; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 920-924. [Abstract] [Full text]
LEON M. van den TOORN, JAN-BAS PRINS, SHELLEY E. OVERBEEK, HENK C. HOOGSTEDEN, and JOHAN C. de JONGSTE: Adolescents in Clinical Remission of Atopic Asthma Have Elevated Exhaled Nitric Oxide Levels and Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 953-957. [Abstract] [Full text]
TOMOKO SUDO, FUMIAKI HAYASHI, and TAKASHI NISHINO: Responses of Tracheobronchial Receptors to Inhaled Furosemide in Anesthetized Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 971-975. [Abstract] [Full text]
PARAYA ASSANASEN, FAUD M. BAROODY, PHILIP ROUADI, EDWARD NAURECKAS, JULIAN SOLWAY, and ROBERT M. NACLERIO: Ipratropium Bromide Increases the Ability of the Nose to Warm and Humidify Air; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1031-1037. [Abstract] [Full text]
KARIM MAGHNI, RAME TAHA, WAQQAS AFIF, QUTAYBA HAMID, and JAMES G. MARTIN: Dichotomy between Neurokinin Receptor Actions in Modulating Allergic Airway Responses in an Animal Model of Helper T Cell Type 2 Cytokine-associated Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1068-1074. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHU HASHIMOTO, YASUHIRO GON, KEN MATSUMOTO, IKUKO TAKESHITA, SHUICHIRO MARUOKA, and TAKASHI HORIE: Inhalant Corticosteroids Inhibit Hyperosmolarity-induced, and Cooling and Rewarming-induced Interleukin-8 and RANTES Production by Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1075-1080. [Abstract] [Full text]
ZOULFIA ALLAKHVERDI, BOUCHAIB LAMKHIOUED, RONALD OLIVENSTEIN, QUTAYBA HAMID, and PAOLO M. RENZI: CD8 Depletion-induced Late Airway Response Is Characterized by Eosinophilia, Increased Eotaxin, and Decreased IFN- $gamma$ Expression in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1123-1131. [Abstract] [Full text]
ARIHIKO KANEHIRO, KATSUYUKI TAKEDA, ANTHONY JOETHAM, ADRIAN TOMKINSON, TOSHIHIDE IKEMURA, CHARLES G. IRVIN, and ERWIN W. GELFAND: Timing of Administration of Anti-VLA-4 Differentiates Airway Hyperresponsiveness in the Central and Peripheral Airways in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1132-1139. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELIZABETH A. BECKY KELLY, WILLIAM W. BUSSE, and NIZAR N. JARJOUR: Increased Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in the Airway after Allergen Challenge; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1157-1161. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

PAUL BRESSER, THEO A. OUT, LOEK van ALPHEN, HENK M. JANSEN, and RENÉ LUTTER: Airway Inflammation in Nonobstructive and Obstructive Chronic Bronchitis with Chronic Haemophilus influenzae Airway Infection . Comparison with Noninfected Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 947-952. [Abstract] [Full text]
ERIC MARCHAND, PAUL DE LEYN, GHISLAINE GAYAN-RAMIREZ, FRANTISEK PALECEK, VERA de BOCK, RENÉ DOM, and MARC DECRAMER: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Does Not Improve Diaphragmatic Contractile Properties or Atrophy in Hamsters with Elastase-induced Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1052-1057. [Abstract] [Full text]
YASUTAKA NAKANO, SHIGEO MURO, HIROAKI SAKAI, TOYOHIRO HIRAI, KAZUO CHIN, MITSUHIRO TSUKINO, KOICHI NISHIMURA, HARUMI ITOH, PETER D. PARÉ, JAMES C. HOGG, and MICHIAKI MISHIMA: Computed Tomographic Measurements of Airway Dimensions and Emphysema in Smokers . Correlation with Lung Function; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1102-1108. [Abstract] [Full text]
LIAN WU, STEPHEN J. M. SKINNER, NEIL LAMBIE, JANE C. VULETIC, FRANCESCO BLASI, and PETER N. BLACK: Immunohistochemical Staining for Chlamydia pneumoniae Is Increased in Lung Tissue from Subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1148-1151. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAOLO MONTUSCHI, JOHN V. COLLINS, GIOVANNI CIABATTONI, NICOLA LAZZERI, MASSIMO CORRADI, SERGEI A. KHARITONOV, and PETER J. BARNES: Exhaled 8-Isoprostane as an In Vivo Biomarker of Lung Oxidative Stress in Patients with COPD and Healthy Smokers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1175-1177. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

DIDIER GRUSON, GILLES HILBERT, FREDERIC VARGAS, RUDDY VALENTINO, CECILE BEBEAR, ANNIE ALLERY, CHRISTIANE BEBEAR, GEORGES GBIKPI-BENISSAN, and JEAN-PIERRE CARDINAUD: Rotation and Restricted Use of Antibiotics in a Medical Intensive Care Unit . Impact on the Incidence of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Caused by Antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative Bacteria; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 837-843. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALBERTO PAGNAMENTA, YVES BOUCKAERT, PIERRE WAUTHY, SERGE BRIMIOULLE, and ROBERT NAEIJE: Continuous versus Pulsatile Pulmonary Hemodynamics in Canine Oleic Acid Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 936-940. [Abstract] [Full text]
JORDI RELLO, ANA OCHAGAVIA, ELENA SABANES, MARTA ROQUE, DOLORS MARISCAL, ESTEBAN REYNAGA, and JORDI VALLES: Evaluation of Outcome of Intravenous Catheter-related Infections in Critically Ill Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1027-1030. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID A. WELSH, WARREN R. SUMMER, ELIZABETH P. DOBARD, STEVE NELSON, and CAROL M. MASON: Keratinocyte Growth Factor Prevents Ventilator-induced Lung Injury in an Ex Vivo Rat Model; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1081-1086. [Abstract] [Full text]
TIMOTHY S. BLACKWELL, FIONA E. YULL, CHIH-LI CHEN, ANNAPURNA VENKATAKRISHNAN, THOMAS R. BLACKWELL, DONNA J. HICKS, LISA H. LANCASTER, JOHN W. CHRISTMAN, and LAWRENCE D. KERR: Multiorgan Nuclear Factor Kappa B Activation in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Systemic Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1095-1101. [Abstract] [Full text]

Cystic Fibrosis:

ALINA A. IONESCU, LISETTE S. NIXON, WILLIAM D. EVANS, MICHAEL D. STONE, VANESSA LEWIS-JENKINS, KEN CHATHAM, and DENNIS J. SHALE: Bone Density, Body Composition, and Inflammatory Status in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 789-794. [Abstract] [Full text]
CARMINE DARIO VIZZA, ROGER D. YUSEN, JOHN P. LYNCH, FRANCESCO FEDELE, G. ALEXANDER PATTERSON, and ELBERT P. TRULOCK: Outcome of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Awaiting Lung Transplantation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 819-825. [Abstract] [Full text]
CARLOS E. MILLA, WARREN J. WARWICK, and ANTOINETTE MORAN: Trends in Pulmonary Function in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Correlate with the Degree of Glucose Intolerance at Baseline; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 891-895. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROBERT M. ARIS, GAYLE E. LESTER, JORDAN B. RENNER, ANDREW WINDERS, A. DENENE BLACKWOOD, ROBERT K. LARK, and DAVID A. ONTJES: Efficacy of Pamidronate for Osteoporosis in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis following Lung Transplantation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 941-946. [Abstract] [Full text]

Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease, Pleural Disease and Transplantation:

ROLAND L. FEATHERSTONE, DAVID J. CHAMBERS, and FRANK J. KELLY: Comparison of Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors of Differing Isoenzyme Selectivity Added to St. Thomas' Hospital Cardioplegic Solution Used for Hypothermic Preservation of Rat Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 850-856. [Abstract] [Full text]
VAL VALLYATHAN, MICHEAL GOINS, LEROY N. LAPP, DONNA PACK, STEPHEN LEONARD, XIANGLIN SHI, and VINCENT CASTRANOVA: Changes in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Indices Associated with Radiographic Classification in Coal Miners; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 958-965. [Abstract] [Full text]
CATHERINE LEMIÈRE, ANDRÉ CARTIER, JEAN-LUC MALO, and SAMUEL B. LEHRER: Persistent Specific Bronchial Reactivity to Occupational Agents in Workers with Normal Nonspecific Bronchial Reactivity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 976-980. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREW J. GHIO, CHONG KIM, and ROBERT B. DEVLIN: Concentrated Ambient Air Particles Induce Mild Pulmonary Inflammation in Healthy Human Volunteers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 981-988. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC NOPPEN, MARC DE WAELE, RONG LI, KRISTIEN VANDER GUCHT, JAN D'HAESE, ERIK GERLO, and WALTER VINCKEN: Volume and Cellular Content of Normal Pleural Fluid in Humans Examined by Pleural Lavage; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1023-1026. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC ESTENNE, ALAIN VAN MUYLEM, CHRISTIANE KNOOP, MARTINE ANTOINE, and the Brussels Lung Transplant Group: Detection of Obliterative Bronchiolitis after Lung Transplantation by Indexes of Ventilation Distribution; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1047-1051. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANJA STERNER-KOCK, MARTIN KOCK, RUEDI BRAUN, and DALLAS M. HYDE: Ozone-induced Epithelial Injury in the Ferret Is Similar to Nonhuman Primates; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1152-1156. [Abstract] [Full text]

Neonatal and Pulmonary Disease:

KERRY A. POOLE, HILDA HALLINAN, CAROLINE S. BEARDSMORE, and JOHN R. THOMPSON: Effect of Maternal Smoking on Ventilatory Responses to Changes in Inspired Oxygen Levels in Infants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 801-807. [Abstract] [Full text]
GILLES DASSIEU, LAURENT BROCHARD, MOHAMED BENANI, SANDRINE AVENEL, and CLAUDE DANAN: Continuous Tracheal Gas Insufflation in Preterm Infants with Hyaline Membrane Disease . A Prospective Randomized Trial; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 826-831. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHIROH ISONO, ATSUKO TANAKA, TERUHIKO ISHIKAWA, and TAKASHI NISHINO: Developmental Changes in Collapsibility of the Passive Pharynx during Infancy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 832-836. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAN ERIK H. BUNT, VIRGILIO P. CARNIELLI, J. L. DARCOS WATTIMENA, WIM C. HOP, PIETER J. J. SAUER, and LUC J. I. ZIMMERMANN: The Effect in Premature Infants of Prenatal Corticosteroids on Endogenous Surfactant Synthesis as Measured with Stable Isotopes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 844-849. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHAIM SPRINGER, SIMON GODFREY, ELIE PICARD, KAMAL UWYYED, MOSHE ROTSCHILD, SHAI HANANYA, NATAN NOVISKI, and AVRAHAM AVITAL: Efficacy and Safety of Methacholine Bronchial Challenge Performed by Auscultation in Young Asthmatic Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 857-860. [Abstract] [Full text]
C. ANDREW ALIGNE, PEGGY AUINGER, ROBERT S. BYRD, and MICHAEL WEITZMAN: Risk Factors for Pediatric Asthma . Contributions of Poverty, Race, and Urban Residence; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 873-877. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTOPHE MARGUET, TARANEH P. DEAN, and JOHN O. WARNER: Soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (sICAM-1) and Interferon-Gamma in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Children with Airway Diseases; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1016-1022. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAREN E. WILLET, ALAN H. JOBE, MACHIKO IKEGAMI, JOHN NEWNHAM, and PETER D. SLY: Pulmonary Interstitial Emphysema 24 Hours after Antenatal Betamethasone Treatment in Preterm Sheep; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1087-1094. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pulmonary Fibrosis:

MANFRED SCHÜRMANN, PENNY A. LYMPANY, PHILIPP REICHEL, BERTRAM MÜLLER-MYHSOK, KARL WURM, MAX SCHLAAK, JOACHIM MÜLLER-QUERNHEIM, RON M. du BOIS, and EBERHARD SCHWINGER: Familial Sarcoidosis Is Linked to the Major Histocompatibility Complex Region; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 861-864. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARTIN PETREK, JIRI DRABEK, VITEZSLAV KOLEK, JAROSLAV ZLAMAL, KENNETH I. WELSH, MICHAEL BUNCE, EVZEN WEIGL, and ROLAND M. du BOIS: CC Chemokine Receptor Gene Polymorphisms in Czech Patients with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1000-1003. [Abstract] [Full text]
HIROKI TAKAHASHI, TAKUYA FUJISHIMA, HIROYUKI KOBA, SEIJI MURAKAMI, KEIZO KUROKAWA, YOSHIE SHIBUYA, MASANORI SHIRATORI, YOSHIO KUROKI, and SHOSAKU ABE: Serum Surfactant Proteins A and D as Prognostic Factors in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Their Relationship to Disease Extent; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1109-1114. [Abstract] [Full text]
DIMITRIS A. VASSILAKIS, GEORGE SOURVINOS, DEMETRIOS A. SPANDIDOS, NIKOLAOS M. SIAFAKAS, and DEMOSTHENES BOUROS: Frequent Genetic Alterations at the Microsatellite Level in Cytologic Sputum Samples of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1115-1119. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHOON S. PARK, SUNG W. CHUNG, SHIN Y. KI, GUNE-IL LIM, SOO-TAEK UH, YONG H. KIM, DEUK I. CHOI, JAI S. PARK, DONG W. LEE, and MASANORI KITAICHI: Increased Levels of Interleukin-6 Are Associated with Lymphocytosis in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids of Idiopathic Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1162-1168. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pulmonary Function and Diagnostic Techniques:

VOLKER GROSS, ANKE DITTMAR, THOMAS PENZEL, FRANK SCHÜTTLER, and PETER von WICHERT: The Relationship between Normal Lung Sounds, Age, and Gender; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 905-909. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAUREEN P. SWANNEY, ROBERT L. JENSEN, DAVID A. CRICHTON, LUTZ E. BECKERT, LAUREN A. CARDNO, and ROBERT O. CRAPO: FEV₆ Is an Acceptable Surrogate for FVC in the Spirometric Diagnosis of Airway Obstruction and Restriction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 917-919. [Abstract] [Full text]
JORDI SUNYER, XAVIER BASAGAÑA, PETER BURNEY, and JOSEP M. ANTÓ: International Assessment of the Internal Consistency of Respiratory Symptoms; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 930-935. [Abstract] [Full text]
BERNARD MAITRE, SAMIR JABER, SALVATORE M. MAGGIORE, EMMANUEL BERGOT, JEAN CHRISTOPHE RICHARD, HAMID BAKTHIARI, BRUNO HOUSSET, GEORGES BOUSSIGNAC, and LAURENT BROCHARD: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure during Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in Hypoxemic Patients . A Randomized Double-Blind Study Using A New Device; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1063-1067. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTONIO SPANEVELLO, MARCO CONFALONIERI, FRANCA SULOTTO, FRANCESCO ROMANO, GIANNI BALZANO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA MIGLIORI, ACHILLE BIANCHI, and GIOVANNI MICHETTI: Induced Sputum Cellularity . Reference Values and Distribution in Normal Volunteers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1172-1174. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep Disordered Breathing and Respiratory Regulation:

FRÉDÉRIC SÉRIÈS, CHRISTIAN STRAUS, ALEXANDRE DEMOULE, VALÉRIE ATTALI, ISABELLE ARNULF, JEAN-PHILIPPE DERENNE, and THOMAS SIMILOWSKI: Assessment of Upper Airway Dynamics in Awake Patients with Sleep Apnea Using Phrenic Nerve Stimulation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 795-800. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN TRINDER, ROBERT MERSON, JOSEPH I. ROSENBERG, FABIA FITZGERALD, JAN KLEIMAN, and T. DOUGLAS BRADLEY: Pathophysiological Interactions of Ventilation, Arousals, and Blood Pressure Oscillations during Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in Patients with Heart Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 808-813. [Abstract] [Full text]
FLORENCE PORTIER, ADRIANA PORTMANN, PIERRE CZERNICHOW, LIONEL VASCAUT, ETIENNE DEVIN, DANIEL BENHAMOU, ANTOINE CUVELIER, and JEAN FRANÇOIS MUIR: Evaluation of Home versus Laboratory Polysomnography in the Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 814-818. [Abstract] [Full text]
JAGADEESHAN SUNDERRAM, RICHARD A. PARISI, and RICHARD J. STROBEL: Serotonergic Stimulation of the Genioglossus and the Response to Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 925-929. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC A. CZAPLA, DAVID GOZAL, OSCAR A. ALEA, ROBERT C. BECKERMAN, and JAMES E. ZADINA: Differential Cardiorespiratory Effects of Endomorphin 1, Endomorphin 2, DAMGO, and Morphine; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 994-999. [Abstract] [Full text]
NAJIB T. AYAS, ROBERT BROWN, and STEVEN A. SHEA: Hypercapnia Can Induce Arousal from Sleep in the Absence of Altered Respiratory Mechanoreception; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1004-1008. [Abstract] [Full text]
S. D. LEE, H. NAKANO, L. E. GOSSELIN, J. A. KRASNEY, E. H. SCHLENKER, and G. A. FARKAS: Endogenous Opioids Modulate Ventilation and Peak Oxygen Consumption in Obese Zucker Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1009-1015. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTINA M. SPENGLER and STEVEN A. SHEA: Endogenous Circadian Rhythm of Pulmonary Function in Healthy Humans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1038-1046. [Abstract] [Full text]
ATUL MALHOTRA, GIORU PILLAR, ROBERT B. FOGEL, JOSIE BEAUREGARD, JILL K. EDWARDS, DAVID I. SLAMOWITZ, STEVEN A. SHEA, and DAVID P. WHITE: Genioglossal But Not Palatal Muscle Activity Relates Closely to Pharyngeal Pressure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1058-1062. [Abstract] [Full text]
PATRICIA J. OHTAKE, NARONG SIMAKAJORNBOON, MATTHEW D. FEHNIGER, YING-DAN XUE, and DAVID GOZAL: N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Expression in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarii and Maturation of Hypoxic Ventilatory Response in the Rat; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1140-1147. [Abstract] [Full text]

Tuberculosis and Lung Infection:

OLE KIRK, JOSE M. GATELL, AMANDA MOCROFT, COURT PEDERSEN, RUI PROENCA, RAY P. BRETTLE, SIMON E. BARTON, PHILIPPE SUDRE, ANDREW N. PHILLIPS, and JENS D. LUNDGREN: Infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium among HIV-infected Patients after the Introduction of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 865-872. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL H. IEONG, CHRISTINE CAMPBELL REARDON, STUART M. LEVITZ, and HARDY KORNFELD: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection of Alveolar Macrophages Impairs Their Innate Fungicidal Activity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 966-970. [Abstract] [Full text]
BRIAN D. McNAB, DARCY D. MARCINIUK, RIAZ A. ALVI, LEONARD TAN, and VERNON H. HOEPPNER: Twice Weekly Isoniazid and Rifampin Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Canadian Plains Aborigines; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 989-993. [Abstract] [Full text]
WATARU MATSUYAMA, TERUTO HASHIGUCHI, KENJI MATSUMURO, FUMIYUKI IWAMI, YASUNOBU HIROTSU, MASAHARU KAWABATA, KIMIYOSHI ARIMURA, and MITSUHIRO OSAME: Increased Serum Level of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1120-1122. [Abstract] [Full text]

CASE REPORTS:

GAETAN DESLÉE, ANNE BRICHET, GILLES LEBUFFE, MARIE CHRISTINE COPIN, PHILIPPE RAMON, and CHARLES HUGO MARQUETTE: Obstructive Fibrinous Tracheal Pseudomembrane . A Potentially Fatal Complication of Tracheal Intubation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1169-1171. [Abstract] [Full text]

NHLBI WORKSHOP SUMMARY:

ROBERT B. BANZETT, JEROME A. DEMPSEY, DENIS E. O'DONNELL, and MARIANNE Z. WAMBOLDT: Symptom Perception and Respiratory Sensation in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: 1178-1182. [Full text]

SUPPLEMENT: "Supplement: The Roots of Allergic Sensitization"

ROB C. AALBERSE and PETER J. STERK: Introduction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: S61. [Full text]
UDO HERZ, RICARDA JOACHIM, BIRGIT AHRENS, ALEXANDER SCHEFFOLD, ANDREAS RADBRUCH, and HARALD RENZ: Prenatal Sensitization in a Mouse Model; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: S62-65. [Full text]
JOHAN C. KIPS, KURT G. TOURNOY, and ROMAIN A. PAUWELS: Gene Knockout Models of Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: S66-70. [Full text]
ALEXANDER KARNOWSKI, PHILIPP YU, GERNOT ACHATZ, and MARINUS C. LAMERS: The Road to the Production of IgE Is Long and Winding; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: S71-75. [Full text]
MARTIEN L. KAPSENBERG, CATHARIEN M. U. HILKENS, TINEKE C. M. T. van der POUW KRAAN, EDDY A. WIERENGA, and PAWEL KALINSKI: Atopic Allergy: A Failure of Antigen-Presenting Cells to Properly Polarize Helper T Cells?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 162: S76-80. [Full text]
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