AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (163 2)

David A. Schwartz: Does Inhalation of Endotoxin Cause Asthma?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 305-306. [Full text]
J. Randall Curtis and Soo Borson: Examining the Link between Sarcoidosis and Depression; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 306-308. [Full text]
Stephan Baldus, Laura Castro, Jason P. Eiserich, and Bruce A. Freeman: Is ·NO News Bad News in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 308-310. [Full text]
Kristin Wallick, Jerry A. Nick, and David M. Rodman: Cystic Fibrosis Critical Care . No Longer an Oxymoron; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 310-312. [Full text]
Robert F. Lodato: Viagra for Impotence of Pulmonary Vasodilator Therapy?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 312-313. [Full text]

HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED:

EWALD R. WEIBEL: Why Measure Lung Structure?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 314-315. [Full text]

CRITICAL CARE PERSPECTIVE:

ROBERT S. MUNFORD and JÉRÔME PUGIN: Normal Responses to Injury Prevent Systemic Inflammation and Can Be Immunosuppressive; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 316-321. [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]

ARTICLES:

Airway Biology, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

JU-HYEONG PARK, DIANE R. GOLD, DONNA L. SPIEGELMAN, HARRIET A. BURGE, and DONALD K. MILTON: House Dust Endotoxin and Wheeze in the First Year of Life; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 322-328. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHAWN D. AARON, JONATHAN B. ANGEL, MARY LUNAU, KATHRYN WRIGHT, CAROLE FEX, NICOLE LE SAUX, and ROBERT E. DALES: Granulocyte Inflammatory Markers and Airway Infection during Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 349-355. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHAKRADHAR KOTARU, ALBERT CORENO, MARY SKOWRONSKI, RUSSELL CIUFO, and E. R. MCFADDEN, Jr.: Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Thermally Induced Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 383-388. [Abstract] [Full text]
JÖRG D. LEUPPI, CHERYL M. SALOME, CHRISTINE R. JENKINS, SANDRA D. ANDERSON, WEI XUAN, GUY B. MARKS, HEIKKI KOSKELA, JOHN D. BRANNAN, RUTH FREED, MORGAN ANDERSSON, HAK-KIM CHAN, and ANN J. WOOLCOCK: Predictive Markers of Asthma Exacerbation during Stepwise Dose Reduction of Inhaled Corticosteroids; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 406-412. [Abstract] [Full text]
NICOLA SCICHILONE, SOLBERT PERMUTT, and ALKIS TOGIAS: The Lack of the Bronchoprotective and Not the Bronchodilatory Ability of Deep Inspiration Is Associated with Airway Hyperresponsiveness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 413-419. [Abstract] [Full text]
SEIICHIRO SAKAO, KOICHIRO TATSUMI, HIDETOSHI IGARI, YUJI SHINO, HIROSHI SHIRASAWA, and TAKAYUKI KURIYAMA: Association of Tumor Necrosis Factor $alpha$ Gene Promoter Polymorphism with the Presence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 420-422. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANK D. GILLILAND, YU-FEN LI, and JOHN M. PETERS: Effects of Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy and Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Asthma and Wheezing in Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 429-436. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
LUTZ WOLLIN, STEFAN UHLIG, ROLF NÜSING, and ALBRECHT WENDEL: Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Amplifies Lipopolysaccharide-induced Bronchoconstriction by a Neutrophil- and Cyclooxygenase 2-Dependent Mechanism; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 443-450. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREW J. SANDFORD, TABASSUM CHAGANI, TRACEY D. WEIR, JOHN E. CONNETT, NICHOLAS R. ANTHONISEN, and PETER D. PARÉ: Susceptibility Genes for Rapid Decline of Lung Function in the Lung Health Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 469-473. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID FISHWICK, LISA BRADSHAW, CLAIRE MACDONALD, RICHARD BEASLEY, DIANA GASH, THOMAS BENGTSSON, EVA BONDESSON, and LARS BORGSTRÖM: Cumulative and Single-dose Design to Assess the Bronchodilator Effects of $beta$ ₂-Agonists in Individuals with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 474-477. [Abstract] [Full text]
KIYOSHI TAKEYAMA, JOHN V. FAHY, and JAY A. NADEL: Relationship of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors to Goblet Cell Production in Human Bronchi; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 511-516. [Abstract] [Full text]
CLAUDIA L. ORDOÑEZ, RAMIN KHASHAYAR, HOFER H. WONG, RON FERRANDO, REEN WU, DALLAS M. HYDE, JON A. HOTCHKISS, YIFAN ZHANG, ALEXANDER NOVIKOV, GREGORY DOLGANOV, and JOHN V. FAHY: Mild and Moderate Asthma Is Associated with Airway Goblet Cell Hyperplasia and Abnormalities in Mucin Gene Expression; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 517-523. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care and Mechanical Ventilation:

NAMITA SOOD, LINDA J. PARADOWSKI, and JAMES R. YANKASKAS: Outcomes of Intensive Care Unit Care in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 335-338. [Abstract] [Full text]
BENOÎT TAVERNIER, ALEXANDRE MEBAZAA, PHILIPPE MATEO, STANISLAS SYS, RENÉE VENTURA-CLAPIER, and VLADIMIR VEKSLER: Phosphorylation-dependent Alteration in Myofilament Ca²⁺ Sensitivity but Normal Mitochondrial Function in Septic Heart; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 362-367. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN R. HOTCHKISS, ALEXANDER B. ADAMS, DAVID J. DRIES, JOHN J. MARINI, and PHILIP S. CROOKE: Dynamic Behavior during Noninvasive Ventilation . Chaotic Support?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 374-378. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHANJANA AWASTHI, JACQUELINE J. COALSON, BRADLEY A. YODER, ERIKA CROUCH, and RICHARD J. KING: Deficiencies in Lung Surfactant Proteins A and D Are Associated with Lung Infection in Very Premature Neonatal Baboons; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 389-397. [Abstract] [Full text]
NEIL S. FREEDMAN, JOOST GAZENDAM, LACHELLE LEVAN, ALLAN I. PACK, and RICHARD J. SCHWAB: Abnormal Sleep/Wake Cycles and the Effect of Environmental Noise on Sleep Disruption in the Intensive Care Unit; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 451-457. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANNA KURDOWSKA, JAMES M. NOBLE, KENNETH P. STEINBERG, JOHN T. RUZINSKI, LEONARD D. HUDSON, and THOMAS R. MARTIN: Anti-interleukin 8 Autoantibody:Interleukin 8 Complexes in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome . Relationship between the Complexes and Clinical Disease Activity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 463-468. [Abstract] [Full text]
MAUREEN O. MEADE, GORDON H. GUYATT, RICHARD J. COOK, RYAN GROLL, JOHN R. KACHURA, MELANIE WIGG, DEBORAH J. COOK, ARTHUR S. SLUTSKY, and THOMAS E. STEWART: Agreement between Alternative Classifications of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 490-493. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHANCHAI SITTIPUNT, KENNETH P. STEINBERG, JOHN T. RUZINSKI, CARPANTATO MYLES, SHA ZHU, RICHARD B. GOODMAN, LEONARD D. HUDSON, SADIS MATALON, and THOMAS R. MARTIN: Nitric Oxide and Nitrotyrosine in the Lungs of Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 503-510. [Abstract] [Full text]
YACHU J. KAO, PEDRO A. PIEDRA, GARY L. LARSEN, and GIUSEPPE N. COLASURDO: Induction and Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Airway Epithelial Cells by Respiratory Syncytial Virus; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 532-539. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Lung Fibrosis, and Transplantation:

BETTY CHANG, JOANNE STEIMEL, DAVID R. MOLLER, ROBERT P. BAUGHMAN, MARC A. JUDSON, HENRY YEAGER, Jr., ALVIN S. TEIRSTEIN, MILTON D. ROSSMAN, and CYNTHIA S. RAND: Depression in Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 329-334. [Abstract] [Full text]
AXEL KLEINSASSER, ALEXANDER LOECKINGER, CHRISTOPH HOERMANN, FRIEDRICH PUEHRINGER, NORBERT MUTZ, GEORG BARTSCH, and KARL H. LINDNER: Sildenafil Modulates Hemodynamics and Pulmonary Gas Exchange; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 339-343. [Abstract] [Full text]
THILO BUSCH, PETER BÄRTSCH, DIRK PAPPERT, EKKEHARD GRÜNIG, WULF HILDEBRANDT, HUBERT ELSER, KONRAD J. FALKE, and ERIK R. SWENSON: Hypoxia Decreases Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Mountaineers Susceptible to High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 368-373. [Abstract] [Full text]
BERNHARD M. SCHAAF, ULRIKE SEITZER, VERA PRAVICA, SVEN P. ARIES, and PETER ZABEL: Tumor Necrosis Factor- $alpha$ $-$ 308 Promoter Gene Polymorphism and Increased Tumor Necrosis Factor Serum Bioactivity in Farmer's Lung Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 379-382. [Abstract] [Full text]
LARRY L. SCHULMAN, ALAN D. WEINBERG, CARLTON C. McGREGOR, NICOLE M. SUCIU-FOCA, and SILVIU ITESCU: Influence of Donor and Recipient HLA Locus Mismatching on Development of Obliterative Bronchiolitis after Lung Transplantation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 437-442. [Abstract] [Full text]
TOSHIHIKO NISHIMURA, JOHN L. FAUL, GERALD J. BERRY, ISIDRE VEVE, RONALD G. PEARL, and PETER N. KAO: 40-O-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-rapamycin Attenuates Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Neointimal Formation in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 498-502. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN F. SEYMOUR, JEFFREY J. PRESNEILL, OTTO D. SCHOCH, GORDON H. DOWNIE, PAUL E. MOORE, IAN R. DOYLE, JANETTE M. VINCENT, KOH NAKATA, TAKAYUKI KITAMURA, DAVID LANGTON, MICHAEL C. PAIN, and ASHLEY R. DUNN: Therapeutic Efficacy of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in Patients with Idiopathic Acquired Alveolar Proteinosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 524-531. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep-Disordered Breathing:

JACQUELINE F. FACCENDA, THOMAS W. MACKAY, NICHOLAS A. BOON, and NEIL J. DOUGLAS: Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Blood Pressure in the Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 344-348. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
JEAN-JACQUES HOSSELET, INDU AYAPPA, ROBERT G. NORMAN, ANA C. KRIEGER, and DAVID M. RAPOPORT: Classification of Sleep-disordered Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 398-405. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAMON FARRÉ, JORDI RIGAU, JOSEP M. MONTSERRAT, EUGENI BALLESTER, and DANIEL NAVAJAS: Relevance of Linearizing Nasal Prongs for Assessing Hypopneas and Flow Limitation During Sleep; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 494-497. [Abstract] [Full text]

Miscellaneous:

CHRISTIAN SCHINDLER, NINO KÜNZLI, JEAN-PIERRE BONGARD, PHILIPPE LEUENBERGER, WERNER KARRER, REGULA RAPP, CHRISTIAN MONN, and URSULA ACKERMANN-LIEBRICH: Short-Term Variation in Air Pollution and in Average Lung Function Among Never-Smokers . The Swiss Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA); Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 356-361. [Abstract] [Full text]
CATHERINE L. CARLSON, MARY CUSHMAN, PAUL L. ENRIGHT, JANE A. CAULEY, and ANNE B. NEWMAN: Hormone Replacement Therapy Is Associated with Higher FEV₁ in Elderly Women; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 423-428. [Abstract] [Full text]
THOMAS C. KRECK, ERIN D. SHADE, WAYNE J. E. LAMM, STEVEN E. MCKINNEY, and MICHAEL P. HLASTALA: Isocapnic Hyperventilation Increases Carbon Monoxide Elimination and Oxygen Delivery; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 458-462. [Abstract] [Full text]
HEIDRUN F. KIWULL-SCHÖNE, LUC J. TEPPEMA, and PETER J. KIWULL: Low-dose Acetazolamide Does Affect Respiratory Muscle Function in Spontaneously Breathing Anesthetized Rabbits; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 478-483. [Abstract] [Full text]
CARLO AGOSTINI, MARTA SIVIERO, MONICA FACCO, DAVIDE CAROLLO, GIANNI BINOTTO, ALICIA TOSONI, ANNA MARIA CATTELAN, RENATO ZAMBELLO, LIVIO TRENTIN, and GIANPIETRO SEMENZATO: Antiapoptotic Effects of IL-15 on Pulmonary Tc1 Cells of Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 484-489. [Abstract] [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

SANGEETA MEHTA and NICHOLAS S. HILL: Noninvasive Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 540-577. [Full text]

NHLBI/NCI WORKSHOP:

STEVEN IDELL, ANDREW P. MAZAR, PETER BITTERMAN, SURESH MOHLA, and ANDREA L. HARABIN: Fibrin Turnover in Lung Inflammation and Neoplasia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 578-584. [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Nicholas A. Buckley and Ja-Liang Lin: PULSE CORTICOSTEROID AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE IN PARAQUAT POISONING; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 585. [Full text]
Marc Mathieu: IS THERE A ROLE FOR GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR BETA IN GLUCOCORTICOID-DEPENDENT ASTHMATICS?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: b585. [Full text]