AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (164 2)

Anna-Luise A. Katzenstein and Jeffrey L. Myers: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis . To Biopsy or Not to Biopsy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 185-186. [Full text]
Nicholas S. Hill: Following Protocol . Weaning Difficult-to-Wean Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 186-187. [Full text]
Eva Svanborg: Upper Airway Nerve Lesions in Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 187-189. [Full text]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

DAVID GOZAL and CLAUDE GAULTIER: Evolving Concepts of the Maturation of Central Pathways Underlying the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 325-329. [Full text]

CRITICAL CARE PERSPECTIVE:

BRADLEY D. FREEMAN, ROBERT L. DANNER, STEVEN M. BANKS, and CHARLES NATANSON: Safeguarding Patients in Clinical Trials with High Mortality Rates; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 190-192. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Asthma and Airway Biology:

ANDRÉS L. ECHAZARRETA, BARBRO DAHLÉN, GABRIEL GARCÍA, CARLOS AGUSTÍ, JOAN ALBERT BARBERÀ, JOSEP ROCA, SVEN-ERIK DAHLÉN, and ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN: Pulmonary Gas Exchange and Sputum Cellular Responses to Inhaled Leukotriene D₄ in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 202-206. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
KENNETH R. LUTCHEN, ANDREW JENSEN, HAYTHAM ATILEH, DAVID W. KACZKA, ELLIOT ISRAEL, BELA SUKI, and EDWARD P. INGENITO: Airway Constriction Pattern Is a Central Component of Asthma Severity . The Role of Deep Inspirations; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 207-215. [Abstract] [Full text]
GREGORY G. KING, BARBARA J. MOORE, CHUN Y. SEOW, and PETER D. PARÉ: Airway Narrowing Associated with Inhibition of Deep Inspiration during Methacholine Inhalation in Asthmatics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 216-218. [Abstract] [Full text]
SAM LIM, KATSUYUKI TOMITA, GAETANO CARRAMORI, ANON JATAKANON, BRIAN OLIVER, ANDREAS KELLER, IAN ADCOCK, KIAN FAN CHUNG, and PETER J. BARNES: Low-dose Theophylline Reduces Eosinophilic Inflammation but Not Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Mild Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 273-276. [Abstract] [Full text]
KATSUHISA OSHIKAWA, KENJI KUROIWA, KENJI TAGO, HIROYUKI IWAHANA, KEN YANAGISAWA, SHOJI OHNO, SHIN-ICHI TOMINAGA, and YUKIHIKO SUGIYAMA: Elevated Soluble ST2 Protein Levels in Sera of Patients with Asthma with an Acute Exacerbation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 277-281. [Abstract] [Full text]
REGINA M. GRAHAM, MITCHELL FRIEDMAN, and GARY W. HOYLE: Sensory Nerves Promote Ozone-induced Lung Inflammation in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 307-313. [Abstract] [Full text]

Interstitial Lung Disease:

GARY W. HUNNINGHAKE, M. BRIDGET ZIMMERMAN, DAVID A. SCHWARTZ, TALMADGE E. KING, JR., JOSEPH LYNCH, RICHARD HEGELE, JAMES WALDRON, THOMAS COLBY, NESTOR MÜLLER, DAVID LYNCH, JEFF GALVIN, BARRY GROSS, JAMES HOGG, GALEN TOEWS, RICK HELMERS, J. ALLEN D. COOPER, JR., ROBERT BAUGHMAN, CHARLIE STRANGE, and MARK MILLARD: Utility of a Lung Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 193-196. [Abstract] [Full text]
DEIRDRE S. McGRATH, PATRICK J. FOLEY, MARTIN PETREK, LYDIE IZAKOVICOVA-HOLLA, VITEZSLAV DOLEK, SRIHARI VEERARAGHAVAN, PENELOPE A. LYMPANY, PANAGIOTIS PANTELIDIS, ANNA VASKU, ATHOL U. WELLS, KENNETH I. WELSH, and ROLAND M. DU BOIS: ACE Gene I/D Polymorphism and Sarcoidosis Pulmonary Disease Severity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 197-201. [Abstract] [Full text]
CLAIRE A. BLOOR, RICHARD A. KNIGHT, RAVINDRA K. KEDIA, MONICA A. SPITERI, and JEREMY T. ALLEN: Differential mRNA Expression of Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 Splice Variants in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Pulmonary Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 265-272. [Abstract] [Full text]

Mechanical Ventilation and Acute Lung Injury:

MICHELE VITACCA, ANDREA VIANELLO, DANIELE COLOMBO, ENRICO CLINI, ROBERTO PORTA, LUCA BIANCHI, GIOVANNA ARCARO, GIOVANNI VITALE, ENRICO GUFFANTI, ALBINO LO COCO, and NICOLINO AMBROSINO: Comparison of Two Methods for Weaning Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Requiring Mechanical Ventilation for More Than 15 Days; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 225-230. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
MARK D. EISNER, TAYLOR THOMPSON, LEONARD D. HUDSON, JOHN M. LUCE, DOUGLAS HAYDEN, DAVID SCHOENFELD, MICHAEL A. MATTHAY, and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network: Efficacy of Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in Patients with Different Clinical Risk Factors for Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 231-236. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
CAROLYN L. KERR, RUUD A. W. VELDHUIZEN, and JAMES F. LEWIS: Effects of High-Frequency Oscillation on Endogenous Surfactant in an Acute Lung Injury Model; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 237-242. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
GEMMA RIALP, ANTONI J. BETBESÉ, MANUEL PÉREZ-MÁRQUEZ, and JORDI MANCEBO: Short-term Effects of Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Prone Position in Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 243-249. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
RUSSELL P. BOWLER, JOHN ARCAROLI, JAMES D. CRAPO, ARON ROSS, JAN W. SLOT, and EDWARD ABRAHAM: Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase Attenuates Lung Injury after Hemorrhage; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 290-294. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Lung Disease:

KIM G. NIELSEN and HANS BISGAARD: Bronchodilation and Bronchoprotection in Asthmatic Preschool Children from Formoterol Administered by Mechanically Actuated Dry-powder Inhaler and Spacer; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 256-259. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREW KATZ, MICHAEL A. GENTILE, DAMIAN M. CRAIG, GEORGE QUICK, JON N. MELIONES, and IRA M. CHEIFETZ: Heliox Improves Gas Exchange during High-frequency Ventilation in a Pediatric Model of Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 260-264. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]

Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

ROMAIN KESSLER, MICHÈLE FALLER, EMMANUEL WEITZENBLUM, ARI CHAOUAT, ATTILA AYKUT, ALAIN DUCOLONÉ, MAY EHRHART, and MONIQUE OSWALD-MAMMOSSER: "Natural History" of Pulmonary Hypertension in a Series of 131 Patients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 219-224. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID J. WELSH, ANDREW J. PEACOCK, MARGARET MacLEAN, and MARGARET HARNETT: Chronic Hypoxia Induces Constitutive p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Activity That Correlates with Enhanced Cellular Proliferation in Fibroblasts from Rat Pulmonary But Not Systemic Arteries; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 282-289. [Abstract] [Full text]
YASUSHI HOSHIKAWA, NORBERT F. VOELKEL, TRACY L. GESELL, MARK D. MOORE, KENNETH G. MORRIS, LORI A. ALGER, SHUH NARUMIYA, and MARK W. GERACI: Prostacyclin Receptor-dependent Modulation of Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 314-318. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
HIROSHI KIMURA, OSAMU OKADA, NOBUHIRO TANABE, YOSHIHIRO TANAKA, MASARU TERAI, YUICHI TAKIGUCHI, MASAHISA MASUDA, NOBUYUKI NAKAJIMA, KENZO HIROSHIMA, HIDEKUNI INADERA, KOUJI MATSUSHIMA, and TAKAYUKI KURIYAMA: Plasma Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 and Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 319-324. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep Disordered Breathing and COPD:

R. JOHN KIMOFF, EMILIA SFORZA, VICTORIA CHAMPAGNE, LINDA OFIARA, and DANIEL GENDRON: Upper Airway Sensation in Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 250-255. [Abstract] [Full text]
EDWARD P. INGENITO, JOHN J. REILLY, STEVEN J. MENTZER, SCOTT J. SWANSON, RON VIN, HEIKE KEUHN, ROBERT L. BERGER, and ANDREW HOFFMAN: Bronchoscopic Volume Reduction . A Safe and Effective Alternative to Surgical Therapy for Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 295-301. [Abstract] [Full text]
WILLIAM D. BENNETT, KIRBY L. ZEMAN, CARLA FOY, CHRISTY L. SHAFFER, FRED L. JOHNSON, JEFF A. REGNIS, ARUNA SANNUTI, and JANA JOHNSON: Effect of Aerosolized Uridine 5'-Triphosphate on Mucociliary Clearance in Mild Chronic Bronchitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 302-306. [Abstract] [Full text]