AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (164 3)

David F. Dinges: Sleep in Space Flight . Breath Easy $-$ Sleep Less?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 337-338. [Full text]
Didier Pittet, Philippe Eggimann, and Bina Rubinovitch: Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia by Oral Decontamination . Just Another SDD Study?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 338-339. [Full text]
Steven D. Shapiro: End-Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . The Cigarette Is Burned out but Inflammation Rages on; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 339-340. [Full text]

UPDATE IN NONPULMONARY CRITICAL CARE:

J. JAVIER PROVENCIO, THOMAS P. BLECK, and ALFRED F. CONNORS, Jr.: Critical Care Neurology; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 341-345. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

CARL E. HUNT: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Other Causes of Infant Mortality . Diagnosis, Mechanisms, and Risk for Recurrence in Siblings; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 346-357. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airway Biology and Disease:

RICHARD E. KANNER, NICHOLAS R. ANTHONISEN, and JOHN E. CONNETT: Lower Respiratory Illnesses Promote FEV₁ Decline in Current Smokers But Not Ex-Smokers with Mild Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . Results from the Lung Health Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 358-364. [Abstract] [Full text]
AIDAN O'BRIEN, PATRICIA RUSSO-MAGNO, ARJUN KARKI, SONCHAI HIRANNIRAMOL, MARQUETTE HARDIN, MARYANN KASZUBA, CHARLES SHERMAN, and SHARON ROUNDS: Effects of Withdrawal of Inhaled Steroids in Men with Severe Irreversible Airflow Obstruction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 365-371. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
DAVID B. COULTAS, DOUGLAS MAPEL, ROBERT GAGNON, and EVA LYDICK: The Health Impact of Undiagnosed Airflow Obstruction in a National Sample of United States Adults; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 372-377. [Abstract] [Full text]
JUN TAMAOKI, MITSUKO KONDO, HISATOSHI KURODA, KAZUTETSU AOSHIBA, KIYOSHI TAKEYAMA, JUNKO NAKATA, and ATSUSHI NAGAI: Validity and Safety of Sputum Induction by Inhaled Uridine 5'-Triphosphate; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 378-381. [Abstract] [Full text]
IVAN RETAMALES, W. MARK ELLIOTT, BERNARD MESHI, HARVEY O. COXSON, PETER D. PARE, FRANK C. SCIURBA, ROBERT M. ROGERS, SHIZU HAYASHI, and JAMES C. HOGG: Amplification of Inflammation in Emphysema and Its Association with Latent Adenoviral Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 469-473. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
PETER R. A. JOHNSON, MICHAEL ROTH, MICHAEL TAMM, MARGARET HUGHES, QI GE, GREG KING, JANETTE K. BURGESS, and JUDITH L. BLACK: Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation Is Increased in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 474-477. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

DENNIS C. J. J. BERGMANS, MARC J. M. BONTEN, CARLO A. GAILLARD, JOHAN C. PALING, SIEBE van der GEEST, FRANK H. van TIEL, ANTON J. BEYSENS, PETER W. de LEEUW, and ELLEN E. STOBBERINGH: Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia by Oral Decontamination . A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 382-388. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
CHRISTOPHE ADRIE, MARIA BACHELET, MURIEL VAYSSIER-TAUSSAT, FRANÇOISE RUSSO-MARIE, ISABELLE BOUCHAERT, MINOU ADIB-CONQUY, JEAN-MARC CAVAILLON, MICHAEL R. PINSKY, JEAN-FRANÇOIS DHAINAUT, and BARBARA S. POLLA: Mitochondrial Membrane Potential and Apoptosis Peripheral Blood Monocytes in Severe Human Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 389-395. [Abstract] [Full text]
STEPHAN HARBARTH, KATARINA HOLECKOVA, CÉLINE FROIDEVAUX, DIDIER PITTET, BARA RICOU, GEORGES E. GRAU, LASZLO VADAS, JÉRÔME PUGIN, and the Geneva Sepsis Network: Diagnostic Value of Procalcitonin, Interleukin-6, and Interleukin-8 in Critically Ill Patients Admitted with Suspected Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 396-402. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
ERIC MAURY, JEAN GUGLIELMINOTTI, MARC ALZIEU, BERTRAND GUIDET, and GEORGES OFFENSTADT: Ultrasonic Examination . An Alternative to Chest Radiography after Central Venous Catheter Insertion?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 403-405. [Abstract] [Full text]
ULRICH MAUS, JULIA HUWE, REGINA MAUS, WERNER SEEGER, and JÜRGEN LOHMEYER: Alveolar JE/MCP-1 and Endotoxin Synergize to Provoke Lung Cytokine Upregulation, Sequential Neutrophil and Monocyte Influx, and Vascular Leakage in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 406-411. [Abstract] [Full text]
HARTWIG SCHÜTTE, KONSTANTIN MAYER, HEIKO BURGER, MARTIN WITZENRATH, TOBIAS GESSLER, WERNER SEEGER, and FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER: Endogenous Nitric Oxide Synthesis and Vascular Leakage in Ischemic-Reperfused Rabbit Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 412-418. [Abstract] [Full text]
JENNIFER BECK, STEWART B. GOTTFRIED, PAOLO NAVALESI, YOANNA SKROBIK, NORMAN COMTOIS, MAURO ROSSINI, and CHRISTER SINDERBY: Electrical Activity of the Diaphragm during Pressure Support Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 419-424. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]

Cystic Fibrosis:

ALEXANDRA HEBESTREIT, ULRICH KERSTING, BETTINA BASLER, REINHARD JESCHKE, and HELGE HEBESTREIT: Exercise Inhibits Epithelial Sodium Channels in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 443-446. [Abstract] [Full text]
NIEK N. SANDERS, ELSA VAN ROMPAEY, STEFAAN C. DE SMEDT, and JOSEPH DEMEESTER: Structural Alterations of Gene Complexes by Cystic Fibrosis Sputum; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 486-493. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Lung Disease:

AMY B. GOLDSTEIN, ROBERT G. CASTILE, STEPHANIE D. DAVIS, DAVID A. FILBRUN, ROBERT L. FLUCKE, KAREN S. McCOY, and ROBERT S. TEPPER: Bronchodilator Responsiveness in Normal Infants and Young Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 447-454. [Abstract] [Full text]
SARA H. DOWNS, TERESA Z. MITAKAKIS, GUY B. MARKS, N. GEORGE CAR, ELENA G. BELOUSOVA, JÖRG D. LEÜPPI, WEI XUAN, SUE R. DOWNIE, AURELIO TOBIAS, and JENNIFER K. PEAT: Clinical Importance of Alternaria Exposure in Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 455-459. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
APURWA S. NAIK, SUHAS G. KALLAPUR, CINDY J. BACHURSKI, ALAN H. JOBE, JACEK MICHNA, BORIS W. KRAMER, and MACHIKO IKEGAMI: Effects of Ventilation with Different Positive End-expiratory Pressures on Cytokine Expression in the Preterm Lamb Lung; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 494-498. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]

Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Neuromuscular Control of Breathing:

KEVIN R. FLAHERTY, JOHN WALD, IDELLE M. WEISMAN, R. JORGE ZEBALLOS, M. ANTHONY SCHORK, MILA BLAIVAS, MELVYN RUBENFIRE, and FERNANDO J. MARTINEZ: Unexplained Exertional Limitation . Characterization of Patients with a Mitochondrial Myopathy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 425-432. [Abstract] [Full text]
GABRIEL DIMITRIOU, ANNE GREENOUGH, GERRARD F. RAFFERTY, and JOHN MOXHAM: Effect of Maturity on Maximal Transdiaphragmatic Pressure in Infants during Crying; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 433-436. [Abstract] [Full text]
HITOSHI NAKANO, SHIN-DA LEE, ANDREW D. RAY, JOHN A. KRASNEY, and GASPAR A. FARKAS: Role of Nitric Oxide in Thermoregulation and Hypoxic Ventilatory Response in Obese Zucker Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 437-442. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANN. R. ELLIOTT, STEVEN A. SHEA, DERK-JAN DIJK, JAMES K. WYATT, EYMARD RIEL, DAVID F. NERI, CHARLES A. CZEISLER, JOHN B. WEST, and G. KIM PRISK: Microgravity Reduces Sleep-disordered Breathing in Humans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 478-485. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]

Miscellaneous:

CHRISTINA L. ABOYOUN, MICHAEL TAMM, PRASHANT N. CHHAJED, PETER HOPKINS, MONIQUE A. MALOUF, STEPHEN RAINER, and ALLAN R. GLANVILLE: Diagnostic Value of Follow-up Transbronchial Lung Biopsy after Lung Rejection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 460-463. [Abstract] [Full text]
LUCY B. PALMER, KIRAM ALBULAK, SUZANNE FIELDS, ANN MARIE FILKIN, SANFORD SIMON, and GERALD C. SMALDONE: Oral Clearance and Pathogenic Oropharyngeal Colonization in the Elderly; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 464-468. [Abstract] [Full text]
PASCAL DUMORTIER, INGRID BROUCKE, and PAUL DE VUYST: Pseudoasbestos Bodies and Fibers in Bronchoalveolar Lavage of Refractory Ceramic Fiber Users; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 499-503. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]