AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (164 4)

Sebastian L. Johnston: Is Chlamydia pneumoniae Important in Asthma? . The First Controlled Trial of Therapy Leaves the Question Unanswered; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 513-514. [Full text]
Jørgen Vestbo: Another Piece of the Inhaled Corticosteroids-in-COPD Puzzle; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 514-515. [Full text]
William S. Beckett: The Air Pollution Detectives; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 515-516. [Full text]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

STEVEN IDELL: Anticoagulants for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome . Can They Work?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 517-520. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

SØREN PEDERSEN: Do Inhaled Corticosteroids Inhibit Growth in Children?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 521-535. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Air Pollution:

STEPHANIE A. SHORE, IGOR N. SCHWARTZMAN, BRIAN LE BLANC, G. G. KRISHNA MURTHY, and CLAIRE M. DOERSCHUK: Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 2 Contributes to Ozone-induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 602-607. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANDREW J. GHIO and ROBERT B. DEVLIN: Inflammatory Lung Injury after Bronchial Instillation of Air Pollution Particles; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 704-708. [Abstract] [Full text]

Asthma and Airway Biology:

PETER N. BLACK, FRANCESCO BLASI, CHRISTINE R. JENKINS, RAFFAELE SCICCHITANO, GRAHAM D. MILLS, ABRAHAM R. RUBINFELD, RICHARD E. RUFFIN, PETER R. MULLINS, JOSETTE DANGAIN, BRUCE C. COOPER, DENISE BEM DAVID, and LUIGI ALLEGRA: Trial of Roxithromycin in Subjects with Asthma and Serological Evidence of Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 536-541. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHARLES D. POIRIER, NEIL INHABER, RICHARD G. LALONDE, and PIERRE ERNST: Prevalence of Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness Among HIV-Infected Men; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 542-545. [Abstract] [Full text]
VICKI L. CLIFTON, WARWICK B. GILES, ROGER SMITH, ANDREW T. BISITS, PHILIP A. J. HEMPENSTALL, CAROLYN G. KESSELL, and PETER G. GIBSON: Alterations of Placental Vascular Function in Asthmatic Pregnancies; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 546-553. [Abstract] [Full text]
KIM G. NIELSEN and HANS BISGAARD: Discriminative Capacity of Bronchodilator Response Measured with Three Different Lung Function Techniques in Asthmatic and Healthy Children Aged 2 to 5 Years; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 554-559. [Abstract] [Full text]
S. O'SULLIVAN, L. CORMICAN, J. L. FAUL, S. ICHINOHE, S. L. JOHNSTON, C. M. BURKE, and L. W. POULTER: Activated, Cytotoxic CD8⁺ T Lymphocytes Contribute to the Pathology of Asthma Death; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 560-564. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTTI KARJALAINEN, KARI KURPPA, RAMI MARTIKAINEN, TIMO KLAUKKA, and JUSSI KARJALAINEN: Work Is Related to a Substantial Portion of Adult-onset Asthma Incidence in the Finnish Population; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 565-568. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARK D. INMAN, RICHARD M. WATSON, TACY RERECICH, GAIL M. GAUVREAU, BARRY N. LUTSKY, PAUL STRYSZAK, and PAUL M. O'BYRNE: Dose-dependent Effects of Inhaled Mometasone Furoate on Airway Function and Inflammation After Allergen Inhalation Challenge; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 569-574. [Abstract] [Full text]
NOBUHISA TERADA, NANAKO HAMANO, WOO JEONG KIM, KOICHI HIRAI, TOSHIHARU NAKAJIMA, HIROKAZU YAMADA, HIROSHI KAWASAKI, TETSUJI YAMASHITA, HIROHISA KISHI, TOMOHIRO NOMURA, TSUTOMU NUMATA, OSAMU YOSHIE, and AKIYOSHI KONNO: The Kinetics of Allergen-induced Eotaxin Level in Nasal Lavage Fluid . Its Key Role in Eosinophil Recruitment in Nasal Mucosa; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 575-579. [Abstract] [Full text]
AKIRA SUTO, HIROSHI NAKAJIMA, SHIN-ICHIRO KAGAMI, KOTARO SUZUKI, YASUSHI SAITO, and ITSUO IWAMOTO: Role of CD4⁺ CD25⁺ Regulatory T Cells in T Helper 2 Cell-mediated Allergic Inflammation in the Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 680-687. [Abstract] [Full text]
MATTHEW P. HALLSWORTH, LYN M. MOIR, DILYS LAI, and STUART J. HIRST: Inhibitors of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases Differentially Regulate Eosinophil-activating Cytokine Release from Human Airway Smooth Muscle; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 688-697. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

DON D. SIN and JACK V. TU: Inhaled Corticosteroids and the Risk of Mortality and Readmission In Elderly Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 580-584. [Abstract] [Full text]
SIMONETTA BALDI, MASSIMO MINIATI, CALOGERO RICCARDO BELLINA, LUIGI BATTOLLA, GIOSUÉ CATAPANO, ENRICO BEGLIOMINI, DAVIDE GIUSTINI, and CARLO GIUNTINI: Relationship between Extent of Pulmonary Emphysema by High-resolution Computed Tomography and Lung Elastic Recoil in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 585-589. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
TALITHA L. FEENSTRA, MARIANNE L. L. van GENUGTEN, RUDOLF T. HOOGENVEEN, EMIEL F. WOUTERS, and MAUREEN P. M. H. RUTTEN-van MÖLKEN: The Impact of Aging and Smoking on the Future Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . A Model Analysis in the Netherlands; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 590-596. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
SILKE HEINDL, MATTHIAS LEHNERT, CARL-PETER CRIÉE, GERD HASENFUSS, and STEFAN ANDREAS: Marked Sympathetic Activation in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 597-601. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]

Critical Care:

ANDREW D. BERSTEN, TAMARA HUNT, TERRENCE E. NICHOLAS, and IAN R. DOYLE: Elevated Plasma Surfactant Protein-B Predicts Development of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 648-652. [Abstract] [Full text]
ULRICH SCHNYDER, HANSPETER MOERGELI, OTMAR TRENTZ, RICHARD KLAGHOFER, and CLAUS BUDDEBERG: Prediction of Psychiatric Morbidity in Severely Injured Accident Victims at One-year Follow-up; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 653-656. [Abstract] [Full text]

Interstitial Lung Disease:

DAVID NEAL FRANZ, ALAN BRODY, CRISTOPHER MEYER, JENNIFER LEONARD, GAIL CHUCK, SANDRA DABORA, GOPALAN SETHURAMAN, THOMAS V. COLBY, DAVID J. KWIATKOWSKI, and FRANCIS X. MCCORMACK: Mutational and Radiographic Analysis of Pulmonary Disease Consistent with Lymphangioleiomyomatosis and Micronodular Pneumocyte Hyperplasia in Women with Tuberous Sclerosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 661-668. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOEL MOSS, NILO A. AVILA, PAULINE M. BARNES, RUTH A. LITZENBERGER, JEANMARIE BECHTLE, PAMELA G. BROOKS, CAROLYN J. HEDIN, SALLY HUNSBERGER, and ARNOLD S. KRISTOF: Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) in Patients with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 669-671. [Abstract] [Full text]

Lung Transplantation:

JUSSI M. TIKKANEN, ERKKI A. KALLIO, CATHRIEN A. BRUGGEMAN, PETRI K. KOSKINEN, and KARL B. LEMSTRÖM: Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Infection-enhanced Experimental Obliterative Bronchiolitis by Antiviral Prophylaxis or Immunosuppression in Rat Tracheal Allografts; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 672-679. [Abstract] [Full text]

Mechanical Ventilation:

LAURENT MARTIN-LEFÈVRE, JEAN-DAMIEN RICARD, ERIC ROUPIE, DIDIER DREYFUSS, and GEORGES SAUMON: Significance of the Changes in the Respiratory System Pressure-Volume Curve during Acute Lung Injury in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 627-632. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
SAMIR JABER, ANNALISA CARLUCCI, MOHAMED BOUSSARSAR, REDOUANE FODIL, JÉRÔME PIGEOT, SALVATORE MAGGIORE, ALAIN HARF, DANIEL ISABEY, and LAURENT BROCHARD: Helium-Oxygen in the Postextubation Period Decreases Inspiratory Effort; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 633-637. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHELE VITACCA, NICOLINO AMBROSINO, ENRICO CLINI, ROBERTO PORTA, CIRO RAMPULLA, BARBARA LANINI, and STEFANO NAVA: Physiological Response to Pressure Support Ventilation Delivered before and after Extubation in Patients Not Capable of Totally Spontaneous Autonomous Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 638-641. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
LLUIS BLANCH, THOMAS E. VAN der KLOOT, A. MELYNNE YOUNGBLOOD, GASTON MURIAS, ALBERTO NAVEIRA, ALEX B. ADAMS, PABLO V. ROMERO, and AVI NAHUM: Application of Tracheal Gas Insufflation to Acute Unilateral Lung Injury in an Experimental Model; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 642-647. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]

Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

THOMAS P. DOYLE, JAMES E. LOYD, and IVAN M. ROBBINS: Percutaneous Pulmonary Artery and Vein Stenting . A Novel Treatment for Mediastinal Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 657-660. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOAN A. BARBERÀ, VICTOR I. PEINADO, SALUD SANTOS, JOSEP RAMIREZ, JOSEP ROCA, and ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-ROISIN: Reduced Expression of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Pulmonary Arteries of Smokers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 709-713. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]

Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Control of Breathing:

JOSEP M. MONTSERRAT, MONTSERRAT FERRER, LOURDES HERNANDEZ, RAMÓN FARRÉ, GEMMA VILAGUT, DANIEL NAVAJAS, JOAN R. BADIA, EVA CARRASCO, JUAN DE PABLO, and EUGENI BALLESTER: Effectiveness of CPAP Treatment in Daytime Function in Sleep Apnea Syndrome . A Randomized Controlled Study with an Optimized Placebo; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 608-613. [Abstract] [Full text]
HELMUT TESCHLER, JENS DÖHRING, YOU-MING WANG, and MICHAEL BERTHON-JONES: Adaptive Pressure Support Servo-Ventilation . A Novel Treatment for Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in Heart Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 614-619. [Abstract] [Full text]
HUGH L. PREAS, II, AMAL JUBRAN, R. WILLIAM VANDIVIER, DEBRA REDA, PAUL J. GODIN, STEVEN M. BANKS, MARTIN J. TOBIN, and ANTHONY F. SUFFREDINI: Effect of Endotoxin on Ventilation and Breath Variability . Role of Cyclooxygenase Pathway; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 620-626. [Abstract] [Full text]
RAANAN ARENS, JOSEPH M. McDONOUGH, ANDREW T. COSTARINO, SOROOSH MAHBOUBI, CATHERINE E. TAYAG-KIER, GREG MAISLIN, RICHARD J. SCHWAB, and ALLAN I. PACK: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Upper Airway Structure of Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 698-703. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]