AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (November 1 2001, 164 [9])

EDITORIALS:

Andrew G. Nicholson, Athol U. Wells, Departments of Histopathologyand Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, and UK: Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia $-$ Nobody Said It's Perfect; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1553-1554 [Full Text] [PDF]

Christian Brun-Buisson and François Lemaire: Administration of Antibiotics for Pneumonia during Respiratory Failure: Reaching the Target; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1554-1555 [Full Text] [PDF]

James C. Hogg: Viral Infection and Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1555-1556 [Full Text] [PDF]

OCCASIONAL ESSAYS:

CHRISTIAN BRUN-BUISSON: New Technologies and Infection Control Practices to Prevent Intravascular Catheter-related Infections; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1557-1558 [Full Text] [PDF]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

RICHARD DEBIGARÉ, CLAUDE H. CÔTÉ, and FRANÇOIS MALTAIS: Peripheral Muscle Wasting in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . Clinical Relevance and Mechanisms; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1712-1717 [Full Text] [PDF]

STATE OF THE ART:

LUCIANO GATTINONI, PIETRO CAIRONI, PAOLO PELOSI, and LAWRENCE R. GOODMAN: What Has Computed Tomography Taught Us about the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1701-1711 [Full Text] [PDF]

YEAR IN REVIEW:

MARTIN J. TOBIN: Asthma, Airway Biology, and Allergic Rhinitis in AJRCCM 2000; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1559-1580 [Full Text] [PDF]

MARTIN J. TOBIN: Pediatrics, Surfactant, and Cystic Fibrosis in AJRCCM 2000; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1581-1594 [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

A. Interstitial Lung Disease:

KEVIN R. FLAHERTY, WILLIAM D. TRAVIS, THOMAS V. COLBY, GALEN B. TOEWS, ELLA A. KAZEROONI, BARRY H. GROSS, ARVIND JAIN, ROBERT L. STRAWDERMAN, III, ANDREW FLINT, JOSEPH P. LYNCH, III, and FERNANDO J. MARTINEZ: Histopathologic Variability in Usual and Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonias; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1722-1727 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

B. Critical Care:

AXEL R. FRANZ, WOLFGANG RÖHLKE, RALF P. FRANKE, MICHAEL EBSEN, FRANK POHLANDT, and HELMUT D. HUMMLER: Pulmonary Administration of Perfluorodecaline- Gentamicin and Perfluorodecaline- Vancomycin Emulsions; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1595-1600 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

DAVID R. THICKETT, LYNNE ARMSTRONG, SUSAN J. CHRISTIE, and ANN B. MILLAR: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor May Contribute to Increased Vascular Permeability in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1601-1605 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

C. Noninvasive Ventilation:

PETER C. GAY, DEAN R. HESS, and NICHOLAS S. HILL: Noninvasive Proportional Assist Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Insufficiency . Comparison with Pressure Support Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1606-1611 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

BERND SCHÖNHOFER, KIRSTEN VON SYDOW, THOMAS BUCHER, MARCO NIETSCH, STEFAN SUCHI, DIETER KÖHLER, and PAUL W. JONES: Sexuality in Patients with Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Due to Chronic Respiratory Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1612-1617 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Bronchiectasis:

TERENCE SEEMUNGAL, RHIAN HARPER-OWEN, ANGSHU BHOWMIK, IVANA MORIC, GWENDOLYN SANDERSON, SIMON MESSAGE, PETER MACCALLUM, THOMAS W. MEADE, DONALD J. JEFFRIES, SEBASTIAN L. JOHNSTON, and JADWIGA A. WEDZICHA: Respiratory Viruses, Symptoms, and Inflammatory Markers in Acute Exacerbations and Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1618-1623 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CHARLES F. EMERY, VANESSA J. HONN, DAVID J. FRID, KIM R. LEBOWITZ, and PHILIP T. DIAZ: Acute Effects of Exercise on Cognition in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1624-1627 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

JOAQUIM ANGRILL, CARLES AGUSTÍ, ROSA DE CELIS, XAVIER FILELLA, ANA RAÑÓ, MONTSERRAT ELENA, JORDI PUIG DE LA BELLACASA, ANTONI XAUBET, and ANTONI TORRES: Bronchial Inflammation and Colonization in Patients with Clinically Stable Bronchiectasis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1628-1632 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

E. Airway Biology:

CHARLES I. EZEAMUZIE, JALAJA SUKUMARAN, and ELIZABETH PHILIPS: Effect of Wortmannin on Human Eosinophil Responses in Vitro and on Bronchial Inflammation and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Guinea Pigs in Vivo; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1633-1639 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ALEXANDRE DUGUET, CHONG-GANG WANG, RUTE GOMES, HEBERTO GHEZZO, DAVID H. EIDELMAN, and ROBERT S. TEPPER: Greater Velocity and Magnitude of Airway Narrowing in Immature Than in Mature Rabbit Lung Explants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1728-1733 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

F. Asthma:

PARAYA ASSANASEN, FUAD M. BAROODY, EDWARD NAURECKAS, JULIAN SOLWAY, and ROBERT M. NACLERIO: The Nasal Passage of Subjects with Asthma Has a Decreased Ability to Warm and Humidify Inspired Air; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1640-1646 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

CHRIS WARD, DAVID P. JOHNS, ROS BISH, MIKE PAIS, DAVID W. REID, CORRIE INGRAM, BRYCE FELTIS, and E. HAYDN WALTERS: Reduced Airway Distensibility, Fixed Airflow Limitation, and Airway Wall Remodeling in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1718-1721 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

G. Lung Function Epidemiology:

RAIDA I. HARIK-KHAN, JEROME L. FLEG, DENIS C. MULLER, and ROBERT A. WISE: The Effect of Anthropometric and Socioeconomic Factors on the Racial Difference in Lung Function; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1647-1654 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DANIEL J. GOTTLIEB, JEMMA B. WILK, MICHAEL HARMON, JANE C. EVANS, OSCAR JOOST, DANIEL LEVY, GEORGE T. O'CONNOR, and RICHARD H. MYERS: Heritability of Longitudinal Change in Lung Function . The Framingham Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1655-1659 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

H. Environmental Lung Disease:

ANDREA J. VENN, HAILE YEMANEBERHAN, ZEGEYE BEKELE, SARAH A. LEWIS, ELDRYD PARRY, and JOHN BRITTON: Increased Risk of Allergy Associated with the Use of Kerosene Fuel in the Home; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1660-1664 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

A. NEMMAR, H. VANBILLOEN, M. F. HOYLAERTS, P. H. M. HOET, A. VERBRUGGEN, and B. NEMERY: Passage of Intratracheally Instilled Ultrafine Particles from the Lung into the Systemic Circulation in Hamster; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1665-1668 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

I. Respiratory Muscles:

RUSS CIUFO, ANTHONY DIMARCO, DANIEL STOFAN, DAVID NETHERY, and GERALD SUPINSKI: Dichloroacetate Reduces Diaphragmatic Lactate Formation But Impairs Respiratory Performance; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1669-1674 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

MAURICIO OROZCO-LEVI, JOSEP LLORETA, JOAN MINGUELLA, SERGI SERRANO, JOAN M. BROQUETAS, and JOAQUIM GEA: Injury of the Human Diaphragm Associated with Exertion and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1734-1739 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Oxygen Therapy:

ALLAN I. PACK, JED E. BLACK, JONATHAN R. L. SCHWARTZ, and JEAN K. MATHESON: Modafinil as Adjunct Therapy for Daytime Sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1675-1681 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

JULIO SANDOVAL, JANET S. AGUIRRE, TOMÁS PULIDO, MARIA LUISA MARTINEZ-GUERRA, EFRÉN SANTOS, PEDRO ALVARADO, MARTIN ROSAS, and EDGAR BAUTISTA: Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy in Patients with the Eisenmenger Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1682-1687 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K. Lung Cancer:

SUZANA BOTA, JEAN-BERNARD AULIAC, CHRISTOPHE PARIS, JOSETTE MÉTAYER, RICHARD SESBOÜÉ, GEORGES NOUVET, and LUC THIBERVILLE: Follow-up of Bronchial Precancerous Lesions and Carcinoma in Situ Using Fluorescence Endoscopy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1688-1693 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

L. Pulmonary Hypertension:

RALPH THEO SCHERMULY, ELENA KRUPNIK, HERRMANN TENOR, CHRISTIAN SCHUDT, NORBERT WEISSMANN, FRANK ROSE, FRIEDRICH GRIMMINGER, WERNER SEEGER, DIETER WALMRATH, and HOSSEIN ARDESCHIR GHOFRANI: Coaerosolization of Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors Markedly Enhances the Pulmonary Vasodilatory Response to Inhaled Iloprost in Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension . Maintenance of Lung Selectivity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1694-1700 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Francesco Pistelli: ERRATUM: SMOOTH REFERENCE EQUATIONS FOR SLOW VITAL CAPACITY AND FLOW-VOLUME CURVE INDEXES; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1740 [Full Text] [PDF]

Päivi Maisi, Timo Sorsa, Saara M. Raulo, Kaiu Prikk, Ruth Sepper, Bruce McGorum, and Elizabeth A. Becky Kelly: INCREASED MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE (MMP)-9 IN THE AIRWAY AFTER ALLERGEN CHALLENGE; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1740-1741 [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew J. Ghio, Victor Roggli, and Richard W. Light: TALC SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR PLEURODESIS IN PATIENTS WITH NONMALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 164: 1741 [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]