EDITORIALS:

Benjamin Gaston and John F. Hunt

How Acidopneic Is My Patient? A New Question in the Pulmonary Laboratory

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1349-1350 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy J. Williams

Stalking the Chemokine

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1350-1351 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Klaus F. Rabe

On Theophylline, Leukocytes, and Chicken Soup

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1351-1352 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CLINICAL COMMENTARY:

Erica Messerole, Pam Peine, Sue Wittkopp, John J. Marini, and Richard K. Albert

The Pragmatics of Prone Positioning

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1359-1363 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Nicola A. Hanania, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Roger Barber, and Burton F. Dickey

ß-Agonist Intrinsic Efficacy: Measurement and Clinical Significance

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1353-1358 [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

ARTICLES:

A. Inflammatory Airway Disease:

Konstantinos Kostikas, Georgios Papatheodorou, Konstantinos Ganas, Konstantinos Psathakis, Panos Panagou, and Stelios Loukides

pH in Expired Breath Condensate of Patients with Inflammatory Airway Diseases

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1364-1370 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Sarah V. Culpitt, Carmen de Matos, Richard E. Russell, Louise E. Donnelly, Duncan F. Rogers, and Peter J. Barnes

Effect of Theophylline on Induced Sputum Inflammatory Indices and Neutrophil Chemotaxis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1371-1376 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marina Saetta, Margherita Mariani, Paola Panina-Bordignon, Graziella Turato, Cecilia Buonsanti, Simonetta Baraldo, Cinzia M. Bellettato, Alberto Papi, Lorenzo Corbetta, Renzo Zuin, Francesco Sinigaglia, and Leonardo M. Fabbri

Increased Expression of the Chemokine Receptor CXCR3 and Its Ligand CXCL10 in Peripheral Airways of Smokers with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1404-1409 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Asthma:

Richard J. Martin, Stanley J. Szefler, Vernon M. Chinchilli, Monica Kraft, Myrna Dolovich, Homer A. Boushey, Reuben M. Cherniack, Timothy J. Craig, Jeffrey M. Drazen, Joanne K. Fagan, John V. Fahy, James E. Fish, Jean G. Ford, Elliott Israel, Susan J. Kunselman, Stephen C. Lazarus, Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., Stephen P. Peters, and Christine A. Sorkness

Systemic Effect Comparisons of Six Inhaled Corticosteroid Preparations

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1377-1383 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

D. Airway Biology:

Edward G. Barrett, Julie A. Wilder, Thomas H. March, Teresa Espindola, and David E. Bice

Cigarette Smoke-induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness Is Not Dependent on Elevated Immunoglobulin and Eosinophilic Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Allergic Airway Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1410-1418 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Karl Balabanian, Arnaud Foussat, Peter Dorfmüller, Ingrid Durand-Gasselin, Francis Capel, Laurence Bouchet-Delbos, Alain Portier, Anne Marfaing-Koka, Roman Krzysiek, Anne-Cécile Rimaniol, Gérald Simonneau, Dominique Emilie, and Marc Humbert

CX₃C Chemokine Fractalkine in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1419-1425 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Pediatric Lung Disease:

Claude Danan, Marie-Laure Franco, Pierre-Henri Jarreau, Gilles Dassieu, Bernadette Chailley-Heu, Jacques Bourbon, and Christophe Delacourt

High Concentrations of Keratinocyte Growth Factor in Airways of Premature Infants Predicted Absence of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1384-1387 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole Beydon, Francis Amsallem, Michèle Bellet, Michèle Boule, Michèle Chaussain, André Denjean, Régis Matran, Bernard Wuyam, Corinne Alberti, and Claude Gaultier

Pre/Postbronchodilator Interrupter Resistance Values in Healthy Young Children

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1388-1394 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Sleep-disordered Breathing:

Raouf S. Amin, Thomas R. Kimball, Judy A. Bean, Jenny L. Jeffries, J. Paul Willging, Robin T. Cotton, Sandra A. Witt, Betty J. Glascock, and Steven R. Daniels

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Abnormal Ventricular Geometry in Children and Adolescents with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1395-1399 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Respiratory Regulation:

Fumiko Yamamoto and Takashi Nishino

Phasic Vagal Influence on the Rate and Timing of Reflex Swallowing

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1400-1403 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Sepsis:

Jeremy A. Scott, Sanjay Mehta, Michele Duggan, Aurelia Bihari, and David G. McCormack

Functional Inhibition of Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthase in a Rat Model of Sepsis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1426-1432 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Liquid Ventilation:

Helene A. Haeberle, Frances Nesti, Hans-Juergen Dieterich, Zoran Gatalica, and Roberto P. Garofalo

Perflubron Reduces Lung Inflammation in Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection by Inhibiting Chemokine Expression and Nuclear Factor–B Activation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1433-1438 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Lung Transplantation:

Steven R. Duncan, Colm Leonard, James Theodore, Mark Lega, Reda E. Girgis, Glenn D. Rosen, and Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos

Oligoclonal CD4⁺ T Cell Expansions in Lung Transplant Recipients with Obliterative Bronchiolitis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1439-1444 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Pulmonary Inflammation:

Jaklien C. Leemans, Margriet J. B. M. Vervoordeldonk, Sandrine Florquin, Kok P. van Kessel, and Tom van der Poll

Differential Role of Interleukin-6 in Lung Inflammation Induced by Lipoteichoic Acid and Peptidoglycan from Staphylococcus aureus

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1445-1450 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Mohammad R. Khoshnevis, Talmadge E. King, Jr., and Janet Tooze

Histopathology and prediction of survival in usual interstitial pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1451-1452 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathleen J. Welch, Anne Morse, and Ajit Lalvani

Improving tuberculin skin testing in hiv-infected individuals

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1452 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anindo K. Banerjee, Pamela H. Rabbitts, P. Jeremy M. George, Luc Thiberville, Suzana Bota, Jean-Bernard Auliac, Christophe Paris, Josette Métayer, Georges Nouvet, and Richard Sesboüé

Are all high-grade preinvasive lesions premalignant, and should they all be treated?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1452-1453 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ira Finegold, Robert Q. Lanier, William Berger, and Michael Blaiss

Immunotherapy for asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1453-1454 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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