EDITORIALS:

Franco Laghi

Curing the Septic Diaphragm with the Ventilator

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 145-146. [Full Text]  

Darryl C. Zeldin

The 5-Lipoxygenase Pathway . A New Therapeutic Target for the Treatment of Pulmonary Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 146-147. [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

A. Respiratory Muscles:

SATORU EBIHARA, SABAH N. A. HUSSAIN, GAWIYOU DANIALOU, WON-KYUNG CHO, STEWART B. GOTTFRIED, and BASIL J. PETROF

Mechanical Ventilation Protects against Diaphragm Injury in Sepsis . Interaction of Oxidative and Mechanical Stresses

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 221-228. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CATHERINE COIRAULT, FRANCINE LAMBERT, JEAN-CLAUDE POURNY, and YVES LECARPENTIER

Velocity of Actomyosin Sliding in Vitro Is Reduced in Dystrophic Mouse Diaphragm

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 250-253. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. Interstitial Lung Disease:

BEÁTA HUTYROVÁ, PANAGIOTIS PANTELIDIS, JIÍ DRÁBEK, MONIKA ZURKOVÁ, VÍTZSLAV KOLEK, KAREL LENHART, KENNETH I. WELSH, ROLAND M. DU BOIS, and MARTIN PETREK

Interleukin-1 Gene Cluster Polymorphisms in Sarcoidosis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 148-151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

MARC PETERS-GOLDEN, MARC BAILIE, TERESA MARSHALL, CAROL WILKE, SEM H. PHAN, GALEN B. TOEWS, and BETHANY B. MOORE

Protection from Pulmonary Fibrosis in Leukotriene-Deficient Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 229-235. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ARMANDO CAPELLI, ANTONINO DI STEFANO, MIRCO LUSUARDI, ISABELLA GNEMMI, and CLAUDIO F. DONNER

Increased Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1 and Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1 Levels in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Patients Affected by Different Stages of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 236-241. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

KATSUSHI KUROSU, NORIO YUMOTO, WILLIAM N. ROM, YUICHI TAKIGUCHI, JAGIRDAR JAISHREE, KOH NAKATA, KOICHIRO TATSUMI, ATSUO MIKATA, TAKAYUKI KURIYAMA, and MICHAEL D. WEIDEN

Oligoclonal T Cell Expansions in Pulmonary Lymphoproliferative Disorders . Demonstration of the Frequent Occurrence of Oligoclonal T Cells in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 254-259. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Sleep-Disordered Breathing:

DIMITAR SAJKOV, TINGTING WANG, NICHOLAS A. SAUNDERS, ALEXANDRA J. BUNE, and R. DOUGLAS MCEVOY

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment Improves Pulmonary Hemodynamics in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 152-158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

W. WARD FLEMONS and MARLENE A. REIMER

Measurement Properties of the Calgary Sleep Apnea Quality of Life Index

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 159-164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

TOSHIHIDE WATANABE, SHIROH ISONO, ATSUKO TANAKA, HIDEKI TANZAWA, and TAKASHI NISHINO

Contribution of Body Habitus and Craniofacial Characteristics to Segmental Closing Pressures of the Passive Pharynx in Patients with Sleep-Disordered Breathing

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 260-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

D. Mechanical Ventilation:

ANA VILLAGRÁ, ANA OCHAGAVÍA, SARA VATUA, GASTÓN MURIAS, MARIA DEL MAR FERNÁNDEZ, JOSEFINA LOPEZ AGUILAR, RAFAEL FERNÁNDEZ, and LLUIS BLANCH

Recruitment Maneuvers during Lung Protective Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 165-170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

IVAN GOLDSTEIN, FREDERIC WALLET, JEROME ROBERT, MARIE-HELENE BECQUEMIN, CHARLES-HUGO MARQUETTE, JEAN-JACQUES ROUBY, and the Experimental ICU Study Group

Lung Tissue Concentrations of Nebulized Amikacin during Mechanical Ventilation in Piglets with Healthy Lungs

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 171-175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

JAMES A. FRANK, JORGE A. GUTIERREZ, KIRK D. JONES, LENNELL ALLEN, LELAND DOBBS, and MICHAEL A. MATTHAY

Low Tidal Volume Reduces Epithelial and Endothelial Injury in Acid-injured Rat Lungs

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 242-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

E. Asthma and Airway Biology:

HELEN L. RHODES, PETER THOMAS, RICHARD SPORIK, STEPHEN T. HOLGATE, and JEREMY J. COGSWELL

A Birth Cohort Study of Subjects at Risk of Atopy . Twenty-two-year Follow-up of Wheeze and Atopic Status

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 176-180. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

PAOLO PAREDI, SERGEI A. KHARITONOV, and PETER J. BARNES

Faster Rise of Exhaled Breath Temperature in Asthma . A Novel Marker of Airway Inflammation?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 181-184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

ISABELLE PIN, VALÉRIE SIROUX, CHRISTINE CANS, FRANCINE KAUFFMANN, JEAN MACCARIO, CHRISTOPHE PISON, and MARIE-HÉLÈNE DIZIER

Familial Resemblance of Asthma Severity in the EGEA* Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 185-189. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

WENDY J. UNGAR, KENNETH R. CHAPMAN, and MARIA T. SANTOS

Assessment of a Medication-Based Asthma Index for Population Research

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 190-194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

WILLIAM M. VOLLMER, LEONA E. MARKSON, ELIZABETH O'CONNOR, E. ANN FRAZIER, MARC BERGER, and A. SONIA BUIST

Association of Asthma Control with Health Care Utilization . A Prospective Evaluation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 195-199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

TAKAHIDE NAGASE, SATOSHI ISHII, HIDEO SHINDOU, YASUYOSHI OUCHI, and TAKAO SHIMIZU

Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Platelet Activating Factor Receptor Is Mediated by an Atropine-Sensitive Pathway

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 200-205. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ANNETTE T. HASTIE, WALTER K. KRAFT, KRISTIN B. NYCE, JAMES G. ZANGRILLI, ALI I. MUSANI, JAMES E. FISH, and STEPHEN P. PETERS

Asthmatic Epithelial Cell Proliferation and Stimulation of Collagen Production . Human Asthmatic Epithelial Cells Stimulate Collagen Type III Production by Human Lung Myofibroblasts after Segmental Allergen Challenge

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 266-272. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Pediatric Lung Disease:

BELKACEM BOUFERRACHE, SLAVI FILTCHEV, ANDRÉ LEKE, MICHEL FREVILLE, JORGE GALLEGO, and CLAUDE GAULTIER

Comparison of the Hyperoxic Test and the Alternate Breath Test in Infants

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 206-210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

G. Lung Infection:

HARALD HERKNER, MICHAEL ROLF MÜLLER, NICOLE KREISCHITZ, BERNHARD X. MAYER, MARTIN FROSSARD, CHRISTIAN JOUKHADAR, NIKOLAS KLEIN, EDITH LACKNER, and MARKUS MÜLLER

Closed-Chest Microdialysis to Measure Antibiotic Penetration into Human Lung Tissue

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 273-276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

H. Transplantation:

MARC DE PERROT, YASUO SEKINE, STEFAN FISCHER, THOMAS K. WADDELL, KAREN MCRAE, MINGYAO LIU, DENNIS A. WIGLE, and SHAF KESHAVJEE

Interleukin-8 Release during Early Reperfusion Predicts Graft Function in Human Lung Transplantation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 211-215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

KAI NOWAK, MARKUS KAMLER, MATTHIAS BOCK, JOHANN MOTSCH, SIEGFRIED HAGL, HEINZ JAKOB, and MARTHA-MARIA GEBHARD

Bronchial Artery Revascularization Affects Graft Recovery after Lung Transplantation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 216-220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Consensus Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias . This Joint Statement of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors, June 2001 and by The ERS Executive Committee, June 2001

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 277-304. [Full Text]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Holger Hein, Kathe G. Henke, and Samuel T. Kuna

IS SHAM CPAP A TRUE PLACEBO?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 305. [Full Text]  

George W. Comstock, Zachary Taylor, and Richard J. O'Brien

ONE SIZE FITS ALL?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 305a. [Full Text]  

Albert Miller, Joris Van Cleemput, Hilda De Raeve, Johnny Verschakelen, and Benoit Nemery

PLEURAL PLAQUES AND LUNG FUNCTION

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 305b-306. [Full Text]  

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