AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (March 15 2002, 165 [6])

EDITORIALS:

David Warburton: Sound the Tocsin! Beware Adverse Effects of Lung Inflammation Early in Gestation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 741-742 [Full Text] [PDF]

Charles L. Daley: Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis . Limited by Man or Nature?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 742-743 [Full Text] [PDF]

Heather M. Engleman: When Does `Mild' Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome Merit Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 743-745 [Full Text] [PDF]

Charles F. P. George, Larry J. Findley, Melissa A. Hack, and R. Douglas McEvoy: Across-Country Viewpoints on Sleepiness during Driving; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 746-749 [Full Text] [PDF]

JOHN M. LUCE and GORDON D. RUBENFELD: Can Health Care Costs Be Reduced by Limiting Intensive Care at the End of Life?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 750-754 [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard W. Hyde: Cowbird Research and Measuring Pulsatile Diffusing Capacity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 755-756 [Full Text] [PDF]

PATRICK LEBECQUE, TERESINHA LEAL, CHRISTIANE DE BOECK, MARTINE JASPERS, HARRY CUPPENS, and JEAN-JACQUES CASSIMAN: Mutations of the Cystic Fibrosis Gene and Intermediate Sweat Chloride Levels in Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 757-761 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HIRAN C. SELVADURAI, KAREN O. MCKAY, CAMERON J. BLIMKIE, PETER J. COOPER, CRAIG M. MELLIS, and PETER P. VAN ASPEREN: The Relationship between Genotype and Exercise Tolerance in Children with Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 762-765 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

TIMOTHY J. M. MOSS, JOHN P. NEWNHAM, KAREN E. WILLETT, BORIS W. KRAMER, ALAN H. JOBE, and MACHIKO IKEGAMI: Early Gestational Intra-Amniotic Endotoxin . Lung Function, Surfactant, and Morphometry; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 805-811 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

VLADIMIR KAPLAN, DEREK C. ANGUS, MARTIN F. GRIFFIN, GILLES CLERMONT, R. SCOTT WATSON, and WALTER T. LINDE-ZWIRBLE: Hospitalized Community-acquired Pneumonia in the Elderly . Age- and Sex-related Patterns of Care and Outcome in the United States; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 766-772 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

ANNETTE T. NITTA, LAURA S. KNOWLES, JAIMIN KIM, ELEANOR L. LEHNKERING, LEE A. BORENSTEIN, PAUL T. DAVIDSON, SYDNEY M. HARVEY, and MURIEL L. DE KONING: Limited Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Despite a High Proportion of Infectious Cases in Los Angeles County, California; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 812-817 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MAREE BARNES, DANIELLE HOUSTON, CHRISTOPHER J. WORSNOP, ALISTER M. NEILL, IVANKA J. MYKYTYN, AMANDA KAY, JOHN TRINDER, NICHOLAS A. SAUNDERS, R. DOUGLAS MCEVOY, and ROBERT J. PIERCE: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 773-780 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

RONALD B. HIRSCHL, MARTIN CROCE, DENNIS GORE, HERBERT WIEDEMANN, KEN DAVIS, JOSEPH ZWISCHENBERGER, and ROBERT H. BARTLETT: Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study of Partial Liquid Ventilation in Adult Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 781-787 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANASTASIA KOTANIDOU, ANGELIKI XAGORARI, ELENI BAGLI, PANAGIOTA KITSANTA, THEODORE FOTSIS, ANDREAS PAPAPETROPOULOS, and CHARIS ROUSSOS: Luteolin Reduces Lipopolysaccharide-induced Lethal Toxicity and Expression of Proinflammatory Molecules in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 818-823 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MIKA J. MÄKELÄ, ARIHIKO KANEHIRO, AZZEDDINE DAKHAMA, LARRY BORISH, ANTHONY JOETHAM, RALPH TRIPP, LARRY ANDERSON, and ERWIN W. GELFAND: The Failure of Interleukin-10-deficient Mice to Develop Airway Hyperresponsiveness Is Overcome by Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Allergen-sensitized/challenged Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 824-831 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MILTON D. ROSSMAN, JOSE STUBBS, CHUNG WHA LEE, ELIAS ARGYRIS, ELENI MAGIRA, and DIMITRI MONOS: Human Leukocyte Antigen Class II Amino Acid Epitopes . Susceptibility and Progression Markers for Beryllium Hypersensitivity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 788-794 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

OSCAR JOOST, JEMMA B. WILK, L. ADRIENNE CUPPLES, MICHAEL HARMON, AMANDA M. SHEARMAN, CLINTON T. BALDWIN, GEORGE T. O'CONNOR, RICHARD H. MYERS, and DANIEL J. GOTTLIEB: Genetic Loci Influencing Lung Function . A Genomewide Scan in the Framingham Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 795-799 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

GERALD SIMONNEAU, ROBYN J. BARST, NAZZARENO GALIE, ROBERT NAEIJE, STUART RICH, ROBERT C. BOURGE, ANNE KEOGH, RONALD OUDIZ, ADAANI FROST, SHELMER D. BLACKBURN, JAMES W. CROW, and LEWIS J. RUBIN: Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion of Treprostinil, a Prostacyclin Analogue, in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension . A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 800-804 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

YUKA MIYAZU, TERUOMI MIYAZAWA, NORIAKI KURIMOTO, YASUO IWAMOTO, KOJI KANOH, and NOBUOKI KOHNO: Endobronchial Ultrasonography in the Assessment of Centrally Located Early-Stage Lung Cancer before Photodynamic Therapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 832-837 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

THOMAS L. CROXTON, GAIL G. WEINMANN, ROBERT M. SENIOR, and JOHN R. HOIDAL: Future Research Directions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 838-844 [Full Text] [PDF]

Brian J. Lipworth, Fan Chung, Peter Barnes, and Sam Lim: EFFECTS OF THEOPHYLLINE ON AIRWAY EOSINOPHILS; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 845 [Full Text] [PDF]

Deirdre S. McGrath and Roland M. du Bois: ERRATUM: ACE GENE I/D POLYMORPHISM AND SARCOIDOSIS PULMONARY DISEASE SEVERITY; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 845 [Full Text] [PDF]

Esteban C. Gabazza, Osamu Taguchi, Yukihiko Adachi, Esteban C. Gabazza, Osamu Taguchi, and Yukihiko Adachi: BLEOMYCIN-INDUCED LUNG FIBROSIS: THE AUTHORS SHOULD HAVE USED ANOTHER METHOD TO INDUCE PULMONARY LESIONS RESEMBLING HUMAN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 845-846 [Full Text] [PDF]