EDITORIALS:

Melvin Berger

Lung Inflammation Early in Cystic Fibrosis . Bugs Are Indicted, But the Defense Is Guilty

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 857-858. [Full Text]  

Kent A. Sepkowitz

On the Contagious Nature of Tuberculosis (Continued)

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 858-859. [Full Text]  

Nanduri R. Prabhakar

Sleep Apneas . An Oxidative Stress?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 859-860. [Full Text]  

STATE OF THE ART:

Jean Chastre and Jean-Yves Fagon

Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 867-903. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Lyle J. Palmer, Eric S. Silverman, Scott T. Weiss, and Jeffrey M. Drazen

Pharmacogenetics of Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 861-866. [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

A. Cystic Fibroris:

CAROLYN J. DAKIN, ANDREW H. NUMA, HE WANG, JOHN R. MORTON, CALYPSO C. VERTZYAS, and RICHARD L. HENRY

Inflammation, Infection, and Pulmonary Function in Infants and Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 904-910. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marianne S. Muhlebach and Terry L. Noah

Endotoxin Activity and Inflammatory Markers in the Airways of Young Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 911-915. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wilfried H. Nikolaizik, Michael Weichel, Kurt Blaser, and Reto Crameri

Intracutaneous Tests with Recombinant Allergens in Cystic Fibrosis Patients with Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis and Aspergillus Allergy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 916-921. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ashley H. Snyder, Marianne E. McPherson, John F. Hunt, Michael Johnson, Jonathan S. Stamler, and Benjamin Gaston

Acute Effects of Aerosolized S-Nitrosoglutathione in Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 922-926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

B. Tuberculosis:

Christina Greenaway, Dick Menzies, Anne Fanning, Raj Grewal, Lilian Yuan, J. Mark FitzGerald, and The Canadian Collaborative Group in Nosocomial Transmission of Tuberculosis

Delay in Diagnosis among Hospitalized Patients with Active TuberculosisPredictors and Outcomes

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 927-933. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Sleep-disordered Breathing:

LARISSA DYUGOVSKAYA, PERETZ LAVIE, and LENA LAVIE

Increased Adhesion Molecules Expression and Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in Leukocytes of Sleep Apnea Patients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 934-939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

Holger Steltner, Richard Staats, Jens Timmer, Michael Vogel, Josef Guttmann, Heinrich Matthys, and J. Christian Virchow

Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea by Automatic Analysis of Nasal Pressure and Forced Oscillation Impedance

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 940-944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

Michael L. Stanchina, Atul Malhotra, Robert B. Fogel, Najib Ayas, Jill K. Edwards, Karen Schory, and David P. White

Genioglossus Muscle Responsiveness to Chemical and Mechanical Stimuli during Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 945-949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

VIRGINIA A. IMADOJEMU, KEVIN GLEESON, SADEQ A. QURAISHI, ALLEN R. KUNSELMAN, LAWRENCE I. SINOWAY, and URS A. LEUENBERGER

Impaired Vasodilator Responses in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Are Improved with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 950-953. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. Asthma:

Eduard Monsó, Ramón Magarolas, Isabel Badorrey, Katja Radon, Dennis Nowak, and Josep Morera

Occupational Asthma in Greenhouse Flower and Ornamental Plant Growers

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 954-960. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sarah A. Lewis, Scott T. Weiss, Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills, Harriet Burge, and Diane R. Gold

The Role of Indoor Allergen Sensitization and Exposure in Causing Morbidity in Women with Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 961-966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

BERNADETTE E. ORSIDA, ZYGMUNT S. KROZOWSKI, and E. HAYDN WALTERS

Clinical Relevance of Airway 11-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type II Enzyme in Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1010-1014. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. Airway Biology:

Zoulfia Allakhverdi, Mustapha Allam, and Paolo M. Renzi

Inhibition of Antigen-induced Eosinophilia and Airway Hyperresponsiveness by Antisense Oligonucleotides Directed against the Common  Chain of IL-3, IL-5, GM-CSF Receptors in a Rat Model of Allergic Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1015-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Yusuke Abe, Timothy F. Murphy, Sanjay Sethi, Howard S. Faden, Jacek Dmochowski, Yasuaki Harabuchi, and Yasmin M. Thanavala

Lymphocyte Proliferative Response to P6 of Haemophilus influenzae Is Associated with Relative Protection from Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 967-971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

G. Mechanical Ventilation and ARDS:

Hong-Lin Du, Mikiya Ohtsuji, Masaki Shigeta, David C. Chao, Katsunori Sasaki, Yutaka Usuda, and Yoshitsugu Yamada

Expiratory Asynchrony in Proportional Assist Ventilation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 972-977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

Mark D. Eisner, B. Taylor Thompson, David Schoenfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Michael A. Matthay, and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network

Airway Pressures and Early Barotrauma in Patients with Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 978-982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

G. Umberto Meduri, Elizabeth A. Tolley, George P. Chrousos, and Frankie Stentz

Prolonged Methylprednisolone Treatment Suppresses Systemic Inflammation in Patients with Unresolving Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome . Evidence for Inadequate Endogenous Glucocorticoid Secretion and Inflammation-induced Immune Cell Resistance to Glucocorticoids

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 983-991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

H. Neonatal Critical Care:

SUSANNE SCHALLER-BALS, ANDREAS SCHULZE, and ROBERT BALS

Increased Levels of Antimicrobial Peptides in Tracheal Aspirates of Newborn Infants during Infection

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 992-995. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

I. Pulmonary Inflammation:

MATTHEW CONRON, EVANGELOS ANDREAKOS, PANAGIOTIS PANTELIDIS, CLIVE SMITH, HUW L. C. BEYNON, ROLAND M. DUBOIS, and BRIAN M. J. FOXWELL

Nuclear Factor-B Activation in Alveolar Macrophages Requires IB kinase-, but Not Nuclear Factor-B Inducing Kinase

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 996-1004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

J. Malignant Pleural Effusions:

Katsuhisa Oshikawa, Ken Yanagisawa, Shoji Ohno, Shin-Ichi Tominaga, and Yukihiko Sugiyama

Expression of ST2 in Helper T Lymphocytes of Malignant Pleural Effusions

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1005-1009. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Jonathan Ilowite and William J. Calhoun

INITIAL THERAPY IN CLINICAL ASTHMA STUDIES OFTEN DOES NOT EQUAL THERAPY FOR MILD, PERSISTENT ASTHMA

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1022. [Full Text]  

Brian J. Lipworth and William J. Calhoun

THE STEP 3 DILEMMA FOR MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1022a-1023. [Full Text]  

Israel Rubinstein, R. John Kimoff, Victoria Champagne, and Eva Svanborg

UPPER AIRWAY INFLAMMATION IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1023-1024. [Full Text]  

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