AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (April 1 2002, 165 [7])

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] [PDF]

Kent A. Sepkowitz: On the Contagious Nature of Tuberculosis (Continued); Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 858-859 [Full Text] [PDF]

Nanduri R. Prabhakar: Sleep Apneas . An Oxidative Stress?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 859-860 [Full Text] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF] [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 Tuberculosis $-$ Predictors and Outcomes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 927-933 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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] [PDF] [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] [PDF] [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] [PDF] [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] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

BERNADETTE E. ORSIDA, ZYGMUNT S. KROZOWSKI, and E. HAYDN WALTERS: Clinical Relevance of Airway 11 $beta$ -Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type II Enzyme in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1010-1014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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 $beta$ 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] [PDF]

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] [PDF] [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] [PDF] [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] [PDF] [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] [PDF] [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] [PDF]

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- $kappa$ B Activation in Alveolar Macrophages Requires I $kappa$ B kinase- $beta$ , but Not Nuclear Factor- $kappa$ B Inducing Kinase; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 996-1004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [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] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

Brian J. Lipworth and William J. Calhoun: THE STEP 3 DILEMMA FOR MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1022-1023 [Full Text] [PDF]

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] [PDF]