EDITORIALS:

Eugene N. Bruce

Assessing Respiratory Control during Spontaneous Breathing . Practice May Be More Difficult than Theory

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1033-1034. [Full Text] [Online Article Notes]  

John Bienenstock

Stress and Asthma: The Plot Thickens

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1034-1035. [Full Text]  

Marc Peters-Golden

Open Mind, Open Airways . Broadening the Paradigm of Prostaglandins and Allergic Airway Inflammation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1035-1036. [Full Text]  

UPDATE IN NONPULMONARY CRITICAL CARE:

Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Clare Savage, and Akhil Bidani

Surgical Aspects of Esophageal Disease . Perforation and Caustic Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1037-1040. [Full Text]  

CRITICAL CARE PERSPECTIVE:

JEAN JACQUES ROUBY, QIN LU, and IVAN GOLDSTEIN

Selecting the Right Level of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1182-1186. [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

A. Control of Breathing:

Joost G. Van den Aardweg and John M. Karemaker

Influence of Chemoreflexes on Respiratory Variability in Healthy Subjects

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1041-1047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

B. Sleep-disordered Breathing:

Carmel Harrington, Turkka Kirjavainen, Arthur Teng, and Colin E. Sullivan

Altered Autonomic Function and Reduced Arousability in Apparent Life-Threatening Event Infants with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1048-1054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

Eve L. Bijaoui, Victoria Champagne, Pierre F. Baconnier, R. John Kimoff, and Jason H. T. Bates

Mechanical Properties of the Lung and Upper Airways in Patients with Sleep-disordered Breathing

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1055-1061. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Boris Pételle, Gerard Vincent, Frédéric Gagnadoux, Dominique Rakotonanahary, Bernard Meyer, and Bernard Fleury

One-Night Mandibular Advancement Titration for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome . A Pilot Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1150-1153. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Asthma:

Lin Ying Liu, Christopher L. Coe, Cheri A. Swenson, Elizabeth A. Kelly, Hirohito Kita, and William W. Busse

School Examinations Enhance Airway Inflammation to Antigen Challenge

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1062-1067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

Robert J. Hancox, Padmaja Subbarao, Dennis Kamada, Richard M. Watson, Fredrick E. Hargreave, and Mark D. Inman

₂-Agonist Tolerance and Exercise-induced Bronchospasm

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1068-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Makoto Hoshino, Shigeru Morita, Hiroki Iwashita, Yoji Sagiya, Toshimi Nagi, Atsushi Nakanishi, Yasuko Ashida, Osamu Nishimura, Yukio Fujisawa, and Masahiko Fujino

Increased Expression of the Human Ca²⁺-activated Cl Channel 1 (CaCC1) Gene in the Asthmatic Airway

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1132-1136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

D. Airway Biology:

Michael J. Carr, Dawn D. Hunter, David B. Jacoby, and Bradley J. Undem

Expression of Tachykinins in Nonnociceptive Vagal Afferent Neurons during Respiratory Viral Infection in Guinea Pigs

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1071-1075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

Stuart B. Mazzone and Brendan J. Canning

Evidence for Differential Reflex Regulation of Cholinergic and Noncholinergic Parasympathetic Nerves Innervating the Airways

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1076-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

Azzeddine Dakhama, Arihiko Kanehiro, Mika J. Mäkelä, Joan E. Loader, Gary L. Larsen, and Erwin W. Gelfand

Regulation of Airway Hyperresponsiveness by Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide in Allergen Sensitized and Challenged Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1137-1144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

R. Stokes Peebles, Jr., Koichi Hashimoto, Jason D. Morrow, Ryszard Dworski, Robert D. Collins, Yuko Hashimoto, John W. Christman, Kyung-Ho Kang, Kasia Jarzecka, Jamye Furlong, Daphne B. Mitchell, Megha Talati, Barney S. Graham, and James R. Sheller

Selective Cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 Inhibitors Each Increase Allergic Inflammation and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1154-1160. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stuart J. Hirst, Matthew P. Hallsworth, Qi Peng, and Tak H. Lee

Selective Induction of Eotaxin Release by Interleukin-13 or Interleukin-4 in Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells Is Synergistic with Interleukin-1 and Is Mediated by the Interleukin-4 Receptor -Chain

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1161-1171. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. Cystic Fibrosis:

Refika Hamutcu, Jon M. Rowland, Monica V. Horn, Cornelia Kaminsky, Eithne F. MacLaughlin, Vaughn A. Starnes, and Marlyn S. Woo

Clinical Findings and Lung Pathology in Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1172-1175. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James F. Chmiel, Michael W. Konstan, Aicha Saadane, Jeanne E. Krenicky, H. Lester Kirchner, and Melvin Berger

Prolonged Inflammatory Response to Acute Pseudomonas Challenge in Interleukin-10 Knockout Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1176-1181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

F. Pediatric Lung Disease:

Ah-Fong Hoo, Carol Dezateux, John P. Hanrahan, Tim J. Cole, Robert S. Tepper, and Janet Stocks

Sex-Specific Prediction Equations for max_FRC in Infancy . A Multicenter Collaborative Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1084-1092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

G. Pediatric Critical Care:

Anne Cullen, Linda J. Van Marter, Elizabeth N. Allred, Marianne Moore, Richard B. Parad, and Mary E. Sunday

Urine Bombesin-like Peptide Elevation Precedes Clinical Evidence of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1093-1097. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lara S. Shekerdemian, Hanne B. Ravn, and Daniel J. Penny

Intravenous Sildenafil Lowers Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in a Model of Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1098-1102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

David Harding, Paul B. Baines, David Brull, Vassilis Vassiliou, Ian Ellis, Anthony Hart, Alistair P. J. Thomson, Steve E. Humphries, and Hugh E. Montgomery

Severity of Meningococcal Disease in Children and the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1103-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome:

Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Sebastien Prin, Jean-Marie Schmitt, Roch Augarde, Bernard Page, Alain Beauchet, and François Jardin

Pressure-Volume Curves in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome . Clinical Demonstration of the Influence of Expiratory Flow Limitation on the Initial Slope

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1107-1112. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

I. Lung Infection:

Tomoko Suzuki, Mutsuo Yamaya, Kiyohisa Sekizawa, Masayoshi Hosoda, Norihiro Yamada, Satoshi Ishizuka, Akiko Yoshino, Hiroyasu Yasuda, Hidenori Takahashi, Hidekazu Nishimura, and Hidetada Sasaki

Erythromycin Inhibits Rhinovirus Infection in Cultured Human Tracheal Epithelial Cells

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1113-1118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

J. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Jan C. Grutters, Hiroe Sato, Panagiotis Pantelidis, Anna L. Lagan, Deirdre S. McGrath, Jan-Willem J. Lammers, Jules M. M. van den Bosch, Athol U. Wells, Roland M. du Bois, and Kenneth I. Welsh

Increased Frequency of the Uncommon Tumor Necrosis Factor 857T Allele in British and Dutch Patients with Sarcoidosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1119-1124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

Eishi Miyazaki, Shin-ichi Nureki, Tetsujiro Fukami, Takehiko Shigenaga, Masaru Ando, Kazunobu Ito, Hiroaki Ando, Katsunori Sugisaki, Toshihide Kumamoto, and Tomiyasu Tsuda

Elevated Levels of Thymus- and Activation-regulated Chemokine in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Patients with Eosinophilic Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1125-1131. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

K. Asbestosis:

Robert S. Wright, Jerrold L. Abraham, Philip Harber, Bryan R. Burnett, Peter Morris, and Phil West

Fatal Asbestosis 50 Years after Brief High Intensity Exposure in a Vermiculite Expansion Plant

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1145-1149. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Javier de Miguel-Díez, José Luis Álvarez-Sala, José Ramón Villa-Asensi, Elizabeth Uong, and Raanan Arens

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE UPPER AIRWAY IN CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1187. [Full Text]  

Mauro Maniscalco, Alessandro Vatrella, Mateo Sofia, Deborah H. Yates, and Paul S. Thomas

PASSIVE SMOKE AND EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1188. [Full Text]  

Brian J. Lipworth, Paul M. O'Byrne, Peter J. Barnes, Roberto Rodriguez-Roisin, Thomas Sandstrom, and Anne Tattersfield

BUDESONIDE DOSE-RESPONSE IN MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1188a-1189. [Full Text]  

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