AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (April 15 2002, 165 [8])

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] [PDF] [Online Article Notes]

John Bienenstock: Stress and Asthma: The Plot Thickens; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1034-1035 [Full Text] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

Robert J. Hancox, Padmaja Subbarao, Dennis Kamada, Richard M. Watson, Fredrick E. Hargreave, and Mark D. Inman: $beta$ ₂-Agonist Tolerance and Exercise-induced Bronchospasm; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1068-1070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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

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 $beta$ and Is Mediated by the Interleukin-4 Receptor $alpha$ -Chain; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1161-1171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF] [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 $V$ max_FRC in Infancy . A Multicenter Collaborative Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1084-1092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [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] [PDF]

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] [PDF] [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] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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] [PDF]

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: 1188-1189 [Full Text] [PDF]