AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (May 1 2002, 165 [9])

EDITORIALS:

Jeffrey A. Whitsett: Genetic Basis of Familial Interstitial Lung Disease: Misfolding or Function of Surfactant Protein C?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1201-1202 [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard W. Light: Manual Aspiration: The Preferred Method for Managing Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1202-1203 [Full Text] [PDF]

T. Douglas Bradley: Crossing the Threshold: Implications for Central Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1203-1204 [Full Text] [PDF]

PRO/CON EDITORIALS:

Jack Gauldie: Inflammatory Mechanisms Are a Minor Component of the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1205-1206 [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert M. Strieter: Inflammatory Mechanisms Are Not a Minor Component of the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1206-1207 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jack Gauldie: Rebuttal from Dr. Gauldie; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1207-1208 [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert M. Strieter: Rebuttal from Dr. Strieter; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1208 [Full Text] [PDF]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Marius M. Hoeper, Nazzareno Galiè, Gerald Simonneau, and Lewis J. Rubin: New Treatments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1209-1216 [Full Text] [PDF]

STATE OF THE ART:

Terry Young, Paul E. Peppard, and Daniel J. Gottlieb: Epidemiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Population Health Perspective; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1217-1239 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

A. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Alan Q. Thomas, Kirk Lane, John Phillips, III, Melissa Prince, Cheryl Markin, Marcy Speer, David A. Schwartz, Radhika Gaddipati, Annis Marney, Joyce Johnson, Richard Roberts, Jonathan Haines, Mildred Stahlman, and James E. Loyd: Heterozygosity for a Surfactant Protein C Gene Mutation Associated with Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis and Cellular Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis in One Kindred; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1322-1328 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

B. Pneumothorax:

Marc Noppen, Patrick Alexander, Peter Driesen, Hans Slabbynck, and André Verstraeten: Manual Aspiration versus Chest Tube Drainage in First Episodes of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Pilot Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1240-1244 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

C. Sleep-disordered Breathing:

Ailiang Xie, James B. Skatrud, Dominic S. Puleo, Peter S. Rahko, and Jerome A. Dempsey: Apnea–Hypopnea Threshold for CO₂ in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1245-1250 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hideaki Nakayama, Curtis A. Smith, Joshua R. Rodman, James B. Skatrud, and Jerome A. Dempsey: Effect of Ventilatory Drive on Carbon Dioxide Sensitivity below Eupnea during Sleep; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1251-1260 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. Control of Breathing:

Thomas Brack, Amal Jubran, and Martin J. Tobin: Dyspnea and Decreased Variability of Breathing in Patients with Restrictive Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1260-1264 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

E. Respiratory Muscles:

Nicholas Hart, Annabel H. Nickol, Derek Cramer, Simon P. Ward, Frédéric Lofaso, Neil B. Pride, John Moxham, and Michael I. Polkey: Effect of Severe Isolated Unilateral and Bilateral Diaphragm Weakness on Exercise Performance; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1265-1270 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

F. Mechanical Ventilation:

Gabriella de Durante, Monica del Turco, Laura Rustichini, Patrizia Cosimini, Francesco Giunta, Leonard D. Hudson, Arthur S. Slutsky, and V. Marco Ranieri: ARDSNet Lower Tidal Volume Ventilatory Strategy May Generate Intrinsic Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1271-1274 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

G. Asthma and Airway Biology:

Elizabeth L. J. Van Rensen, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Klaus F. Rabe, and Peter J. Sterk: Assessment of Microvascular Leakage via Sputum Induction: The Role of Substance P and Neurokinin A in Patients with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1275-1279 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Els Palmans, Nele J. Vanacker, Romain A. Pauwels, and Johan C. Kips: Effect of Age on Allergen-induced Structural Airway Changes in Brown Norway Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1280-1284 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John P. Kress, Imre Noth, Brian K. Gehlbach, Nitin Barman, Anne S. Pohlman, Annette Miller, Sherwin Morgan, and Jesse B. Hall: The Utility of Albuterol Nebulized with Heliox during Acute Asthma Exacerbations; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1317-1321 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

H. Diesel Exhaust Particles:

Hirohisa Takano, Rie Yanagisawa, Takamichi Ichinose, Kaori Sadakane, Shin Yoshino, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, and Masatoshi Morita: Diesel Exhaust Particles Enhance Lung Injury Related to Bacterial Endotoxin through Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokines, Chemokines, and Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1329-1335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

I. Pediatric Lung Disease:

Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos, Maria Moustaki, Mariza Tsolia, Apostolos Bossios, Eleni Astra, Anargiroula Prezerakou, Dimitrios Gourgiotis, and Dimitrios Kafetzis: Association of Rhinovirus Infection with Increased Disease Severity in Acute Bronchiolitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1285-1289 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sukhbir K. Shahid, Sergei A. Kharitonov, Nicola M. Wilson, Andrew Bush, and Peter J. Barnes: Increased Interleukin-4 and Decreased Interferon- ${gamma}$ in Exhaled Breath Condensate of Children with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1290-1293 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen W. Turner, Lyle J. Palmer, Peter J. Rye, Neil A. Gibson, Parveenjeet K. Judge, Sally Young, Louis I. Landau, and Peter N. Le Souëf: Infants with Flow Limitation at 4 Weeks: Outcome at 6 and 11 Years; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1294-1298 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

J. Lung Function:

Tricia M. McKeever, Sarah Scrivener, Emma Broadfield, Zoe Jones, John Britton, and Sarah A. Lewis: Prospective Study of Diet and Decline in Lung Function in a General Population; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1299-1303 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Claudio Tantucci, Alexandre Duguet, Pietro Giampiccolo, Thomas Similowski, Marc Zelter, and Jean-Philippe Derenne: The Best Peak Expiratory Flow Is Flow-Limited and Effort-Independent in Normal Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1304-1308 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K. Sickle Cell Anemia:

Leigh A. Callahan, Kristy F. Woods, George A. Mensah, Leigh T. Ramsey, Paule Barbeau, and Bernard Gutin: Cardiopulmonary Responses to Exercise in Women with Sickle Cell Anemia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1309-1316 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Riccardo Polosa, Maarten van den Berge, Huib A. M. Kerstjens, and Dirkie S. Postma: ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE CHALLENGE AND MONITORING OF AIRWAY RESPONSE TO ANTIINFLAMMATORY THERAPY; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1336 [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter D. Wagner, Michael B. Reid, Roberto A. Rabinovich, and Josep Roca: IS COPD ALSO A DISEASE OF SKELETAL MUSCLE?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1336-1338 [Full Text] [PDF]

A. Ross Hill, David L. Cohn, and Richard J. O'Brien: "TREATMENT OF LTBI": SELLING POINT OR SEMANTIC BLUNDER?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 165: 1338 [Full Text] [PDF]