EDITORIALS:

Can Ince

The Microcirculation Unveiled

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1-2 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Brochard

When Ventilator and Patient's End of Inspiration Don't Coincide: What's the Matter?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 2-3 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard J. O'Brien

Studies of the Early Bactericidal Activity of New Drugs for Tuberculosis: A Help or a Hindrance to Antituberculosis Drug Development?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 3-4 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PRO/CON EDITORIALS:

Erwin W. Gelfand

Mice Are a Good Model of Human Airway Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 5-6 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carl G. A. Persson

Mice Are Not a Good Model of Human Airway Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 6-7 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erwin W. Gelfand

Rebuttal from Dr. Gelfand

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 7-8 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carl G. A. Persson

Rebuttal from Dr. Persson

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 8 [Full Text] [PDF]  

UPDATE IN NONPULMONARY CRITICAL CARE:

Jason Chu, Richard Y. Wang, and Nicholas S. Hill

Update in Clinical Toxicology

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 9-15 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Sepsis:

Elliott S. Cohen, William R. Law, Cordus R. Easington, Kenneth Q. Cruz, Beth A. Nardulli, Robert A. Balk, Joseph E. Parrillo, and Steven M. Hollenberg

Adenosine Deaminase Inhibition Attenuates Microvascular Dysfunction and Improves Survival in Sepsis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 16-20 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

Daniel De Backer, Jacques Creteur, Jean-Charles Preiser, Marc-Jacques Dubois, and Jean-Louis Vincent

Microvascular Blood Flow Is Altered in Patients with Sepsis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 98-104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

B. Mechanical Ventilation:

Magdy Younes, John Kun, Kim Webster, and Dan Roberts

Response of Ventilator-Dependent Patients to Delayed Opening of Exhalation Valve

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 21-30 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

C. Tuberculosis:

Stephen H. Gillespie, Roland D. Gosling, and Bambos M. Charalambous

A Reiterative Method for Calculating the Early Bactericidal Activity of Antituberculosis Drugs

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 31-35 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen E. Weis, Janice M. Pogoda, Zhenhua Yang, M. Donald Cave, Charles Wallace, Michael Kelley, and Peter F. Barnes

Transmission Dynamics of Tuberculosis in Tarrant County, Texas

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 36-42 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Graziella Turato, Renzo Zuin, Massimo Miniati, Simonetta Baraldo, Federico Rea, Bianca Beghé, Simonetta Monti, Bruno Formichi, Piera Boschetto, Sergio Harari, Alberto Papi, Piero Maestrelli, Leonardo M. Fabbri, and Marina Saetta

Airway Inflammation in Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Relationship with Lung Function and Radiologic Emphysema

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 105-110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Asthma and Airway Biology:

Emiko Noguchi, Yukako Yokouchi, Masanao Shibasaki, Michharu Inudou, Satoko Nakahara, Tetsuo Nogami, Masashi Kamioka, Kimiko Yamakawa-Kobayashi, Kunio Ichikawa, Akira Matsui, and Tadao Arinami

Association between TNFA Polymorphism and the Development of Asthma in the Japanese Population

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 43-46 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kate E. Webster and Ian M. Colrain

P3-Specific Amplitude Reductions to Respiratory and Auditory Stimuli in Subjects with Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 47-52 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sadatomo Tasaka, Sarah E. Richer, Joseph P. Mizgerd, and Claire M. Doerschuk

Very Late Antigen-4 in CD18-Independent Neutrophil Emigration during Acute Bacterial Pneumonia in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 53-60 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Cystic Fibrosis:

Nicholas Hart, Michael I. Polkey, Annick Clément, Michèle Boulé, John Moxham, Frédéric Lofaso, and Brigitte Fauroux

Changes in Pulmonary Mechanics with Increasing Disease Severity in Children and Young Adults with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 61-66 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

Paulo J. C. Marostica, Andrea D. Weist, Howard Eigen, Connie Angelicchio, Kathy Christoph, Julie Savage, Debra Grant, and Robert S. Tepper

Spirometry in 3- to 6-Year-Old Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 67-71 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

G. Pediatric Asthma:

Juan C. Celedón, Augusto A. Litonjua, Louise Ryan, Scott T. Weiss, and Diane R. Gold

Lack of Association between Antibiotic Use in the First Year of Life and Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, or Eczema at Age 5 Years

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 72-75 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Air Pollution:

W. James Gauderman, G. Frank Gilliland, Hita Vora, Edward Avol, Daniel Stram, Rob McConnell, Duncan Thomas, Fred Lurmann, Helene G. Margolis, Edward B. Rappaport, Kiros Berhane, and John M. Peters

Association between Air Pollution and Lung Function Growth in Southern California Children: Results from a Second Cohort

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 76-84 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

I. Upper Airway:

Alastair A. Hutchison, David J. Burchfield, John A. Wozniak, and Sondra J. Mohrman

Laryngeal Muscle Activities with Cerebral Hypoxia–Ischemia in Newborn Lambs

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 85-91 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Prenatal Nicotine Exposure:

Ola Hafström, Joseph Milerad, and Håkan W. Sundell

Altered Breathing Pattern after Prenatal Nicotine Exposure in the Young Lamb

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 92-97 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY:

ATS Statement: Guidelines for the Six-Minute Walk Test

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 111-117 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

James E. Hansen, Richard Casaburi, Marshall S. Riley, D. Paul Nicholls, Karlman Wasserman, Kevin R. Flaherty, M. Mila Blaivas, John Wald, Melvyn Rubenfire, Fernando J. Martinez, Idelle M. Weisman, and R. Jorge Zeballos

Mitochondrial disorders and exertional intolerance: Controversy continues

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 118-120 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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