EDITORIALS:

Jean-Marc Cavaillon

"Septic Plasma": An Immunosuppressive Milieu

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1417-1418 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sanford Levine, Taitan Nguyen, Larry R. Kaiser, and Joseph B. Shrager

Evaluating Respiratory Muscle Adaptations: A New Approach

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1418-1419 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey L. Myers and Marie-Christine Aubry

Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: What Was the Question?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1419-1421 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas E. Stewart

Controversies around Lung Protective Mechanical Ventilation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1421-1422 [Full Text] [PDF] [Editor's Note: See Additional Commentary in Correspondence Section]  

CRITICAL CARE PERSPECTIVE:

Peter Q. Eichacker, Eric P. Gerstenberger, Steven M. Banks, Xizhong Cui, and Charles Natanson

Meta-Analysis of Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Trials Testing Low Tidal Volumes

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1510-1514. First published online August 28 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-956OC [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Sepsis:

Thierry Fumeaux and Jérôme Pugin

Role of Interleukin-10 in the Intracellular Sequestration of Human Leukocyte Antigen-DR in Monocytes during Septic Shock

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1475-1482. First published online August 15 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200203-217OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

B. Mechanical Ventilation and Sleep:

Sairam Parthasarathy and Martin J. Tobin

Effect of Ventilator Mode on Sleep Quality in Critically Ill Patients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1423-1429. First published online September 5 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-999OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

C. Critical Care Ethics:

Anupama Upadya, Visvanathan Muralidharan, Natalya Thorevska, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous

Patient, Physician, and Family Member Understanding of Living Wills

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1430-1435. First published online September 11 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-503OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

D. Lung Injury and Pulmonary Circulation:

Mikhail Y. Kirov, Oleg V. Evgenov, Vladimir N. Kuklin, László Virág, Pál Pacher, Garry J. Southan, Andrew L. Salzman, Csaba Szabó, and Lars J. Bjertnaes

Aerosolized Linear Polyethylenimine-Nitric Oxide/Nucleophile Adduct Attenuates Endotoxin-induced Lung Injury in Sheep

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1436-1442 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

E. Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis:

Marianne Kambouchner, Françoise Basset, Joëlle Marchal, Jean François Uhl, Allan J. Hance, and Paul Soler

Three-Dimensional Characterization of Pathologic Lesions in Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1483-1490 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Respiratory Muscles in COPD:

Robert B. Gorman, David K. McKenzie, Neil B. Pride, Jane F. Tolman, and Simon C. Gandevia

Diaphragm Length during Tidal Breathing in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1461-1469. First published online September 11 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200111-087OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alba Ramírez-Sarmiento, Mauricio Orozco-Levi, Rosa Güell, Esther Barreiro, Nuria Hernandez, Susana Mota, Merce Sangenis, Joan M. Broquetas, Pere Casan, and Joaquim Gea

Inspiratory Muscle Training in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Structural Adaptation and Physiologic Outcomes

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1491-1497. First published online July 19 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200202-075OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

G. Exercise:

Xing-Guo Sun, James E. Hansen, Nuria Garatachea, Thomas W. Storer, and Karlman Wasserman

Ventilatory Efficiency during Exercise in Healthy Subjects

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1443-1448 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

H. Asthma:

Benjamin A. Raby, Walter T. Klimecki, Catherine Laprise, Yannick Renaud, Janet Faith, Mathieu Lemire, Celia Greenwood, Katherine M. Weiland, Christoph Lange, Lyle J. Palmer, Ross Lazarus, Donata Vercelli, David J. Kwiatkowski, Edwin K. Silverman, Fernando D. Martinez, Thomas J. Hudson, and Scott T. Weiss

Polymorphisms in Toll-Like Receptor 4 Are Not Associated with Asthma or Atopy-related Phenotypes

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1449-1456. First published online September 25 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-634OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Cystic Fibrosis:

Sarah L. Elkin, Shobna Vedi, Sharyn Bord, Nigel J. Garrahan, Margaret E. Hodson, and Juliet E. Compston

Histomorphometric Analysis of Bone Biopsies from the Iliac Crest of Adults with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1470-1474. First published online September 11 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-578OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

J. Mucociliary Clearance:

Juan R. Sabater, Adam Wanner, and William M. Abraham

Montelukast Prevents Antigen-induced Mucociliary Dysfunction in Sheep

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1457-1460. First published online September 17 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200205-387OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

K. Clara Cells:

Susan D. Reynolds, Paul R. Reynolds, Gloria S. Pryhuber, Jonathan D. Finder, and Barry R. Stripp

Secretoglobins SCGB3A1 and SCGB3A2 Define Secretory Cell Subsets in Mouse and Human Airways

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1498-1509. First published online August 1 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200204-285OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Roy G. Brower, Michael Matthay, and David Schoenfeld

Meta-analysis of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome trials

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1515-1517 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuji Oba

Where are the institutional review boards?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1517 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antoine Vieillard-Baron

Erratum: Pressure–volume curves in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1517 [Full Text]  

Brian P. Kavanagh

Erratum: Adverse ventilatory strategy causes pulmonary-to-systemic translocation of endotoxin

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1517 [Full Text]  

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