AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (December 15 2002, 166 [12])

EDITORIALS:

Alan H. Jobe: An Unknown: Lung Growth and Development after Very Preterm Birth; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1529-1530 [Full Text] [PDF]

Eugene Nattie and Hannah Kinney: Nicotine, Serotonin, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1530-1531 [Full Text] [PDF]

Peadar G. Noone and Thomas M. Egan: Cystic Fibrosis: When to Refer for Lung Transplantation–Is the Answer Clear?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1531-1532 [Full Text] [PDF]

Imad Y. Haddad: Idiopathic Pneumonia after Marrow Transplantation: When Are Antioxidants Effective?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1532-1534 [Full Text] [PDF]

Martin J. Tobin: Compliance (COMmunicate PLease wIth Less Abbreviations, Noun Clusters, and Exclusiveness); Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1534-1536 [Full Text] [PDF]

HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED:

John T. Reeves: High Adventure in Pulmonary Hypertension: Acute and Chronic Hypoxia Are Not the Same; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1537-1538 [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

A. High-Frequency Oscillation:

Ward Hofhuis, Marianne W. A. Huysman, Els C. van der Wiel, Wim P. J. Holland, Wim C. J. Hop, Govert Brinkhorst, Johan C. de Jongste, and Peter J. F. M. Merkus: Worsening of V'_maxFRC in Infants with Chronic Lung Disease in the First Year of Life: A More Favorable Outcome after High-Frequency Oscillation Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1539-1543 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

B. Control of Breathing Smoking and Infants:

Ola Hafström, Joseph Milerad, and Håkan W. Sundell: Prenatal Nicotine Exposure Blunts the Cardiorespiratory Response to Hypoxia in Lambs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1544-1549 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

C. Lung Transplantation and Cystic Fibrosis:

Nicole Mayer-Hamblett, Margaret Rosenfeld, Julia Emerson, Christopher H. Goss, and Moira L. Aitken: Developing Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Referral Criteria Using Predictors of 2-Year Mortality; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1550-1555. First published online August 15 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200202-087OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome:

Karan S. Bhalla and Rodney J. Folz: Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome after Syngeneic Bone Marrow Transplant in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1579-1589 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

E. Ventilator-associated Lung Injury:

James E. Baumgardner, Klaus Markstaller, Birgit Pfeiffer, Marcus Doebrich, and Cynthia M. Otto: Effects of Respiratory Rate, Plateau Pressure, and Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Pa_O2 Oscillations after Saline Lavage; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1556-1562. First published online October 3 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-717OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

F. Asthma:

Alan L. James, Peta S. Maxwell, Gladys Pearce-Pinto, John G. Elliot, and Neil G. Carroll: The Relationship of Reticular Basement Membrane Thickness to Airway Wall Remodeling in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1590-1595 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

G. Murine Emphysema:

Yasutaka Takubo, Alexei Guerassimov, Heberto Ghezzo, Alexandra Triantafillopoulos, Jason H. T. Bates, John R. Hoidal, and Manuel G. Cosio: ${alpha}$ ₁-Antitrypsin Determines the Pattern of Emphysema and Function in Tobacco Smoke–exposed Mice: Parallels with Human Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1596-1603 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

H. Corticosteroids and Hip Fracture:

Richard B. Hubbard, Chris J. P. Smith, Liam Smeeth, Tim W. Harrison, and Anne E. Tattersfield: Inhaled Corticosteroids and Hip Fracture: A Population-based Case–Control Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1563-1566. First published online September 25 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-606OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

I. Pleural Effusion:

Richard W. Light, Jeffrey T. Rogers, J. Phillip Moyers, Y. C. Gary Lee, R. Michael Rodriguez, William C. Alford, Jr., Stephen K. Ball, George R. Burrus, William H. Coltharp, David M. Glassford, Jr., Steven J. Hoff, John W. Lea, IV, Jonathan C. Nesbitt, Michael R. Petracek, Thomas D. Starkey, William S. Stoney, and Mark Tedder: Prevalence and Clinical Course of Pleural Effusions at 30 Days after Coronary Artery and Cardiac Surgery; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1567-1571. First published online October 11 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200203-184OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Respiratory Muscles:

Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, Paraskevi Katsaounou, Maria-Helena Karatza, Androniki Kollintza, Spyros Zakynthinos, and Charis Roussos: Strenuous Resistive Breathing Induces Plasma Cytokines: Role of Antioxidants and Monocytes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1572-1578. First published online October 3 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200203-177OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

Anthony F. DiMarco, Raymond P. Onders, Krzysztof E. Kowalski, Michael E. Miller, Sandra Ferek, and J. Thomas Mortimer: Phrenic Nerve Pacing in a Tetraplegic Patient via Intramuscular Diaphragm Electrodes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1604-1606 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Valentin Popa, Stephen T. Holgate, and Sundeep Salvi: Cell-mediated immunity in asthma?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1607 [Full Text] [PDF]

Harold J. Farber: On the abuse of acronyms; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1607-1608 [Full Text] [PDF]

Frederic W. Grannis, Jr., Edward F. Patz, Jr., and Philip C. Goodman: Potential conflict of interest in Ajrccm; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1608 [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]

SUPPLEMENT:

Oxidants and Antioxidants 17th Transatlantic Airway Conference:

Scientific Committee, Homer Boushey, Tak H. Lee, André P. Perruchoud, and Adam Wanner: Purpose of the Conference; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 1 [Full Text] [PDF]

Aron B. Fisher: Chairman's Summary: Oxidants and Antioxidants: Transatlantic Airway Conference 2002; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 2-S3 [Full Text] [PDF]

Henry Jay Forman and Martine Torres: Reactive Oxygen Species and Cell Signaling: Respiratory Burst in Macrophage Signaling; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 4-S8 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yvonne M. W. Janssen-Heininger, Rebecca L. Persinger, Solange H. Korn, Cristen Pantano, Brian McElhinney, Niki L. Reynaert, Ramon C. J. Langen, Karina Ckless, Punya Shrivastava, and Matthew E. Poynter: Reactive Nitrogen Species and Cell Signaling: Implications for Death or Survival of Lung Epithelium; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 9-S16 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul J. Kemp, Anthony Lewis, Matthew E. Hartness, Gavin J. Searle, Paula Miller, Ita O'Kelly, and Chris Peers: Airway Chemotransduction: From Oxygen Sensor to Cellular Effector; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 17-S24 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jason D. Morrow and L. Jackson Roberts: The Isoprostanes: Their Role as an Index of Oxidant Stress Status in Human Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 25-S30 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paolo Paredi, Sergei A. Kharitonov, and Peter J. Barnes: Analysis of Expired Air for Oxidation Products; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 31-S37 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Russell P. Bowler and James D. Crapo: Oxidative Stress in Airways: Is There a Role for Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 38-S43 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carroll E. Cross, Giuseppe Valacchi, Bettina Schock, Malinda Wilson, Stefan Weber, Jason Eiserich, and Albert van der Vliet: Environmental Oxidant Pollutant Effects on Biologic Systems: A Focus on Micronutrient Antioxidant–Oxidant Interactions; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 44-S50 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ye-Shih Ho: Transgenic and Knockout Models for Studying the Role of Lung Antioxidant Enzymes in Defense against Hyperoxia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 51-S56 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gregory E. Conner, Matthias Salathe, and Rosanna Forteza: Lactoperoxidase and Hydrogen Peroxide Metabolism in the Airway; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 57-S61 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ingrid Kolleck, Pranav Sinha, and Bernd Rüstow: Vitamin E as an Antioxidant of the Lung: Mechanisms of Vitamin E Delivery to Alveolar Type II Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 62-S66 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]