EDITORIALS:

Martin J. Tobin

AJRCCM's Policy on Duplicate Publication: Infrequently Asked Questions

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 433-434 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael I. Lewis

Apoptosis as a Potential Mechanism of Muscle Cachexia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 434-436 [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

David J. Hendrick

Diagnostic Tests for Occupational Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 436-437 [Full Text] [PDF]  

OCCASIONAL ESSAYS:

Simon Godfrey

Ups and Downs of Nitric Oxide in Chesty Children

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 438-439 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Marc Estenne and Marshall I. Hertz

Bronchiolitis Obliterans after Human Lung Transplantation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 440-444 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Alvar G. N. Agustí, Jaume Sauleda, Cristina Miralles, Cristina Gomez, Bernat Togores, Ernest Sala, Santiago Batle, and Xavier Busquets

Skeletal Muscle Apoptosis and Weight Loss in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 485-489 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irfan Rahman, Annemarie A. M. van Schadewijk, Ann J. L. Crowther, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Jan Stolk, William MacNee, and Willem I. De Boer

4-Hydroxy-2-Nonenal, a Specific Lipid Peroxidation Product, Is Elevated in Lungs of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 490-495 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashige Kuraki, Masayoshi Ishibashi, Masanori Takayama, Motokimi Shiraishi, and Minoru Yoshida

A Novel Oral Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitor (ONO-6818) Inhibits Human Neutrophil Elastase-induced Emphysema in Rats

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 496-500 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Asthma and Airway Biology:

David I. Bernstein, André Cartier, Johanne Côté, Jean-Luc Malo, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Mark Wanner, Joanne Milot, Jocelyne L'Archevéque, Carole Trudeau, and Zana Lummus

Diisocyanate Antigen-stimulated Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Synthesis Has Greater Test Efficiency than Specific Antibodies for Identification of Diisocyanate Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 445-450 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Makoto Yoshida, Richard Leigh, Koichiro Matsumoto, Jennifer Wattie, Russ Ellis, Paul M. O'Byrne, and Mark D. Inman

Effect of Interferon- on Allergic Airway Responses in Interferon-–deficient Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 451-456 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

C. Pediatric Asthma:

Frank D. Gilliland, Yu-Fen Li, Louis Dubeau, Kiros Berhane, Edward Avol, Rob McConnell, W. James Gauderman, and John M. Peters

Effects of Glutathione S-Transferase M1, Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy, and Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Asthma and Wheezing in Children

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 457-463 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

D. Sleep-disordered Breathing:

Ha Trang, Vivian Leske, and Claude Gaultier

Use of Nasal Cannula for Detecting Sleep Apneas and Hypopneas in Infants and Children

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 464-468 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

Ramon Farré, Josep M. Montserrat, Jordi Rigau, Xavier Trepat, Paula Pinto, and Daniel Navajas

Response of Automatic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Devices to Different Sleep Breathing Patterns: A Bench Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 469-473 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephanie Mazza, Jean-Louis Pepin, Chrystele Deschaux, Bernadette Naegele, and Patrick Levy

Analysis of Error Profiles Occurring during the OSLER Test: A Sensitive Mean of Detecting Fluctuations in Vigilance in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 474-478 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Friedrich P. Paulsen, Philipp Steven, Michael Tsokos, Karl Jungmann, Andreas Müller, Thomas Verse, and Wolfgang Pirsig

Upper Airway Epithelial Structural Changes in Obstructive Sleep-disordered Breathing

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 501-509 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Respiratory Muscles:

Michael B. Reid, Jan Lännergren, and Håkan Westerblad

Respiratory and Limb Muscle Weakness Induced by Tumor Necrosis Factor-: Involvement of Muscle Myofilaments

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 479-484 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

F. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis:

Brian G. Kelly, She S. Lok, Philip S. Hasleton, Jim J. Egan, and James P. Stewart

A Rearranged Form of Epstein–Barr Virus DNA Is Associated with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 510-513 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Data Supplement]  

G. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome:

Anne Rabiller, Hilario Nunes, Didier Lebrec, Khalid A. Tazi, Myriam Wartski, Elisabeth Dulmet, Jean-Marie Libert, Christine Mougeot, Richard Moreau, Michel Mazmanian, Marc Humbert, and Philippe Hervé

Prevention of Gram-Negative Translocation Reduces the Severity of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 514-517 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY/EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOCIETY:

ATS/ERS Statement on Respiratory Muscle Testing

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 518-624 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

K. Fan Chung, Elizabeth L. J. van Rensen, Robert G. Stirling, and Peter J. Barnes

Duplicate publication

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 625 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin J. Tobin

Notice of duplicate publication

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 625 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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