EDITORIALS:

William S. Beckett

A New York City Firefighter: Overwhelmed by World Trade Center Dust

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 785-786 [Full Text]  

Alison Barbara Froese

The Incremental Application of Lung-Protective High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 786-787 [Full Text]  

M. Jeffery Mador

Muscle Mass, Not Body Weight, Predicts Outcome in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 787-789 [Full Text]  

Ajit Lalvani

CD8 Cytotoxic T Cells and the Development of New Tuberculosis Vaccines

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 789-790 [Full Text]  

UPDATE IN NONPULMONARY CRITICAL CARE:

Pinak B. Shah and Craig M. Lilly

Interventional Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 791-796 [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

A. Case Report:

William N. Rom, Michael Weiden, Roberto Garcia, Ting An Yie, Pratan Vathesatogkit, Doris B. Tse, Georgeann McGuinness, Victor Roggli, and David Prezant

Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia in a New York City Firefighter Exposed to World Trade Center Dust

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 797-800 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. Mechanical Ventilation:

Stephen Derdak, Sangeeta Mehta, Thomas E. Stewart, Terry Smith, Mark Rogers, Timothy G. Buchman, Brian Carlin, Stuart Lowson, John Granton, and the Multicenter Oscillatory Ventilation

High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 801-808 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Tuberculosis:

Deborah A. Lewinsohn, Rebecca A. Lines, and David M. Lewinsohn

Human Dendritic Cells Presenting Adenovirally Expressed Antigen Elicit Mycobacterium tuberculosis–Specific CD8⁺ T Cells

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 843-848 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

D. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Karine Marquis, Richard Debigaré, Yves Lacasse, Pierre LeBlanc, Jean Jobin, Guy Carrier, and François Maltais

Midthigh Muscle Cross-Sectional Area Is a Better Predictor of Mortality than Body Mass Index in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 809-813 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francisco Rodriguez, Rosendo Jardí, Xose Costa, Montserrat Cotrina, Roman Galimany, Rafael Vidal, and Marc Miravitlles

Rapid Screening for ₁-Antitrypsin Deficiency in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Dried Blood Specimens

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 814-817 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. Airway Biology:

Günter Päth, Armin Braun, Nina Meents, Sebastian Kerzel, David Quarcoo, Ulrike Raap, Gary W. Hoyle, Wolfgang A. Nockher, and Harald Renz

Augmentation of Allergic Early-Phase Reaction by Nerve Growth Factor

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 818-826 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrew Churg, Jin Dai, Hsin Tai, Changshi Xie, and Joanne L. Wright

Tumor Necrosis Factor- Is Central to Acute Cigarette Smoke–induced Inflammation and Connective Tissue Breakdown

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 849-854 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael S. Davis, Brendan McKiernan, Sheila McCullough, Stuart Nelson, Jr., Ronald E. Mandsager, Michael Willard, and Karen Dorsey

Racing Alaskan Sled Dogs as a Model of "Ski Asthma"

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 878-882 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Asthma:

Tricia M. McKeever, Sarah A. Lewis, Chris Smith, and Richard Hubbard

The Importance of Prenatal Exposures on the Development of Allergic Disease: A Birth Cohort Study Using the West Midlands General Practice Database

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 827-832 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lorna J. Wood, Roma Sehmi, Sandra Dorman, Qutayba Hamid, Meri K. Tulic, Richard M. Watson, Ronan Foley, Parveen Wasi, Judah A. Denburg, Gail Gauvreau, and Paul M. O'Byrne

Allergen-induced Increases in Bone Marrow T Lymphocytes and Interleukin-5 Expression in Subjects with Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 883-889 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Sleep-disordered Breathing:

Thorarinn Gislason, Johann Heidar Johannsson, Asgeir Haraldsson, Berglind Ran Olafsdottir, Helga Jonsdottir, Augustine Kong, Michael L. Frigge, Guðrun M. Jonsdottir, Hakon Hakonarson, Jeffrey Gulcher, and Kari Stefansson

Familial Predisposition and Cosegregation Analysis of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 833-838 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heather M. Engleman, James P. McDonald, David Graham, Glenn E. Lello, Ruth N. Kingshott, Emma L. Coleman, Thomas W. Mackay, and Neil J. Douglas

Randomized Crossover Trial of Two Treatments for Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure and Mandibular Repositioning Splint

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 855-859 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

Andrew J. Pitsis, M. Ali Darendeliler, Helen Gotsopoulos, Peter Petocz, and Peter A. Cistulli

Effect of Vertical Dimension on Efficacy of Oral Appliance Therapy in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 860-864 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Leif J. J. Bäck, Pekka O. Tervahartiala, Anneli K. Piilonen, Markku M. Partinen, and Jukka S. Ylikoski

Bipolar Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation of the Soft Palate in Habitual Snorers without Significant Desaturations Assessed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 865-871 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Data Supplement]  

H. Epithelial Cell Signaling:

Qin Wang, Gordon R. Pfeiffer, II, Troy Stevens, and Claire M. Doerschuk

Lung Microvascular and Arterial Endothelial Cells Differ in Their Responses to Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Ligation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 872-877 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

I. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Ghulam Saydain, Ashiq Islam, Bekele Afessa, Jay H. Ryu, John P. Scott, and Steve G. Peters

Outcome of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 839-842 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. Bleomycin-induced Fibrosis:

Sushmita Ghosh, Tamra Mendoza, Luis A. Ortiz, Gary W. Hoyle, Cesar D. Fermin, Arnold R. Brody, Mitchell Friedman, and Gilbert F. Morris

Bleomycin Sensitivity of Mice Expressing Dominant-Negative p53 in the Lung Epithelium

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 166: 890-897 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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