AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (May 15 2003, 167 [10])

EDITORIALS:

Jean-Damien Ricard: Are We Really Reducing Tidal Volume—And Should We?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1297-1298 [Full Text] [PDF]

Denis Anthony Mitchison: Role of Isoniazid in Once-Weekly Rifapentine Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1298-1299 [Full Text] [PDF]

William J. Burman: The Hunt for the Elusive Surrogate Marker of Sterilizing Activity in Tuberculosis Treatment; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1299-1301 [Full Text] [PDF]

Terence H. Risby: Further Discussion on Breath Condensate Analysis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1301-1302 [Full Text] [PDF]

Alan H. Morris: Perceptions, Confessions: A Systems Response Is Needed; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1302-1303 [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

A. Mechanical Ventilation:

Craig R. Weinert, Cynthia R. Gross, and William A. Marinelli: Impact of Randomized Trial Results on Acute Lung Injury Ventilator Therapy in Teaching Hospitals; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1304-1309. First published online February 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200205-478OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

B. Critical Care Ethics:

Edouard Ferrand, François Lemaire, Bernard Regnier, Khaldoun Kuteifan, Michel Badet, Pierre Asfar, Samir Jaber, Jean-Luc Chagnon, Anne Renault, René Robert, Frédéric Pochard, Christian Herve, Christian Brun-Buisson, and Philippe Duvaldestin: Discrepancies between Perceptions by Physicians and Nursing Staff of Intensive Care Unit End-of-Life Decisions; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1310-1315. First published online January 24 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-752OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

C. Sepsis Polymorphism:

Robert C. Barber and Grant E. O'Keefe: Characterization of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Lipopolysaccharide Binding Protein and Its Association with Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1316-1320. First published online February 13 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-1064OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. Nutrition and Sepsis:

Konstantin Mayer, Stephanie Gokorsch, Christine Fegbeutel, Katja Hattar, Simone Rosseau, Dieter Walmrath, Werner Seeger, and Friedrich Grimminger: Parenteral Nutrition with Fish Oil Modulates Cytokine Response in Patients with Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1321-1328. First published online February 25 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-674OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

E. Respiratory Failure and Leukemia:

Élie Azoulay, Fabienne Fieux, Delphine Moreau, Guillaume Thiery, Philippe Rousselot, Antoine Parrot, Jean-Roger Le Gall, Hervé Dombret, and Benoît Schlemmer: Acute Monocytic Leukemia Presenting as Acute Respiratory Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1329-1333. First published online February 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-554OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

F. Trials in Pediatric Critical Care:

Adrienne G. Randolph, Kathleen L. Meert, Mary E. O'Neil, James H. Hanson, Peter M. Luckett, John H. Arnold, Rainer G. Gedeit, Peter N. Cox, Joan S. Roberts, Shekhar T. Venkataraman, Peter W. Forbes, and Ira M. Cheifetz: The Feasibility of Conducting Clinical Trials in Infants and Children with Acute Respiratory Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1334-1340. First published online February 25 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200210-1175OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

G. Tuberculosis:

Marc Weiner, William Burman, Andrew Vernon, Debra Benator, Charles A. Peloquin, Awal Khan, Stephen Weis, Barbara King, Nina Shah, Thomas Hodge, and the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium: Low Isoniazid Concentrations and Outcome of Tuberculosis Treatment with Once-Weekly Isoniazid and Rifapentine; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1341-1347. First published online January 16 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-951OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Amina Jindani, Caroline J. Doré, and Denis A. Mitchison: Bactericidal and Sterilizing Activities of Antituberculosis Drugs during the First 14 Days; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1348-1354. First published online January 6 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200210-1125OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshinobu Koguchi, Kazuyoshi Kawakami, Kaori Uezu, Kiyoyasu Fukushima, Sigeyuki Kon, Masahiro Maeda, Atsushi Nakamoto, Isoko Owan, Mutsuo Kuba, Norifumi Kudeken, Masato Azuma, Satomi Yara, Takashi Shinzato, Futoshi Higa, Masao Tateyama, Jun-Ichi Kadota, Hiroshi Mukae, Shigeru Kohno, Toshimitsu Uede, and Atsushi Saito: High Plasma Osteopontin Level and Its Relationship with Interleukin-12–mediated Type 1 T Helper Cell Response in Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1355-1359. First published online February 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-1113OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

H. Asthma and Airway Structure:

Laurent Benayoun, Anne Druilhe, Marie-Christine Dombret, Michel Aubier, and Marina Pretolani: Airway Structural Alterations Selectively Associated with Severe Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1360-1368. First published online January 16 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-1030OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

I. Childhood Wheeze and Parasites:

Damtew Dagoye, Zegaye Bekele, Kifle Woldemichael, Hailu Nida, Meselech Yimam, Andy Hall, Andrea J. Venn, John R. Britton, Richard Hubbard, and Sarah A. Lewis: Wheezing, Allergy, and Parasite Infection in Children in Urban and Rural Ethiopia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1369-1373. First published online January 24 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200210-1204OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Antiprotease Delivery in Cystic Fibrosis:

Thomas Ferkol, Leah A. Cohn, Thomas E. Phillips, Arnold Smith, and Pamela B. Davis: Targeted Delivery of Antiprotease to the Epithelial Surface of Human Tracheal Xenografts; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1374-1379. First published online February 25 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-1119OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

K. Breath Condensate and COPD:

Massimo Corradi, Israel Rubinstein, Roberta Andreoli, Paola Manini, Andrea Caglieri, Diana Poli, Rossella Alinovi, and Antonio Mutti: Aldehydes in Exhaled Breath Condensate of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1380-1386. First published online January 9 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200210-1253OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

L. Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency:

Thomas R. Gildea, Kenneth M. Shermock, Mendel E. Singer, and James K. Stoller: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Augmentation Therapy for Severe ${alpha}$ ₁-Antitrypsin Deficiency; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1387-1392. First published online February 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-1035OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M. Airway Biology:

Charles L. Hardy, Linda Kenins, Alexander C. Drew, Jennifer M. Rolland, and Robyn E. O'Hehir: Characterization of a Mouse Model of Allergy to a Major Occupational Latex Glove Allergen Hev b 5; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1393-1399. First published online February 25 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-1002OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gloria C. Koo, Kashmira Shah, Gloria J. F. Ding, Jianying Xiao, Richard Wnek, George Doherty, Xin Chun Tong, R. Blake Pepinsky, Ko-Chung Lin, William K. Hagmann, Douglas Kawka, and Irwin I. Singer: A Small Molecule Very Late Antigen–4 Antagonist Can Inhibit Ovalbumin-induced Lung Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1400-1409. First published online January 31 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-696OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

N. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis:

Kevin R. Flaherty, Thomas V. Colby, William D. Travis, Galen B. Toews, Jeanette Mumford, Susan Murray, Victor J. Thannickal, Ella A. Kazerooni, Barry H. Gross, Joseph P. Lynch, III, and Fernando J. Martinez: Fibroblastic Foci in Usual Interstitial Pneumonia: Idiopathic versus Collagen Vascular Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1410-1415. First published online February 20 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200204-373OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

O. Activated Protein C and Lung Fibrosis:

Shino Shimizu, Esteban C. Gabazza, Osamu Taguchi, Hiroki Yasui, Yukiko Taguchi, Tatsuya Hayashi, Masaru Ido, Takeshi Shimizu, Tomohiro Nakagaki, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Kenji Fukudome, Naoko Tsuneyoshi, Corina N. D'Alessandro-Gabazza, Masahiko Izumizaki, Michiko Iwase, Ikuo Homma, Yukihiko Adachi, and Koji Suzuki: Activated Protein C Inhibits the Expression of Platelet-derived Growth Factor in the Lung; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1416-1426 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

P. Sleep-disordered Breathing:

Willis H. Tsai, John E. Remmers, Rollin Brant, W. Ward Flemons, Jan Davies, and Colin Macarthur: A Decision Rule for Diagnostic Testing in Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1427-1432. First published online January 24 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200112-110OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Q. Pulmonary Hypertension and HIV:

Hilario Nunes, Marc Humbert, Olivier Sitbon, Jane H. Morse, Zemin Deng, James A. Knowles, Catherine Le Gall, Florence Parent, Gilles Garcia, Philippe Hervé, Robyn J. Barst, and Gérald Simonneau: Prognostic Factors for Survival in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1433-1439. First published online February 25 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200204-330OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

R. Lung Transplantation:

Makoto Sugita, Pasquale Ferraro, André Dagenais, Marie-Eve Clermont, Pascal Barbry, René P. Michel, and Yves Berthiaume: Alveolar Liquid Clearance and Sodium Channel Expression Are Decreased in Transplanted Canine Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1440-1450. First published online January 24 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200204-312OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Robert M. Ross, Kenneth C. Beck, Richard Casaburi, Bruce D. Johnson, Darcy D. Marciniuk, Peter D. Wagner, and Idelle M. Weisman: ATS/ACCP statement on cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1451 [Full Text] [PDF]

Idelle M. Weisman: Erratum: ATS/ACCP statement on cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1451-1452 [Full Text] [PDF]