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]  

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]  

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]  

Terence H. Risby

Further Discussion on Breath Condensate Analysis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1301-1302 [Full Text]  

Alan H. Morris

Perceptions, Confessions: A Systems Response Is Needed

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1302-1303 [Full Text]  

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] [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] [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]  

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] [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] [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]  

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] [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]  

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]  

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] [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]  

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] [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]  

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 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]  

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]  

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]  

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]  

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] [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] [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]  

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]  

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]  

Idelle M. Weisman

Erratum: ATS/ACCP statement on cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1451-1452 [Full Text]  

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