EDITORIALS:

Richard E. Chaisson

Tuberculosis Chemotherapy: Still a Double-edged Sword

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1461-1462 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alice S. Prince

New Insights from an Old Model

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1462-1463 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allan R. Glanville

Inhaled Nitric Oxide after Lung Transplantation: No More Cosmesis?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1463-1464 [Full Text] [PDF]  

John O. Warner

The Blood Lung Function Test: Does It Exist for Asthma?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1465-1466 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CRITICAL CARE PERSPECTIVE:

Didier Dreyfuss, Jean-Damien Ricard, and Georges Saumon

On the Physiologic and Clinical Relevance of Lung-borne Cytokines during Ventilator-induced Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1467-1471 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Tuberculosis:

Daphne Yee, Chantal Valiquette, Marthe Pelletier, Isabelle Parisien, Isabelle Rocher, and Dick Menzies

Incidence of Serious Side Effects from First-Line Antituberculosis Drugs among Patients Treated for Active Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1472-1477. First published online January 31 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-626OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Pseudomonas in Rats:

Philippe Lesprit, François Faurisson, Olivier Join-Lambert, Françoise Roudot-Thoraval, Maryline Foglino, Christiane Vissuzaine, and Claude Carbon

Role of the Quorum-sensing System in Experimental Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Rats

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1478-1482. First published online January 31 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-736BC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Lung Transplantation and Nitric Oxide:

Maureen O. Meade, John T. Granton, Andrea Matte-Martyn, Karen McRae, Bruce Weaver, Paula Cripps, and Shaf H. Keshavjee

A Randomized Trial of Inhaled Nitric Oxide to Prevent Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury after Lung Transplantation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1483-1489 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Pediatric Asthma:

Stefania La Grutta, Rosalia Gagliardo, Franco Mirabella, Giovanni Battista Pajno, Giovanni Bonsignore, Jean Bousquet, Vincenzo Bellia, and Antonio Maurizio Vignola

Clinical and Biological Heterogeneity in Children with Moderate Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1490-1495. First published online February 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-549OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Asthma:

Jacob K. Sont, Willem I. de Boer, W. Annemarie A. M. van Schadewijk, Katrien Grünberg, J. Han J. M. van Krieken, Pieter S. Hiemstra, and Peter J. Sterk

Fully Automated Assessment of Inflammatory Cell Counts and Cytokine Expression in Bronchial Tissue

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1496-1503 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Allergic Rhinitis:

Magnus Korsgren, Jonas S. Erjefält, Josef Hinterhölzl, Reiner Fischer-Colbrie, Cecilia Ahlström Emanuelsson, Morgan Andersson, Carl G. A. Persson, Alan Mackay-Sim, Frank Sundler, and Lennart Greiff

Neural Expression and Increased Lavage Fluid Levels of Secretoneurin in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1504-1508. First published online March 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200212-1508OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Airway Biology:

Michelle A. Carey, Dori R. Germolec, J. Alyce Bradbury, Rebecca A. Gooch, Michael P. Moorman, Gordon P. Flake, Robert Langenbach, and Darryl C. Zeldin

Accentuated T Helper Type 2 Airway Response after Allergen Challenge in Cyclooxygenase-1^-/- but Not Cyclooxygenase-2^-/- Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1509-1515. First published online March 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200211-1383OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

H. Emphysema in Rats:

Kang-Hyeon Choe, Laimute Taraseviciene-Stewart, Robertas Scerbavicius, Lajos Gera, Rubin M. Tuder, and Norbert F. Voelkel

Methylprednisolone Causes Matrix Metalloproteinase–dependent Emphysema in Adult Rats

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1516-1521. First published online January 9 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200210-1207OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Exercise and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Frank Sciurba, Gerard J. Criner, Shing M. Lee, Zab Mohsenifar, David Shade, William Slivka, and Robert A. Wise

Six-Minute Walk Distance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Reproducibility and Effect of Walking Course Layout and Length

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1522-1527. First published online February 20 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200203-166OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

J. Lung Function and Genomics:

Jemma B. Wilk, Anita L. DeStefano, Donna K. Arnett, Stephen S. Rich, Luc Djousse, Robert O. Crapo, Mark F. Leppert, Michael A. Province, L. Adrienne Cupples, Daniel J. Gottlieb, and Richard H. Myers

A Genome-Wide Scan of Pulmonary Function Measures in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1528-1533. First published online March 13 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-755OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

K. Cheyne-Stokes Respiration:

Richard S. T. Leung, John S. Floras, Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho, Fiona Rankin, Peter Picton, and T. Douglas Bradley

Influence of Cheyne-Stokes Respiration on Cardiovascular Oscillations in Heart Failure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1534-1539. First published online March 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-793OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

L. Control of Breathing:

David Gozal, Stephen R. Reeves, Barry W. Row, Jennifer J. Neville, Shang Z. Guo, and Andrew J. Lipton

Respiratory Effects of Gestational Intermittent Hypoxia in the Developing Rat

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1540-1547. First published online March 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-963OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

M. Hypoxia and Learning in Rats:

Barry W. Row, Rugao Liu, Wei Xu, Leila Kheirandish, and David Gozal

Intermittent Hypoxia Is Associated with Oxidative Stress and Spatial Learning Deficits in the Rat

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1548-1553. First published online February 25 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-1050OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

N. Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension:

Robert P. Jankov, Xiaoping Luo, Ann Campbell, Rosetta Belcastro, Judy Cabacungan, Leslie Johnstone, Helena Frndova, Stephen J. Lye, and A. Keith Tanswell

Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-1 and Neonatal Compensatory Lung Growth after Exposure to 95% Oxygen

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1554-1561. First published online March 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-662OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

O. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Surfactant:

Roger G. Spragg, James F. Lewis, Wilhelm Wurst, Dietrich Häfner, Robert P. Baughman, Mark D. Wewers, and James J. Marsh

Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome with Recombinant Surfactant Protein C Surfactant

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1562-1566. First published online March 20 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-782OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

P. Acute Lung Injury:

Kuang-Yao Yang, John J. Arcaroli, and Edward Abraham

Early Alterations in Neutrophil Activation Are Associated with Outcome in Acute Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1567-1574. First published online March 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-664OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Thierry Sottiaux, Ana Villagrá, Josefina López Aguilar, and Lluis Blanch

Recruitment maneuvers in ARDS

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1575 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antoine Vieillard-Baron, François Jardin, Jean-Jacques Rouby, Qin Lu, and Ivan Goldstein

Right level of positive end-expiratory pressure in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1576-1577 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew Bush, Colin Wallis, Patrick Lebecque, and Kris De Boeck

Mutations of CFTR gene and intermediate sweat chloride levels

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1577-1578 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mike Thomas, David Price, Tricia McKeever, Sarah Lewis, and Richard Hubbard

Prenatal antibiotic exposure and subsequent atopy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1578-1579 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitchell Friedman

Formoterol and ipratropium in COPD

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1579 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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