EDITORIALS:

Frank J. Accurso and Marci K. Sontag

Seeking Modifier Genes in Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 289-290 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stanley J. Szefler and Eric A. F. Simoes

Montelukast for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis: Significant Effect or Provocative Findings?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 290-291 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benjamin Gaston

Breath Condensate Analysis: Perhaps Worth Studying, After All

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 292-293 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Louis-Philippe Boulet

Asymptomatic Airway Hyperresponsiveness: A Curiosity or an Opportunity to Prevent Asthma?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 371-378 [Full Text] [PDF]  

YEAR IN REVIEW:

Martin J. Tobin

Critical Care Medicine in AJRCCM 2002

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 294-305 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin J. Tobin

Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Control of Breathing, Respiratory Muscles, and Pulmonary Function Testing in AJRCCM 2002

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 306-318 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin J. Tobin

Asthma, Airway Biology, and Nasal Disorders in AJRCCM 2002

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 319-332 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin J. Tobin

Pediatrics, Surfactant, and Cystic Fibrosis in AJRCCM 2002

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 333-344 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin J. Tobin

Tuberculosis, Lung Infections, Interstitial Lung Disease, and Journalology in AJRCCM 2002

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 345-355 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin J. Tobin

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pollution, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Transplantation, Pleural Disease, and Lung Cancer in AJRCCM 2002

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 356-370 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Respiratory Syncytial Virus:

Hans Bisgaard

A Randomized Trial of Montelukast in Respiratory Syncytial Virus Postbronchiolitis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 379-383. First published online October 3 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-747OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Cystic Fibrosis:

Peter D. Arkwright, Vera Pravica, Philip J. Geraghty, Maurice Super, A. Kevin Webb, Martin Schwarz, and Ian V. Hutchinson

End-Organ Dysfunction in Cystic Fibrosis: Association with Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme and Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 384-389 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hartmut Grasemann, Karin Storm van's Gravesande, Rainer Büscher, Nicola Knauer, Eric S. Silverman, Lyle J. Palmer, Jeffrey M. Drazen, and Felix Ratjen

Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Variants in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 390-394. First published online August 15 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200202-155OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Pediatric Asthma:

Massimo Corradi, Giuseppina Folesani, Roberta Andreoli, Paola Manini, Alessandro Bodini, Giorgio Piacentini, Silvia Carraro, Stefania Zanconato, and Eugenio Baraldi

Aldehydes and Glutathione in Exhaled Breath Condensate of Children with Asthma Exacerbation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 395-399. First published online October 31 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-507OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Hyperoxia in Newborn:

Mohamed N. Ahmed, Hagir B. Suliman, Rodney J. Folz, Eva Nozik-Grayck, Maria L. Golson, S. Nicholas Mason, and Richard L. Auten

Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase Protects Lung Development in Hyperoxia-exposed Newborn Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 400-405. First published online October 3 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200202-108OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Asthma:

David Lieberman, Devora Lieberman, Shmuel Printz, Miriam Ben-Yaakov, Zilia Lazarovich, Bella Ohana, Maureen G. Friedman, Bella Dvoskin, Maija Leinonen, and Ida Boldur

Atypical Pathogen Infection in Adults with Acute Exacerbation of Bronchial Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 406-410. First published online November 8 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-996OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Fumihiro Mitsunobu, Kozo Ashida, Yasuhiro Hosaki, Hirofumi Tsugeno, Makoto Okamoto, Kazunori Nishida, Shingo Takata, Tadashi Yokoi, Michiaki Mishima, and Yoshiro Tanizaki

Complexity of Terminal Airspace Geometry Assessed by Computed Tomography in Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 411-417 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Asthma and COPD:

Leonardo M. Fabbri, Micaela Romagnoli, Lorenzo Corbetta, Gianluca Casoni, Kamelija Busljetic, Graziella Turato, Guido Ligabue, Adalberto Ciaccia, Marina Saetta, and Alberto Papi

Differences in Airway Inflammation in Patients with Fixed Airflow Obstruction Due to Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 418-424. First published online November 8 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200203-183OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Airway Secretions:

Souheil El-Chemaly, Matthias Salathe, Sylvia Baier, Gregory E. Conner, and Rosanna Forteza

Hydrogen Peroxide–Scavenging Properties of Normal Human Airway Secretions

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 425-430. First published online November 15 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-531OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Dendritic Cells:

Salomé Kantengwa, Lan Jornot, Christiane Devenoges, and Laurent P. Nicod

Superoxide Anions Induce the Maturation of Human Dendritic Cells

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 431-437 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Pulmonary Fibrosis:

Elisabetta A. Renzoni, David A. Walsh, Michael Salmon, Athol U. Wells, Piersante Sestini, Andrew G. Nicholson, Srihari Veeraraghavan, Anne E. Bishop, Hanna M. Romanska, Panagiotis Pantelidis, Carol M. Black, and Roland M. du Bois

Interstitial Vascularity in Fibrosing Alveolitis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 438-443. First published online October 3 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200202-135OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Sarcoidosis:

Benjamin A. Rybicki, Mary J. Maliarik, Laila M. Poisson, Roberta Sheffer, Kang Mei Chen, Marcie Major, Gary A. Chase, and Michael C. Iannuzzi

The Major Histocompatibility Complex Gene Region and Sarcoidosis Susceptibility in African Americans

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 444-449 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY WORKSHOP:

Proceedings of the First Jack Pepys Occupational Asthma Symposium

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 450-471 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Magdy Younes, Ailiang Xie, James B. Skatrud, Curtis A. Smith, and Jerome A. Dempsey

Measurement of the co₂ apneic threshold

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 472-473 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kwok-chiu Chang and Chi-chiu Leung

Computed tomography is reasonably reliable for screening lung cancer

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 473 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip Spradling, Renee Ridzon, Annette T. Nitta, and Jaimin Kim

Limited transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 473-474 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristiane Ritter, Michael Andrades, José Cláudio F. Moreira, Felipe Dal-Pizzol, and Sabah N. A. Hussain

Superoxide production during sepsis development

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 474-475 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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