EDITORIALS:

Stefan R. Bornstein and Josef Briegel

A New Role for Glucocorticoids in Septic Shock: Balancing the Immune Response

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 485-486 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy F. Murphy

Immunity to Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae: Elucidating Protective Responses

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 486-487 [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Mark FitzGerald

Broadening the Therapeutic Options in Acute Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 488-489 [Full Text] [PDF]  

STATE OF THE ART:

Marc de Perrot, Mingyao Liu, Thomas K. Waddell, and Shaf Keshavjee

Ischemia–Reperfusion–induced Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 490-511 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Septic Shock:

Didier Keh, Thomas Boehnke, Steffen Weber-Cartens, Christina Schulz, Olaf Ahlers, Sven Bercker, Hans-Dieter Volk, Wolf-Dietrich Doecke, Konrad J. Falke, and Herwig Gerlach

Immunologic and Hemodynamic Effects of "Low-Dose" Hydrocortisone in Septic Shock: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Crossover Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 512-520. First published online November 8 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200205-446OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome:

Paolo Pelosi, Nicola Bottino, Davide Chiumello, Pietro Caironi, Mauro Panigada, Chiara Gamberoni, Giorgia Colombo, Luca M. Bigatello, and Luciano Gattinoni

Sigh in Supine and Prone Position during Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 521-527. First published online December 18 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200203-198OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Asthma:

Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., Howard A. Smithline, Marie-Pierre Malice, Stuart A. Green, and Theodore F. Reiss

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Intravenous Montelukast in Acute Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 528-533. First published online November 27 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-802OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen Holzer, Sandra D. Anderson, Hak-Kim Chan, and Jo Douglass

Mannitol as a Challenge Test to Identify Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction in Elite Athletes

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 534-537. First published online November 27 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-916OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Rhinitis and Hypertension:

Sabine Kony, Mahmoud Zureik, Catherine Neukirch, Bénédicte Leynaert, Daniel Vervloet, and Françoise Neukirch

Rhinitis Is Associated with Increased Systolic Blood Pressure in Men: A Population-based Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 538-543. First published online November 21 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-851OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Toru Oga, Koichi Nishimura, Mitsuhiro Tsukino, Susumu Sato, and Takashi Hajiro

Analysis of the Factors Related to Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Role of Exercise Capacity and Health Status

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 544-549. First published online November 21 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-583OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Airway Biology:

Darryl J. Adamko, Allison D. Fryer, Bruce S. Bochner, and David B. Jacoby

CD8⁺ T Lymphocytes in Viral Hyperreactivity and M₂ Muscarinic Receptor Dysfunction

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 550-556. First published online October 31 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-506OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatsushi Mutoh and Hirokazu Tsubone

Hypersensitivity of Laryngeal C-Fibers Induced by Volatile Anesthetics in Young Guinea Pigs

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 557-562. First published online November 8 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-768BC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Control of Breathing:

Polina Fenik and Sigrid C. Veasey

Pharmacological Characterization of Serotonergic Receptor Activity in the Hypoglossal Nucleus

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 563-569. First published online August 22 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200202-107OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Oxidative Damage of DNA:

Hagir B. Suliman, Martha S. Carraway, and Claude A. Piantadosi

Postlipopolysaccharide Oxidative Damage of Mitochondrial DNA

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 570-579. First published online December 12 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-518OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Pulmonary Hypertension:

Karl P. Kuhn, Daniel W. Byrne, Patrick G. Arbogast, Thomas P. Doyle, James E. Loyd, and Ivan M. Robbins

Outcome in 91 Consecutive Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Receiving Epoprostenol

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 580-586. First published online November 21 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200204-333OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

J. Haemophilus influenzae:

Paul T. King, Paul E. Hutchinson, Paul D. Johnson, Peter W. Holmes, Nicholas J. Freezer, and Stephen R. Holdsworth

Adaptive Immunity to Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 587-592. First published online November 14 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-728OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

K. Hospital-acquired Pneumonia:

Christine M. Hartog, Johanna A. Wermelt, Carsten O. Sommerfeld, Wolfgang Eichler, Klaus Dalhoff, and Joerg Braun

Pulmonary Matrix Metalloproteinase Excess in Hospital-acquired Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 593-598 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

L. Tuberculosis:

Dick Menzies, Anne Fanning, Lillian Yuan, and J. Mark FitzGerald

Factors Associated with Tuberculin Conversion in Canadian Microbiology and Pathology Workers

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 599-602. First published online November 21 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-873BC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY DOCUMENTS:

American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America: Treatment of Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 603-662 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Caroline J. Doré, Andrew J. Nunn, Stephen H. Gillespie, Roly D. Gosling, and Bambos M. Charalambous

Bactericidal activity of antituberculosis drugs

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 663 [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. A. Mitchison, Stephen H. Gillespie, Bambos M. Charalambous, and Roly D. Gosling

A reiterative method for calculating bactericidal activity

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 663-664 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudio Sandroni, Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore, Rodolfo Proietti, Marius M. Hoeper, Nazzareno Galiè, and Robyn J. Barst

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pulmonary hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 664-665 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip Silkoff and Aaron Deykin

Exhaled nitric oxide as a diagnostic tool

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 665-666 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter D. Bridge, Sheila A. McKenzie, Nicole Beydon, Corinne Alberti, and Claude Gaultier

Time for standardization

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 666 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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