EDITORIALS:

Robert M. Jasmer and Charles L. Daley

Rifampin and Pyrazinamide for Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Is It Safe?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 809-810 [Full Text]  

David E. Griffith

Emergence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria as Pathogens in Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 810-812 [Full Text]  

CLINICAL COMMENTARY:

Kelvin H.-V. Tan, Michael Mulheran, Alan J. Knox, and Alan R. Smyth

Aminoglycoside Prescribing and Surveillance in Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 819-823 [Full Text]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Peter J. Barnes

Theophylline: New Perspectives for an Old Drug

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 813-818 [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

A. Tuberculosis Mycobacteria and Cystic Fibrosis:

Jason E. Stout, John J. Engemann, Allen C. Cheng, Ellen R. Fortenberry, and Carol D. Hamilton

Safety of 2 Months of Rifampin and Pyrazinamide for Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 824-827. First published online November 21 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-998OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kenneth N. Olivier, David J. Weber, Richard J. Wallace, Jr., Ali R. Faiz, Ji-Hyun Lee, Yansheng Zhang, Barbara A. Brown-Elliot, Allison Handler, Rebecca W. Wilson, Michael S. Schechter, Lloyd J. Edwards, Subha Chakraborti, and Michael R. Knowles

Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: I: Multicenter Prevalence Study in Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 828-834. First published online November 14 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-678OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kenneth N. Olivier, David J. Weber, Ji-Hyun Lee, Allison Handler, Gail Tudor, Paul L. Molina, Joseph Tomashefski, and Michael R. Knowles

Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: II: Nested-Cohort Study of Impact on Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 835-840. First published online November 14 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-679OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. Cystic Fibrosis:

Ronald L. Gibson, Julia Emerson, Sharon McNamara, Jane L. Burns, Margaret Rosenfeld, Ann Yunker, Nicole Hamblett, Frank Accurso, Mark Dovey, Peter Hiatt, Michael W. Konstan, Richard Moss, George Retsch-Bogart, Jeffrey Wagener, David Waltz, Robert Wilmott, Pamela L. Zeitlin, and Bonnie Ramsey

Significant Microbiological Effect of Inhaled Tobramycin in Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 841-849. First published online December 12 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-855OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

C. Exhaled Breath Condensates:

Géza Vass, Éva Huszár, Erzsébet Barát, Márta Valyon, Domonkos Kiss, István Pénzes, Mónika Augusztinovicz, and Ildikó Horváth

Comparison of Nasal and Oral Inhalation during Exhaled Breath Condensate Collection

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 850-855. First published online December 18 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-716BC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

D. Nitric Oxide and Airway Epithelium:

Itsuro Jibiki, Shu Hashimoto, Shuichiro Maruoka, Yasuhiro Gon, Atsushi Matsuzawa, Hideki Nishitoh, Hidenori Ichijo, and Takashi Horie

Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1–Mediated Signaling Pathway Regulates Nitric Oxide–Induced Activator Protein-1 Activation in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 856-861 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. Nose at High Altitude:

Heimo Mairbäurl, Jörn Weymann, Andreas Möhrlein, Erik R. Swenson, Marco Maggiorini, J. Simon R. Gibbs, and Peter Bärtsch

Nasal Epithelium Potential Difference at High Altitude (4,559 m): Evidence for Secretion

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 862-867. First published online January 9 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-864OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Sepsis:

Yoshihisa Morita, Ian Chin-Yee, Pei Yu, William J. Sibbald, and Claudio M. Martin

Critical Oxygen Delivery in Conscious Septic Rats under Stagnant or Anemic Hypoxia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 868-872. First published online December 12 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200205-490OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Florence Ribera, Benoit N'Guessan, Joffrey Zoll, Dominique Fortin, Bernard Serrurier, Bertrand Mettauer, Xavier Bigard, Renée Ventura-Clapier, and Eliane Lampert

Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Function Is Enhanced in Inspiratory Muscles of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 873-879. First published online December 18 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-519OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrew L. Ries, Robert M. Kaplan, Roseann Myers, and Lela M. Prewitt

Maintenance after Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Chronic Lung Disease: A Randomized Trial

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 880-888. First published online December 27 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200204-318OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

H. Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease:

James R. Runo, Cindy L. Vnencak-Jones, Melissa Prince, James E. Loyd, Lisa Wheeler, Ivan M. Robbins, Kirk B. Lane, John H. Newman, Joyce Johnson, William C. Nichols, and John A. Phillips, III

Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease Caused by an Inherited Mutation in Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor II

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 889-894. First published online November 21 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-861OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

I. Nitric Oxide and Heart Failure:

Shunsuke Natori, Naoyuki Hasebe, Yin-Tie Jin, Tomoyuki Matsusaka, Akira Ido, Hironobu Matsuhashi, Tadashi Ihara, and Kenjiro Kikuchi

Inhaled Nitric Oxide Modifies Left Ventricular Diastolic Stress in the Presence of Vasoactive Agents in Heart Failure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 895-901. First published online January 6 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200201-057OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. Sleep Apnea and Heart-Rate Variability:

Lucia Spicuzza, Luciano Bernardi, Alessandro Calciati, and Giuseppe Ugo Di Maria

Autonomic Modulation of Heart Rate during Obstructive versus Central Apneas in Patients with Sleep-disordered Breathing

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 902-910. First published online December 27 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200201-006OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

K. Diabetes and Lung Function:

Robert E. Walter, Alexa Beiser, Rachel J. Givelber, George T. O'Connor, and Daniel J. Gottlieb

Association between Glycemic State and Lung Function: The Framingham Heart Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 911-916 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. In Utero Smoke Exposure:

Frank D. Gilliland, Kiros Berhane, Yu-Fen Li, Edward B. Rappaport, and John M. Peters

Effects of Early Onset Asthma and In Utero Exposure to Maternal Smoking on Childhood Lung Function

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 917-924. First published online December 12 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-616OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Bleomycin-induced Fibrosis:

Annie Pardo, Víctor Ruiz, José Luis Arreola, Remedios Ramírez, José Cisneros-Lira, Miguel Gaxiola, Roberto Barrios, Subbarao V. Kala, Michael W. Lieberman, and Moisés Selman

Bleomycin-induced Pulmonary Fibrosis Is Attenuated in -Glutamyl Transpeptidase–Deficient Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 925-932. First published online December 4 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-1007OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Laurence C. Carmichael, Thomas L. Petty, Peter Q. Eichacker, Steven M. Banks, Charles Natanson, Tihomir Stefanec, Peter Q. Eichacker, Steven M. Banks, Charles Natanson, Nicola Petrucci, Steven M. Banks, Charles Natanson, and Peter Q. Eichacker

Tidal volumes in ards and meta-analysis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 933-936 [Full Text]  

Isa Cerveri, Angelo Corsico, Maria C. Zoia, Jørgen Vestbo, and Peter Lange

Gold Stage 0

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 936 [Full Text]  

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