EDITORIALS:

Gordon L. Snider

Understanding Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Process Begins

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1045-1046 [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Paul L. McNeil

Cell Suffering and Its Prevention in Lung

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1046-1047 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin J. Tobin

April 25, 1953: Three Papers, Three Lessons

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1047-1049 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CLINICAL COMMENTARY:

Daniel A. Culver, Steven M. Gordon, and Atul C. Mehta

Infection Control in the Bronchoscopy Suite: A Review of Outbreaks and Guidelines for Prevention

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1050-1056 [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

ARTICLES:

A. Ventilator-induced Lung Injury:

Ognjen Gajic, Jaeho Lee, Clinton H. Doerr, Jorge C. Berrios, Jeffrey L. Myers, and Rolf D. Hubmayr

Ventilator-induced Cell Wounding and Repair in the Intact Lung

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1057-1063. First published online December 12 2002 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-889OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Lung Water:

Alejandro P. Comellas, Liuska M. Pesce, Zaher Azzam, Fernando J. Saldías, and Jacob I. Sznajder

Scorpion Venom Decreases Lung Liquid Clearance in Rats

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1064-1067. First published online January 24 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-688OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Asthma:

Gordon R. Bloomberg, Kathryn M. Trinkaus, Edwin B. Fisher, Jr., Judith R. Musick, and Robert C. Strunk

Hospital Readmissions for Childhood Asthma: A 10-Year Metropolitan Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1068-1076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Florence Lieutier-Colas, Ashok Purohit, Pierre Meyer, Jean-François Fabries, Marie-Christine Kopferschmitt, Jean-François Dessanges, Gabrielle Pauli, and Frédéric de Blay

Bronchial Challenge Tests in Patients with Asthma Sensitized to Cats: The Importance of Large Particles in the Immediate Response

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1077-1082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Andrew Churg, Rong D. Wang, Hsin Tai, Xiaoshan Wang, Changshi Xie, Jin Dai, Steven D. Shapiro, and Joanne L. Wright

Macrophage Metalloelastase Mediates Acute Cigarette Smoke–induced Inflammation via Tumor Necrosis Factor- Release

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1083-1089. First published online January 9 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200212-1396OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Tom M. A. Wilkinson, Irem S. Patel, Mark Wilks, Gavin C. Donaldson, and Jadwiga A. Wedzicha

Airway Bacterial Load and FEV₁ Decline in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1090-1095. First published online January 24 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200210-1179OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Airway Biology:

You Shuei Lin, Qihai Gu, and Lu-Yuan Lee

Activation of Dopamine D₂-like Receptors Attenuates Pulmonary C-Fiber Hypersensitivity in Rats

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1096-1101. First published online January 16 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200210-1171OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arthur N. Freed, Sharron McCulloch, Teresa Meyers, and Ryoichi Suzuki

Neurokinins Modulate Hyperventilation-induced Bronchoconstriction in Canine Peripheral Airways

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1102-1108. First published online February 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200201-055OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Cystic Fibrosis:

Giovanna E. Carpagnano, Peter J. Barnes, Duncan M. Geddes, Margaret E. Hodson, and Sergei A. Kharitonov

Increased Leukotriene B₄ and Interleukin-6 in Exhaled Breath Condensate in Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1109-1112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Exhaled Nitric Oxide:

Hartmut Grasemann, Karin Storm van's Gravesande, Rainer Büscher, Jeffrey M. Drazen, and Felix Ratjen

Effects of Sex and of Gene Variants in Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthases on Exhaled Nitric Oxide

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1113-1116. First published online January 16 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200211-1342OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Air Pollution:

Samantha F. De Leon, George D. Thurston, and Kazuhiko Ito

Contribution of Respiratory Disease to Nonrespiratory Mortality Associations with Air Pollution

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1117-1123. First published online January 24 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200205-409OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

I. Control of Breathing:

Ioanna Mitrouska, Eumorfia Kondili, George Prinianakis, Nickolaos Siafakas, and Dimitris Georgopoulos

Effects of Theophylline on Ventilatory Poststimulus Potentiation in Patients with Brain Damage

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1124-1130. First published online January 16 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-552OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

J. Pleural Disease:

Mario Melis, Elisabetta Pace, Liboria Siena, Mario Spatafora, Annalisa Tipa, Mirella Profita, Anna Bonanno, Antonio M. Vignola, Giovanni Bonsignore, Christopher H. Mody, and Mark Gjomarkaj

Biologically Active Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Is Shed as Dimers by a Regulated Mechanism in the Inflamed Pleural Space

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1131-1138. First published online February 5 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-654OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

K. Pulmonary Hypertension:

Hossein A. Ghofrani, Ralph T. Schermuly, Frank Rose, Ralph Wiedemann, Markus G. Kohstall, André Kreckel, Horst Olschewski, Norbert Weissmann, Beate Enke, Stefanie Ghofrani, Werner Seeger, and Friedrich Grimminger

Sildenafil for Long-Term Treatment of Nonoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1139-1141. First published online January 24 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200210-1157BC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NHLBI WORKSHOP SUMMARY:

Thomas L. Croxton, Gail G. Weinmann, Robert M. Senior, Robert A. Wise, James D. Crapo, and A. Sonia Buist

Clinical Research in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Needs and Opportunities

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1142-1149 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Carlos Perez-Guzman, Alfredo Torres-Cruz, Hector Villarreal-Velarde, Miguel Angel Salazar-Lezama, Mario H. Vargas, and Martin J. Tobin

Duplicate publication challenged

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1150 [Full Text] [PDF]  

John J. Marini, Roy G. Brower, V. Marco Ranieri, Len Hudson, and Arthur S. Slutsky

Auto-peep with low tidal volume

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1150-1151 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Krishnan Parameswaran, Richard S. Irwin, and J. Mark Madison

Persistent troublesome cough

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 167: 1151 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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