AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (December 1 2003, 168 [11])

EDITORIALS:

Jeffrey A. Kern: Sounding the Mediastinum; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1261-1262 [Full Text] [PDF]

Ronald M. Harper: Impaired Arousals and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Preexisting Neural Injury?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1262-1263 [Full Text] [PDF]

Douglas N. Fish: Bronchoscopic Sampling of Drug Concentrations: Penetration to Tissue Is the Issue; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1263-1265 [Full Text] [PDF]

Elisabeth H. Bel: Smoking: A Neglected Cause of Glucocorticoid Resistance in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1265-1266 [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard J. O'Brien: Development of Fluoroquinolones as First-line Drugs for Tuberculosis—at Long Last!; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1266-1268 [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven Idell: The Matrix Unloaded: Aerosolized Heparin or Urokinase for Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1268-1269 [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL COMMENTARY:

Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Sebastien Prin, Karim Chergui, Olivier Dubourg, and François Jardin: Hemodynamic Instability in Sepsis: Bedside Assessment by Doppler Echocardiography; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1270-1276 [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

STATE OF THE ART:

Jay H. Ryu, Jeffrey L. Myers, and Stephen J. Swensen: Bronchiolar Disorders; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1277-1292 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

A. Lung Cancer:

Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Bruce L. Davidson, Hans-Peter Hauber, Karl H. Bohuslavizki, Christoph Bobrowski, Christian Lund, Wolfram Trudo Knöfel, Nib Soehendra, Lars Brandt, Margaret S. Pepe, and Almuth Pforte: Endoscopic Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography, and Computerized Tomography for Lung Cancer; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1293-1297. First published online August 6 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200301-050OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

B. Sudden Infant Death:

Ineko Kato, Patricia Franco, Jose Groswasser, Sonia Scaillet, Igor Kelmanson, Hajime Togari, and Andre Kahn: Incomplete Arousal Processes in Infants Who Were Victims of Sudden Death; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1298-1303. First published online August 13 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200301-134OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

C. Drugs in Epithelial Fluids:

Koichi Yamazaki, Shigeaki Ogura, Akitoshi Ishizaka, Toshinari Oh-hara, and Masaharu Nishimura: Bronchoscopic Microsampling Method for Measuring Drug Concentration in Epithelial Lining Fluid; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1304-1307. First published online August 6 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200301-111OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

D. Asthma Steroids and Smoking:

Rekha Chaudhuri, Eric Livingston, Alex D. McMahon, Lorna Thomson, William Borland, and Neil C. Thomson: Cigarette Smoking Impairs the Therapeutic Response to Oral Corticosteroids in Chronic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1308-1311. First published online July 31 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200304-503OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

E. Asthma Genetics:

Denise L. Lind, Shweta Choudhry, Ngim Ung, Elad Ziv, Pedro C. Avila, Keyan Salari, Connie Ha, Elizabeth G. Lovins, Natasha E. Coyle, Sylvette Nazario, Jesus Casal, Alfonso Torres, Jose R. Rodriguez-Santana, Henry Matallana, Craig M. Lilly, Jorge Salas, Moises Selman, Homer A. Boushey, Scott T. Weiss, Rocio Chapela, Jean G. Ford, William Rodriguez-Cintron, Edwin K. Silverman, Dean Sheppard, Pui-Yan Kwok, and Esteban González Burchard: ADAM33 Is Not Associated with Asthma in Puerto Rican or Mexican Populations; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1312-1316. First published online September 4 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200306-877OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

F. Asthma and Fetus:

Vanessa E. Murphy, Peter G. Gibson, Warwick B. Giles, Tamas Zakar, Roger Smith, Andrew M. Bisits, Carolyn G. Kessell, and Vicki L. Clifton: Maternal Asthma Is Associated with Reduced Female Fetal Growth; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1317-1323. First published online September 18 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200303-374OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

G. Airway Biology:

Zhi-Hua Cui, Anthony Joetham, M. Kemal Aydintug, Yoon-Soo Hahn, Willi K. Born, and Erwin W. Gelfand: Reversal of Allergic Airway Hyperreactivity after Long-term Allergen Challenge Depends on ${gamma}$ ${delta}$ T Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1324-1332. First published online September 11 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200305-634OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christian Taube, Yeong-Ho Rha, Katsuyuki Takeda, Jung-Won Park, Anthony Joetham, Annette Balhorn, Azzeddine Dakhama, Patricia C. Giclas, V. Michael Holers, and Erwin W. Gelfand: Inhibition of Complement Activation Decreases Airway Inflammation and Hyperresponsiveness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1333-1341. First published online September 18 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200306-739OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

H. Tuberculosis:

Roly D. Gosling, Leonard O. Uiso, Noel E. Sam, Emily Bongard, Esther G. Kanduma, Mramba Nyindo, Richard W. Morris, and Stephen H. Gillespie: The Bactericidal Activity of Moxifloxacin in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1342-1345. First published online August 13 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200305-682OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Deborah A. Lewinsohn, Amy S. Heinzel, James M. Gardner, Liqing Zhu, Mark R. Alderson, and David M. Lewinsohn: Mycobacterium tuberculosis–specific CD8⁺ T Cells Preferentially Recognize Heavily Infected Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1346-1352. First published online September 11 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200306-837OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Dao Nguyen, Jean-François Proulx, Jennifer Westley, Louise Thibert, Serge Dery, and Marcel A. Behr: Tuberculosis in the Inuit Community of Quebec, Canada; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1353-1357. First published online September 18 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200307-910OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

I. Bleomycin Fibrosis:

Andreas Günther, Norbert Lübke, Monika Ermert, Ralph T. Schermuly, Norbert Weissmann, Andreas Breithecker, Philipp Markart, Clemens Ruppert, Karin Quanz, Leander Ermert, Friedrich Grimminger, and Werner Seeger: Prevention of Bleomycin-induced Lung Fibrosis by Aerosolization of Heparin or Urokinase in Rabbits; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1358-1365 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

J. Diesel Thrombogenicity and Histamine:

Abderrahim Nemmar, Benoit Nemery, Peter H. M. Hoet, Jos Vermylen, and Marc F. Hoylaerts: Pulmonary Inflammation and Thrombogenicity Caused by Diesel Particles in Hamsters: Role of Histamine; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1366-1372. First published online September 11 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200306-801OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

K. Sickle Cell Disease:

Emmanuelle Lechapt, Anoosha Habibi, Dora Bachir, Frederic Galacteros, Annette Schaeffer, Dominique Desvaux, Laurent Brochard, Bruno Housset, Bertrand Godeau, and Bernard Maitre: Induced Sputum versus Bronchoalveolar Lavage during Acute Chest Syndrome in Sickle Cell Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1373-1377. First published online September 11 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200302-174OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

L. Perfluorocarbon and Lung Injury:

Jean-Damien Ricard, Didier Dreyfuss, Jean-Pierre Laissy, and Georges Saumon: Dose–Response Effect of Perfluorocarbon Administration on Lung Microvascular Permeability in Rats; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1378-1382. First published online September 4 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-527OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

M. Hypercapnia and Mesenteric Injury:

John G. Laffey, Robert P. Jankov, Doreen Engelberts, A. Keith Tanswell, Martin Post, Thomas Lindsay, J. Brendan Mullen, Alex Romaschin, Derek Stephens, Colin McKerlie, and Brian P. Kavanagh: Effects of Therapeutic Hypercapnia on Mesenteric Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1383-1390 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

N. Nitric Oxide and Endothelial Stretch:

Wolfgang M. Kuebler, Ulrike Uhlig, Torsten Goldmann, Gregor Schael, Alexander Kerem, Kay Exner, Christian Martin, Ekkehard Vollmer, and Stefan Uhlig: Stretch Activates Nitric Oxide Production in Pulmonary Vascular Endothelial Cells In Situ; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1391-1398. First published online August 28 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200304-562OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Martin J. Tobin: Erratum: Omission of Editorialist's Name; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1399 [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph J. Renn, III and Thomas R. Martin: ATS, American Bar Association, and Asbestos; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1399-1400 [Full Text] [PDF]