EDITORIALS:

Vito Brusasco and Riccardo Pellegrino

Oxygen in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An Old Tool Revisited

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1021-1022 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yves Berthiaume

Tumor Necrosis Factor and Lung Edema Clearance: The Tip of the Iceberg?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1022-1023 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey R. Jacobson and Joe G. N. Garcia

Genomics Made Functional in Ventilator-associated Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1023-1025 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohammad Amin and Paul C. Hébert

What to Learn from Decision Analysis of Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1025-1026 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan Uhlig

Taking a Peep at the Upper Airways

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1026-1027 [Full Text] [PDF]  

James D. Crapo

Redox Active Agents in Inflammatory Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1027-1028 [Full Text] [PDF]  

OCCASIONAL ESSAYS:

John F. Murray

Bill Dock and the Location of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: How Bed Rest Might Have Helped Consumption

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1029-1033. First published online September 11 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200307-1016OE [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. COPD Exercise and Oxygen:

Margareta Emtner, Janos Porszasz, Mary Burns, Attila Somfay, and Richard Casaburi

Benefits of Supplemental Oxygen in Exercise Training in Nonhypoxemic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1034-1042. First published online July 17 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200212-1525OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Alveolar Edema and Tumor Necrosis Factor:

Nadia Elia, Maxime Tapponnier, Michael A. Matthay, Jürg Hamacher, Jean-Claude Pache, Marie-Anne Bründler, Martin Totsch, Patrick De Baetselier, Lucie Fransen, Norimasa Fukuda, Denis R. Morel, and Rudolf Lucas

Functional Identification of the Alveolar Edema Reabsorption Activity of Murine Tumor Necrosis Factor-

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1043-1050. First published online July 3 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200206-618OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Ventilator Injury and Genes:

Ian B. Copland, Brian P. Kavanagh, Doreen Engelberts, Colin McKerlie, Jaques Belik, and Martin Post

Early Changes in Lung Gene Expression due to High Tidal Volume

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1051-1059. First published online June 19 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-964OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Ventilator-associated Pneumonia:

David E. Ost, Charles S. Hall, Gnanaraj Joseph, Christine Ginocchio, Susan Condon, Emily Kao, Michele LaRusso, Richard Itzla, and Alan M. Fein

Decision Analysis of Antibiotic and Diagnostic Strategies in Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1060-1067. First published online July 3 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200302-199OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Airway Distension and Tracheal Leukocytes:

Lina H. K. Lim and Elizabeth M. Wagner

Airway Distension Promotes Leukocyte Recruitment in Rat Tracheal Circulation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1068-1074. First published online July 17 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200207-690OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Bleomycin Injury and Redox:

Tomoaki Hoshino, Hajime Nakamura, Masaki Okamoto, Seiya Kato, Shinichi Araya, Keiko Nomiyama, Kotaro Oizumi, Howard A. Young, Hisamichi Aizawa, and Junji Yodoi

Redox-active Protein Thioredoxin Prevents Proinflammatory Cytokine- or Bleomycin-induced Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1075-1083. First published online June 19 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200209-982OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia and Exercise:

Vibha N. Lama, Kevin R. Flaherty, Galen B. Toews, Thomas V. Colby, William D. Travis, Qi Long, Susan Murray, Ella A. Kazerooni, Barry H. Gross, Joseph P. Lynch, III, and Fernando J. Martinez

Prognostic Value of Desaturation during a 6-Minute Walk Test in Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1084-1090. First published online August 13 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200302-219OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Asthma:

G. Daniel Brooks, Kim A. Buchta, Cheri A. Swenson, James E. Gern, and William W. Busse

Rhinovirus-induced Interferon- and Airway Responsiveness in Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1091-1094. First published online August 19 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200306-737OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mario Castro, Nina A. Zimmermann, Sue Crocker, Joseph Bradley, Charles Leven, and Kenneth B. Schechtman

Asthma Intervention Program Prevents Readmissions in High Healthcare Users

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1095-1099. First published online June 13 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200208-877OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

I. Cystic Fibrosis:

Philip M. Farrell, Zhanhai Li, Michael R. Kosorok, Anita Laxova, Christopher G. Green, Jannette Collins, Hui-Chuan Lai, Michael J. Rock, and Mark L. Splaingard

Bronchopulmonary Disease in Children with Cystic Fibrosis after Early or Delayed Diagnosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1100-1108. First published online August 13 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200303-434OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Cheyne-Stokes and Adaptive Ventilation:

Justin C. T. Pepperell, Nick A. Maskell, David R. Jones, Beverley A. Langford-Wiley, Nicky Crosthwaite, John R. Stradling, and Robert J. O. Davies

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Adaptive Ventilation for Cheyne–Stokes Breathing in Heart Failure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1109-1114. First published online August 19 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200212-1476OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

K. Chemoreflexes Exercise and Hypoxia:

Yoshiyuki Fukuoka, Masako Endo, Yasuharu Oishi, and Haruo Ikegami

Chemoreflex Drive and the Dynamics of Ventilation and Gas Exchange during Exercise at Hypoxia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1115-1122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Surfactant:

Philip L. Ballard, Jeffrey D. Merrill, Rodolfo I. Godinez, Marye H. Godinez, William E. Truog, and Roberta A. Ballard

Surfactant Protein Profile of Pulmonary Surfactant in Premature Infants

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1123-1128. First published online August 6 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200304-479OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Robert M. Aris, David A. Ontjes, Sue A. Brown, Worakij Chalermskulrat, Isabel Neuringer, and Gayle E. Lester

Carboxylated Osteocalcin Levels in Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1129 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard M. Effros, Benjamin Gaston, Antonio Mutti, and Massimo Corradi

Saving the Breath Condensate Approach

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1129-1132 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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