EDITORIALS:

Donald E. Craven

Blood Cultures for Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Piecing Together a Mosaic for Doing Less

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 327-328 [Full Text]  

Virginia A. Imadojemu, Lawrence I. Sinoway, and Urs A. Leuenberger

Vascular Dysfunction in Sleep Apnea: A Reversible Link to Cardiovascular Disease?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 328-329 [Full Text]  

R. Doug McEvoy

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure: Two Unhappy Bedfellows

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 329-331 [Full Text]  

Piero Maestrelli

Natural History of Adult-Onset Asthma: Insights from Model of Occupational Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 331-332 [Full Text]  

Lorraine B. Ware

Modulation of Alveolar Fluid Clearance by Acute Inflammation: The Plot Thickens

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 332-333 [Full Text]  

Denis A. Mitchison

Fluoroquinolones in the Treatment of Tuberculosis: A Study in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 334-335 [Full Text]  

CRITICAL CARE PERSPECTIVE:

Theodoros Vassilakopoulos and Basil J. Petrof

Ventilator-induced Diaphragmatic Dysfunction

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 336-341 [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

A. Pneumonia and Bacteremia:

Mark L. Metersky, Allen Ma, Dale W. Bratzler, and Peter M. Houck

Predicting Bacteremia in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 342-347. First published online November 20 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200309-1248OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. Sleep and Vascular Endothelium:

Mary S. M. Ip, Hung-Fat Tse, Bing Lam, Kenneth W. T. Tsang, and Wah-Kit Lam

Endothelial Function in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Response to Treatment

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 348-353. First published online October 9 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200306-767OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

F. Javier Nieto, David M. Herrington, Susan Redline, Emelia J. Benjamin, and John A. Robbins

Sleep Apnea and Markers of Vascular Endothelial Function in a Large Community Sample of Older Adults

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 354-360. First published online October 9 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200306-756OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

C. CPAP Sleep and Heart Failure:

Darren R. Mansfield, N. Claire Gollogly, David M. Kaye, Meroula Richardson, Peter Bergin, and Matthew T. Naughton

Controlled Trial of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 361-366. First published online November 3 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200306-752OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

D. Occupational Asthma:

Karim Maghni, Catherine Lemière, Heberto Ghezzo, Wu Yuquan, and Jean-Luc Malo

Airway Inflammation after Cessation of Exposure to Agents Causing Occupational Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 367-372. First published online October 24 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200309-1238OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. Allergen Thrombin and Remodeling:

Masaki Terada, Elizabeth A. B. Kelly, and Nizar N. Jarjour

Increased Thrombin Activity after Allergen Challenge: A Potential Link to Airway Remodeling?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 373-377. First published online November 20 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200308-1156OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

F. House Dust Mite and Remodeling:

Jill R. Johnson, Ryan E. Wiley, Ramzi Fattouh, Filip K. Swirski, Beata U. Gajewska, Anthony J. Coyle, José-Carlos Gutierrez-Ramos, Russ Ellis, Mark D. Inman, and Manel Jordana

Continuous Exposure to House Dust Mite Elicits Chronic Airway Inflammation and Structural Remodeling

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 378-385. First published online November 3 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200308-1094OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

G. Asthma in Puerto Ricans and Mexicans:

Esteban González Burchard, Pedro C. Avila, Sylvette Nazario, Jesus Casal, Alfonso Torres, Jose R. Rodriguez-Santana, Monica Toscano, Jody Senter Sylvia, MariaElena Alioto, Michael Salazar, Ivan Gomez, Joanne K. Fagan, Jorge Salas, Craig Lilly, Henry Matallana, Elad Ziv, Richard Castro, Moises Selman, Rocio Chapela, Dean Sheppard, Scott T. Weiss, Jean G. Ford, Homer A. Boushey, William Rodriguez-Cintron, Jeffrey M. Drazen, and Edwin K. Silverman

Lower Bronchodilator Responsiveness in Puerto Rican than in Mexican Subjects with Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 386-392. First published online November 14 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200309-1293OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

H. Asthma and Antioxidants:

Rachel N. Rubin, Livia Navon, and Patricia A. Cassano

Relationship of Serum Antioxidants to Asthma Prevalence in Youth

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 393-398. First published online November 20 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200301-055OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

I. Cystic Fibrosis:

Lindsay J. Marshall, Beatrice Perks, Kathleen Bodey, Ranjan Suri, Andrew Bush, and Janis K. Shute

Free Secretory Component from Cystic Fibrosis Sputa Displays the Cystic Fibrosis Glycosylation Phenotype

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 399-406. First published online November 3 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200305-619OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

J. Alveolar Fluid Clearance:

Daniel E. Sloniewsky, Karen M. Ridge, Yochai Adir, Francine P. Fries, Arturo Briva, Jacob I. Sznajder, and Peter H. S. Sporn

Leukotriene D₄ Activates Alveolar Epithelial Na,K-ATPase and Increases Alveolar Fluid Clearance

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 407-412. First published online October 24 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200304-472OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

K. Interleukin-6 and Acute Lung and Liver Injury:

Miguel E. Sewnath, Tom van der Poll, Cornelis J. F. van Noorden, Fiebo J. W. ten Kate, and Dirk J. Gouma

Cholestatic Interleukin-6–Deficient Mice Succumb to Endotoxin-induced Liver Injury and Pulmonary Inflammation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 413-420. First published online November 6 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200303-311OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

L. Moxifloxacin in Tuberculosis:

Eric L. Nuermberger, Tetsuyuki Yoshimatsu, Sandeep Tyagi, Richard J. O'Brien, Andrew N. Vernon, Richard E. Chaisson, William R. Bishai, and Jacques H. Grosset

Moxifloxacin-containing Regimen Greatly Reduces Time to Culture Conversion in Murine Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 421-426. First published online October 24 2003 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200310-1380OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Georg-Christian Funk, Daniel Doberer, Ventzislav Petkov, Lutz Henning Block, Robert Walter, Rachel Givelber, George O'Connor, and Daniel Gottlieb

Hyperglycemia, Bronchial Artery Sclerosis, and Lung Function

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 427 [Full Text]  

Terence M. O'Connor and Charles P. Bredin

Interferon- Toxicity in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 428 [Full Text]  

Alexander C. Chester

Evidence Is Lacking for Link between Rhinitis and Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 169: 428 [Full Text]  

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