EDITORIALS:

Jean-Jacques Rouby

Optimizing Lung Aeration in Positive End-Expiratory Pressure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1039-1040 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew A. Vernon and Michael F. Iademarco

In the Treatment of Tuberculosis, You Get What You Pay for...

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1040-1042 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Rakesh K. Kumar, Cristan Herbert, Dianne C. Webb, Lily Li, and Paul S. Foster

Effects of Anticytokine Therapy in a Mouse Model of Chronic Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1043-1048. First published online August 11 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200405-681OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Kristoffer Larsen, Ellen Tufvesson, Johan Malmström, Matthias Mörgelin, Marie Wildt, Annika Andersson, Anna Lindström, Anders Malmström, Claes-Göran Löfdahl, György Marko-Varga, Leif Bjermer, and Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson

Presence of Activated Mobile Fibroblasts in Bronchoalveolar Lavage from Patients with Mild Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1049-1056. First published online July 15 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-507OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Benjamin A. Raby, Ross Lazarus, Edwin K. Silverman, Steven Lake, Christoph Lange, Mathias Wjst, and Scott T. Weiss

Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms with Childhood and Adult Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1057-1065. First published online July 28 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-447OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Critical Care:

Guillermo M. Albaiceta, Francisco Taboada, Diego Parra, Luis H. Luyando, Juan Calvo, Rafael Menendez, and Jesús Otero

Tomographic Study of the Inflection Points of the Pressure–Volume Curve in Acute Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1066-1072. First published online August 18 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200312-1644OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

François Lellouche, Solenne Taillé, Salvatore M. Maggiore, Siham Qader, Erwan L'Her, Nicolas Deye, and Laurent Brochard

Influence of Ambient and Ventilator Output Temperatures on Performance of Heated-Wire Humidifiers

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1073-1079. First published online July 21 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200309-1245OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease:

Alexandros Gryparis, Bertil Forsberg, Klea Katsouyanni, Antonis Analitis, Giota Touloumi, Joel Schwartz, Evangelia Samoli, Sylvia Medina, H. Ross Anderson, Emilia Maria Niciu, H.-Erich Wichmann, Bohumir Kriz, Mitja Kosnik, Jiri Skorkovsky, Judith M. Vonk, and Zeynep Dörtbudak

Acute Effects of Ozone on Mortality from the "Air Pollution and Health: A European Approach" Project

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1080-1087. First published online July 28 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-333OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

Pierre P. Massion, Peter M. Taflan, Yu Shyr, S. M. Jamshedur Rahman, Pinar Yildiz, Bashar Shakthour, Mary E. Edgerton, Matthew Ninan, Jeremiah J. Andersen, and Adriana L. Gonzalez

Early Involvement of the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway in Lung Cancer Progression

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1088-1094. First published online August 18 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-487OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

Michael S. Urschitz, Werner Horn, Andreas Seyfang, Antonella Hallenberger, Tina Herberts, Silvia Miksch, Christian Popow, Ingo Müller-Hansen, and Christian F. Poets

Automatic Control of the Inspired Oxygen Fraction in Preterm Infants: A Randomized Crossover Trial

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1095-1100. First published online September 3 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200407-929OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Naomi Kunichika, Judd W. Landsberg, Ying Yu, Hideki Kunichika, Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, Lewis J. Rubin, and Jason X.-J. Yuan

Bosentan Inhibits Transient Receptor Potential Channel Expression in Pulmonary Vascular Myocytes

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1101-1107. First published online August 18 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200312-1668OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

JinKwan Kim, KwangHo In, JeHyeong Kim, SeHwa You, KyungHo Kang, JaeJeong Shim, SangYeub Lee, JungBok Lee, SeungGwan Lee, Chan Park, and Chol Shin

Prevalence of Sleep-disordered Breathing in Middle-aged Korean Men and Women

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1108-1113. First published online September 3 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-519OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Frédéric Sériès, Jamila Chakir, and Dominick Boivin

Influence of Weight and Sleep Apnea Status on Immunologic and Structural Features of the Uvula

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1114-1119. First published online August 11 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-458OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Transplantation:

Michael Tamm, Christina L. Aboyoun, Prashant N. Chhajed, Stephen Rainer, Monique A. Malouf, and Allan R. Glanville

Treated Cytomegalovirus Pneumonia Is Not Associated with Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1120-1123. First published online August 5 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200310-1405OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Tuberculosis:

Kwok C. Chang, Chi C. Leung, Wing W. Yew, Suzanne C. Ho, and Cheuk M. Tam

A Nested Case–Control Study on Treatment-related Risk Factors for Early Relapse of Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1124-1130. First published online September 16 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200407-905OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

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

Moxifloxacin-containing Regimens of Reduced Duration Produce a Stable Cure in Murine Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1131-1134. First published online August 11 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200407-885OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Ashok Shah and Chandramani Panjabi

Asthma, Hypersensitivity, and Coitus

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1135 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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