AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (October 15 2004, 170 [8])

EDITORIALS:

Dean Sheppard: Fishing in the Bloodstream: Insights into the Mechanisms of Pulmonary Hypertension?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 827-828 [Full Text] [PDF]

Athol U. Wells: Histopathologic Diagnosis in Diffuse Lung Disease: An Ailing Gold Standard; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 828-829 [Full Text] [PDF]

Neil C. Barnes: Can Guideline-defined Asthma Control Be Achieved?: The Gaining Optimal Asthma Control Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 830-831 [Full Text] [PDF]

Lee B. Reichman, Alfred Lardizabal, and Christopher H. Hayden: Considering the Role of Four Months of Rifampin in the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 832-835. First published online August 5 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200405-584PP [Full Text] [PDF]

Eric D. Bateman, Homer A. Boushey, Jean Bousquet, William W. Busse, Tim J. H. Clark, Romain A. Pauwels, and Søren E. Pedersen for the GOAL Investigators Group: Can Guideline-defined Asthma Control Be Achieved?: The Gaining Optimal Asthma ControL Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 836-844. First published online July 15 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200401-033OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online�Supplement]

Frédéric Girard, Simone Chaboillez, André Cartier, Johanne Côté, Frederick E. Hargreave, Manon Labrecque, Jean-Luc Malo, Susan M. Tarlo, and Catherine Lemière: An Effective Strategy for Diagnosing Occupational Asthma: Use of Induced Sputum; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 845-850. First published online July 21 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-380OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Richard Leigh, Russ Ellis, Jennifer Wattie, Debra D. Donaldson, and Mark D. Inman: Is Interleukin-13 Critical in Maintaining Airway Hyperresposiveness in Allergen-challenged Mice?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 851-856. First published online July 8 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200311-1488OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thais Mauad, Luis F. F. Silva, Mario A. Santos, Lea Grinberg, Fabiola D. C. Bernardi, Milton A. Martins, Paulo H. N. Saldiva, and Marisa Dolhnikoff: Abnormal Alveolar Attachments with Decreased Elastic Fiber Content in Distal Lung in Fatal Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 857-862. First published online May 19 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-305OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jayant M. Pinto, Paraya Assanasen, Fuad M. Baroody, Edward Naureckas, Julian Solway, and Robert M. Naclerio: Treatment of Nasal Inflammation Decreases the Ability of Subjects with Asthma to Condition Inspired Air; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 863-869. First published online June 1 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200309-1271OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard Casaburi, Shalender Bhasin, Louis Cosentino, Janos Porszasz, Attila Somfay, Michael I. Lewis, Mario Fournier, and Thomas W. Storer: Effects of Testosterone and Resistance Training in Men with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 870-878. First published online July 21 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200305-617OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Takefumi Itoh, Noritoshi Nagaya, Masanori Yoshikawa, Atsuhiko Fukuoka, Hideaki Takenaka, Yoshito Shimizu, Yoshinori Haruta, Hideo Oya, Masakazu Yamagishi, Hiroshi Hosoda, Kenji Kangawa, and Hiroshi Kimura: Elevated Plasma Ghrelin Level in Underweight Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 879-882. First published online July 21 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200310-1404OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David G. Parr, Berend C. Stoel, Jan Stolk, Peter G. Nightingale, and Robert A. Stockley: Influence of Calibration on Densitometric Studies of Emphysema Progression Using Computed Tomography; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 883-890. First published online July 21 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-326OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Yukinobu Goto, Hiroshi Ishii, James C. Hogg, Chih-Horng Shih, Kazuhiro Yatera, Renaud Vincent, and Stephan F. van Eeden: Particulate Matter Air Pollution Stimulates Monocyte Release from the Bone Marrow; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 891-897. First published online July 15 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200402-235OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Frank Schaumann, Paul J. A. Borm, Andreas Herbrich, Johannes Knoch, Mike Pitz, Roel P. F. Schins, Birgit Luettig, Jens M. Hohlfeld, Joachim Heinrich, and Norbert Krug: Metal-rich Ambient Particles (Particulate Matter_2.5) Cause Airway Inflammation in Healthy Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 898-903. First published online June 30 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-423OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kevin R. Flaherty, Talmadge E. King, Jr., Ganesh Raghu, Joseph P. Lynch, III, Thomas V. Colby, William D. Travis, Barry H. Gross, Ella A. Kazerooni, Galen B. Toews, Qi Long, Susan Murray, Vibha N. Lama, Steven E. Gay, and Fernando J. Martinez: Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia: What Is the Effect of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 904-910. First published online July 15 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200402-147OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Todd M. Bull, Christopher D. Coldren, Mark Moore, Sylk M. Sotto-Santiago, David V. Pham, S. Patrick Nana-Sinkam, Norbert F. Voelkel, and Mark W. Geraci: Gene Microarray Analysis of Peripheral Blood Cells in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 911-919. First published online June 23 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200312-1686OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Edward Abraham: ERRATA: Nitric Oxide Diffusing Capacity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 921 [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward Abraham: ERRATA: Chemokine Profiling in Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 921 [Full Text] [PDF]

Gordon L. Snider: Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Should Self-Management Be Used?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 920 [Full Text] [PDF]

Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra: Fluoroquinolones in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 920-921 [Full Text]