AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (December 1 2005, 172 [11])

EDITORIALS:

Peter D. Wagner, Lawrence J. Epstein, and Paul A. Kvale: Pulmonary Physicians in the Practice of Sleep Medicine; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1357-1358 [Full Text] [PDF]

Derek C. Angus and Edward Abraham: Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critical Illness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1358-1359 [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Richard J. Martin, Michele C. Walsh, and Waldemar A. Carlo: Reevaluating Neonatal Resuscitation with 100% Oxygen; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1360-1361 [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward A. Nardell and Eric J. Rubin: Once upon a Time...: Improved Intermittent Therapy for Tuberculosis—Fact or Fable?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1361-1362 [Full Text] [PDF]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

David P. White: Pathogenesis of Obstructive and Central Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1363-1370. First published online August 11 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200412-1631SO [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Peter S. Thorne, Katarina Kulhánková, Ming Yin, Richard Cohn, Samuel J. Arbes, Jr., and Darryl C. Zeldin: Endotoxin Exposure Is a Risk Factor for Asthma: The National Survey of Endotoxin in United States Housing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1371-1377. First published online September 1 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-758OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Isao Ito, Sonoko Nagai, Tomohiro Handa, Shigeo Muro, Toyohiro Hirai, Mitsuhiro Tsukino, and Michiaki Mishima: Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Promoter Polymorphism Associated with Upper Lung Dominant Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1378-1382. First published online August 26 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-953OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Prescott G. Woodruff, Laura L. Koth, Yee Hwa Yang, Madeleine W. Rodriguez, Silvio Favoreto, Gregory M. Dolganov, Agnes C. Paquet, and David J. Erle: A Distinctive Alveolar Macrophage Activation State Induced by Cigarette Smoking; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1383-1392. First published online September 15 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-686OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

C. Critical Care:

Máximo Vento, Juan Sastre, Miguel A. Asensi, and José Viña: Room-Air Resuscitation Causes Less Damage to Heart and Kidney than 100% Oxygen; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1393-1398. First published online September 1 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200412-1740OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Scott C. Wesselkamper, Lisa M. Case, Lisa N. Henning, Michael T. Borchers, Jay W. Tichelaar, John M. Mason, Nadine Dragin, Mario Medvedovic, Maureen A. Sartor, Craig R. Tomlinson, and George D. Leikauf: Gene Expression Changes during the Development of Acute Lung Injury Role of Transforming Growth Factor ${beta}$; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1399-1411. First published online August 11 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200502-286OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. Cystic Fibrosis:

Barry J. Plant, Charles G. Gallagher, Richard Bucala, John A. Baugh, Sally Chappell, Linda Morgan, Clare M. O'Connor, Kevin Morgan, and Seamas C. Donnelly: Cystic Fibrosis, Disease Severity, and a Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Polymorphism; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1412-1415. First published online September 22 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200412-1714OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew J. Sloane, Robyn A. Lindner, Sindhu S. Prasad, Lucille T. Sebastian, Susanne K. Pedersen, Michael Robinson, Peter T. Bye, Dennis W. Nielson, and Jenny L. Harry: Proteomic Analysis of Sputum from Adults and Children with Cystic Fibrosis and from Control Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1416-1426. First published online September 15 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200409-1215OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

E. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Jean-Paul Richalet, Maria Rivera, Patrick Bouchet, Eduardo Chirinos, Igor Onnen, Olivier Petitjean, Annick Bienvenu, Francçoise Lasne, Stéphane Moutereau, and Fabiola León-Velarde: Acetazolamide: A Treatment for Chronic Mountain Sickness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1427-1433. First published online August 26 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-807OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

F. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

Yi-Qiang Chen, Huan-Zhong Shi, Xue-Jun Qin, Wu-Ning Mo, Xiang-Dong Liang, Ze-Xin Huang, Hai-Bo Yang, and Cong Wu: CD4⁺CD25⁺ Regulatory T Lymphocytes in Malignant Pleural Effusion; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1434-1439. First published online September 8 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200504-588OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

G. Pulmonary Infections:

Sachin Yende, Elaine I. Tuomanen, Richard Wunderink, Alka Kanaya, Anne B. Newman, Tamara Harris, Nathalie de Rekeneire, and Stephen B. Kritchevsky for the Health ABC Study: Preinfection Systemic Inflammatory Markers and Risk of Hospitalization Due to Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1440-1446. First published online September 15 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-888OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

H. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Michael Arzt, Terry Young, Laurel Finn, James B. Skatrud, and T. Douglas Bradley: Association of Sleep-disordered Breathing and the Occurrence of Stroke; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1447-1451. First published online September 1 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-702OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

I. Tuberculosis:

Eric Nuermberger, Sandeep Tyagi, Kathy N. Williams, Ian Rosenthal, William R. Bishai, and Jacques H. Grosset: Rifapentine, Moxifloxacin, or DNA Vaccine Improves Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis in a Mouse Model; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1452-1456. First published online September 8 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200507-1047OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ian M. Rosenthal, Kathy Williams, Sandeep Tyagi, Andrew A. Vernon, Charles A. Peloquin, William R. Bishai, Jacques H. Grosset, and Eric L. Nuermberger: Weekly Moxifloxacin and Rifapentine Is More Active Than the Denver Regimen in Murine Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1457-1462. First published online September 1 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200507-1072OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY DOCUMENTS:

: ATS/ERS Statement: Raised Volume Forced Expirations in Infants: Guidelines for Current Practice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1463-1471 [Full Text] [PDF] [Online�Supplement]

CORRESPONDENCE:

P. Depuydt, D. Benoit, K. Vandewoude, and J. Decruyenaere: Antibiotic Therapy and Outcome in Critically Ill Patients with Pneumococcal Bacteremia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1472 [Full Text] [PDF]

David N. Schwartz: Potential Mechanisms for Mortality Reduction Associated with Combination Antibiotic Therapy among Severely Ill Patients with Pneumococcal Bacteremia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1472a-1473 [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicolas Boussekey, Karine Faure, and Benoît Guery: Is Combination the Only Issue?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1473-1474 [Full Text] [PDF]

Victor L. Yu, Keith P. Klugman, Marilyn M. Wagener, Christine C. Chiou, and Larry M. Baddour: Is Combination the Only Issue?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1474 [Full Text] [PDF]

Simon Broughton, Gerrard F. Rafferty, Anthony D. Milner, and Anne Greenough: Progressive Decline in FRC in Infants: Physiology or Technology?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1475 [Full Text] [PDF]

Georg Hülskamp and Janet Stocks: Progressive Decline in FRC in Infants: Physiology or Technology?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 1475a-1476 [Full Text] [PDF]