EDITORIALS:

Drahomir Aujesky and Michael J. Fine

Does Guideline Adherence for Empiric Antibiotic Therapy Reduce Mortality in Community-acquired Pneumonia?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 655-656 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip W. Ind

Bigger May Be Better: Targeted ß2-Agonist Therapy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 656-657 [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

Trevor J. Williams and Geert M. Verleden

Azithromycin: A Plea for Multicenter Randomized Studies in Lung Transplantation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 657-659 [Full Text] [PDF]  

STATE OF THE ART:

Danielle Morse and Augustine M. K. Choi

Heme Oxygenase-1: From Bench to Bedside

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 660-670. First published online May 18 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-465SO [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Christophe Desmet, Philippe Gosset, Emmanuelle Henry, Virginie Garzé, Pedro Faisca, Nanda Vos, Fabrice Jaspar, Dorothée Mélotte, Bart Lambrecht, Daniel Desmecht, Bernard Pajak, Muriel Moser, Pierre Lekeux, and Fabrice Bureau

Treatment of Experimental Asthma by Decoy-mediated Local Inhibition of Activator Protein-1

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 671-678. First published online June 16 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200410-1431OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teal S. Hallstrand, Mark W. Moody, Mark M. Wurfel, Lawrence B. Schwartz, William R. Henderson, Jr., and Moira L. Aitken

Inflammatory Basis of Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 679-686. First published online June 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200412-1667OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Adrienne G. Randolph, Christoph Lange, Edwin K. Silverman, Ross Lazarus, and Scott T. Weiss

Extended Haplotype in the Tumor Necrosis Factor Gene Cluster Is Associated with Asthma and Asthma-related Phenotypes

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 687-692. First published online June 23 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200501-122OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Nicola Scichilone, Solbert Permutt, Vincenzo Bellia, and Alkis Togias

Inhaled Corticosteroids and the Beneficial Effect of Deep Inspiration in Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 693-699. First published online June 16 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200407-955OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Robin Taylor, Michael J. Epton, Martin A. Kennedy, Andrew D. Smith, Steven Iles, Allison L. Miller, Matthew D. Littlejohn, Jan O. Cowan, Tracey Hewitt, Maureen P. Swanney, Karen P. Brassett, and G. Peter Herbison

Bronchodilator Response in Relation to ß2-Adrenoceptor Haplotype in Patients with Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 700-703. First published online June 23 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200501-092OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Omar S. Usmani, Kazuhiro Ito, Kittipong Maneechotesuwan, Misako Ito, Malcolm Johnson, Peter J. Barnes, and Ian M. Adcock

Glucocorticoid Receptor Nuclear Translocation in Airway Cells after Inhaled Combination Therapy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 704-712. First published online April 28 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200408-1041OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Fumiaki Aoki, Masahiko Kurabayashi, Yoshihisa Hasegawa, and Itaru Kojima

Attenuation of Bleomycin-induced Pulmonary Fibrosis by Follistatin

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 713-720. First published online June 23 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200412-1620OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Paolo Spagnolo, Elisabetta A. Renzoni, Athol U. Wells, Susan J. Copley, Sujal R. Desai, Hiroe Sato, Jan C. Grutters, Atiyeh Abdallah, Anne Taegtmeyer, Roland M. du Bois, and Kenneth I. Welsh

C-C Chemokine Receptor 5 Gene Variants in Relation to Lung Disease in Sarcoidosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 721-728. First published online June 23 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200412-1707OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

Alain C. Borczuk, Han K. Kim, Hilary A. Yegen, Richard A. Friedman, and Charles A. Powell

Lung Adenocarcinoma Global Profiling Identifies Type II Transforming Growth Factor-ß Receptor as a Repressor of Invasiveness

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 729-737. First published online June 23 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200504-615OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Giovanna E. Carpagnano, Maria Pia Foschino-Barbaro, Giuseppina Mulé, Onofrio Resta, Stefania Tommasi, Anita Mangia, Francesco Carpagnano, Gaetano Stea, Antonia Susca, Giuseppe Di Gioia, Mario De Lena, and Angelo Paradiso

3p Microsatellite Alterations in Exhaled Breath Condensate from Patients with Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 738-744. First published online June 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-439OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

John P. Kinsella, Thomas A. Parker, Jonathan M. Davis, and Steven H. Abman

Superoxide Dismutase Improves Gas Exchange and Pulmonary Hemodynamics in Premature Lambs

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 745-749. First published online June 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200501-146OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Faruqa Ladha, Sebastien Bonnet, Farah Eaton, Kyoko Hashimoto, Greg Korbutt, and Bernard Thébaud

Sildenafil Improves Alveolar Growth and Pulmonary Hypertension in Hyperoxia-induced Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 750-756. First published online June 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-510OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Pulmonary Infections:

Rosario Menéndez, Antoni Torres, Rafael Zalacaín, Javier Aspa, Juan J. Martín-Villasclaras, Luis Borderías, José M. Benítez-Moya, Juan Ruiz-Manzano, Felipe Rodríguez de Castro, José Blanquer, Diego Pérez, Carmen Puzo, Fernando Sánchez-Gascón, José Gallardo, Carlos Álvarez, Luis Molinos on behalf of the NEUMOFAIL Group

Guidelines for the Treatment of Community-acquired Pneumonia: Predictors of Adherence and Outcome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 757-762. First published online June 3 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200411-1444OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Marc M. Berger, Christiane Hesse, Christoph Dehnert, Heike Siedler, Petra Kleinbongard, Hubert J. Bardenheuer, Malte Kelm, Peter Bärtsch, and Walter E. Haefeli

Hypoxia Impairs Systemic Endothelial Function in Individuals Prone to High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 763-767. First published online June 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200504-654OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Transplantation:

Majid M. Mughal, Thomas R. Gildea, Sudish Murthy, Gosta Pettersson, Malcom DeCamp, and Atul C. Mehta

Short-Term Deployment of Self-Expanding Metallic Stents Facilitates Healing of Bronchial Dehiscence

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 768-771. First published online June 3 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200410-1388OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bryan Yates, Desmond M. Murphy, Ian A. Forrest, Chris Ward, Robert M. Rutherford, Andrew J. Fisher, James L. Lordan, John H. Dark, and Paul A. Corris

Azithromycin Reverses Airflow Obstruction in Established Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 772-775. First published online June 23 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200411-1537OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY DOCUMENTS:

ATS Consensus Statement: Research Opportunities and Challenges in Pediatric Pulmonology

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 776-780 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Marcos I. Restrepo, Luis F. Angel, Eric M. Mortensen, and Antonio Anzueto

Steroid Infusion for Severe Pneumonia: Not so Fast...

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 781 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ahmad Jalloul

Hydrocortisone Infusion for Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia: The Role of Relative Adrenal Insufficiency

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 781 [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Umberto Meduri, Reba Umberger, and Marco Confalonieri

Hydrocortisone Infusion for Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia: The Role of Relative Adrenal Insufficiency

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 782-783 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miles Weinberger

Montelukast for Viral Respiratory Infection–induced Exacerbations of Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 783 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans Bisgaard

Montelukast for Viral Respiratory Infection–induced Exacerbations of Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 783-784 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neil B. Hampson, Lindell K. Weaver, and Claude A. Piantadosi

"Low-Level" Carbon Monoxide Administration May Carry Risk

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 784 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Florian Mayr, Martin Bilban, and Bernd Jilma

"Low-Level" Carbon Monoxide Administration May Carry Risk

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 784-785 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xavier Munoz, Sergi Martí, and Jaume Ferrer

Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation for Asbestos-induced Ventilatory Failure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 785-786 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott K. Aberegg

Two-Year Cognitive, Emotional, and Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 786 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ramona O. Hopkins, Lindell K. Weaver, James F. Orme, Jr., and Karen J. Chan

Two-Year Cognitive, Emotional, and Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 786-787 [Full Text] [PDF]  

John M. Luce, Deborah J. Cook, and Thomas R. Martin

Erratum: The Ethical Conduct of Clinical Research Involving Critically Ill Patients in the United States and Canada

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 787 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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