EDITORIALS:

Donald E. Craven and Robert A. Duncan

Preventing Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: Tiptoeing through a Minefield

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1297-1298 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bartolome R. Celli

Predicting Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Chasing the "Holy Grail"

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1298-1299 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Michael Arzt and T. Douglas Bradley

Treatment of Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1300-1308. First published online March 9 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200511-1745PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Masaru Hasegawa, Yasuyuki Nasuhara, Yuya Onodera, Hironi Makita, Katsura Nagai, Satoshi Fuke, Yoko Ito, Tomoko Betsuyaku, and Masaharu Nishimura

Airflow Limitation and Airway Dimensions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1309-1315. First published online March 23 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-037OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Ane Johannessen, Sverre Lehmann, Ernst R. Omenaas, Geir Egil Eide, Per S. Bakke, and Amund Gulsvik

Post-Bronchodilator Spirometry Reference Values in Adults and Implications for Disease Management

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1316-1325. First published online March 23 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-023OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fernando J. Martinez, Gregory Foster, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Gerard Criner, Gail Weinmann, Alfred Fishman, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Joshua Benditt, Frank Sciurba, Barry Make, Zab Mohsenifar, Philip Diaz, Eric Hoffman, and Robert Wise for the NETT Research Group

Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Emphysema and Severe Airflow Obstruction

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1326-1334. First published online March 16 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200510-1677OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Critical Care:

John Arcaroli, Eliezer Silva, James P. Maloney, Qianbin He, Daiva Svetkauskaite, James R. Murphy, and Edward Abraham

Variant IRAK-1 Haplotype Is Associated with Increased Nuclear Factor–B Activation and Worse Outcomes in Sepsis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1335-1341. First published online March 9 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-341OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Machiko Ikegami, Karen Carter, Kimberly Bishop, Annuradha Yadav, Elizabeth Masterjohn, William Brondyk, Ronald K. Scheule, and Jeffrey A. Whitsett

Intratracheal Recombinant Surfactant Protein D Prevents Endotoxin Shock in the Newborn Preterm Lamb

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1342-1347. First published online March 23 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1485OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Mirelle Koeman, Andre J. A. M. van der Ven, Eelko Hak, Hans C. A. Joore, Karin Kaasjager, Annemarie G. A. de Smet, Graham Ramsay, Tom P. J. Dormans, Leon P. H. J. Aarts, Ernst E. de Bel, Willem N. M. Hustinx, Ingeborg van der Tweel, Andy M. Hoepelman, and Marc J. M. Bonten

Oral Decontamination with Chlorhexidine Reduces the Incidence of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1348-1355. First published online April 7 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-820OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Cystic Fibrosis:

Ian M. Balfour-Lynn, Belinda Lees, Pippa Hall, Gillian Phillips, Mohammed Khan, Marcus Flather, and J. Stuart Elborn on behalf of the CF WISE (Withdrawal of Inhaled Steroids Evaluation) Investigators

Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Withdrawal of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1356-1362. First published online March 23 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200511-1808OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Delphine L. Chen, Thomas W. Ferkol, Mark A. Mintun, Jessica E. Pittman, Daniel B. Rosenbluth, and Daniel P. Schuster

Quantifying Pulmonary Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis with Positron Emission Tomography

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1363-1369. First published online March 16 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-934OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Dominik Hartl, Philipp Latzin, Gernot Zissel, Markus Krane, Susanne Krauss-Etschmann, and Matthias Griese

Chemokines Indicate Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1370-1376. First published online March 16 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200508-1271OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Khalid Ashour, Lin Shan, Jong Hwan Lee, William Schlicher, Keiji Wada, Etsuko Wada, and Mary E. Sunday

Bombesin Inhibits Alveolarization and Promotes Pulmonary Fibrosis in Newborn Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1377-1385. First published online April 7 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200507-1014OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Neuromuscular Disorders:

Anthony F. DiMarco, Krzysztof E. Kowalski, Robert T. Geertman, and Dana R. Hromyak

Spinal Cord Stimulation: A New Method to Produce an Effective Cough in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1386-1389. First published online March 16 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-097CR [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neuromuscular Disorders:

Anthony F. DiMarco, Krzysztof E. Kowalski, Robert T. Geertman, and Dana R. Hromyak

Spinal Cord Stimulation: A New Method to Produce an Effective Cough in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1386-1389. First published online March 16 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-097CR [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY DOCUMENTS:

Linda Nici, Claudio Donner, Emiel Wouters, Richard Zuwallack, Nicolino Ambrosino, Jean Bourbeau, Mauro Carone, Bartolome Celli, Marielle Engelen, Bonnie Fahy, Chris Garvey, Roger Goldstein, Rik Gosselink, Suzanne Lareau, Neil MacIntyre, Francois Maltais, Mike Morgan, Denis O'Donnell, Christian Prefault, Jane Reardon, Carolyn Rochester, Annemie Schols, Sally Singh, and Thierry Troosters on behalf of the ATS/ERS Pulmonary Rehabilitation Writing Committee

American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement on Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1390-1413 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Constantine A. Manthous

The Sound and the Fury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1414 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcelo Gama de Abreu

Negative Studies Deserve More Attention

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1414a-1415 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert M. Kacmarek and Arthur S. Slutsky

Negative Studies Deserve More Attention

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1415 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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