EDITORIALS:

Amy Berrington de Gonzalez and Jonathan M. Samet

What Are the Cancer Risks from Using Chest Computed Tomography to Manage Cystic Fibrosis?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 139-140 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Salman Khan and Jay K. Kolls

Malnutrition in the Critically III: Don't Hold the Leptin

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 140-141 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victor J. Thannickal and Athol U. Wells

Classification of Interstitial Pneumonias: What Do Gene Expression Profiles Tell Us?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 141-142 [Full Text] [PDF]  

STATE OF THE ART:

Gary M. Hunninghake, Scott T. Weiss, and Juan C. Celedón

Asthma in Hispanics

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 143-163. First published online October 6 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200508-1232SO [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Critical Care:

Miquel Ferrer, Mauricio Valencia, Josep Maria Nicolas, Oscar Bernadich, Joan Ramon Badia, and Antoni Torres

Early Noninvasive Ventilation Averts Extubation Failure in Patients at Risk: A Randomized Trial

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 164-170. First published online October 13 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-718OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Cystic Fibrosis:

Roberto Loi, Travis Beckett, Kaarin K. Goncz, Benjamin T. Suratt, and Daniel J. Weiss

Limited Restoration of Cystic Fibrosis Lung Epithelium In Vivo with Adult Bone Marrow–derived Cells

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 171-179. First published online September 22 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200502-309OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Karina A. Keogh, Steven R. Ytterberg, Fernando C. Fervenza, Kimberly A. Carlson, Darrell R. Schroeder, and Ulrich Specks

Rituximab for Refractory Wegener's Granulomatosis: Report of a Prospective, Open-Label Pilot Trial

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 180-187. First published online October 13 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200507-1144OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Moises Selman, Annie Pardo, Lourdes Barrera, Andrea Estrada, Susan R. Watson, Keith Wilson, Natasha Aziz, Naftali Kaminski, and Albert Zlotnik

Gene Expression Profiles Distinguish Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis from Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 188-198. First published online September 15 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200504-644OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

Pim A. de Jong, John R. Mayo, Kamran Golmohammadi, Yasutaka Nakano, Maarten H. Lequin, Harm A. W. M. Tiddens, John Aldrich, Harvey O. Coxson, and Don D. Sin

Estimation of Cancer Mortality Associated with Repetitive Computed Tomography Scanning

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 199-203. First published online October 27 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-810OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

Monique E. De Paepe, Quanfu Mao, Jessica Powell, Sam E. Rubin, Philip DeKoninck, Naomi Appel, Meredith Dixon, and Füsun Gundogan

Growth of Pulmonary Microvasculature in Ventilated Preterm Infants

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 204-211. First published online October 6 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-927OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Pulmonary Infections:

Peter Mancuso, Gary B. Huffnagle, Mihal A. Olszewski, John Phipps, and Marc Peters-Golden

Leptin Corrects Host Defense Defects after Acute Starvation in Murine Pneumococcal Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 212-218. First published online October 6 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-909OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Xiang Xu, Dongji Zhang, Natalya Lyubynska, Paul J. Wolters, Nigel P. Killeen, Peter Baluk, Donald M. McDonald, Samuel Hawgood, and George H. Caughey

Mast Cells Protect Mice from Mycoplasma Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 219-225. First published online October 6 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200507-1034OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Julian J. Armstrong, Matthew S. Leigh, David D. Sampson, Jennifer H. Walsh, David R. Hillman, and Peter R. Eastwood

Quantitative Upper Airway Imaging with Anatomic Optical Coherence Tomography

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 226-233. First published online October 20 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200507-1148OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Shahrokh Javaheri

Acetazolamide Improves Central Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure: A Double-Blind, Prospective Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 234-237. First published online October 20 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200507-1035OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Tuberculosis:

Claudia Carranza, Esmeralda Juárez, Martha Torres, Jerrold J. Ellner, Eduardo Sada, and Stephan K. Schwander

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Growth Control by Lung Macrophages and CD8 Cells from Patient Contacts

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 238-245. First published online October 6 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-411OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Victor L. Roggli, Claude A. Piantadosi, Neil R. MacIntyre, Stephen L. Young, Peter S. Kussin, Mark P. Steele, Martha Sue Carraway, Karen E. Welty-Wolf, Joseph A. Govert, Timothy J. McMahon, Scott M. Palmer, Thomas A. Sporn, and Andrew J. Ghio

Physician Subsidies for Tobacco Advertising

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 246 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stuart C. Sweet, and Albert Faro On behalf of the INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC LUNG TRANSPLANT COLLABORATIVE

Not So Fast—Don't Deprive Children with Cystic Fibrosis of the Option for Lung Transplantation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 246a-247 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theodore G. Liou, Frederick R. Adler, and David Huang

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 247-248 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amarilio Macedo-Neto and Hugo G. Oliveira

One-Way Valves in Emphysema Treatment: What Should Bronchial Stenting Be Called and How Does It Really Work?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 248 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas S. Hopkinson and Michael I. Polkey

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 248a-249 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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