AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (December 1 2006, 174 [11])

EDITORIALS:

Jeremy M. Kahn and Derek C. Angus: Reducing the Cost of Critical Care: New Challenges, New Solutions; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1167-1168 [Full Text] [PDF]

Sverre Vedal: Where There's Fire, There's Smoke; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1168-1169 [Full Text] [PDF]

David T. Huang and Donald M. Yealy: Decision Rules and Pneumonia: What Are We "Predicting," and for Whom?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1169-1170 [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven D. Shapiro: Animal Models of Asthma: Pro: Allergic Avoidance of Animal (Model[s]) Is Not an Option; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1171-1173 [Full Text] [PDF]

Sally Wenzel and Stephen T. Holgate: The Mouse Trap: It Still Yields Few Answers in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1173-1176 [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven D. Shapiro: Rebuttal from Dr. Shapiro; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1176-1177 [Full Text] [PDF]

Sally Wenzel and Stephen T. Holgate: Rebuttal from Drs. Wenzel and Holgate; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1177-1178 [Full Text] [PDF]

Davinder Kaur, Ruth Saunders, Patrick Berger, Salman Siddiqui, Lucy Woodman, Andrew Wardlaw, Peter Bradding, and Christopher E. Brightling: Airway Smooth Muscle and Mast Cell–derived CC Chemokine Ligand 19 Mediate Airway Smooth Muscle Migration in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1179-1188. First published online September 7 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-394OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Ali Roghanian, Ellen M. Drost, William MacNee, Sarah E. M. Howie, and Jean-Michel Sallenave: Inflammatory Lung Secretions Inhibit Dendritic Cell Maturation and Function via Neutrophil Elastase; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1189-1198. First published online September 7 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200605-632OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Norihisa Shigemura, Meinoshin Okumura, Shinya Mizuno, Yukiko Imanishi, Akifumi Matsuyama, Hiroyuki Shiono, Toshikazu Nakamura, and Yoshiki Sawa: Lung Tissue Engineering Technique with Adipose Stromal Cells Improves Surgical Outcome for Pulmonary Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1199-1205. First published online September 28 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-406OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Allan Garland, Ziad Shaman, John Baron, and Alfred F. Connors, Jr.: Physician-attributable Differences in Intensive Care Unit Costs: A Single-Center Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1206-1210. First published online September 14 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200511-1810OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Richard Kraemer, Natascha Deloséa, Pietro Ballinari, Sabina Gallati, and Reto Crameri: Effect of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis on Lung Function in Children with Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1211-1220. First published online September 7 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-423OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Nino Künzli, Ed Avol, Jun Wu, W. James Gauderman, Ed Rappaport, Joshua Millstein, Jonathan Bennion, Rob McConnell, Frank D. Gilliland, Kiros Berhane, Fred Lurmann, Arthur Winer, and John M. Peters: Health Effects of the 2003 Southern California Wildfires on Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1221-1228. First published online August 31 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200604-519OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Saul Soberanes, Vijayalakshmi Panduri, Gökhan M. Mutlu, Andrew Ghio, G. R. Scott Bundinger, and David W. Kamp: p53 Mediates Particulate Matter–induced Alveolar Epithelial Cell Mitochondria-regulated Apoptosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1229-1238. First published online August 31 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200602-203OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen R. Thom, Veena M. Bhopale, Shih-Tsung Han, James M. Clark, and Kevin R. Hardy: Intravascular Neutrophil Activation Due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1239-1248. First published online August 24 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200604-557OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Pedro P. España, Alberto Capelastegui, Inmaculada Gorordo, Cristobal Esteban, Mikel Oribe, Miguel Ortega, Amaia Bilbao, and José M. Quintana: Development and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1249-1256. First published online September 14 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200602-177OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Vallerie V. McLaughlin, Ronald J. Oudiz, Adaani Frost, Victor F. Tapson, Srinivas Murali, Richard N. Channick, David B. Badesch, Robyn J. Barst, Henry H. Hsu, and Lewis J. Rubin: Randomized Study of Adding Inhaled Iloprost to Existing Bosentan in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1257-1263. First published online August 31 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-358OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erin Chan, Hendrik W. Steenland, Hattie Liu, and Richard L. Horner: Endogenous Excitatory Drive Modulating Respiratory Muscle Activity across Sleep–Wake States; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1264-1273. First published online August 24 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200605-597OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

José Luis Lopera and Salvador Quintana: Noninvasive Ventilation versus Nonrebreather Bag–Valve Mask to Achieve Preoxygenation before Intubation of Hypoxic Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1274 [Full Text] [PDF]

Christophe Baillard and Samir Jaber: Noninvasive Ventilation versus Nonrebreather Bag–Valve Mask to Achieve Preoxygenation before Intubation of Hypoxic Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1274a [Full Text] [PDF]