AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (August 1 2006, 174 [3])

EDITORIALS:

John R. Balmes: The World Trade Center Collapse: A Continuing Tragedy for Lung Health?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 235-236 [Full Text] [PDF]

Wing Wai Yew and Chi Chiu Leung: Prognostic Significance of Early Weight Gain in Underweight Patients with Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 236-237 [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]

PRO and CON EDITORIALS:

Monica Kraft: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exhibit Common Origins in Any Country!; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 238-240 [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter J. Barnes: Against the Dutch Hypothesis: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Are Distinct Diseases; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 240-243 [Full Text] [PDF]

: Rebuttal by Dr. Kraft; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 243-244 [Full Text] [PDF]

: Rebuttal by Dr. Barnes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 244 [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

R. Scott Harris, Tilo Winkler, Nora Tgavalekos, Guido Musch, Marcos F. Vidal Melo, Tobias Schroeder, Yuchiao Chang, and José G. Venegas: Regional Pulmonary Perfusion, Inflation, and Ventilation Defects in Bronchoconstricted Patients with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 245-253. First published online May 11 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200510-1634OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Nicolaos C. Nicolaou, Lesley A. Lowe, Clare S. Murray, Ashley Woodcock, Angela Simpson, and Adnan Custovic: Exhaled Breath Condensate pH and Childhood Asthma: Unselected Birth Cohort Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 254-259. First published online May 4 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-140OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Emmanouil Paraskakis, Caterina Brindicci, Louise Fleming, Renata Krol, Sergei A. Kharitonov, Nicola M. Wilson, Peter J. Barnes, and Andrew Bush: Measurement of Bronchial and Alveolar Nitric Oxide Production in Normal Children and Children with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 260-267. First published online April 20 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-962OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

B. Critical Care:

João B. Borges, Valdelis N. Okamoto, Gustavo F. J. Matos, Maria P. R. Caramez, Paula R. Arantes, Fabio Barros, Ciro E. Souza, Josué A. Victorino, Robert M. Kacmarek, Carmen S. V. Barbas, Carlos R. R. Carvalho, and Marcelo B. P. Amato: Reversibility of Lung Collapse and Hypoxemia in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 268-278. First published online May 11 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-976OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Shinya Tsuchida, Doreen Engelberts, Vanya Peltekova, Natalie Hopkins, Helena Frndova, Paul Babyn, Colin McKerlie, Martin Post, Paul McLoughlin, and Brian P. Kavanagh: Atelectasis Causes Alveolar Injury in Nonatelectatic Lung Regions; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 279-289. First published online May 4 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-1006OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Manuel Varela, Juan Churruca, Ana Gonzalez, Alfredo Martin, Jesus Ode, and Pedro Galdos: Temperature Curve Complexity Predicts Survival in Critically Ill Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 290-298. First published online May 11 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-058OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

C. Cystic Fibrosis:

Sabine Blouquit, Agathe Regnier, Luc Dannhoffer, Christophe Fermanian, Emmanuel Naline, Richard Boucher, and Thierry Chinet: Ion and Fluid Transport Properties of Small Airways in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 299-305. First published online April 27 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-987OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online�Supplement]

Elizabeth F. Shead, Charles S. Haworth, Elaine Gunn, Diana Bilton, Mike A. Scott, and Juliet E. Compston: Osteoclastogenesis during Infective Exacerbations in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 306-311. First published online May 4 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200512-1943OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Gisela I. Banauch, Charles Hall, Michael Weiden, Hillel W. Cohen, Thomas K. Aldrich, Vasillios Christodoulou, Nicole Arcentales, Kerry J. Kelly, and David J. Prezant: Pulmonary Function after Exposure to the World Trade Center Collapse in the New York City Fire Department; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 312-319. First published online April 27 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200511-1736OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Raphaël Favory, Steve Lancel, Stéphanie Tissier, Daniel Mathieu, Brigitte Decoster, and Rémi Nevière: Myocardial Dysfunction and Potential Cardiac Hypoxia in Rats Induced by Carbon Monoxide Inhalation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 320-325. First published online May 11 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-117OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

E. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

Joakim Janér, Patrik Lassus, Caj Haglund, Karri Paavonen, Kari Alitalo, and Sture Andersson: Pulmonary Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-C in Development and Lung Injury in Preterm Infants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 326-330. First published online May 11 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200508-1291OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

F. Tuberculosis:

William J. Burman, Stefan Goldberg, John L. Johnson, Grace Muzanye, Melissa Engle, Ann W. Mosher, Shurjeel Choudhri, Charles L. Daley, Sonal S. Munsiff, Zhen Zhao, Andrew Vernon, Richard E. Chaisson and the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium: Moxifloxacin versus Ethambutol in the First 2 Months of Treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 331-338. First published online May 4 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-360OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Graham S. Cooke, Sarah J. Campbell, Jackson Sillah, Per Gustafson, Boubacar Bah, Georgio Sirugo, Steve Bennett, Keith P. W. J. McAdam, Oumou Sow, Christian Lienhardt, and Adrian V. S. Hill: Polymorphism within the Interferon- ${gamma}$ /Receptor Complex Is Associated with Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 339-343. First published online May 11 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-088OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Awal Khan, Timothy R. Sterling, Randall Reves, Andrew Vernon, C. Robert Horsburgh, and and the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium: Lack of Weight Gain and Relapse Risk in a Large Tuberculosis Treatment Trial; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 344-348. First published online May 18 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200511-1834OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Madhukar Pai, Rajnish Joshi, Sandeep Dogra, Deepak K. Mendiratta, Pratibha Narang, Shriprakash Kalantri, Arthur L. Reingold, John M. Colford, Jr., Lee W. Riley, and Dick Menzies: Serial Testing of Health Care Workers for Tuberculosis Using Interferon- ${gamma}$ Assay; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 349-355. First published online May 11 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200604-472OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Lidia Gazzola, Camilla Tincati, Andrea Gori, Marina Saresella, Ivana Marventano, and Fabio Zanini: FoxP3 mRNA Expression in Regulatory T Cells from Patients with Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 356 [Full Text] [PDF]

Ajit Lalvani and Valerie Guyot-Revol: FoxP3 mRNA Expression in Regulatory T Cells from Patients with Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 356a-357 [Full Text] [PDF]

Charles F. Thomas, Jr., Robert Vassallo, and Mario Castro: Against the ATS Statement on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 357 [Full Text] [PDF]

James K. Brown, Gary Ewart, Brigid L. M. Hogan, Judith Neubauer, Scott H. Randell, Barry Stripp, and Daniel J. Weiss: Against the ATS Statement on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 357a-358 [Full Text] [PDF]