EDITORIALS:

Manuel G Cosio

Looking at the Acinus with Function Tests: Can You Believe It?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 847-848 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beat Müller and Michael Tamm

Biomarkers in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Among the Blind, the One-Eyed Is King

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 848-849 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gordon D Rubenfeld

Just a Spoonful of Technology Makes the Protocol Go Down

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 849-851 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maritta S Jaakkola and Jouni J. K Jaakkola

Biomass Fuels and Health: The Gap between Global Relevance and Research Activity

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 851-852 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Airway Biology:

Sylvia Verbanck, Daniël Schuermans, Manuel Paiva, Marc Meysman, and Walter Vincken

Small Airway Function Improvement after Smoking Cessation in Smokers without Airway Obstruction

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 853-857. First published online June 23 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-422OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Maimoona A. Zariwala, Margaret W. Leigh, Franck Ceppa, Marcus P. Kennedy, Peadar G. Noone, Johnny L. Carson, Milan J. Hazucha, Adriana Lori, Judit Horvath, Heike Olbrich, Niki T. Loges, Anne-Marie Bridoux, Gaëlle Pennarun, Bénédicte Duriez, Estelle Escudier, Hannah M. Mitchison, Rahul Chodhari, Eddie M. K. Chung, Lucy C. Morgan, Robbert U. de Iongh, Jonathan Rutland, Ugo Pradal, Heymut Omran, Serge Amselem, and Michael R. Knowles

Mutations of DNAI1 in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: Evidence of Founder Effect in a Common Mutation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 858-866. First published online July 20 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-370OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

John R. Hurst, Gavin C. Donaldson, Wayomi R. Perera, Tom M. A. Wilkinson, John A. Bilello, Gerry W. Hagan, Rupert S. Vessey, and Jadwiga A. Wedzicha

Use of Plasma Biomarkers at Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 867-874. First published online June 23 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200604-506OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Noriaki Takabatake, Yoko Shibata, Shuichi Abe, Toshihiro Wada, Jun-ichi Machiya, Akira Igarashi, Yoshikane Tokairin, Guijin Ji, Hidenori Sato, Makoto Sata, Yasuchika Takeishi, Mitsuru Emi, Masaaki Muramatsu, and Isao Kubota

A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the CCL1 Gene Predicts Acute Exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 875-885. First published online July 24 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-443OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takao Tsuji, Kazutetsu Aoshiba, and Atsushi Nagai

Alveolar Cell Senescence in Patients with Pulmonary Emphysema

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 886-893. First published online August 3 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1374OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Critical Care:

Francçois Lellouche, Jordi Mancebo, Philippe Jolliet, Jean Roeseler, Fréderique Schortgen, Michel Dojat, Belen Cabello, Lila Bouadma, Pablo Rodriguez, Salvatore Maggiore, Marc Reynaert, Stefan Mersmann, and Laurent Brochard

A Multicenter Randomized Trial of Computer-driven Protocolized Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 894-900. First published online July 13 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200511-1780OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Justino Regalado, Rogelio Pérez-Padilla, Raúl Sansores, José Ignacio Páramo Ramirez, Michael Brauer, Peter Paré, and Sverre Vedal

The Effect of Biomass Burning on Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Rural Mexican Women

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 901-905. First published online June 23 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-479OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Sato, Mitsuhiro Takeno, Koichi Honma, Hideyuki Yamauchi, Yoshiaki Saito, Takao Sasaki, Hiroshi Morikubo, Yoji Nagashima, Shigeto Takagi, Kouichi Yamanaka, Takeshi Kaneko, and Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo

Heme Oxygenase-1, a Potential Biomarker of Chronic Silicosis, Attenuates Silica-induced Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 906-914. First published online July 20 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200508-1237OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Michael R. Hill, Anastasia Papafili, Helen Booth, Phillippa Lawson, Marianne Hubner, Huw Beynon, Catherine Read, Gisela Lindahl, Richard P. Marshall, Robin J. McAnulty, and Geoffrey J. Laurent

Functional Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthase 2 Polymorphism Predicts Poor Outcome in Sarcoidosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 915-922. First published online July 13 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200512-1839OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Nick A. Antic, Beth A. Malow, Neale Lange, R. Doug McEvoy, Amy L. Olson, Peter Turkington, Wolfram Windisch, Martin Samuels, Cathy A. Stevens, Elizabeth M. Berry-Kravis, and Debra E. Weese-Mayer

PHOX2B Mutation–confirmed Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome: Presentation in Adulthood

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 923-927. First published online July 27 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200605-607CR [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Tuberculosis:

David E. Griffith, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Brett Langsjoen, Yansheng Zhang, Xi Pan, William Girard, Kenwyn Nelson, James Caccitolo, Julio Alvarez, Sara Shepherd, Rebecca Wilson, Edward A. Graviss, and Richard J. Wallace, Jr.

Clinical and Molecular Analysis of Macrolide Resistance in Mycobacterium avium Complex Lung Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 928-934. First published online July 20 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-450OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Nick A. Antic, Beth A. Malow, Neale Lange, R. Doug McEvoy, Amy L. Olson, Peter Turkington, Wolfram Windisch, Martin Samuels, Cathy A. Stevens, Elizabeth M. Berry-Kravis, and Debra E. Weese-Mayer

PHOX2B Mutation–confirmed Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome: Presentation in Adulthood

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 923-927. First published online July 27 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200605-607CR [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY DOCUMENTS:

Jussi J. Saukkonen, David L. Cohn, Robert M. Jasmer, Steven Schenker, John A. Jereb, Charles M. Nolan, Charles A. Peloquin, Fred M. Gordin, David Nunes, Dorothy B. Strader, John Bernardo, Raman Venkataramanan, Timothy R. Sterling on behalf of the ATS Hepatotoxicity of Antituberculosis Therapy Subcommittee

An Official ATS Statement: Hepatotoxicity of Antituberculosis Therapy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 935-952 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Anthony J. Radford, James S. Rothel, Stephen L. Jones, and Gian Sberna

Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tests: Sensitivity, Specificity, and Comparing Apples with Apples

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 953 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luca Richeldi

Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tests: Sensitivity, Specificity, and Comparing Apples with Apples

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 953a-954 [Full Text] [PDF]  

David G. Parr, Paul A. Dawkins, and Robert A. Stockley

Computed Tomography: A New Gold Standard for the Clinical Assessment of Emphysema

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 954 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fernando J. Martinez and Frank Sciurba

Computed Tomography: A New Gold Standard for the Clinical Assessment of Emphysema

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 954a-955 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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