EDITORIALS:

Sam M. Janes and Stephen G. Spiro

Esophageal Endoscopic Ultrasound/Endobronchial Ultrasound–guided Fine Needle Aspiration: A New Dawn for the Respiratory Physician?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 297-299 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Attilio L. Boner

The British 1958 Cohort: A Message for Obstetricians and Pediatricians

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 298-299 [Full Text] [PDF]  

OCCASIONAL ESSAY:

Isaiah D. Wexler, Marie Johannesson, Frank P. Edenborough, Beth S. Sufian, and Eitan Kerem

Pregnancy and Chronic Progressive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 300-305. First published online November 16 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200605-598OE [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Ian Sabroe, Lisa C. Parker, David H. Dockrell, Donna E. Davies, Steven K. Dower, and Moira K. B. Whyte

Targeting the Networks that Underpin Contiguous Immunity in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 306-311. First published online November 30 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200606-777PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Airway Biology:

Alyn H. Morice, Madhav S. Menon, Siobhan A. Mulrennan, Caroline F. Everett, Caroline Wright, Jennifer Jackson, and Rachel Thompson

Opiate Therapy in Chronic Cough

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 312-315. First published online November 22 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200607-892OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Asthma and Allergy:

Yoichi Chida, Nobuyuki Sudo, Junko Sonoda, Tetsuya Hiramoto, and Chiharu Kubo

Early-Life Psychological Stress Exacerbates Adult Mouse Asthma via the Hypothalamus–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 316-322. First published online November 16 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200607-898OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Colin F. Robertson, David Price, Richard Henry, Craig Mellis, Nicholas Glasgow, Dominic Fitzgerald, Amanda J. Lee, Jane Turner, and Melissa Sant

Short-Course Montelukast for Intermittent Asthma in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 323-329. First published online November 16 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200510-1546OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Amir Sharafkhaneh, Tony G. Babb, Todd M. Officer, Nicholas A. Hanania, Hossein Sharafkhaneh, and Aladin M. Boriek

The Confounding Effects of Thoracic Gas Compression on Measurement of Acute Bronchodilator Response

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 330-335. First published online November 16 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200602-255OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Claudia M. Trujillo-Vargas, Melanie Werner-Klein, Gisela Wohlleben, Tobias Polte, Gesine Hansen, Stefan Ehlers, and Klaus J. Erb

Helminth-derived Products Inhibit the Development of Allergic Responses in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 336-344. First published online November 22 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-054OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

Pankaj Singh, Brian Camazine, Yashodeep Jadhav, Rahul Gupta, Phalguni Mukhopadhyay, Ahmed Khan, Rama Reddy, Qi Zheng, David D. Smith, Renu Khode, Bankim Bhatt, Sanjay Bhat, Yasir Yaqub, Rajnikant S. Shah, Ashish Sharma, Pawan Sikka, and Richard A. Erickson

Endoscopic Ultrasound As a First Test for Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer: A Prospective Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 345-354. First published online October 26 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200606-851OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

Agnes E. Marossy, David P. Strachan, Alicja R. Rudnicka, and H. Ross Anderson

Childhood Chest Illness and the Rate of Decline of Adult Lung Function between Ages 35 and 45 Years

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 355-359. First published online October 5 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200607-1023OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Tuberculosis:

Suran L. Fernando, Bernadette M. Saunders, Ronald Sluyter, Kristen K. Skarratt, Hazel Goldberg, Guy B. Marks, James S. Wiley, and Warwick J. Britton

A Polymorphism in the P2X₇ Gene Increases Susceptibility to Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 360-366. First published online November 9 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200607-970OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY DOCUMENTS:

David E. Griffith, Timothy Aksamit, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Antonino Catanzaro, Charles Daley, Fred Gordin, Steven M. Holland, Robert Horsburgh, Gwen Huitt, Michael F. Iademarco, Michael Iseman, Kenneth Olivier, Stephen Ruoss, C. Fordham von Reyn, Richard J. Wallace, Jr., and Kevin Winthrop on behalf of the ATS Mycobacterial Diseases Subcommittee

An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 367-416 [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement][Erratum]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Matthew E. J. Callister and Mark J. D. Griffiths

The Carbon Footprint of the American Thoracic Society Meeting

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 417 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth Rosenman and Beth Hanna

Asthma Mortality in Michigan for the Years 2002 to 2005, Ages 5–34

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 417a-418 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vidya Krishnan, Gregory B. Diette, and Jerry A. Krishnan

Asthma Mortality in Michigan for the Years 2002 to 2005, Ages 5–34

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 418 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiromitsu Kishimoto and Masahiro Urade

Mechanical Tooth Cleaning before Chlorhexidine Application

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 175: 418a [Full Text] [PDF]  

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