EDITORIALS:

Elias J. Anaissie

A Bad Bug Takes on a New Role as a Cause of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1-2 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert P. Baughman and Ganesh Raghu

Bronchoalveolar Cellular Analysis in Scleroderma Lung Disease: Does Sutton's Law Hold?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 2-3 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Nicole Le Moual, Francine Kauffmann, Ellen A. Eisen, and Susan M. Kennedy

The Healthy Worker Effect in Asthma: Work May Cause Asthma, but Asthma May Also Influence Work

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 4-10. First published online September 13 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200703-415PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Jane A. Hoppin, David M. Umbach, Stephanie J. London, Paul K. Henneberger, Greg J. Kullman, Michael C. R. Alavanja, and Dale P. Sandler

Pesticides and Atopic and Nonatopic Asthma among Farm Women in the Agricultural Health Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 11-18. First published online October 11 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200706-821OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Jadwiga A. Wedzicha, Peter M. A. Calverley, Terence A. Seemungal, Gerry Hagan, Zainab Ansari, and Robert A. Stockley for the INSPIRE Investigators

The Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations by Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate or Tiotropium Bromide

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 19-26. First published online October 4 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200707-973OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Critical Care:

Wouter Meersseman, Katrien Lagrou, Johan Maertens, Alexander Wilmer, Greet Hermans, Steven Vanderschueren, Isabel Spriet, Eric Verbeken, and Eric Van Wijngaerden

Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid: A Tool for Diagnosing Aspergillosis in Intensive Care Unit Patients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 27-34. First published online September 20 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200704-606OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Cystic Fibrosis:

Stephen M. Bianchi, Lynne R. Prince, Kathleen McPhillips, Lucy Allen, Helen M. Marriott, Graham W. Taylor, Paul G. Hellewell, Ian Sabroe, David H. Dockrell, Peter W. Henson, and Moira K. B. Whyte

Impairment of Apoptotic Cell Engulfment by Pyocyanin, a Toxic Metabolite of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 35-43. First published online October 4 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200612-1804OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Lourdes Barrera, Felipe Mendoza, Joaquín Zuñiga, Andrea Estrada, Ana C. Zamora, Emma I. Melendro, Remedios Ramírez, Annie Pardo, and Moisés Selman

Functional Diversity of T-Cell Subpopulations in Subacute and Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 44-55. First published online October 18 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200701-093OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Gerald S. Horan, Susan Wood, Victor Ona, Dan Jun Li, Matvey E. Lukashev, Paul H. Weinreb, Kenneth J. Simon, Kyungmin Hahm, Normand E. Allaire, Nicola J. Rinaldi, Jaya Goyal, Carol A. Feghali-Bostwick, Eric L. Matteson, Carl O'Hara, Robert Lafyatis, Gerald S. Davis, Xiaozhu Huang, Dean Sheppard, and Shelia M. Violette

Partial Inhibition of Integrin vβ6 Prevents Pulmonary Fibrosis without Exacerbating Inflammation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 56-65. First published online October 4 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200706-805OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Steven K. Huang, Scott H. Wettlaufer, Cory M. Hogaboam, Kevin R. Flaherty, Fernando J. Martinez, Jeffrey L. Myers, Thomas V. Colby, William D. Travis, Galen B. Toews, and Marc Peters-Golden

Variable Prostaglandin E₂ Resistance in Fibroblasts from Patients with Usual Interstitial Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 66-74. First published online October 4 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200706-963OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Talmadge E. King, Jr., Jürgen Behr, Kevin K. Brown, Roland M. du Bois, Lisa Lancaster, Joao A. de Andrade, Gerd Stähler, Isabelle Leconte, Sébastien Roux, and Ganesh Raghu

BUILD-1: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial of Bosentan in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 75-81. First published online September 27 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200705-732OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Khalid Puthawala, Nicos Hadjiangelis, Steven C. Jacoby, Emmanuel Bayongan, Zhicheng Zhao, Zhiwei Yang, Mary Louise Devitt, Gerald S. Horan, Paul H. Weinreb, Matvey E. Lukashev, Shelia M. Violette, Kristen S. Grant, Cristina Colarossi, Silvia C. Formenti, and John S. Munger

Inhibition of Integrin vβ6, an Activator of Latent Transforming Growth Factor-β, Prevents Radiation-induced Lung Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 82-90. First published online October 4 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200706-806OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Charlie Strange, Marcy B. Bolster, Michael D. Roth, Richard M. Silver, Arthur Theodore, Jonathan Goldin, Philip Clements, Joanie Chung, Robert M. Elashoff, Robert Suh, Edwin A. Smith, Daniel E. Furst, Donald P. Tashkin, and the Scleroderma Lung Study Research Group

Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Response to Cyclophosphamide in Scleroderma Interstitial Lung Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 91-98. First published online September 27 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200705-655OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Barbara O. Meyrick, David B. Friedman, D. Dean Billheimer, Joy D. Cogan, Melissa A. Prince, John A. Phillips, III, and James E. Loyd

Proteomics of Transformed Lymphocytes from a Family with Familial Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 99-107. First published online October 11 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200703-499OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivier Sitbon, Caroline Lascoux-Combe, Jean-François Delfraissy, Patrick G. Yeni, François Raffi, Dominique De Zuttere, Virginie Gressin, Pierre Clerson, Daniel Sereni, and Gérald Simonneau

Prevalence of HIV-related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Current Antiretroviral Therapy Era

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 108-113. First published online October 11 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200704-541OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Transplantation:

Steven M. Kawut, David J. Lederer, Shaf Keshavjee, Jessie S. Wilt, Theresa Daly, Frank D'Ovidio, Joshua R. Sonett, Selim M. Arcasoy, and Mark L. Barr

Outcomes after Lung Retransplantation in the Modern Era

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 114-120. First published online September 27 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200707-1132OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Ronan A. M. Breen, Robert F. Miller, and Marc C. I. Lipman

On Treatment Outcomes of Patients with HIV and Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 121 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Payam Nahid, Bouke C. de Jong, and Charles L. Daley

On Treatment Outcomes of Patients with HIV and Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 121-122 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ramon C. J. Langen and Annemie M. W. J. Schols

Muscle Atrophy and Hypertrophy Signaling Pathways in COPD: A Role in Muscle Remodeling?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 122 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mariève Doucet, Aaron Russell, Denis R. Joanisse, and François Maltais

Muscle Atrophy and Hypertrophy Signaling Pathways in COPD: A Role in Muscle Remodeling?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 122-123 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akashdeep Singh

Challenges to the Withdrawal of Care in Critically Ill Patients in India

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 123-124 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hari Dandapantula, Vishnuvardhan Reddy, and J. Richard Spears

Families and the Decision to Withhold or Withdraw Life-sustaining Therapy from the Critically Ill: Are Pressure Tactics Ever Justified?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 124 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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