AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (August 1 2008, 178 [3])

EDITORIALS:

François Maltais, Didier Saey, and Richard Debigaré: Enhancing the Benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Doing More for a Few or Doing a Little Less for Many?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 215-216 [Full Text] [PDF]

Marcos Espinal and Mario C. Raviglione: From Threat to Reality: The Real Face of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 216-217 [Full Text] [PDF]

Pranab Haldar, Ian D. Pavord, Dominic E. Shaw, Michael A. Berry, Michael Thomas, Christopher E. Brightling, Andrew J. Wardlaw, and Ruth H. Green: Cluster Analysis and Clinical Asthma Phenotypes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 218-224. First published online May 14 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200711-1754OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Michael B. Drummond, Pamela F. Schwartz, William T. Duggan, John G. Teeter, Richard J. Riese, Richard C. Ahrens, Robert O. Crapo, Richard D. England, Neil R. MacIntyre, Robert L. Jensen, and Robert A. Wise: Intersession Variability in Single-Breath Diffusing Capacity in Diabetics without Overt Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 225-232. First published online May 8 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200801-090OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sarah J. Deacon, Emma E. Vincent, Paul L. Greenhaff, John Fox, Michael C. Steiner, Sally J. Singh, and Michael D. Morgan: Randomized Controlled Trial of Dietary Creatine as an Adjunct Therapy to Physical Training in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 233-239. First published online April 17 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200710-1508OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Mathieu C. Morissette, Guillaume Vachon-Beaudoin, Julie Parent, Jamila Chakir, and Julie Milot: Increased p53 Level, Bax/Bcl-x_L Ratio, and TRAIL Receptor Expression in Human Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 240-247. First published online May 29 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200710-1486OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Shinsaku Togo, Olaf Holz, Xiangde Liu, Hisatoshi Sugiura, Koichiro Kamio, Xiangqi Wang, Shin Kawasaki, Youngsoo Ahn, Karin Fredriksson, C. Magnus Skold, Kai Christian Mueller, Detlef Branscheid, Lutz Welker, Henrik Watz, Helgo Magnussen, and Stephen I. Rennard: Lung Fibroblast Repair Functions in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Are Altered by Multiple Mechanisms; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 248-260. First published online May 8 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200706-929OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Naeem A. Ali, James M. O'Brien, Jr., Stephen P. Hoffmann, Gary Phillips, Allan Garland, James C. W. Finley, Khalid Almoosa, Rana Hejal, Karen M. Wolf, Stanley Lemeshow, Alfred F. Connors, Jr., and Clay B. Marsh for The Midwest Critical Care Consortium: Acquired Weakness, Handgrip Strength, and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 261-268. First published online May 29 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200712-1829OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Randall Curtis, Patsy D. Treece, Elizabeth L. Nielsen, Lois Downey, Sarah E. Shannon, Theresa Braungardt, Darrell Owens, Kenneth P. Steinberg, and Ruth A. Engelberg: Integrating Palliative and Critical Care: Evaluation of a Quality-Improvement Intervention; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 269-275. First published online May 14 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200802-272OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Hector R. Wong, Natalie Cvijanovich, Derek S. Wheeler, Michael T. Bigham, Marie Monaco, Kelli Odoms, William L. Macias, and Mark D. Williams: Interleukin-8 as a Stratification Tool for Interventional Trials Involving Pediatric Septic Shock; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 276-282. First published online May 29 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200801-131OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sung Kyun Park, Marie S. O'Neill, Pantel S. Vokonas, David Sparrow, Avron Spiro, III, Katherine L. Tucker, Helen Suh, Howard Hu, and Joel Schwartz: Traffic-related Particles Are Associated with Elevated Homocysteine: The VA Normative Aging Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 283-289. First published online May 8 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200708-1286OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Massimo Miniati, Matteo Bottai, Simonetta Monti, Marco Salvadori, Luca Serasini, and Mirko Passera: Simple and Accurate Prediction of the Clinical Probability of Pulmonary Embolism; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 290-294. First published online April 24 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200802-207OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Teiichi Yamane, Taro Date, Michifumi Tokuda, Yasuko Aramaki, Keiichi Inada, Seiichiro Matsuo, Kenri Shibayama, Satoru Miyanaga, Hidekazu Miyazaki, Ken-ichi Sugimoto, and Michihiro Yoshimura: Hypoxemia in Inferior Pulmonary Veins in Supine Position Is Dependent on Obesity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 295-299. First published online May 1 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200801-113OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Campos, Andrew Quartin, Eliana Mendes, Alexandre Abreu, Samuel Gurevich, Luis Echarte, Tanira Ferreira, Timothy Cleary, Elena Hollender, and David Ashkin: Feasibility of Shortening Respiratory Isolation with a Single Sputum Nucleic Acid Amplification Test; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 300-305. First published online May 8 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200803-381OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anton Mak, Adam Thomas, Mirtha del Granado, Richard Zaleskis, Nigor Mouzafarova, and Dick Menzies: Influence of Multidrug Resistance on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes with Standardized Regimens; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 306-312. First published online May 29 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200802-240OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

David A. Galbraith and David Weill: Diacetyl and Bronchiolitis Obliterans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 313 [Full Text] [PDF]

Frits G. B. G. J. van Rooy, Jos M. Rooyackers, Mathias Prokop, Remko Houba, Lidwien A. M. Smit, and Dick J. J. Heederik: Diacetyl and Bronchiolitis Obliterans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 313-314 [Full Text] [PDF]

Frank Lo Vecchio, Richard D. Gerkin, and Steven C. Curry: CO Poisoning and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: More Studies Need to Be Done; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 314 [Full Text] [PDF]

Lindell K. Weaver, Ramona O. Hopkins, and Karen Valentine: CO Poisoning and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: More Studies Need to Be Done; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 314-315 [Full Text] [PDF]

Andreas Günther and Friedemann Taut: Tidal Volume in Mechanical Ventilation: The Importance of Considering Predicted Body Weight; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 315-316 [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrés Esteban, Fernando Frutos-Vivar, Niall D. Ferguson, and Antonio Anzueto: Tidal Volume in Mechanical Ventilation: The Importance of Considering Predicted Body Weight; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 316 [Full Text] [PDF]