AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (September 1 2008, 178 [5])

EDITORIALS:

Sejal Saglani and Andrew Bush: Asthma, Atopy, and Airway Inflammation: What Does It Mean in Practice?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 437-438 [Full Text] [PDF]

Alan R. Hauser: Pseudomonas aeruginosa: An Uninvited Guest Refuses to Leave; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 438-439 [Full Text] [PDF]

Lisa A. Jackson: Benefits of Examining Influenza Vaccine Associations Outside of Influenza Season; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 439-440 [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonello Punturieri, Thomas L. Croxton, Gail G. Weinmann, and James P. Kiley: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A View from the NHLBI; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 441-443 [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert D. Gray, Gordon MacGregor, Donald Noble, Margaret Imrie, Maria Dewar, A. Christopher Boyd, J. Alastair Innes, David J. Porteous, and Andrew P. Greening: Sputum Proteomics in Inflammatory and Suppurative Respiratory Diseases; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 444-452. First published online June 19 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200703-409OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Robyn T. Cohen, Glorisa J. Canino, Hector R. Bird, and Juan C. Celedón: Violence, Abuse, and Asthma in Puerto Rican Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 453-459. First published online June 12 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200711-1629OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

David E. Simcock, Varsha Kanabar, Graham W. Clarke, Katharina Mahn, Charlotta Karner, Brian J. O'Connor, Tak H. Lee, and Stuart J. Hirst: Induction of Angiogenesis by Airway Smooth Muscle From Patients with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 460-468. First published online June 12 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200707-1046OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Tim J. T. Sutherland, Jan O. Cowan, Sarah Young, Ailsa Goulding, Andrea M. Grant, Avis Williamson, Karen Brassett, G. Peter Herbison, and D. Robin Taylor: The Association between Obesity and Asthma: Interactions between Systemic and Airway Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 469-475. First published online June 19 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200802-301OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Graziella Turato, Angelo Barbato, Simonetta Baraldo, Maria Elena Zanin, Erica Bazzan, Kim Lokar-Oliani, Fiorella Calabrese, Cristina Panizzolo, Deborah Snijders, Piero Maestrelli, Renzo Zuin, Leonardo M. Fabbri, and Marina Saetta: Nonatopic Children with Multitrigger Wheezing Have Airway Pathology Comparable to Atopic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 476-482. First published online May 29 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200712-1818OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Najib M. Rahman, Eleanor K. Mishra, Helen E. Davies, Robert J. O. Davies, and Y. C. Gary Lee: Clinically Important Factors Influencing the Diagnostic Measurement of Pleural Fluid pH and Glucose; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 483-490. First published online June 12 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200801-062OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fernando J. Martinez, MeiLan K. Han, Adin-Cristian Andrei, Robert Wise, Susan Murray, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Alice Sternberg, Gerard Criner, Steven E. Gay, John Reilly, Barry Make, Andrew L. Ries, Frank Sciurba, Gail Weinmann, Zab Mosenifar, Malcolm DeCamp, Alfred P. Fishman, and Bartolome R. Celli for the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Longitudinal Change in the BODE Index Predicts Mortality in Severe Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 491-499. First published online June 5 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200709-1383OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Bipen D. Patel, Harvey O. Coxson, Sreekumar G. Pillai, Alvar G. N. Agustí, Peter M. A. Calverley, Claudio F. Donner, Barry J. Make, Nestor L. Müller, Stephen I. Rennard, Jørgen Vestbo, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Melanie P. Hiorns, Yasutaka Nakano, Patricia G. Camp, Paola V. Nasute Fauerbach, Nicholas J. Screaton, Edward J. Campbell, Wayne H. Anderson, Peter D. Paré, Robert D. Levy, Stephen L. Lake, Edwin K. Silverman, and David A. Lomas on behalf of the the International COPD Genetics Network: Airway Wall Thickening and Emphysema Show Independent Familial Aggregation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 500-505. First published online June 19 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200801-059OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Maneesh Bhargava, Marie R. Runyon, Dmitri Smirnov, Jianxun Lei, Thomas J. Groppoli, Cary N. Mariash, O. Douglas Wangensteen, and David H. Ingbar: Triiodo-L-thyronine Rapidly Stimulates Alveolar Fluid Clearance in Normal and Hyperoxia-injured Lungs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 506-512. First published online June 12 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200709-1429OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Ali A. El Solh, Morohunfolu E. Akinnusi, Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish, Susan V. Lynch, Lilibeth A. Pineda, and Kristie Szarpa: Persistent Infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Ventilator-associated Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 513-519. First published online May 8 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200802-239OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Jennifer Schneider, Ian Mitchell, Nalini Singhal, Valerie Kirk, and Shabih U. Hasan: Prenatal Cigarette Smoke Exposure Attenuates Recovery from Hypoxemic Challenge in Preterm Infants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 520-526. First published online June 19 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200803-432OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dean T. Eurich, Thomas J. Marrie, Jennie Johnstone, and Sumit R. Majumdar: Mortality Reduction with Influenza Vaccine in Patients with Pneumonia Outside "Flu" Season: Pleiotropic Benefits or Residual Confounding?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 527-533. First published online June 12 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200802-282OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nils Nickel, Tibor Kempf, Heike Tapken, Jörn Tongers, Florian Laenger, Ulrich Lehmann, Heiko Golpon, Karen Olsson, Martin R. Wilkins, J. Simon R. Gibbs, Marius M. Hoeper, and Kai C. Wollert: Growth Differentiation Factor-15 in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 534-541. First published online June 19 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200802-235OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward Abraham: Erratum: Correction of Conflict of Interest Statement; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 542 [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen H. Loring and Robert B. Banzett: Whole-Body "Negative-Pressure" Ventilation: Is It Really Different?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 542 [Full Text] [PDF]

Francesco Grasso, Doreen Engelberts, and Brian Kavanagh: Whole-Body "Negative-Pressure" Ventilation: Is It Really Different?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 542-543 [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephan F. Lanes and Michele Jara: The INSPIRE Study: Influence of Prior Use and Discontinuation of Inhaled Corticosteroids; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 543-544 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jadwiga A. Wedzicha, Peter M. A. Calverley, Terence A. Seemungal, Gerry Hagan, Zainab Ansari, and Robert A. Stockley On behalf of the INSPIRE Investigators: The INSPIRE Study: Influence of Prior Use and Discontinuation of Inhaled Corticosteroids; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 544 [Full Text] [PDF]