AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (163 6)

Ary L. Goldberger: Heartbeats, Hormones, and Health . Is Variability the Spice of Life?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1289-1290. [Full text]
Hans Bisgaard: Persistent Wheezing in Very Young Preschool Children Reflects Lower Respiratory Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1290-1291. [Full text]
Laurent Brochard: Watching What PEEP Really Does; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1291-1292. [Full text]
Jacob Iasha Sznajder: Alveolar Edema Must Be Cleared for the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patient to Survive; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1293-1294. [Full text]
Kathleen Ferguson: Oral Appliance Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea . Finally Evidence You Can Sink Your Teeth Into; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1294-1295. [Full text]
Patrick Lévy and Jean-Louis Pépin: Autoadjusting Continuous Positive Airway Pressure . What Can We Expect?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1295-1296. [Full text]

PRO/CON EDITORIALS:

Jerome A. Dempsey and James B. Skatrud: Apnea Following Mechanical Ventilation May Be Caused by Nonchemical Neuromechanical Influences; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1297-1298. [Full text]
Magdy Younes: Apnea Following Mechanical Ventilation May Not Be Caused by Neuromechanical Influences; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1298-1300. [Full text]
: REBUTTAL FROM DRS. DEMPSEY AND SKATRUD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1300. [Full text]
: REBUTTAL FROM DR. YOUNES; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1300a-1301. [Full text]

HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED:

DAVID V. BATES: Enter the Stranger: the Story of Xenon; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1302-1303. [Full text]

CLINICAL COMMENTARY:

NEIL J. DOUGLAS: "Why am I sleepy?" . Sorting the Somnolent; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1310-1313. [Full text]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

MARINA SAETTA, GRAZIELLA TURATO, PIERO MAESTRELLI, CRISTINA E. MAPP, and LEONARDO M. FABBRI: Cellular and Structural Bases of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1304-1309. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Acute Lung Injury and ARDS:

LORRAINE B. WARE and MICHAEL A. MATTHAY: Alveolar Fluid Clearance Is Impaired in the Majority of Patients with Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1376-1383. [Abstract] [Full text]
THOMAS GEISER, KAMRAN ATABAI, PIERRE-HENRI JARREAU, LORRAINE B. WARE, JÉRÔME PUGIN, and MICHAEL A. MATTHAY: Pulmonary Edema Fluid from Patients with Acute Lung Injury Augments In Vitro Alveolar Epithelial Repair by an IL-1 $beta$ -dependent Mechanism; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1384-1388. [Abstract] [Full text]
DEREK C. ANGUS, AMJAD A. MUSTHAFA, GILLES CLERMONT, MARTIN F. GRIFFIN, WALTER T. LINDE-ZWIRBLE, TONY T. DREMSIZOV, and MICHAEL R. PINSKY: Quality-adjusted Survival in the First Year after the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1389-1394. [Abstract] [Full text]

Asthma and Airway Biology:

ZHAOXI WANG, CHANGZHONG CHEN, TIANHUA NIU, DI WU, JIANHUA YANG, BINYAN WANG, ZHIAN FANG, CHANDRI N. YANDAVA, JEFFREY M. DRAZEN, SCOTT T. WEISS, and XIPING XU: Association of Asthma with $beta$ ₂-Adrenergic Receptor Gene Polymorphism and Cigarette Smoking; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1404-1409. [Abstract] [Full text]
PHILIPPA M. SHIRTCLIFFE, STEPHANIE E. EASTHOPE, SOO CHENG, MARK WEATHERALL, PAUL L. J. TAN, GRAHAM LE GROS, and RICHARD BEASLEY: The Effect of Delipidated Deglycolipidated (DDMV) and Heat-killed Mycobacterium vaccae in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1410-1414. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHANNE CÔTÉ, DENNIS M. BOWIE, PATRICIA ROBICHAUD, JEAN-GUY PARENT, LIVIA BATTISTI, and LOUIS-PHILIPPE BOULET: Evaluation of Two Different Educational Interventions for Adult Patients Consulting with an Acute Asthma Exacerbation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1415-1419. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN D. BRANNAN, SANDRA D. ANDERSON, KERRY GOMES, GREGORY G. KING, H. KIM CHAN, and J. PAUL SEALE: Fexofenadine Decreases Sensitivity to and Montelukast Improves Recovery from Inhaled Mannitol; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1420-1425. [Abstract] [Full text]
A. WOHLSEN, S. UHLIG, and C. MARTIN: Immediate Allergic Response in Small Airways; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1462-1469. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHN V. FAHY, HOMER A. BOUSHEY, STEPHEN C. LAZARUS, ELIZABETH A. MAUGER, REUBEN M. CHERNIACK, VERNON M. CHINCHILLI, TIMOTHY J. CRAIG, JEFFREY M. DRAZEN, JEAN G. FORD, JAMES E. FISH, ELLIOT ISRAEL, MONICA KRAFT, ROBERT F. LEMANSKE, RICHARD J. MARTIN, DIANE McLEAN, STEPHEN P. PETERS, CHRISTINE SORKNESS, and STANLEY J. SZEFLER: Safety and Reproducibility of Sputum Induction in Asthmatic Subjects in a Multicenter Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1470-1475. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTOPHER M. EVANS, DAVID B. JACOBY, and ALLISON D. FRYER: Effects of Dexamethasone on Antigen-Induced Airway Eosinophilia and M₂ Receptor Dysfunction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1484-1492. [Abstract] [Full text]

Childhood Asthma and Pediatric Lung Disease:

MARZENA E. KRAWIEC, JAY Y. WESTCOTT, HONG WEI CHU, SILVANA BALZAR, JOHN B. TRUDEAU, L. B. SCHWARTZ, and SALLY E. WENZEL: Persistent Wheezing in Very Young Children Is Associated with Lower Respiratory Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1338-1343. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOSÉ A. CASTRO-RODRÍGUEZ, CATHARINE J. HOLBERG, WAYNE J. MORGAN, ANNE L. WRIGHT, and FERNANDO D. MARTINEZ: Increased Incidence of Asthmalike Symptoms in Girls Who Become Overweight or Obese during the School Years; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1344-1349. [Abstract] [Full text]
PETER J. F. M. MERKUS, JACQUELINE Y. MIJNSBERGEN, WIM C. J. HOP, and JOHAN C. de JONGSTE: Interrupter Resistance in Preschool Children . Measurement Characteristics and Reference Values; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1350-1355. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAREN E. WILLET, ALAN H. JOBE, MACHIKO IKEGAMI, JANA KOVAR, and PETER D. SLY: Lung Morphometry after Repetitive Antenatal Glucocorticoid Treatment in Preterm Sheep; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1437-1443. [Abstract] [Full text]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

NORIAKI TAKABATAKE, HIDENORI NAKAMURA, OSAMU MINAMIHABA, MINORU INAGE, SUMITO INOUE, SHIGERU KAGAYA, MICHIYASU YAMAKI, and HITONOBU TOMOIKE: A Novel Pathophysiologic Phenomenon in Cachexic Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . The Relationship between the Circadian Rhythm of Circulating Leptin and the Very Low-Frequency Component of Heart Rate Variability; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1314-1319. [Abstract] [Full text]
LING SAI ON, PETCHARA BOONYONGSUNCHAI, SAMANTHA WEBB, LISA DAVIES, PETER M. A. CALVERLEY, and RICHARD W. COSTELLO: Function of Pulmonary Neuronal M₂ Muscarinic Receptors in Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1320-1325. [Abstract] [Full text]
VINCENT NINANE, DMITRI LEDUC, SOPHIA ABDEL KAFI, MARWAN NASSER, MYRIAM HOUA, and ROGER SERGYSELS: Detection of Expiratory Flow Limitation by Manual Compression of the Abdominal Wall; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1326-1330. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
MICHAEL S. SCHECHTER, BRENT J. SHELTON, PETER A. MARGOLIS, and STACEY C. FITZSIMMONS: The Association of Socioeconomic Status with Outcomes in Cystic Fibrosis Patients in the United States; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1331-1337. [Abstract] [Full text]
HAJIME TAKIZAWA, MITSURU TANAKA, KAZUTAKA TAKAMI, TAKAYUKI OHTOSHI, KOJI ITO, MASARU SATOH, YASUMASA OKADA, FUMIHIRO YAMASAWA, KAZUHIKO NAKAHARA, and AKIRA UMEDA: Increased Expression of Transforming Growth Factor- $beta$ 1 in Small Airway Epithelium from Tobacco Smokers and Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1476-1483. [Abstract] [Full text]

Mechanical Ventilation:

MAKATO SATOH, PETER R. EASTWOOD, CURTIS A. SMITH, and JEROME A. DEMPSEY: Nonchemical Elimination of Inspiratory Motor Output via Mechanical Ventilation in Sleep; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1356-1364. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANCO LAGHI, JEREMY SEGAL, WILLIAM K. CHOE, and MARTIN J. TOBIN: Effect of Imposed Inflation Time on Respiratory Frequency and Hyperinflation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1365-1370. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAUL J. W. DENNESEN, ANDRÉ J. A. M. van der VEN, ALPHONS G. H. KESSELS, GRAHAM RAMSAY, and MARC J. M. BONTEN: Resolution of Infectious Parameters after Antimicrobial Therapy in Patients with Ventilator-associated Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1371-1375. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
LUIZ M. MALBOUISSON, JEAN-CHARLES MULLER, JEAN-MICHEL CONSTANTIN, QIN LU, LOUIS PUYBASSET, JEAN-JACQUES ROUBY, and the CT Scan ARDS Study Group: Computed Tomography Assessment of Positive End-expiratory Pressure-induced Alveolar Recruitment in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1444-1450. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
SERGIO P. RIBEIRO, KUNUK RHEE, LORRAINE TREMBLAY, RUUD VELDHUIZEN, JAMES F. LEWIS, and ARTHUR S. SLUTSKY: Heat Stress Attenuates Ventilator-induced Lung Dysfunction in an Ex vivo Rat Lung Model; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1451-1456. [Abstract] [Full text]

Sleep and Neuromuscular Control of Breathing:

JOSÉ M. MARIN, SANTIAGO J. CARRIZO, MANUEL GASCON, ANDRES SANCHEZ, BEGOÑA GALLEGO, and BARTOLOMÉ R. CELLI: Inspiratory Capacity, Dynamic Hyperinflation, Breathlessness, and Exercise Performance during the 6-Minute-Walk Test in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1395-1399. [Abstract] [Full text]
PHILIP D. HUGHES, NICHOLAS HART, CARL-HUGO HAMNEGÅRD, MALCOLM GREEN, ANDREW J. S. COATS, JOHN MOXHAM, and MICHAEL I. POLKEY: Inspiratory Muscle Relaxation Rate Slows during Exhaustive Treadmill Walking in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1400-1403. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]
ATUL MEHTA, JIN QIAN, PETER PETOCZ, M. ALI DARENDELILER, and PETER A. CISTULLI: A Randomized, Controlled Study of a Mandibular Advancement Splint for Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1457-1461. [Abstract] [Full text] [Online Data Supplement]

Miscellaneous:

ENRICO BERGAMASCHI, GIUSEPPE DE PALMA, PAOLA MOZZONI, SIMONA VANNI, MARIA VITTORIA VETTORI, FABRICE BROECKAERT, ALFRED BERNARD, and ANTONIO MUTTI: Polymorphism of Quinone-metabolizing Enzymes and Susceptibility to Ozone-induced Acute Effects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1426-1431. [Abstract] [Full text]
PANAGIOTIS PANTELIDIS, GREGORY C. FANNING, ATHOL U. WELLS, KENNETH I. WELSH, and ROLAND M. DU BOIS: Analysis of Tumor Necrosis Factor- $alpha$ , Lymphotoxin- $alpha$ , Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor II, and Interleukin-6 Polymorphisms in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1432-1436. [Abstract] [Full text]
ROLF M. F. BERGER, RALF GEIGER, JOHN HESS, AD J. J. C. BOGERS, and WOLTER J. MOOI: Altered Arterial Expression Patterns of Inducible and Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Pulmonary Plexogenic Arteriopathy Caused by Congenital Heart Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1493-1499. [Abstract] [Full text]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Manousos M. Konstadoulakis, Evangelos G. Messaris, Satoru Hashimoto, Atsuko Kobayashi, and Hiroo Nakajima: ARE CANCER PATIENTS ADEQUATE CANDIDATES FOR STUDYING APOPTOSIS IN SEPTIC AND ARDS MODELS?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1500. [Full text]
Harvey O. Coxson and James C. Hogg: ERRATUM: A QUANTIFICATION OF THE LUNG SURFACE AREA IN EMPHYSEMA USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1500a-1501. [Full text]
David H. Garabrant, Alfred Franzblau, Denyse Gautrin, Jean-Luc Malo, Heberto Ghezzo, and Claire Infante-Rivard: INCIDENCE OF LATEX SENSITIZATION; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1501-1502. [Full text]
Mark D. Eisner, Michael Abramson, Michael Bailey, Fiona Couper, Jan Driver, Olaf Drummer, Andrew Forbes, John McNeil, E. Haydn Walters, and the Victorian Asthma Mortality Study Group: INHALED BETA AGONISTS AND DEATH FROM ASTHMA: REVISITING THE CONTROVERSY; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2001; 163: 1502. [Full text]