EDITORIALS:

Gottfried Heinz

Arrhythmias in the ICU: What Do We Know?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 1-2 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephanie D. Davis and Felix Ratjen

Reduced Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis: A Primary or Secondary Phenotype?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 2-3 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. C. Gary Lee and Sylwia Wilkosz

Malignant Pleural Effusions: Fixing the Leaky Faucet

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 3-5 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathryn DeRiemer and Bouke C. de Jong

Catch Them While You Can!

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 5-6 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Nicole Livermore, Jane E. Butler, Louise Sharpe, Rachel A. McBain, Simon C. Gandevia, and David K. McKenzie

Panic Attacks and Perception of Inspiratory Resistive Loads in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 7-12. First published online April 24 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200711-1700OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mateusz Siedlinski, Dirkje S. Postma, Cleo C. van Diemen, Anneke Blokstra, Henriette A. Smit, and H. Marike Boezen

Lung Function Loss, Smoking, Vitamin C Intake, and Polymorphisms of the Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase Genes

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 13-19. First published online April 17 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200711-1749OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Critical Care:

Djillali Annane, Véronique Sébille, Denis Duboc, Jean-Yves Le Heuzey, Nicolas Sadoul, Erik Bouvier, and Eric Bellissant

Incidence and Prognosis of Sustained Arrhythmias in Critically Ill Patients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 20-25. First published online April 3 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200701-031OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Scot T. Bateman, Jacques Lacroix, Katia Boven, Peter Forbes, Roger Barton, Neal J. Thomas, Brian Jacobs, Barry Markovitz, Brahm Goldstein, James H. Hanson, H. Agnes Li, and Adrienne G. Randolph for the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network

Anemia, Blood Loss, and Blood Transfusions in North American Children in the Intensive Care Unit

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 26-33. First published online April 17 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200711-1637OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Jacobien J. Hoogerwerf, Alex F. de Vos, Paul Bresser, Jaring S. van der Zee, Jennie M. Pater, Anita de Boer, Michael Tanck, Daniel L. Lundell, Chung Her-Jenh, Christian Draing, Sonja von Aulock, and Tom van der Poll

Lung Inflammation Induced by Lipoteichoic Acid or Lipopolysaccharide in Humans

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 34-41. First published online April 10 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200708-1261OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Cystic Fibrosis:

Wanda J. Kozlowska, Andrew Bush, Angela Wade, Paul Aurora, Siobhán B. Carr, Rosie A. Castle, Ah-Fong Hoo, Sooky Lum, John Price, Sarath Ranganathan, Clare Saunders, Sanja Stanojevic, John Stroobant, Colin Wallis, and Janet Stocks for the London Cystic Fibrosis Collaboration

Lung Function from Infancy to the Preschool Years after Clinical Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 42-49. First published online April 10 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200710-1599OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

Georgios T. Stathopoulos, Charalampos Moschos, Heleni Loutrari, Androniki Kollintza, Ioannis Psallidas, Sophia Karabela, Sophia Magkouta, Zongmin Zhou, Spyros A. Papiris, Charis Roussos, and Ioannis Kalomenidis

Zoledronic Acid Is Effective against Experimental Malignant Pleural Effusion

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 50-59. First published online April 3 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200710-1513OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Cheng-Xiong Xu, Dhananjay Jere, Hua Jin, Seung-Hee Chang, Youn-Sun Chung, Ji-Young Shin, Ji-Eun Kim, Sung-Jin Park, Yong-Hoon Lee, Chan-Hee Chae, Kee Ho Lee, George R. Beck, Jr., Chong-Su Cho, and Myung-Haing Cho

Poly(ester amine)-mediated, Aerosol-delivered Akt1 Small Interfering RNA Suppresses Lung Tumorigenesis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 60-73. First published online February 28 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200707-1022OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

Indra Narang, Mark Rosenthal, David Cremonesini, Mike Silverman, and Andrew Bush

Longitudinal Evaluation of Airway Function 21 Years after Preterm Birth

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 74-80. First published online April 17 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200705-701OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Frédéric Perros, David Montani, Peter Dorfmüller, Ingrid Durand-Gasselin, Colas Tcherakian, Jérôme Le Pavec, Michel Mazmanian, Elie Fadel, Sacha Mussot, Olaf Mercier, Philippe Hervé, Dominique Emilie, Saadia Eddahibi, Gérald Simonneau, Rogério Souza, and Marc Humbert

Platelet-derived Growth Factor Expression and Function in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 81-88. First published online April 17 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200707-1037OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Leanne C. McKay and Jack L. Feldman

Unilateral Ablation of Pre-Bötzinger Complex Disrupts Breathing during Sleep but Not Wakefulness

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 89-95. First published online April 17 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200712-1901OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

H. Tuberculosis:

Sandra V. Kik, Suzanne Verver, Dick van Soolingen, Petra E. W. de Haas, Frank G. Cobelens, Kristin Kremer, Henk van Deutekom, and Martien W. Borgdorff

Tuberculosis Outbreaks Predicted by Characteristics of First Patients in a DNA Fingerprint Cluster

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 96-104. First published online April 3 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200708-1256OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Adrian Gillissen

Is Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate Equivalent to Tiotropium Bromide in the Treatment of COPD?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 105 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric Marchand

Treatment Step Down Should Be Avoided at Entry in COPD Therapeutic Trials

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 105-106 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter G. Middleton

Management of Patients with COPD: A Comparison of the INSPIRE and TORCH Studies

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 106 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Management of Patients with COPD: A Comparison of the INSPIRE and TORCH Studies

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 106-107 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Véronique Nève, Régis Matran, and Jean-Louis Edmé

Quality Control for Spirometry in Preschool Children

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 107 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephanie Davis, Paul Aurora, Howard Eigen, Nicole Beydon, and Enrico Lombardi on behalf of the ATS/ERS Working Group on Infant and Young Children Pulmonary Function Testing

Quality Control for Spirometry in Preschool Children

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 107-108 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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