AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (August 15 2008, 178 [4])

EDITORIALS:

Jorrit Gerritsen: Airway Responsiveness in Teenagers Is Becoming Sexier; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 321-322 [Full Text] [PDF]

Samy Suissa: Medications to Modify Lung Function Decline in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Some Hopeful Signs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 322-323 [Full Text] [PDF]

Roy G. Brower, Rolf D. Hubmayr, and Arthur S. Slutsky: Lung Stress and Strain in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Good Ideas for Clinical Management?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 323-324 [Full Text] [PDF]

Kelan G. Tantisira, Ryan Colvin, James Tonascia, Robert C. Strunk, Scott T. Weiss, and Anne L. Fuhlbrigge for the Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group: Airway Responsiveness in Mild to Moderate Childhood Asthma: Sex Influences on the Natural History; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 325-331. First published online April 17 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200708-1174OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Bartolomé R. Celli, Nicola E. Thomas, Julie A. Anderson, Gary T. Ferguson, Christine R. Jenkins, Paul W. Jones, Jørgen Vestbo, Katharine Knobil, Julie C. Yates, and Peter M. A. Calverley: Effect of Pharmacotherapy on Rate of Decline of Lung Function in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Results from the TORCH Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 332-338. First published online May 29 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200712-1869OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Margaret L. Snyder, Christopher H. Goss, Blazej Neradilek, Nayak L. Polissar, Zab Mosenifar, Robert A. Wise, Alfred P. Fishman, and Joshua O. Benditt for the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group: Changes in Arterial Oxygenation and Self-Reported Oxygen Use after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 339-345. First published online June 5 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200712-1826OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Davide Chiumello, Eleonora Carlesso, Paolo Cadringher, Pietro Caironi, Franco Valenza, Federico Polli, Federica Tallarini, Paola Cozzi, Massimo Cressoni, Angelo Colombo, John J. Marini, and Luciano Gattinoni: Lung Stress and Strain during Mechanical Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 346-355. First published online May 1 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200710-1589OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Haiying Zhang, Sadatomo Tasaka, Yoshiki Shiraishi, Koichi Fukunaga, Wakako Yamada, Hiroyuki Seki, Yuko Ogawa, Keisuke Miyamoto, Yasushi Nakano, Naoki Hasegawa, Taku Miyasho, Ikuro Maruyama, and Akitoshi Ishizaka: Role of Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products on Endotoxin-induced Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 356-362. First published online June 5 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200707-1069OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Susan Murray, Jeffery Charbeneau, Bruce C. Marshall, and John J. LiPuma: Impact of Burkholderia Infection on Lung Transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 363-371. First published online June 5 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200712-1834OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Masanori Akira, Takenori Kozuka, Satoru Yamamoto, and Mitsunori Sakatani: Computed Tomography Findings in Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 372-378. First published online May 1 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200709-1365OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nora Mauermann, Julia Burian, Christophe von Garnier, Stefan Dirnhofer, Davide Germano, Christine Schuett, Michael Tamm, Roland Bingisser, Urs Eriksson, and Lukas Hunziker: Interferon- ${gamma}$ Regulates Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome, a Th17⁺CD4⁺ T-Cell–mediated Graft-versus-Host Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 379-388. First published online May 29 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200711-1648OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Reiko Kurotani, Takeshi Tomita, Qian Yang, Bradley A. Carlson, Chi Chen, and Shioko Kimura: Role of Secretoglobin 3A2 in Lung Development; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 389-398. First published online June 5 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200707-1104OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Gloria Juliana Rey-Parra, Stephen L. Archer, Richard D. Bland, Kurt H. Albertine, David P. Carlton, Soo-Chul Cho, Beth Kirby, Al Haromy, Farah Eaton, Xichen Wu, and Bernard Thébaud: Blunted Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction in Experimental Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 399-406. First published online May 29 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200711-1631OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Brent Reyburn, Marlana Li, Drew B. Metcalfe, Nicholas J. Kroll, Jeremy Alvord, Albert Wint, Mar Janna Dahl, Jiancheng Sun, Li Dong, Zheng-ming Wang, Christopher Callaway, Robert A. McKnight, Laurie Moyer-Mileur, Bradley A. Yoder, Donald M. Null, Robert H. Lane, and Kurt H. Albertine: Nasal Ventilation Alters Mesenchymal Cell Turnover and Improves Alveolarization in Preterm Lambs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 407-418. First published online June 12 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200802-359OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Angelo G. Corsico, Andrea M. D'Armini, Isa Cerveri, Catherine Klersy, Elena Ansaldo, Rosanna Niniano, Elena Gatto, Cristian Monterosso, Marco Morsolini, Salvatore Nicolardi, Corrado Tramontin, Ernesto Pozzi, and Mario Viganò: Long-term Outcome after Pulmonary Endarterectomy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 419-424. First published online June 12 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200801-101OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Frederikus A. Klok, Inge C. M. Mos, and Menno V. Huisman: Brain-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in the Prediction of Adverse Outcome in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 425-430. First published online June 12 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200803-459OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ki Hwan Jung, Se Joong Kim, Chol Shin, and Je Hyeong Kim: The Considerable, Often Neglected, Impact of Pulmonary Tuberculosis on the Prevalence of COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 431 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jessica M. Bon, Joel L. Weissfeld, and Frank C. Sciurba: A Unique Spirometric Phenotype in COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 431-432 [Full Text] [PDF]

Klaus F. Rabe, Suzanne Hurd, Roberto Rodriguez-Roisin, and Peter M. Calverley On behalf of the GOLD Science Committee: A Unique Spirometric Phenotype in COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 432-433 [Full Text] [PDF]