AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (November 15 2009, 180 [10])

ELECTRONIC PAGES:

: [EDITORS' SELECTIONS]

EDITORIALS:

David S. Wilkes: Primary Graft Dysfunction: It's All the RAGE; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 915-916 [Full Text] [PDF]

Giovanni Battista Migliori and Stephen Weis: Searching for the Tuberculosis "Needle in the Haystack": Do We Need a New Approach to Find Tuberculosis in Countries with a Low Burden of Tuberculosis?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 916-917 [Full Text] [PDF]

Lee K. Brown, Theodore W. Marcy, Dana Kissner, and Ivor Douglas For the ATS Health Policy Committee: Approaches to Achieving Universal Health Care in the United States: Where Should the American Thoracic Society Stand?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 918-919 [Full Text] [PDF]

PRO/CON EDITORIALS:

John A. Day, Jr.: Pro: Single-Payer Health Care: Simple, Fair, and Affordable; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 920-921 [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael A. Diamond: Con: Single-Payer Health Care: Why It's Not the Best Answer; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 921-922 [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

A. Airway Biology:

Sarah A. Maher, Mark A. Birrell, and Maria G. Belvisi: Prostaglandin E₂ Mediates Cough via the EP₃ Receptor: Implications for Future Disease Therapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 923-928. First published online September 3 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0388OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

B. Asthma and Allergy:

Gerard H. Koppelman, Deborah A. Meyers, Timothy D. Howard, S. Lilly Zheng, Greg A. Hawkins, Elizabeth J. Ampleford, Jianfeng Xu, Henk Koning, Marcel Bruinenberg, Ilja M. Nolte, Cleo C. van Diemen, H. Marike Boezen, Wim Timens, Paul A. Whittaker, O. Colin Stine, Sheila J. Barton, John W. Holloway, Stephen T. Holgate, Penelope E. Graves, Fernando D. Martinez, Antoon J. van Oosterhout, Eugene R. Bleecker, and Dirkje S. Postma: Identification of PCDH1 as a Novel Susceptibility Gene for Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 929-935. First published online September 3 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200810-1621OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Robyn E. O'Hehir, Leanne M. Gardner, Maria P. de Leon, Belinda J. Hales, Mark Biondo, Jo A. Douglass, Jennifer M. Rolland, and Alessandra Sandrini: House Dust Mite Sublingual Immunotherapy: The Role for Transforming Growth Factor–β and Functional Regulatory T Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 936-947. First published online August 20 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200905-0686OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

C. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Bartolome Celli, Marc Decramer, Steven Kesten, Dacheng Liu, Sunil Mehra, and Donald P. Tashkin on behalf of the UPLIFT Study Investigators: Mortality in the 4-Year Trial of Tiotropium (UPLIFT) in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 948-955. First published online September 3 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200906-0876OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Roberto de Marco, Simone Accordini, Josep M. Antò, Thorarinn Gislason, Joachim Heinrich, Christer Janson, Deborah Jarvis, Nino Künzli, Bénédicte Leynaert, Alessandro Marcon, Jordi Sunyer, Cecilie Svanes, Matthias Wjst, and Peter Burney: Long-Term Outcomes in Mild/Moderate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 956-963. First published online August 20 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200904-0543OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Josuel Ora, Pierantonio Laveneziana, Dror Ofir, Athavudh Deesomchok, Katherine A. Webb, and Denis E. O'Donnell: Combined Effects of Obesity and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Dyspnea and Exercise Tolerance; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 964-971 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. Critical Care:

Stéphanie Carnesecchi, Christine Deffert, Alessandra Pagano, Sarah Garrido-Urbani, Isabelle Métrailler-Ruchonnet, Michela Schäppi, Yves Donati, Michael A. Matthay, Karl-Heinz Krause, and Constance Barazzone Argiroffo: NADPH Oxidase-1 Plays a Crucial Role in Hyperoxia-induced Acute Lung Injury in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 972-981. First published online August 6 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200902-0296OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Gopinathannair Harikumar, Yaya Egberongbe, Simon Nadel, Elizabeth Wheatley, John Moxham, Anne Greenough, and Gerrard F. Rafferty: Tension–Time Index as a Predictor of Extubation Outcome in Ventilated Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 982-988. First published online August 20 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200811-1725OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Jozef Kesecioglu, Richard Beale, Thomas E. Stewart, George P. Findlay, Jean-Jacques Rouby, Laurent Holzapfel, Peter Bruins, Edmee J. Steenken, Ole K. Jeppesen, and Burkhard Lachmann: Exogenous Natural Surfactant for Treatment of Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 989-994. First published online August 27 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200812-1955OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

E. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Catherine J. Karr, Paul A. Demers, Mieke W. Koehoorn, Cornel C. Lencar, Lillian Tamburic, and Michael Brauer: Influence of Ambient Air Pollutant Sources on Clinical Encounters for Infant Bronchiolitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 995-1001. First published online August 27 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0117OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

F. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Vincent Pialoux, Patrick J. Hanly, Glen E. Foster, Julien V. Brugniaux, Andrew E. Beaudin, Sara E. Hartmann, Matiram Pun, Cailean T. Duggan, and Marc J. Poulin: Effects of Exposure to Intermittent Hypoxia on Oxidative Stress and Acute Hypoxic Ventilatory Response in Humans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1002-1009. First published online August 27 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200905-0671OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

G. Transplantation:

Jason D. Christie, Chirag V. Shah, Steven M. Kawut, Nilam Mangalmurti, David J. Lederer, Joshua R. Sonett, Vivek N. Ahya, Scott M. Palmer, Keith Wille, Vibha Lama, Pali D. Shah, Ashish Shah, Ann Weinacker, Clifford S. Deutschman, Benjamin A. Kohl, Ejigayehu Demissie, Scarlett Bellamy, and Lorraine B. Ware for the Lung Transplant Outcomes Group: Plasma Levels of Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products, Blood Transfusion, and Risk of Primary Graft Dysfunction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1010-1015. First published online August 6 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0118OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

H. Tuberculosis:

Ryan MacLaren Wallace, J. Steve Kammerer, Michael F. Iademarco, Sandy P. Althomsons, Carla A. Winston, and Thomas R. Navin: Increasing Proportions of Advanced Pulmonary Tuberculosis Reported in the United States: Are Delays in Diagnosis on the Rise?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1016-1022. First published online August 13 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0059OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY DOCUMENTS:

Lee K. Brown, Derek C. Angus, Matthew G. Marin, John R. Balmes, Alan F. Barker, Gary Ewart, Ann C. Halbower, Peter O. Lutz, Richard A. Mularski, Ian T. Nathanson, Mark H. Sanders, George L. Stewart, and Dona J. Upson on behalf of the American Thoracic Society Health Policy Committee: An Official American Thoracic Society Statement: Position Statement on ATS Activities for the Promotion of Respiratory and Sleep/Wake Health and the Care of the Critically Ill in the United States; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1023-1029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Molini M. Patel and Rachel L. Miller: Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles: The Issue of Spatio-Temporal Factors; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1030 [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrea Baccarelli, Antonella Zanobetti, Helen H. Suh, and Joel Schwartz: Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles: The Issue of Spatio-Temporal Factors; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1030-1031 [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael B. Fessler: Simvastatin as a Potential Therapeutic for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1031 [Full Text] [PDF]

Murali Shyamsundar, C. M. O'Kane, and Daniel F. McAuley: Simvastatin as a Potential Therapeutic for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1031-1032 [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward Abraham: Erratum: Toll/IL-1 Signaling Is Critical for House Dust Mite–specific Helper T Cell Type 2 and Type 17 Responses; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1032 [Full Text] [PDF]