editorials

Committee on Manpower of Pulmonary and Critical Care Societies : A Report to Membership

Susan K. Pingleton
Chest 2001 120: 327-328. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lest the Tide Return

John A. Sbarbaro
Chest 2001 120: 328-330. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Industrialized Countries

Richard Long
Chest 2001 120: 330-334. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adenosine Deaminase in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleural Effusion

Yash P. Kataria and Imtiaz Khurshid
Chest 2001 120: 334-336. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome Revisited

Harry Teichtahl
Chest 2001 120: 336-339. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noninvasive Cardiac Output Monitoring

Ron Dueck
Chest 2001 120: 339-341. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enchancing Patient Safety for Pediatric Bronchoscopy : Alternatives to Conscious Sedation

Anthony D. Slonim and Frederick P. Ognibene
Chest 2001 120: 341-342. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TUBERCULOSIS

Treatment Experience of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Florida, 1994–1997

Masahiro Narita, Pedro Alonso, Michael Lauzardo, Elena S. Hollender, Arthur E. Pitchenik, and David Ashkin
Chest 2001 120: 343-348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Identifying Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients With Negative Sputum Smear Results

Alka M. Kanaya, David V. Glidden, and Henry F. Chambers
Chest 2001 120: 349-355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PLEURA

Adenosine Deaminase Levels in Nontuberculous Lymphocytic Pleural Effusions

Y. C. Gary Lee, Jeffrey T. Rogers, R. Michael Rodriguez, Kent D. Miller MD, and Richard W. Light
Chest 2001 120: 356-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soluble Leukocyte Selectin in the Analysis of Pleural Effusions

Lynn Longmore Horvath, Roger A. Gallup, Brian D. Worley, Gerald A. Merrill, and Michael J. Morris
Chest 2001 120: 362-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations OBESITY AND HYPOVENTILATION

The Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome Revisited : A Prospective Study of 34 Consecutive Cases

Romain Kessler, Ari Chaouat, Philippe Schinkewitch, Michèle Faller, Simone Casel, Jean Krieger, and Emmanuel Weitzenblum
Chest 2001 120: 369-376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Use of Health-Care Resources in Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome

Greg Berg, Kenneth Delaive, Jure Manfreda, Randy Walld, and Meir H. Kryger
Chest 2001 120: 377-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Home Oximetry Studies for Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome : Limitation of Memory Storage Capabilities

Nicola Wiltshire, Adrian H. Kendrick, and James R. Catterall
Chest 2001 120: 384-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abdominal Muscle Activity in Sleep Apnea During Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Titration

Frédéric Lofaso, Marie Pia d’Ortho, Redouane Fodil, Christophe Delclaux, Alain Harf, and Anne Marie Lorino
Chest 2001 120: 390-396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Combined Effects of a Nasal Dilator and Nasal Prongs on Nasal Airflow Resistance

Anne Marie Lorino, Marie Pia d’Ortho, Estelle Dahan, Olivier Bignani, Carine Vastel, and Hubert Lorino
Chest 2001 120: 397-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations DYSPNEA

Perception of Dyspnea in Patients With Neuromuscular Disease

Barbara Lanini, Gianni Misuri, Francesco Gigliotti, Iacopo Iandelli, Assunta Pizzi, Isabella Romagnoli, and Giorgio Scano
Chest 2001 120: 402-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Perception of Dyspnea in Patients With Mild Asthma

Marc H. Lavietes, Jyoti Matta, Lana A. Tiersky, Benjamin H. Natelson, Leonard Bielory, and Neil S. Cherniack
Chest 2001 120: 409-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Evaluation of Blood Vessels and Edema in the Airways of Asthma Patients : Regulation With Clarithromycin Treatment

Hong Wei Chu, Monica Kraft, Michael D. Rex, and Richard J. Martin
Chest 2001 120: 416-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Salmeterol Powder Provides Significantly Better Benefit Than Montelukast in Asthmatic Patients Receiving Concomitant Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy

James E. Fish, Elliot Israel, John J. Murray, Amanda Emmett, Rebecca Boone, Steven W. Yancey, and Kathleen A. Rickard
Chest 2001 120: 423-430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Electrolyte Disturbances in Patients With Chronic, Stable Asthma : Effect of Therapy

Omer S. B. Alamoudi
Chest 2001 120: 431-436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

Effects of Supplemental Oxygen During Activity in Patients With Advanced COPD Without Severe Resting Hypoxemia

Enrique C. Jolly, Valentina Di Boscio, Laura Aguirre, Carlos M. Luna, Sara Berensztein, and Ricardo J. Gené
Chest 2001 120: 437-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anatomic Landmarks To Estimate the Length of the Diaphragm From Chest Radiographs : Effects of Emphysema and Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

François Bellemare, Jacques Couture, Marie-Pierre Cordeau, Pierre Leblanc, and Edwin Lafontaine
Chest 2001 120: 444-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Effects of Vesnarinone on Peripheral Circulating Levels of Cytokines and Cytokine Receptors in Patients With Heart Failure : A Report From the Vesnarinone Trial

Anita Deswal, Nancy J. Petersen, Arthur M. Feldman, Bill G. White, and Douglas L. Mann
Chest 2001 120: 453-459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Pilot Safety Trial of Prolonged (48 h) Infusion of the Dual Endothelin-Receptor Antagonist Tezosentan in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

Guillermo Torre-Amione, Jean-Bernard Durand, Sheriff Nagueh, Mary T. Vooletich, Isaac Kobrin, and Craig Pratt
Chest 2001 120: 460-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Hyperoxia on Left Ventricular Function and Filling Pressures in Patients With and Without Congestive Heart Failure

Susanna Mak, Eduardo R. Azevedo, Peter P. Liu, and Gary E. Newton
Chest 2001 120: 467-473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Assessment of Cardiac Stress From Massive Pulmonary Embolism With 12-Lead ECG

Kurt R. Daniel, D. Mark Courtney, and Jeffrey A. Kline
Chest 2001 120: 474-481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TECHNIQUES

Can Peak Expiratory Flow Measurements Estimate Small Airway Function in Asthmatic Children?

Shmuel Goldberg, Chaim Springer, Avraham Avital, Simon Godfrey, and Ephraim Bar-Yishay
Chest 2001 120: 482-488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Spirometry Reference Values for American Indian Adults : Results From the Strong Heart Study

M. Susan Marion, Gary R. Leonardson, Everett R. Rhoades, Thomas K. Welty, and Paul L. Enright
Chest 2001 120: 489-495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Exhaled Carbon Monoxide and Nitric Oxide in COPD

Paolo Montuschi, Sergei A. Kharitonov, and Peter J. Barnes
Chest 2001 120: 496-501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of Right Ventricular Performance With a Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction Thermodilution Catheter and MRI in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension

Marius M. Hoeper, Joern Tongers, Andreas Leppert, Stefan Baus, Roman Maier, and Joachim Lotz
Chest 2001 120: 502-507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TRANSPLANTS

Pulmonary Complications in Cardiac Transplant Recipients

Roberta Lenner, Maria L. Padilla, Alvin S. Teirstein, Alan Gass, and Gregory J. Schilero
Chest 2001 120: 508-513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PARAGONIMIASIS

Clinicoradiologic Features of Pleuropulmonary Paragonimus westermani on Kyusyu Island, Japan

Hiroshi Mukae, Haruko Taniguchi, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Hirotoshi Iiboshi, Jun-ichi Ashitani, Shigeru Matsukura, and Yukifumi Nawa
Chest 2001 120: 514-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations LUNG CANCER

Mediastinal Lymph Node Sampling Following Positron Emission Tomography With Fluorodeoxyglucose Imaging in Lung Cancer Staging

Naresh C. Gupta, Wael J. Tamim, Geoffrey G. Graeber, Harry A. Bishop, and Gerald R. Hobbs
Chest 2001 120: 521-527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Outcome Prediction of Emergency Patients by Noninvasive Hemodynamic Monitoring

William C. Shoemaker, Charles C. J. Wo, Linda Chan, Emily Ramicone, Eman S. Kamel, George C. Velmahos, and Howard Belzberg
Chest 2001 120: 528-537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Factors Associated With Reintubation in Intensive Care : An Analysis of Causes and Outcomes

Ursula Beckmann and Donna M. Gillies
Chest 2001 120: 538-542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Macklin Effect : A Frequent Etiology for Pneumomediastinum in Severe Blunt Chest Trauma

Max Wintermark and Pierre Schnyder
Chest 2001 120: 543-547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Due to Andes Virus in Temuco, Chile : Clinical Experience With 16 Adults

Constanza Castillo, Jorge Naranjo, Alvaro Sepúlveda, Gonzalo Ossa, and Howard Levy
Chest 2001 120: 548-554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Occurrence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a Community Hospital : Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes

Emad H. Ibrahim, Linda Tracy, Cherie Hill, Victoria J. Fraser, and Marin H. Kollef
Chest 2001 120: 555-561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Predictors of Respiratory Failure and Long-term Outcome in Black Tar Heroin-Associated Wound Botulism

Christian E. Sandrock and Susan Murin
Chest 2001 120: 562-566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Detection of Viable Myocardium by Transvenous Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Using Harmonic Power Doppler : Canine Model of Acute Coronary Occlusion and Reperfusion

Claudius Teupe, Masaaki Takeuchi, Jiefen Yao, Erick Avelar, and Natesa Pandian
Chest 2001 120: 567-572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

An Animal Model of Response and Nonresponse to Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Endotoxin-Induced Lung Injury

Hedwig Maurenbrecher, Maurice Lamy, Ginette Deby-Dupont, Philippe Frascarolo, and Göran Hedenstierna
Chest 2001 120: 573-581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effect of Helium on Ventilator Performance : Study of Five Ventilators and a Bedside Pitot Tube Spirometer

Arieh Oppenheim-Eden, Yitzhak Cohen, Charles Weissman, and Reuven Pizov
Chest 2001 120: 582-588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association of p53 Gene Mutation and Telomerase Activity in Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Yoshimasa Maniwa, Masahiro Yoshimura, Chiho Obayashi, Mayumi Inaba, Kazue Kiyooka, Makiko Kanki, and Yutaka Okita
Chest 2001 120: 589-594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increased Expression of the Chemoattractant Cytokines Eotaxin, Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-4, and Interleukin-16 in Induced Sputum in Asthmatic Patients

Rame A. Taha, Sophie Laberge, Qutayba Hamid, and Ronald Olivenstein
Chest 2001 120: 595-601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

High Concentrations of ß-Chemokines in BAL Fluid of Patients With Diffuse Panbronchiolitis

Jun-ichi Kadota, Hiroshi Mukae, Kazunori Tomono, and Shigeru Kohno
Chest 2001 120: 602-607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

bronchoscopy

Plastic Bronchitis and the Role of Bronchoscopy in the Acute Chest Syndrome of Sickle Cell Disease

Chuanpit Moser, Eliezer Nussbaum, and Dan M. Cooper
Chest 2001 120: 608-613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pediatric Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy With a Laryngeal Mask Airway

Eliezer Nussbaum and Michael Zagnoev
Chest 2001 120: 614-616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

Bleomycin-Induced Pneumonitis

Stefan Sleijfer
Chest 2001 120: 617-624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Overnight Pulse Oximetry for Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Adults : A Review

Nikolaus Netzer, Arn H. Eliasson, Cordula Netzer, and David A. Kristo
Chest 2001 120: 625-633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

critical care reviews

Mitochondrial Disease : A Pulmonary and Critical-Care Medicine Perspective

Alison S. Clay, Mehrdad Behnia, and Kevin K. Brown
Chest 2001 120: 634-648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

The White Chest

Iain D. Lyburn, William C. Torreggiani, Alison C. Harris, and Charles V. Zwirewich
Chest 2001 120: 649-651. [Full Text] [PDF]  

literature review

Top Ten List in COPD

Charles Scott Hall and Alan Fein
Chest 2001 120: 652-654. [Full Text] [PDF]  

minimally invasive techniques

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Catamenial Hemoptysis

Tsukasa Inoue, Yoshimochi Kurokawa, Yoshihiro Kaiwa, Masaki Abo, Tetsuro Takayama, Makoto Ansai, and Susumu Satomi
Chest 2001 120: 655-658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Weakness, Daytime Somnolence, Cough, and Respiratory Distress in a 77-Year-Old Man With a History of Childhood Polio

Ahmed Mahgoub, Rubin Cohen, and Leonard J. Rossoff
Chest 2001 120: 659-661. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

The Role of Passive Immunization in HIV-Positive Patients : A Case Report

Veljko Veljkovic, Radmila Metlas, Djorde Jevtovic, and William W. Stringer
Chest 2001 120: 662-666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in Pregnancy

Hussain Ahmad, Nirav J. Mehta, Vivek M. Manikal, Teresita J. Lamoste, Edward K. Chapnick, Larry I. Lutwick, and Douglas V. Sepkowitz
Chest 2001 120: 666-671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute Myopericarditis After Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Polio Vaccination

Franck Boccara, Nicole Benhaiem-Sigaux, and Ariel Cohen
Chest 2001 120: 671-672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Improved Chest Expansion in Idiopathic Scoliosis After Intensive, Multiple-Modality, Nonsurgical Treatment in an Adult

Martha C. Hawes and William J. Brooks
Chest 2001 120: 672-674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

TB or Not TB : Cavitary Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia Mimicking Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Israel Heller, Simon Biner, Aharon Isakov, Yulia Kornitzky, Itzhak Shapira, Silvia Marmor, and Marcel Topilsky
Chest 2001 120: 674-678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Respiratory Control During Independent Lung Ventilation

Todd M. Officer, David R. Wheeler, Adaani E. Frost, and Joseph R. Rodarte
Chest 2001 120: 678-681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lysis of a Left Ventricular Thrombus With Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Benjamin T. Rester, James L. Warnock, Praful B. Patel, Michael R. McMullan, Thomas N. Skelton, and Nancy A. Collop
Chest 2001 120: 681-683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Faulty Design Resulting in Temporary Pacemaker Failure

Bruce Kleinman, Margaret Baumann, and Charles Andrus
Chest 2001 120: 684-685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Surveillance Bronchoscopy Following Insertion of Silicone Stents

Prashant N. Chhajed, Monique A. Malouf, and Allan R. Glanville
Chest 2001 120: 686. [Full Text] [PDF]  

How Much Incidence Is Enough?

Klaus Wassermann
Chest 2001 120: 686-687. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Augmentation Therapy in ₁-Antitrypsin Deficiency

Jonathan G. W. Burdon, Sue Brenton, Monna Ayad, Kenneth Knight, and Jack Lieberman
Chest 2001 120: 687. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dr. Kahana’s Lesson : Some More To Learn

Sebastiano Rizzo and Policlinico S. Matteo
Chest 2001 120: 687-688. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ethics in Decision Making and Patient Autonomy

Abdullah Al-Mobeireek
Chest 2001 120: 688. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac Thrombus in Behçet Disease

Satoru Yoshida, Kenji Fujimori, Masato Hareyama, and Tomoaki Nakata
Chest 2001 120: 688-689. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Metastatic Lung Cancer Without Regional Lymph Node Swelling

Hiroaki Satoh, Hiroichi Ishikawa, Yuko T. Yamashita, Morio Ohtsuka, and Kiyohisa Sekizawa
Chest 2001 120: 689-690. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Our Antismoking Campaign

Madathil Govindaraj
Chest 2001 120: 690-691. [Full Text] [PDF]  

erratum

Chest 2001 120: 691. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bookshelf

Atrial Flutter: From Mechanism to Treatment

John H. Jentzer
Chest 2001 120: 692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manual of Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Medicine, 5th Edition

Srinivasan Devanathan
Chest 2001 120: 692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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