editorials

Medicine and the Media

A. Jay Block
Chest 2001 120: 693-694. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Captaining the Ship During a Storm : Who Should Care for the Critically Ill?

Ruben J. Azocar and Alan Lisbon
Chest 2001 120: 694-696. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Out of the Pages of History

Hans E. Einstein
Chest 2001 120: 696-697. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Challenge of Sarcoidosis

Linda S. Efferen
Chest 2001 120: 697-699. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Protein C Levels in Severe Sepsis

Steven M. Opal
Chest 2001 120: 699-701. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monitoring Tissue Oxygenation : The Quest Continues

David Roy Dantzker
Chest 2001 120: 701-702. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia : Science and Hocus-Pocus

Paul E. Marik and Joseph Varon
Chest 2001 120: 702-704. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SMOKING

Relationship Between the Duration of the Preoperative Smoke-Free Period and the Incidence of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications After Pulmonary Surgery

Masashi Nakagawa, Hideo Tanaka, Hideaki Tsukuma, and Yoshihiko Kishi
Chest 2001 120: 705-710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure During Childhood Is Associated With Increased Prevalence of Asthma in Adults

Matz L. Larsson, Margot Frisk, Jan Hallström, Jaak Kiviloog, and Bo Lundbäck
Chest 2001 120: 711-717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predictors of Cotinine Levels in US Children : Data From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

David M. Mannino, Ralph Caraballo, Neal Benowitz, and James Repace
Chest 2001 120: 718-724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CT Assessment of Subtypes of Pulmonary Emphysema in Smokers

Katashi Satoh, Takuya Kobayashi, Takahiko Misao, Yoshimi Hitani, Yuka Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Nishiyama, and Motoomi Ohkawa
Chest 2001 120: 725-729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

Erythromycin and Common Cold in COPD

Tomoko Suzuki, Masaru Yanai, Mutsuo Yamaya, Takuma Satoh-Nakagawa, Kiyohisa Sekizawa, Schuichi Ishida, and Hidetada Sasaki
Chest 2001 120: 730-733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of Health Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Asthma and COPD Using Disease-Specific and Generic Instruments : The Salute Respiratoria nell’Anziano (Sa.R.A.) Study

Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi, Vincenzo Bellia, Filippo Catalano, Nicola Scichilone, Claudio Imperiale, Stefania Maggi, and Franco Rengo
Chest 2001 120: 734-742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patterns of Lung Disease in a "Normal" Smoking Population : Are Emphysema and Airflow Obstruction Found Together?

Kimberley D. Clark, Nigel Wardrobe-Wong, John J. Elliott, Peter T. Gill, Nicholas P. Tait, and Phillip D. Snashall
Chest 2001 120: 743-747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations MUSCLE STRENGTH

Inspiratory Muscle Training in Patients With COPD : Effect on Dyspnea, Exercise Performance, and Quality of Life

Hildegard Sánchez Riera, Teodoro Montemayor Rubio, Francisco Ortega Ruiz, Pilar Cejudo Ramos, Daniel Del Castillo Otero, Teresa Elias Hernandez, and Jose Castillo Gomez
Chest 2001 120: 748-756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inspiratory Muscle Strength in Acute Asthma

Ian M. Stell, Michael I. Polkey, P. John Rees, Malcolm Green, and John Moxham
Chest 2001 120: 757-764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

2 Years’ Experience With Inspiratory Muscle Training in Patients With Neuromuscular Disorders

Wolfgang Koessler, Theodor Wanke, Guenther Winkler, Astrid Nader, Karl Toifl, Herbert Kurz, and Hartmut Zwick
Chest 2001 120: 765-769. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Do Inhaled Corticosteroids Affect Perception of Dyspnea During Bronchoconstriction in Asthma?

Rita Ottanelli, Elisabetta Rosi, Isabella Romagnoli, Michela Grazzini, Loredana Stendardi, Roberto Duranti, and Giorgio Scano
Chest 2001 120: 770-777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predictors of Participation and Attendance in a New Asthma Patient Self-Management Education Program

Paul Muntner, Philippe Sudre, Christophe Uldry, Thierry Rochat, Christiane Courteheuse, Anne-Françoise Naef, and Thomas V. Perneger
Chest 2001 120: 778-784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risk Factors For Childhood Asthma in Costa Rica

Juan C. Celedón, Manuel E. Soto-Quiros, Edwin K. Silverman, Lars Å. Hanson, and Scott T. Weiss
Chest 2001 120: 785-790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PULMONARY VASCULATURE

Clinical Suspicion of Fatal Pulmonary Embolism

Lilibeth A. Pineda, Vasanthakumar S. Hathwar, and Brydon J. B. Grant
Chest 2001 120: 791-795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Is Not Associated With Scleroderma-Like Changes in Nailfold Capillaries

Eric L. Greidinger, Sean P. Gaine, Robert A. Wise, Christy Boling, Traci Housten-Harris, and Fredrick M. Wigley
Chest 2001 120: 796-800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Unexplained Pulmonary Hypertension in Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders

David Dingli, James P. Utz, Michael J. Krowka, Ann L. Oberg, and Ayalew Tefferi
Chest 2001 120: 801-808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment of Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension

Erwan Bressollette, Jocelyn Dupuis, Raoul Bonan, Serge Doucet, Peter Cernacek, and Jean-Claude Tardif
Chest 2001 120: 809-815. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Children With Heart Failure Secondary to Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, Giovanni Bellotti, Amilcar Oshiro Mocelin, Paulo Roberto Camargo, and Edimar Alcides Bocchi
Chest 2001 120: 816-824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angiographic and Prognostic Correlates of Cardiac Output by Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients With Anterior Myocardial Infarction

Riccardo Bigi, Alessandro Desideri, Riccardo Rambaldi, Lauro Cortigiani, Carlo Sponzilli, and Cesare Fiorentini
Chest 2001 120: 825-833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Holter-Detected ST-Segment Deviation in Unselected Patients With Chest Pain Referred for Coronary Angiography : A Long-term Follow-up Analysis

Chandra K. Nair, Ijaz A. Khan, Dennis J. Esterbrooks, Kay L. Ryschon, and Daniel E. Hilleman
Chest 2001 120: 834-839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Study on Risk Factors for Stroke in Elderly Patients With Atrial Fibrillation : A Comparison With Younger Patients

Noriko Shinokawa, Tadakazu Hirai, Shutaro Takashima, Tomoki Kameyama, Keiko Nakagawa, Hidetsugu Asanoi, and Hiroshi Inoue
Chest 2001 120: 840-846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SURGERY

Late Complications of Collapse Therapy for Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Dov Weissberg and Dorit Weissberg
Chest 2001 120: 847-851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gas Exchange and Pulmonary Hemodynamics During Lung Resection in Patients at Increased Risk : Relationship With Preoperative Exercise Testing

Jesús Ribas, María J. Jiménez, Joan A. Barberà, Josep Roca, Carmen Gomar, Emili Canalís, and Robert Rodriguez-Roisin
Chest 2001 120: 852-859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardioprotective Effect of Adenosine Pretreatment in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Minxin Wei, Pekka Kuukasjärvi, Jari Laurikka, Eva-Liisa Honkonen, Seppo Kaukinen, Seppo Laine, and Matti Tarkka
Chest 2001 120: 860-865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SARCOIDOSIS

Vasoresponsiveness of Sarcoidosis-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension

Ioana R. Preston, James R. Klinger, Michael J. Landzberg, Jeanne Houtchens, David Nelson, and Nicholas S. Hill
Chest 2001 120: 866-872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Sarcoidosis Listed for Lung Transplantation

Selim M. Arcasoy, Jason D. Christie, Alberto Pochettino, Bruce R. Rosengard, Nancy P. Blumenthal, Joseph E. Bavaria, and Robert M. Kotloff
Chest 2001 120: 873-880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endobronchial Involvement and Airway Hyperreactivity in Patients With Sarcoidosis

Andrew F. Shorr, K. G. Torrington, and O. W. Hnatiuk
Chest 2001 120: 881-886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure and Placebo Treatment on Sympathetic Nervous Activity in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Michael G. Ziegler, Paul J. Mills, Jose S. Loredo, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, and Joel E. Dimsdale
Chest 2001 120: 887-893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nocturnal Hypoxemia Is Common in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

Albert L. Rafanan, Joseph A. Golish, Dudley S. Dinner, L. Kathleen Hague, and Alejandro C. Arroliga
Chest 2001 120: 894-899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plasma Homocysteine Levels in Obstructive Sleep Apnea : Association With Cardiovascular Morbidity

Lena Lavie, Ana Perelman, and Peretz Lavie
Chest 2001 120: 900-908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Impact of Different Criteria for Defining Hypopneas in the Apnea-Hypopnea Index

Renee L. Manser, Peter Rochford, Robert J. Pierce, Graham B. Byrnes, and Donald A. Campbell
Chest 2001 120: 909-914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Low Levels of Protein C Are Associated With Poor Outcome in Severe Sepsis

S. Betty Yan, Jeffrey D. Helterbrand, Daniel L. Hartman, Theressa J. Wright, and Gordon R. Bernard
Chest 2001 120: 915-922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sublingual Capnography : A Clinical Validation Study

Paul E. Marik
Chest 2001 120: 923-927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predicting Mortality in Patients Suffering From Prolonged Critical Illness : An Assessment of Four Severity-of-Illness Measures

Shannon S. Carson and Peter B. Bach
Chest 2001 120: 928-933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Nd-YAG Laser Damage to Metal and Silicone Endobronchial Stents : Delineation of Margins of Safety Using an In Vitro Experimental Model

Julius J. Dalupang, Thomas G. Shanks, and Henri G. Colt
Chest 2001 120: 934-940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scintigraphic In Vivo Assessment of the Development of Pulmonary Intravascular Macrophages in Liver Disease : Experimental Study in Rats With Biliary Cirrhosis

Elisabeth Miot-Noirault, Laurence Faure, Yves Guichard, Jérôme Montharu, and Alain Le Pape
Chest 2001 120: 941-947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Comparison of Biphasic and Monophasic Waveform Defibrillation After Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation

Wanchun Tang, Max Harry Weil, Shijie Sun, Heitor P. Povoas, Kada Klouche, Takashi Kamohara, and Joe Bisera
Chest 2001 120: 948-954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

consensus conference

International Conference for the Development of Consensus on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Jordi Rello, Jose Artur Paiva, Jorge Baraibar, Fernando Barcenilla, Maria Bodi, David Castander, Humberto Correa, Emili Diaz, Jose Garnacho, Montserrat Llorio, Margarida Rios, Alejandro Rodriguez, and Jorge Solé-Violán
Chest 2001 120: 955-970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

The Effect of Incentive Spirometry on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications : A Systematic Review

Tom J. Overend, Catherine M. Anderson, S. Deborah Lucy, Christina Bhatia, Birgitta I. Jonsson, and Catherine Timmermans
Chest 2001 120: 971-978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lipid Disorders : Justification of Methods and Goals of Treatment

Joel B. Braunstein, Alan Cheng, Gregory Cohn, Monica Aggarwal, Caitlin M. Nass, and Roger S. Blumenthal
Chest 2001 120: 979-988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

critical care reviews

Physiology of Vasopressin Relevant to Management of Septic Shock

Cheryl L. Holmes, Bhavesh M. Patel, James A. Russell, and Keith R. Walley
Chest 2001 120: 989-1002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

exercise and the heart

Clinical and Exercise Test Predictors of All-Cause Mortality : Results From > 6,000 Consecutive Referred Male Patients

Manish Prakash, Jonathan Myers, Victor F. Froelicher, Rachel Marcus, Dat Do, Damayanthi Kalisetti, and J. Edwin Atwood
Chest 2001 120: 1003-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

A Patient With Myelodyplastic Syndrome, Pulmonary Nodules, and Worsening Infiltrates

Juliette L. Wohlrab, Eric D. Anderson, and Charles A. Read
Chest 2001 120: 1014-1017. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

A 38-Year-Old Man With Tracheomegaly, Tracheal Diverticulosis, and Bronchiectasis

Luiz Claudio Lazzarini-de-Oliveira, Carlos Alberto Costa de Barros Franco, Cristiane Linhares Gomes de Salles, and Amarino C. de Oliveira, Jr
Chest 2001 120: 1018-1020. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Unusual Freshwater Near-Drowning Syndrome in a Hospitalized Postlobectomy Patient

Helen Sogoloff, Rafael Barrera, Robert Ginsberg, and Diane Stover
Chest 2001 120: 1021-1022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Diagnostic Dilemma of Fever and Back Pain Postpartum

Davinder S. Jassal, Fredrik H. Fjeldsted, Edward R. Smith, and Sat Sharma
Chest 2001 120: 1023-1024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Causing Severe Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Treated With Sequential Whole-Lung Lavage Utilizing Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation : A Case Report and Review

Elliott S. Cohen, Ellen Elpern, and Michael R. Silver
Chest 2001 120: 1024-1026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Type) Associated With Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma

Yafei Ren, ElizabethAnn N. Raitz, Kyo Rak Lee, Susan K. Pingleton, and Ossama Tawfik
Chest 2001 120: 1027-1030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donor-Acquired Small Cell Lung Cancer Following Pulmonary Transplantation

Anthony G. De Soyza, John H. Dark, Dinah V. Parums, Ann Curtis, and Paul A. Corris
Chest 2001 120: 1030-1031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cough in a Patient With an Infusion Port

Ching Wong, Nandita Joshi, Senthil Nachimuthu, Gajalakshmi Vaka, and John Bakoss
Chest 2001 120: 1031-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Mometason Furoate Levels

Brian J. Lipworth and Melton B. Affrime
Chest 2001 120: 1034-1035. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chlamydia pneumoniae, Clarithromycin, and Severe Asthma

Claus Kroegel, Jürgen Rödel, Bettina Mock, Kevin W. Garey, and Israel Rubinstein
Chest 2001 120: 1035-1036. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chronic Cough, Sleep Apnea, and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Joseph Herr, Shinji Teramoto, Takeo Ishii, and Takeshi Matsuse
Chest 2001 120: 1036-1037. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fine-Needle Aspiration and Tumor Seeding

Mehmet Ali Bedirhan, Akif Turna, and Noriyoshi Sawabata
Chest 2001 120: 1037-1038. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dextromethorphan in Pregnancy

Otfried Debus, Gerd Kurlemann, Josef Gehrmann, Thomas Krasemann, Dorothy A. Lyszkiewicz, Adrienne Einarson, and Gideon Koren
Chest 2001 120: 1038-1040. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Medical Problems in Scuba Diving

Amir Abramovich, Yoav Yanir, Avi Shupak, Abdullah Hamad, Adnan Alghadban, and Laurie Ward
Chest 2001 120: 1040. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pneumothorax : What’s Wrong With Simple Aspiration?

Andrew C. Miller, John Harvey, Michael H. Baumann, Charlie Strange, and John E. Heffner
Chest 2001 120: 1041-1042. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Low-Dose Spiral CT Screening

Karen Parles
Chest 2001 120: 1042-1043. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pneumomediastinum Following Spirometry

Jane Krasnick
Chest 2001 120: 1043. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dying With Respiratory Disease

Masaaki Sumi, Hiroaki Satoh, Hiroichi Ishikawa, Yuko T. Yamashita, and Kiyohisa Sekizawa
Chest 2001 120: 1043-1044. [Full Text] [PDF]  

erratum

Chest 2001 120: 1044. [Full Text]  

the bookshelf

High-Resolution CT of the Chest: Comprehensive Atlas, 2nd Edition

Albert Miller
Chest 2001 120: 1045. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

High-Resolution CT of the Lung, 3rd Edition

Bruce Turlington
Chest 2001 120: 1045-1046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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