editorials

The "Economy Class Syndrome" : Problems With the Assessment of Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism

Paul Egermayer
Chest 2001 120: 1047-1048. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Can Legionnaires Disease Be Diagnosed by Clinical Criteria? : A Critical Review

Lutfiye Mulazimoglu and Victor L. Yu
Chest 2001 120: 1049-1053. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia : The Need To Customize Empiric Therapy

Richard G. Wunderink and Grant W. Waterer
Chest 2001 120: 1053-1055. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis : Just Think of It!

William Merrill
Chest 2001 120: 1055-1057. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Simple Method to Assess Postoperative Risk

Gary T. Kinasewitz and Martin H. Welch
Chest 2001 120: 1057-1058. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emergency Department Visits in Asthma : Should All Be Prevented?

Valentin Popa
Chest 2001 120: 1058-1061. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predicting Extubation Failure : Is It in (on) the Cards?

Scott K. Epstein
Chest 2001 120: 1061-1063. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations INFECTION

Evaluation of the Winthrop-University Hospital Criteria to Identify Legionella Pneumonia

Samir K. Gupta, Thomas F. Imperiale, and George A. Sarosi
Chest 2001 120: 1064-1071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia due to Acinetobacter baumannii

Ming-Zen Chen, Po-Ren Hsueh, Li-Na Lee, Chong-Jen Yu, Pan-Chyr Yang, and Kwen-Tay Luh
Chest 2001 120: 1072-1077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AIDS-Related Alveolar Hemorrhage : A Prospective Study of 273 BAL Procedures

Benoît Vincent, Antoine Flahault, Martine Antoine, Marie Wislez, Antoine Parrot, Charles Mayaud, and Jacques Cadranel
Chest 2001 120: 1078-1084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Induced by Spores of Lyophyllum aggregatum

Kenji Tsushima, Keisaku Fujimoto, Yoshitaka Yamazaki, Akemi Takamizawa, Toshiya Amari, Tomonobu Koizumi, and Keishi Kubo
Chest 2001 120: 1085-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation : Findings in the Era of Serum Cytomegalovirus Antigen Surveillance

Marc B. Feinstein, Majid Mokhtari, Roxanna Ferreiro, Diane E. Stover, and Ann Jakubowski
Chest 2001 120: 1094-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bronchiolitis Obliterans in the 1990s in Korea and the United States

Chang Keun Kim, Sang Woo Kim, Joung Sook Kim, Young Yull Koh, Alan H. Cohen, Robin R. Deterding, and Carl W. White
Chest 2001 120: 1101-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations AIRWAYS

Differential Cell Counts in Sputum in Respiratory Epidemiology : A Pilot Study

Catherine Lemière, Corinne Walker, Denise O’Shaughnessy, Ann Efthimiadis, Frederick E. Hargreave, and Malcolm R. Sears
Chest 2001 120: 1107-1113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Airway Inflammation as an Assessment of Chronic Nonproductive Cough

Sang Yeub Lee, Jae Youn Cho, Jae Jeong Shim, Han Kyeom Kim, Kyung Ho Kang, Se Hwa Yoo, and Kwang Ho In
Chest 2001 120: 1114-1120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Application and Validation of a Computerized Cough Acquisition System for Objective Monitoring of Acute Cough : A Meta-analysis

Lucy Pavesi, Subbu Subburaj, and Kerri Porter-Shaw
Chest 2001 120: 1121-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Patterns and Predictors of Asthma-Related Emergency Department Use in Harlem

Jean G. Ford, Ilan H. Meyer, Pamela Sternfels, Sally E. Findley, Diane E. McLean, Joanne K. Fagan, and Lynne Richardson
Chest 2001 120: 1129-1135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elevated Concentrations of Exhaled Hydrogen Peroxide in Asthmatic Patients

Alexander Emelyanov, Gleb Fedoseev, Abuduani Abulimity, Kirill Rudinski, Alexey Fedoulov, Andrew Karabanov, and Peter J. Barnes
Chest 2001 120: 1136-1139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Inhaled Budesonide on Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness in Adolescents With Clinical Remission of Asthma

Young Yull Koh, Yong Han Sun, Hyung Suk Lim, Chang Keun Kim, and Soo Jong Hong
Chest 2001 120: 1140-1146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SURGERY

Symptom-Limited Stair Climbing as a Predictor of Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Complications After High-Risk Surgery

Mirle Girish, Edwin Trayner, Jr, Olaf Dammann, Victor Pinto-Plata, and Bartolome Celli
Chest 2001 120: 1147-1151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Spirometry in Surgery for Anterior Mediastinal Masses

Oleh W. Hnatiuk, Phillip C. Corcoran, and Angel Sierra
Chest 2001 120: 1152-1156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increased Effective Lung Volume Following Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Emphysema

Sean Homan, Samuel Porter, Morris Peacock, Nunzia Saccoia, Anne Marie Southcott, and Richard Ruffin
Chest 2001 120: 1157-1162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thorax and Lung Injuries Arising From the Two Earthquakes in Turkey in 1999

Sevda Özdogan, Arzu Hocaoglu, Benan Çaglayan, Oya Uncu Imamoglu, and Dilek Aydin
Chest 2001 120: 1163-1166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intraoperative Photodynamic Therapy After Pleuropneumonectomy in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma : Dose Finding and Toxicity Results

Hugo Schouwink, Emiel T. Rutgers, Joost van der Sijp, Hugo Oppelaar, Nico van Zandwijk, Robert van Veen, Sjaak Burgers, Fiona A. Stewart, Frans Zoetmulder, and Paul Baas
Chest 2001 120: 1167-1174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Preoperative Steroid Therapy Inhibits Cytokine Production in the Lung Parenchyma in Asthmatic Patients

Kazuko Mitsuta, Terufumi Shimoda, Chizu Fukushima, Yasushi Obase, Hiroyoshi Ayabe, Hiroto Matsuse, and Shigeru Kohno
Chest 2001 120: 1175-1183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ESOPHAGUS

The Effects of an Inhaled ß₂-Adrenergic Agonist on Lower Esophageal Function : A Dose-Response Study

Michael D. Crowell, Estephan N. Zayat, Brian E. Lacy, Ann Schettler-Duncan, and Mark C. Liu
Chest 2001 120: 1184-1189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chronic Aspiration Without Gastroesophageal Reflux as a Cause of Chronic Respiratory Symptoms in Neurologically Normal Infants

Shahid Sheikh, Elizabeth Allen, Richard Shell, Jean Hruschak, Durdana Iram, Robert Castile, and Karen McCoy
Chest 2001 120: 1190-1195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Effect of Acute Myocardial Infarction on Cholesterol Ratios

Norrapol Wattanasuwan, Ijaz A. Khan, Ramesh M. Gowda, Balendu C. Vasavada, and Terrence J. Sacchi
Chest 2001 120: 1196-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prognostic Power of Dobutamine Echocardiography After Uncomplicated Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly

María del Mar de la Torre, José A. San Román, José Bermejo, Gemma Pastor, Joaquín Alonso, and Francisco Fernández-Avilés
Chest 2001 120: 1200-1205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Exercise Training on Postexercise Oxygen Uptake Kinetics in Patients With Reduced Ventricular Function

Jonathan Myers, Renato Gianrossi, Juerg Schwitter, Doris Wagner, and Paul Dubach
Chest 2001 120: 1206-1211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Primary Angioplasty on Total or Subtotal Left Main Occlusion : Analysis of Incidence, Clinical Features, Outcomes, and Prognostic Determinants

Hon-Kan Yip, Chiung-Jen Wu, Mien-Cheng Chen, Hsueh-Wen Chang, Kelvin Yuan-Kai Hsieh, Chi-Ling Hang, and Morgan Fu
Chest 2001 120: 1212-1217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Dobutamine on Critical Capillary PO₂ and Lactic Acidosis Threshold in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

Akira Koike, Kazuo Kobayashi, Hiromasa Adachi, Noritaka Shimizu, Haruki Itoh, Michiaki Hiroe, and Karlman Wasserman
Chest 2001 120: 1218-1225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plasma Markers of Endothelial Dysfunction in Pulmonary Hypertension

Giuseppe Cella, Fabio Bellotto, Francesco Tona, Alessandra Sbarai, Gabriella Mazzaro, Giovanna Motta, and Jawed Fareed
Chest 2001 120: 1226-1230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome as a Spectrum of Respiratory Disturbances During Sleep

Kenneth I. Berger, Indu Ayappa, Barbara Chatr-amontri, Apurva Marfatia, I. Barry Sorkin, David M. Rapoport, and Roberta M. Goldring
Chest 2001 120: 1231-1238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predicting Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

Maree A. Milross, Amanda J. Piper, Mark Norman, Grant N. Willson, Ronald R. Grunstein, Colin E. Sullivan, and Peter T. P. Bye
Chest 2001 120: 1239-1245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

The Psychological Impact of End-Stage Lung Disease

Hedy K. Singer, Robert A. Ruchinskas, Kevin C. Riley, Donna K. Broshek, and Jeffrey T. Barth
Chest 2001 120: 1246-1252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ipratropium Bromide Hydrofluoroalkane Inhalation Aerosol Is Safe and Effective in Patients With COPD

James Taylor, Arthur Kotch, Kathryn Rice, Mo Ghafouri, Caryn L. Kurland, Nora M. Fagan, and Theodore J. Witek, Jr
Chest 2001 120: 1253-1261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Predictors of Extubation Outcome in Patients Who Have Successfully Completed a Spontaneous Breathing Trial

Mohammad Khamiees, Priya Raju, Angela DeGirolamo, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Chest 2001 120: 1262-1270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Organ Failure, and Outcome in Critically Ill Obstetric Patients Treated in an ICU

Bekele Afessa, Bethany Green, Isaac Delke, and Kathryn Koch
Chest 2001 120: 1271-1277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hospital Readmission Among Long-term Ventilator Patients

Sara L. Douglas, Barbara J. Daly, Patricia F. Brennan, Nahida H. Gordon, and Penpaktr Uthis
Chest 2001 120: 1278-1286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Contrast Microbubbles Improve Diagnostic Yield in ICU Patients With Poor Echocardiographic Windows

Thanh T. Nguyen, Milind R. Dhond, Raju Sabapathy, and William J. Bommer
Chest 2001 120: 1287-1292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Inhibition of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Expression in Cytokine-Treated Human Lung Epithelial Cells by Thiazolidinedione

Atsuko Momoi, Koji Murao, Hitomi Imachi, Toshihiko Ishida, Wen Ming Cao, Makoto Sato, and Jiro Takahara
Chest 2001 120: 1293-1300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Initial Evidence of Endothelial Cell Apoptosis as a Mechanism of Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome

Ragheb Assaly, Dan Olson, Jeffrey Hammersley, Pan-Sheng Fan, Jiang Liu, Joseph I. Shapiro, and M. Bashar Kahaleh
Chest 2001 120: 1301-1308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acoustic Imaging of the Human Chest

Martin Kompis, Hans Pasterkamp, and George R. Wodicka
Chest 2001 120: 1309-1321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invasive Arterial BP Monitoring in Trauma and Critical Care : Effect of Variable Transducer Level, Catheter Access, and Patient Position

Ulysse G. McCann, II, Henry J. Schiller, David E. Carney, Judy Kilpatrick, Louis A. Gatto, Andrew M. Paskanik, and Gary F. Nieman
Chest 2001 120: 1322-1326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

bronchoscopy

Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy Improves Staging of Radiographically Occult Lung Cancer and Has an Impact on Therapeutic Strategy

Tom G. Sutedja, Henk Codrington, Elle K. Risse, Roderick H. Breuer, Johan C. van Mourik, Richard P. Golding, and Pieter E. Postmus
Chest 2001 120: 1327-1332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virtual Reality Bronchoscopy Simulation : A Revolution in Procedural Training

Henri G. Colt, Stephen W. Crawford, and Oliver Galbraith, III
Chest 2001 120: 1333-1339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

Aortic Intramural Hematoma : An Increasingly Recognized and Potentially Fatal Entity

Neilander S. Sawhney, Anthony N. DeMaria, and Daniel G. Blanchard
Chest 2001 120: 1340-1346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment of ARDS

Roy G. Brower, Lorraine B. Ware, Yves Berthiaume, and Michael A. Matthay
Chest 2001 120: 1347-1367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

special report

Hypoplastic Left-Heart Syndrome : The First Description of the Pathophysiology in 1851; Translation of a Publication by Dr. Bardeleben From Giessen, Germany

Josef Gehrmann, Thomas Krasemann, Hans Gerd Kehl, and Johannes Vogt
Chest 2001 120: 1368-1371. [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

A 12-Year-Old Girl With Dyspnea and a Normal Chest Radiographic Finding

Kristin B. Highland and Patrick A. Flume
Chest 2001 120: 1372-1376. [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

Bacterial/Viral Filtration : Let the Breather Beware!

Robert R. Demers
Chest 2001 120: 1377-1389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

literature reviews

Top Ten List in Sepsis

Curtis N. Sessler
Chest 2001 120: 1390-1393. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

Diffuse Pulmonary Nodular Infiltrates in a Renal Transplant Recipient

Elke Ullmer, Heinz Borer, Pierre Sandoz, Michael Mayr, Peter Dalquen, and Markus Solèr
Chest 2001 120: 1394-1398. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

First Experience With Fiberoptically Directed Wire-Guided Endobronchial Blockade in Severe Pulmonary Bleeding in an Emergency Setting

Barbara Kabon, Barbara Waltl, Johannes Leitgeb, Stephan Kapral, and Michael Zimpfer
Chest 2001 120: 1399-1402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endobronchial Foreign Body Extraction : A New Interventional Approach

Kenneth M. Nalaboff, J. Louis Solis, and Daniel Simon
Chest 2001 120: 1402-1405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Primary Pulmonary Plasmacytoma : A Case Report

James N. Wise, Robert F. Schaefer, and Raymond C. Read
Chest 2001 120: 1405-1407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Edema Associated With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Lindell K. Weaver and Sue Churchill
Chest 2001 120: 1407-1409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stress Thallium-201 Myocardial Scintigraphy in Patients With Complete Occlusion of the Left Main Coronary Artery

Takashi Hatori, Takuji Toyama, Tomoyuki Yokoyama, Masashi Arai, Masahiko Kurabayashi, Tsugiyasu Kanda, and Shigeru Oshima
Chest 2001 120: 1409-1412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stenting To Reverse Left Ventricular Ischemia Due To Left Main Coronary Artery Compression in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

Stuart Rich, Vallerie V. McLaughlin, and William O’Neill
Chest 2001 120: 1412-1415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Multiple Coronary Artery-Left Ventricular Fistulas Associated With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Mina A. Jacob, Sanjeev B. Goyal, Luigi Pacifico, and David H. Spodick
Chest 2001 120: 1415-1417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rescue Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Immediately Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Robert N. Piana, Mark R. Adams, James L. Orford, Jeffrey J. Popma, David H. Adams, and Samuel Z. Goldhaber
Chest 2001 120: 1417-1420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Lung Biopsy in Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease

Pedro Almagro, Manuel Alvarez, Javier Garau, Ivan M. Robbins, Barry W. Holcomb, and James E. Loyd
Chest 2001 120: 1421-1422. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inflammation and Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis

Robert A. Stockley, Sanjay Sethi, and Timothy F. Murphy
Chest 2001 120: 1422-1423. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy vs Open Tracheostomy

Jeffrey D. Anderson, Reuven Rabinovici, Heidi L. Frankel, Bradley D. Freeman, Karen Isabella, Natatia Lin, and Timothy G. Buchman
Chest 2001 120: 1423-1424. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Negative Fluid Balance as Predictor of Mortality

Tara Quasim, Donald C. McMillan, John Kinsella, Constantine A. Manthous, and Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong
Chest 2001 120: 1424-1425. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Does Omentoplasty Preclude Cardiac Retransplantation?

Evaristo Castedo, Alfonso Cañas, Andrés Varela, and Juan Ugarte
Chest 2001 120: 1425-1426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

End-of-Life Literature

Michael W. Rabow and Stephen J. McPhee
Chest 2001 120: 1426-1427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pleas From a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Patient

Michael J. Berry
Chest 2001 120: 1427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oxygen in Costs of COPD Treatment

Thomas L. Petty
Chest 2001 120: 1427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

erratum

Chest 2001 120: 1427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

the bookshelf

Compliance in Healthcare and Research

Larry C. Kuo
Chest 2001 120: 1428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Managing Death in the ICU: The Transition From Cure to Comfort

Beth Chaitin and Robert Arnold
Chest 2001 120: 1428-1429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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