editorials

From Anti-inflammatory Drugs Through Antifibrotic Agents to Lung Transplantation : A Long Road of Research, Clinical Attempts, and Failures in the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Moisés Selman
Chest 2002 122: 759-761. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neutrophils or Eosinophils in Young Children With Wheezing : Which Comes First?

Michelle M. Cloutier
Chest 2002 122: 761-763. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ß₂-Agonists: Déjà vu All Over Again : The Second-Generation Controversy

I. Leonard Bernstein
Chest 2002 122: 763-765. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cephalometric Measurements and Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome

Lee K. Brown
Chest 2002 122: 765-768. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Changing Landscape of HIV-Related Lung Disease in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Kevin M. O’Neil
Chest 2002 122: 768-771. [Full Text] [PDF]  

What Is the Best Way To Measure Cardiac Output? : Who Cares, Anyway?

Lawrence J. Caruso, A. Joseph Layon, and Andrea Gabrielli
Chest 2002 122: 771-774. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Waist Is a Terrible Thing to Mind : Central Obesity, the Metabolic Syndrome, and Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome

Lee K. Brown
Chest 2002 122: 774-778. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE

Predicting Survival of Lung Transplantation Candidates With Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia^* : Does PaO₂ Predict Survival?

Suzanne J. Timmer, Amir M. Karamzadeh, G.L. Yung, Jolene Kriett, Stewart W. Jamieson, and Cecilia M. Smith
Chest 2002 122: 779-784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fludarabine-Related Pulmonary Toxicity^* : A Distinct Clinical Entity in Chronic Lymphoproliferative Syndromes

Donald L. Helman, Jr, John C. Byrd, Noel C. Ales, and Andrew F. Shorr
Chest 2002 122: 785-790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Bronchoalveolar Cells in Children < 3 Years Old With Severe Recurrent Wheezing^*

Muriel Le Bourgeois, Maria Goncalves, Laurence Le Clainche, Marie-Rose Benoist, Jean-Christophe Fournet, Pierre Scheinmann, and Jacques de Blic
Chest 2002 122: 791-797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Salmeterol on Seasonal Changes in Airway Responsiveness and Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Pollen-Sensitive Asthmatic Subjects^*

Luis Prieto, Valentina Gutiérrez, Vicente Torres, Sonia Uixera, and Julio Marín
Chest 2002 122: 798-805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fluticasone Propionate via the Diskhaler or Hydrofluoroalkane-134a Metered-Dose Inhaler on Methacholine-Induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness^*

Stephen J. Langley, Janet Holden, Alison Derham, Paul Hedgeland, Raj K. Sharma, and Ashley Woodcock
Chest 2002 122: 806-811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predictors of Methacholine Responsiveness in a General Population^*

Joel Schwartz, Christian Schindler, Elisabeth Zemp, André P. Perruchoud, Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Brunello Wüthrich, Philippe Leuenberger, and Ursula Ackermann-Liebrich
Chest 2002 122: 812-820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Value of a Negative Aeroallergen Skin-Prick Test Result in the Diagnosis of Asthma in Young Adults^* : Correlative Study With Methacholine Challenge Testing

Yael Graif, Mordechai Yigla, Naveh Tov, and Mordechai R. Kramer
Chest 2002 122: 821-825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure During Travel Among Adults With Asthma^*

Mark D. Eisner and Paul D. Blanc
Chest 2002 122: 826-828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Body Fat Distribution, Serum Leptin, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Men With Obstructive Sleep Apnea^*

Harald Schäfer, Dirk Pauleit, Thomas Sudhop, Ioanna Gouni-Berthold, Santiago Ewig, and Heiner K. Berthold
Chest 2002 122: 829-839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anatomic Determinants of Sleep-Disordered Breathing Across the Spectrum of Clinical and Nonclinical Male Subjects^*

Jerome A. Dempsey, James B. Skatrud, Anthony J. Jacques, Stanley J. Ewanowski, B. Tucker Woodson, Pamela R. Hanson, and Brian Goodman
Chest 2002 122: 840-851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prevalence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Compliance^* : Results in Chinese Patients With First-Ever Ischemic Stroke

David S.C. Hui, Dominic K.L. Choy, Lawrence K.S. Wong, Fanny W.S. Ko, Thomas S.T. Li, Jean Woo, and Richard Kay
Chest 2002 122: 852-860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relationship Between Quality of Life and Mood or Depression in Patients With Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome^*

Tsuneto Akashiba, Seiji Kawahara, Toshiki Akahoshi, Chiharu Omori, Osamu Saito, Tohru Majima, and Takashi Horie
Chest 2002 122: 861-865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Two-Point Palatal Discrimination in Patients With Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, and Normal Control Subjects^*

Christian Guilleminault, Kasey Li, Ning-Hung Chen, and Dalva Poyares
Chest 2002 122: 866-870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Occlusal and Skeletal Effects of an Oral Appliance in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea^*

Edmund C. Rose, Richard Staats, Christian Virchow, Jr, and Irmtrud E. Jonas
Chest 2002 122: 871-877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations HIV

The Changing Pattern of Bronchoscopy in an HIV-Infected Population^*

Simon Taggart, Ronan Breen, Neil Goldsack, Caroline Sabin, Margaret Johnson, and Marc Lipman
Chest 2002 122: 878-885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Presentation of Pulmonary Mycetoma in HIV-Infected Patients^*

Alissa K. Greenberg, Jocelyn Knapp, William N. Rom, and Doreen J. Addrizzo-Harris
Chest 2002 122: 886-892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Technical and Prognostic Outcomes of Double-Balloon Pericardiotomy for Large Malignancy-Related Pericardial Effusions^*

Huang-Joe Wang, Kwan-Lih Hsu, Fu-Tien Chiang, Chuen-Den Tseng, Yung-Zu Tseng, and Chiau-Suong Liau
Chest 2002 122: 893-899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Use of Adenosine Deaminase and Interferon- as Diagnostic Tools for Tuberculous Pericarditis^*

Lesley J. Burgess, Helmuth Reuter, Machteld E. Carstens, J.J. Frans Taljaard, and Anton F. Doubell
Chest 2002 122: 900-905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Improving Care for Patients With Chronic Heart Failure in the Community^* : The Importance of a Disease Management Program

Kwame O. Akosah, Ana M. Schaper, Paul Havlik, Sharon Barnhart, and Stephen Devine
Chest 2002 122: 906-912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PNEUMONIA

An Intervention To Improve Antibiotic Delivery and Sputum Procurement in Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia^*

Steven J. Lawrence, Brooke N. Shadel, Terry L. Leet, Jonathan B. Hall, and Linda M. Mundy
Chest 2002 122: 913-919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Community-Acquired Pneumonia Symptom Questionnaire^* : A New, Patient-Based Outcome Measure To Evaluate Symptoms in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Donna L. Lamping, Sara Schroter, Patrick Marquis, Alexia Marrel, Isabelle Duprat-Lomon, and Pierre-Philippe Sagnier
Chest 2002 122: 920-929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations AIRWAYS

Evaluation of Bronchial Constriction in Children With Cystic Fibrosis After Inhaling Two Different Preparations of Tobramycin^*

Ghassan A. Alothman, Muslim M. Alsaadi, Bernard L. Ho, Sharon L. Ho, Annie Dupuis, Mary Corey, and Allan L. Coates
Chest 2002 122: 930-934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Early Ribavarin Treatment of Bronchiolitis^* : Effect on Long-term Respiratory Morbidity

Dean Edell, Vikram Khoshoo, Gerald Ross, and Karen Salter
Chest 2002 122: 935-939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Modifications of Airway Responsiveness to Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate and Exhaled Nitric Oxide Concentrations After the Pollen Season in Subjects With Pollen-Induced Rhinitis^*

Luis Prieto, Sonia Uixera, Valentina Gutiérrez, and Laura Bruno
Chest 2002 122: 940-947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

Exercise Maintenance Following Pulmonary Rehabilitation^* : Effect of Distractive Stimuli

Gerene S. Bauldoff, Leslie A. Hoffman, Thomas G. Zullo, and Frank C. Sciurba
Chest 2002 122: 948-954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of Sputum Induction Using High-Output and Low-Output Ultrasonic Nebulizers in Normal Subjects and Patients With COPD^*

Martin G. Kelly, Vanessa Brown, S. Lorraine Martin, Madeleine Ennis, and J. Stuart Elborn
Chest 2002 122: 955-959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Deep Venous Thrombosis in a General Hospital^*

Paul D. Stein, Kalpesh C. Patel, Neeraj K. Kalra, Thar Y. Y. El Baage, Prathyusha Savarapu, Allen Silbergleit, and Frank E. Check
Chest 2002 122: 960-962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Medical Literature and Vena Cava Filters^* : So Far So Weak

Philippe Girard, Jean-Baptiste Stern, and Florence Parent
Chest 2002 122: 963-967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism^* : Comparison of the Diagnostic Capabilities of Conventional Film-Screen and Digital Angiography

Tony P. Smith, J. Mark Ryan, and Brian K. Brodwater
Chest 2002 122: 968-972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Impact of Morphologic Characteristics of Central Pulmonary Thromboemboli in Massive Pulmonary Embolism^*

Matej Podbregar, Bojan Krivec, and Gorazd Voga
Chest 2002 122: 973-979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Automatic Tube Compensation-Assisted Respiratory Rate to Tidal Volume Ratio Improves the Prediction of Weaning Outcome^*

Jonathan D. Cohen, Maury Shapiro, Elad Grozovski, and Pierre Singer
Chest 2002 122: 980-984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Role of Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation^*

Shekhar Ghamande, Albert Rafanan, Raed Dweik, Alejandro C. Arroliga, and Atul C. Mehta
Chest 2002 122: 985-989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lack of Agreement Between Thermodilution and Fick Cardiac Output in Critically Ill Patients^*

Vinay K. Dhingra, John C. Fenwick, Keith R. Walley, Dean R. Chittock, and Juan J. Ronco
Chest 2002 122: 990-997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Effects of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure and Body Position on Pulmonary Blood Flow Redistribution in Mechanically Ventilated Normal Pigs^*

Jean-Christophe Richard, Francois Decailliot, Marc Janier, Guy Annat, and Claude Guérin
Chest 2002 122: 998-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evolution of the Stone Heart After Prolonged Cardiac Arrest^*

Kada Klouche, Max Harry Weil, Shijie Sun, Wanchun Tang, Heitor P. Povoas, Takashi Kamohara, and Joe Bisera
Chest 2002 122: 1006-1011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Chronic Episodic Hypoxia on Rat Upper Airway Muscle Contractile Properties and Fiber-Type Distribution^*

Michelle McGuire, Mary MacDermott, and Aidan Bradford
Chest 2002 122: 1012-1017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Influence of Particle Size on Extrapleural Talc Dissemination After Talc Slurry Pleurodesis^*

Jaume Ferrer, Juan F. Montes, Maria A. Villarino, Richard W. Light, and José García-Valero
Chest 2002 122: 1018-1027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

Caring for the Dying Patient With Lung Cancer^*

Gerard A. Silvestri, Carol Sherman, Todd Williams, Swan-Swan Leong, Patrick Flume, and Andrew Turrisi
Chest 2002 122: 1028-1036. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prognostic Factors in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer^* : A Decade of Progress

Michael D. Brundage, Diane Davies, and William J. Mackillop
Chest 2002 122: 1037-1057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

special report

The Origins of a Concept^* : The Protease-Antiprotease Imbalance Hypothesis

Gerard M. Turino
Chest 2002 122: 1058-1060. [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

Catastrophic Cardiovascular Adverse Reactions to Protamine Are Nitric Oxide/Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Dependent and Endothelium Mediated^* : Should Methylene Blue Be the Treatment of Choice?

Fernanda Viaro, Marcelo B. Dalio, and Paulo Roberto B. Evora MD
Chest 2002 122: 1061-1066. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

minimally invasive techniques

The Inadvisability of Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy on Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension^*

Seiki Hasegawa, Noritaka Isowa, Toru Bando, and Hiromi Wada
Chest 2002 122: 1067-1068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

bronchoscopy

Rigid Bronchoscopy and Stenting for Esophageal Cancer Causing Airway Obstruction^*

Kenneth Ping Wah Chan, Philip Eng, Anne A.L. Hsu, Goh Meng Huat, and Mark Chow
Chest 2002 122: 1069-1072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

An Unresponsive Biochemistry Professor in the Bathtub^*

Gökhan M. Mutlu, Jerrold B. Leikin, Kyong Oh, and Phillip Factor
Chest 2002 122: 1073-1076. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

An Unusual Nosocomial Pneumonia^*

Lisa Baddi and Daniel Ray
Chest 2002 122: 1077-1079. [Full Text] [PDF]  

occupational and environmental lung disease

Workplace-Related Chronic Cough on a Mushroom Farm^*

Hiroshi Tanaka, Toyohiro Saikai, Hiroyuki Sugawara, Isao Takeya, Kazunori Tsunematsu, Akihiro Matsuura, and Shosaku Abe
Chest 2002 122: 1080-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Passive Smoking Exposure^* : A Risk Factor for Chronic Bronchitis and Asthma in Adults?

Katja Radon, Kerstin Büsching, Joachim Heinrich, H.-E. Wichmann, Rudolf A. Jörres, Helgo Magnussen, and Dennis Nowak
Chest 2002 122: 1086-1090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Endoscopic Ultrasound/Fine-Needle Aspiration Diagnosis of a Malignant Subcarinal Lymph Node in a Patient With Lung Cancer and a Negative Positron Emission Tomography Scan^*

Jana M. Rosenberg, Anthony Perricone, and Thomas J. Savides
Chest 2002 122: 1091-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Response of Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Pulmonary Fibrosis to Tumor Necrosis Factor- Inhibition^*

Robert Vassallo, Eric Matteson, and Charles F. Thomas, Jr
Chest 2002 122: 1093-1096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Continuous IV Prostacyclin in a Patient With Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease^*

Hiroyuki Okumura, Noritoshi Nagaya, Shingo Kyotani, Fumio Sakamaki, Norifumi Nakanishi, Shinya Fukuhara, and Chikao Yutani
Chest 2002 122: 1096-1098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Myocardial Infarction in the Very Young

Basil M. RuDusky and Kwame O. Akosan
Chest 2002 122: 1099-1100. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diurnal Hypercapnia in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Rafael Golpe, Antonio Jiménez, Rosario Carpizo, Tsuneto Akashiba, Seiji Kawahara, Naoko Kosaka, Daisuke Ito, Osam Saito, and Takashi Horie
Chest 2002 122: 1100-1101. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fluoroquinolones for Respiratory Infection : Too Valuable To Overuse (and Too Valuable To Misuse!)

Karl Weiss, Glenn S. Tillotson, and Robert Guthrie
Chest 2002 122: 1102-1103. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adrenal Suppression Related to Inhaled Corticosteroids Revisited

Fernan Caballero-Fonseca, Mario Sánchez-Borges, and Geoffrey R.G. Todd
Chest 2002 122: 1103-1104. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Altered Swallowing Physiology and Aspiration in COPD

Shinji Teramoto, Haruki Kume, Yasuyochi Ouchi, and Babak Mokhlesi
Chest 2002 122: 1104-1105. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Complete Interatrial Block Revisited

James J. Purcell
Chest 2002 122: 1105-1106. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mediastinal Hematoma Following Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Luigi Lazzari Agli, Rocco Trisolini, Marcellino Burzi, and Marco Patelli
Chest 2002 122: 1106-1107. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Medical Literature Implies Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Might Be Appropriate Treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Joseph R. Herr
Chest 2002 122: 1107. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bookshelf

Cardiac Pacing for the Clinician

Stanley S. Yormak
Chest 2002 122: 1108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cancer of the Lung: From Molecular Biology to Treatment Guidelines

Albert Miller
Chest 2002 122: 1108-1109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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