editorials

Peripheral Muscle Dysfunction in Patients With COPD: Comparing Apples to Apples?

Darryl Y. Sue
Chest 2003 124: 1-4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simple Mediastinal Cysts: Resect Them All?

Ronald B. Ponn
Chest 2003 124: 4-6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Etiologic Agent of Sarcoidosis: What If There Isn’t One?

Marc A. Judson
Chest 2003 124: 6-8. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Step Forward

Sat Sharma
Chest 2003 124: 8-11. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Death in the ICU: Feelings of Those Left Behind

Vinod K. Puri
Chest 2003 124: 11-12. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

David S.C. Hui and Joseph J.Y. Sung
Chest 2003 124: 12-15. [Full Text] [PDF]  

New CHEST Editorial Board Members

Chest 2003 124: 16-17. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Wheezy Bronchitis in Childhood: A Distinct Clinical Entity With Lifelong Significance?

Carole A. Edwards, Liesl M. Osman, David J. Godden, and J. Graham Douglas
Chest 2003 124: 18-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increased Exhaled 8-Isoprostane in Childhood Asthma

Eugenio Baraldi, Laura Ghiro, Vania Piovan, Silvia Carraro, Giovanni Ciabattoni, Peter J. Barnes, and Paolo Montuschi
Chest 2003 124: 25-31. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Histopathology of Severe Childhood Asthma: A Case Series

Henry A. Jenkins, Carlyne Cool, Stanley J. Szefler, Ronina Covar, Susan Brugman, Erwin W. Gelfand, and Joseph D. Spahn
Chest 2003 124: 32-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Airway Tissue Mast Cells in Persistent Asthma: Predictor of Treatment Failure When Patients Discontinue Inhaled Corticosteroids

Monica Kraft, Richard J. Martin, Stephen C. Lazarus, John V. Fahy, Homer A. Boushey, Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., and Stanley J. Szefler
Chest 2003 124: 42-50. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Can Universal Access to Health Care Eliminate Health Inequities Between Children of Poor and Nonpoor Families?: A Case Study of Childhood Asthma in Alberta

Don D. Sin, Larry W. Svenson, Robert L. Cowie, and S. F. Paul Man
Chest 2003 124: 51-56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lack of Long-term Adverse Adrenal Effects From Inhaled Triamcinolone: Lung Health Study II

Michael S. Eichenhorn, Robert A. Wise, Thelma C. Madhok, Lynn B. Gerald, William C. Bailey, Donald P. Tashkin, and Paul D. Scanlon
Chest 2003 124: 57-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ratio Between Forced Expiratory Flow Between 25% and 75% of Vital Capacity and FVC Is a Determinant of Airway Reactivity and Sensitivity to Methacholine

Annie Lin Parker, Muhanned Abu-Hijleh, and F. Dennis McCool
Chest 2003 124: 63-69. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serious Asthma Exacerbations in Asthmatics Treated With High-Dose Formoterol

Marianne Mann, Badrul Chowdhury, Eugene Sullivan, Richard Nicklas, Raymond Anthracite, and Robert J. Meyer
Chest 2003 124: 70-74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

Muscle Strength and Exercise Kinetics in COPD Patients With a Normal Fat-Free Mass Index Are Comparable to Control Subjects

Yvonne F. Heijdra, Victor Pinto-Plata, Regina Frants, John Rassulo, Lawrence Kenney, and Bartolome R. Celli
Chest 2003 124: 75-82. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catabolic/Anabolic Balance and Muscle Wasting in Patients With COPD

Richard Debigaré, Karine Marquis, Claude H. Côté, Roland R. Tremblay, Annie Michaud, Pierre LeBlanc, and François Maltais
Chest 2003 124: 83-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Age-Related Trends in Mortality From COPD in Lithuania, 1989 to 1998

Vita Lesauskaite
Chest 2003 124: 90-93. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Simple Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program Improves Health Outcomes and Reduces Hospital Utilization in Patients With COPD

Kok P. Hui and Alison B. Hewitt
Chest 2003 124: 94-97. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SURGERY

Pulmonary Resection in Infants for Congenital Pulmonary Malformation

Adel K. Ayed and Abdulla Owayed
Chest 2003 124: 98-101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correlation Between Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Prognosis of Patients Subjected to Surgery for Stage I Lung Cancer

Mario Nosotti, Paolo Rebulla, Donatella Riccardi, Alessandro Baisi, Nadia Bellaviti, Lorenzo Rosso, and Luigi Santambrogio
Chest 2003 124: 102-107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Silastic Drains vs Conventional Chest Tubes After Coronary Artery Bypass

Timothy L. Frankel, Peter C. Hill, Sotiris C. Stamou, Robert C. Lowery, Albert J. Pfister, Arvind Jain, and Paul J. Corso
Chest 2003 124: 108-113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations INFECTIONS

A Prospective Study of Infections in Lung Cancer Patients Admitted to the Hospital

Thierry Berghmans, Jean-Paul Sculier, and Jean Klastersky
Chest 2003 124: 114-120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hospitalization for Community-Acquired Pneumonia: The Pneumonia Severity Index vs Clinical Judgment

Forest W. Arnold, Julio A. Ramirez, L. Clifford McDonald, and Eric L. Xia
Chest 2003 124: 121-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations MASSES

Clinical Spectrum of Mediastinal Cysts

Shin-ichi Takeda, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Masato Minami, Mitsunori Ohta, Akira Masaoka, and Hikaru Matsuda
Chest 2003 124: 125-132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Orthopnea and Tidal Expiratory Flow Limitation in Patients With Euthyroid Goiter

Roberto Torchio, Carlo Gulotta, Alberto Perboni, Claudio Ciacco, Marco Guglielmo, Fabio Orlandi, and Joseph Milic-Emili
Chest 2003 124: 133-140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Clinicopathologic Study of 12 Neuroendocrine Tumors Arising in the Thymus

Olivier Tiffet, Andrew G. Nicholson, Georges Ladas, Mary N. Sheppard, and Peter Goldstraw
Chest 2003 124: 141-146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COIN LESIONS

Usefulness of New Automated Cutting Needle for Tissue-Core Biopsy of Lung Nodules Under CT Fluoroscopic Guidance

Takuji Yamagami, Shigeharu Iida, Takeharu Kato, Osamu Tanaka, Shogo Toda, Daishiro Kato, and Tsunehiko Nishimura
Chest 2003 124: 147-154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Radioisotope Marking Under CT Guidance and Localization Using a Handheld Gamma Probe for Small or Indistinct Pulmonary Lesions

Kazuro Sugi, Yoshikazu Kaneda, Katutoshi Hirasawa, and Naoki Kunitani
Chest 2003 124: 155-158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PLEURAL

Pleural Fluid Levels of Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Are Elevated in Eosinophilic Pleural Effusions

Ioannis Kalomenidis, Kamel H. Mohamed, Kirk B. Lane, R. Stokes Peebles, Randal Barnette, R. Michael Rodriguez, and Richard W. Light
Chest 2003 124: 159-166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patient With Bilateral Pleural Effusion: Are the Findings the Same in Each Fluid?

Ioannis Kalomenidis, Michael Rodriguez, Randal Barnette, Rita Gupta, Michael Hawthorne, Kenneth B. Parkes, and Richard W. Light
Chest 2003 124: 167-176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SARCOID

Etanercept for the Treatment of Stage II and III Progressive Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

James P. Utz, Andrew H. Limper, Sanjay Kalra, Ulrich Specks, John P. Scott, Zvezdana Vuk-Pavlovic, and Darrell R. Schroeder
Chest 2003 124: 177-185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serum Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor Measurement in Patients With Sarcoidosis: A Clinical Evaluation

Jan C. Grutters, Jean-Marc Fellrath, Leontine Mulder, Rob Janssen, Jules M. M. van den Bosch, and Heleen van Velzen-Blad
Chest 2003 124: 186-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Symptoms Related to Sleep-Disordered Breathing in White and Hispanic Children: The Tucson Children’s Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study

James L. Goodwin, Sardar I. Babar, Kris L. Kaemingk, Gerald M. Rosen, Wayne J. Morgan, Duane L. Sherrill, and Stuart F. Quan
Chest 2003 124: 196-203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gender Differences in Symptoms Related to Sleep Apnea in a General Population and in Relation to Referral to Sleep Clinic

Lars-Gunnar Larsson, Anne Lindberg, Karl A. Franklin, and Bo Lundbäck
Chest 2003 124: 204-211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cephalometric Analysis in Obese and Nonobese Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Xiujun Yu, Keisaku Fujimoto, Kazuhisa Urushibata, Yukinori Matsuzawa, and Keishi Kubo
Chest 2003 124: 212-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

New Parameters in Identification of Right Ventricular Myocardial Infarction and Proximal Right Coronary Artery Lesion

Kurtulus Özdemir, Bülent B. Altunkeser, Abdullah Içli, Hüseyin Özdil, and Hasan Gök
Chest 2003 124: 219-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ECG-Gated ^99mTc Single-Photon Emission CT for Assessment of Right Ventricular Structure and Function: Is the Information Provided Similar to Echocardiography?

Franz C. Aepfelbacher, Susan B. Yeon, Kalon K. L. Ho, J. Anthony Parker, and Peter G. Danias
Chest 2003 124: 227-232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Left Ventricular Mechanics and Myocardial Blood Flow Following Restoration of Normal Activation Sequence in Paced Patients With Long-term Right Ventricular Apical Stimulation

Emmanuel N. Simantirakis, George E. Kochiadakis, Konstantinos E. Vardakis, Nikolaos E. Igoumenidis, Stavros I. Chrysostomakis, and Panos E. Vardas
Chest 2003 124: 233-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risk Factors Affecting the Survival of Patients With Pericardial Effusion Submitted to Subxiphoid Pericardiostomy

Theodosios Dosios, Nikolaos Theakos, Dimitrios Angouras, and Panayiotis Asimacopoulos
Chest 2003 124: 242-246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PULMONARY CIRCULATION

Effects of the Dual Endothelin Receptor Antagonist Bosentan in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A 1-Year Follow-up Study

Olivier Sitbon, David B. Badesch, Richard N. Channick, Adaani Frost, Ivan M. Robbins, Gérald Simonneau, Victor F. Tapson, and Lewis J. Rubin
Chest 2003 124: 247-254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Visualization and Functional Consequence of Pulmonary Vascular Impairment in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases

Hajime Kono and Shigeko Inokuma
Chest 2003 124: 255-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Cough Peak Flows and Extubation Outcomes

Mihai Smina, Adil Salam, Mohammad Khamiees, Pritee Gada, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Chest 2003 124: 262-268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prone Positioning of Pediatric Patients With ARDS Results in Improvement in Oxygenation if Maintained > 12 h Daily

Monica S. Relvas, Peter C. Silver, and Mayer Sagy
Chest 2003 124: 269-274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

New Choices for Central Venous Catheters: Potential Financial Implications

Andrew F. Shorr, Christopher W. Humphreys, and Donald L. Helman
Chest 2003 124: 275-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiopulmonary Effects of Lipid Emulsions in Patients With ARDS

Marion Faucher, Fabienne Bregeon, Marc Gainnier, Xavier Thirion, Jean-Pierre Auffray, and Laurent Papazian
Chest 2003 124: 285-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peripheral Muscle Strength Training in Bed-Bound Patients With COPD Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: Effect of Electrical Stimulation

Ercole Zanotti, Guido Felicetti, Maurizio Maini, and Claudio Fracchia
Chest 2003 124: 292-296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caloric Intake in Medical ICU Patients: Consistency of Care With Guidelines and Relationship to Clinical Outcomes

Jerry A. Krishnan, Pat B. Parce, Anthony Martinez, Gregory B. Diette, and Roy G. Brower
Chest 2003 124: 297-305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Hyperosmolar Solutions Stimulate Mucus Secretion in the Ferret Trachea

Chikako Kishioka, Kosuke Okamoto, Jung-Soo Kim, and Bruce K. Rubin
Chest 2003 124: 306-313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regional Ventilation by Electrical Impedance Tomography: A Comparison With Ventilation Scintigraphy in Pigs

José Hinz, Peter Neumann, Taras Dudykevych, Lars Goran Andersson, Hermann Wrigge, Hilmar Burchardi, and Goran Hedenstierna
Chest 2003 124: 314-322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and the Risk of Smoking-Related COPD

Seiichiro Sakao, Koichiro Tatsumi, Tomohiro Hashimoto, Hidetoshi Igari, Yuji Shino, Hiroshi Shirasawa, and Takayuki Kuriyama
Chest 2003 124: 323-327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

Aspiration Pneumonia and Dysphagia in the Elderly

Paul E. Marik and Danielle Kaplan
Chest 2003 124: 328-336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Meta-analysis of Nocturnal Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Patients With Stable COPD

Peter J. Wijkstra, Yves Lacasse, Gordon H. Guyatt, Ciro Casanova, Peter C. Gay, Jeffry Meecham Jones, and Roger S. Goldstein
Chest 2003 124: 337-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

critical care reviews

Bronchoscopy for Atelectasis in the ICU: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Mary Elizabeth Kreider and David A. Lipson
Chest 2003 124: 344-350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

preliminary reports

Continuous Hemodynamic Monitoring in Pulmonary Hypertensive Patients Treated With Inhaled Iloprost

Friedrich M. Fruhwald, Barbro Kjellström, Wolfgang Perthold, Norbert Watzinger, Robert Maier, Pierre A. Grandjean, and Werner Klein
Chest 2003 124: 351-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inhalation of a Dry Powder Tobramycin PulmoSphere Formulation in Healthy Volunteers

Michael T. Newhouse, Peter H. Hirst, Sarma P. Duddu, Yulia H. Walter, Thomas E. Tarara, Andrew R. Clark, and Jeffry G. Weers
Chest 2003 124: 360-366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

What Is Sarcoidosis?

Jerome M. Reich
Chest 2003 124: 367-371. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

Pulmonary Mass in Tachypneic, Febrile Adult

Steven J. Durning, Jon M. Sweet, and Steven L. Chambers
Chest 2003 124: 372-375. [Full Text] [PDF]  

minimally invasive techniques

A Simple Technique for the Thoracoscopic Plication of the Diaphragm

Znuke Hwang, Jae Seung Shin, Yang Hyun Cho, Kyung Sun, and In Sung Lee
Chest 2003 124: 376-378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Painful Lymphadenopathy and Fulminant Sepsis in a Previously Healthy 16-Year-Old Girl

Kathryn Chmura, Carlyne Cool, Tobias Kircher, and Edward D. Chan
Chest 2003 124: 379-382. [Full Text] [PDF]  

occupational and environmental lung disease

Inhalation Challenge With Bovine Dander Allergens: Who Needs It?

Heikki Koskela, Antti Taivainen, Hannu Tukiainen, and Hak-Kim Chan
Chest 2003 124: 383-391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ethics in cardiopulmonary medicine

Dying in the ICU: Perspectives of Family Members

Daren K. Heyland, Graeme M. Rocker, Christopher J. O’Callaghan, Peter M. Dodek, and Deborah J. Cook
Chest 2003 124: 392-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Electron Microscopic Findings in BAL of a Fire-eater After Petroleum Aspiration

Olaf Burkhardt, Hans-Joachim Merker, Mehdi Shakibaei, and Hartmut Lode
Chest 2003 124: 398-400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Esophageal Foreign Bodies Causing Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Patient With Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Nathaniel F. Watson and Vishesh Kapur
Chest 2003 124: 400-403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emphysema due to -Antitrypsin Deficiency: Familial Study of the YBARCELONA Variant

Marc Miravitlles, Sara Vilà, Rosendo Jardí, Cristian de la Roza, Francisco Rodríguez-Frías, and Rafael Vidal
Chest 2003 124: 404-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin-Induced Interstitial Pneumonitis With ARDS

Sandra Abi-Nassif, Eugene J. Mark, Robert B. Fogel, and Robert K. Hallisey, Jr
Chest 2003 124: 406-410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Catastrophic Cardiovascular Adverse Reactions to Protamine

Michael Poullis, Michael Shackcloth, Paulo Roberto B. Evora, and Fernanda Viaro
Chest 2003 124: 411-412. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Restoration of Antigen-Specific CD4 T-Cell Response Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-Infected People

Meritxell Nomdedeu, Alex Soriano, Montserrat Plana, and Neil W. Schluger
Chest 2003 124: 412-413. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor- Inhibitors on Lung Lesions With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Ken-ichiro Inoue, Hirohisa Takano, Rie Yanagisawa, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, R. Vassallo, Eric L. Matteson, and Charles F. Thomas, Jr.
Chest 2003 124: 413-414. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Underutilized Tools for the Assessment of Intravascular Volume Status

Frédéric Michard, Greg S. Martin, and E. Wesley Ely
Chest 2003 124: 414-416. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Talc for Pleurodesis: Hero or Villain?

Evaldo Marchi, Lisete R. Teixeira, Francisco Vargas, Philippe Astoul, Anne Fraticelli, Andree Robaglia-Schlupp, and Pierre Cau
Chest 2003 124: 416-417. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bookshelf

New Techniques in Thoracic Imaging

David S. Mendelson
Chest 2003 124: 418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Practical Ethics for Nurses and Nursing Students: A Short Reference Manual

Janet Stebleton
Chest 2003 124: 418-419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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