editorials

Asthma and Physical Activity

Christopher J. Worsnop
Chest 2003 124: 421-422. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Encouraging News From the Antibiotic Resistance Front

Nathan C. Dean
Chest 2003 124: 423-424. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Watch the P Wave: It Can Change!

Patrick Yue, J. Edwin Atwood, and Vic Froelicher
Chest 2003 124: 424-426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Age and ARDS

Richard M. Effros
Chest 2003 124: 426-427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gut Mucosal Blood Flow: Regional Regulation or Systemic Pressure Dependence?

Weike Tao and Mali Mathru
Chest 2003 124: 427-428. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yet Another Look at Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation

Andrea Gabrielli, Lawrence J. Caruso, A. Joseph Layon, and Massimo Antonelli
Chest 2003 124: 428-431. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Leisure-Time Physical Activity Patterns Among US Adults With Asthma

Earl S. Ford, Gregory W. Heath, David M. Mannino, and Stephen C. Redd
Chest 2003 124: 432-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stabilization of an Increasing Trend in Physician-Diagnosed Asthma Prevalence in Saskatchewan, 1991 to 1998

Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, Joshua Lawson, Donna C. Rennie, and James A. Dosman
Chest 2003 124: 438-448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

The Effect of Smoking Intervention and an Inhaled Bronchodilator on Airways Reactivity in COPD: The Lung Health Study

Robert A. Wise, Richard E. Kanner, Paula Lindgren, John E. Connett, Murray D. Altose, Paul L. Enright, and Donald P. Tashkin
Chest 2003 124: 449-458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mortality and Mortality-Related Factors After Hospitalization for Acute Exacerbation of COPD

Karin H. Groenewegen, Annemie M.W.J. Schols, and Emiel F.M. Wouters
Chest 2003 124: 459-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Specific Expiratory Muscle Training in COPD

Paltiel Weiner, Rasmi Magadle, Marinella Beckerman, Margalit Weiner, and Noa Berar-Yanay
Chest 2003 124: 468-473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Proportional Venn Diagram of Obstructive Lung Disease: Two Approximations From the United States and the United Kingdom

Joan B. Soriano, Kourtney J. Davis, Bobbie Coleman, George Visick, David Mannino, and Neil B. Pride
Chest 2003 124: 474-481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CYSTIC FIBROSIS

A Multicenter Study of the Effect of Solution Temperature on Nasal Potential Difference Measurements

Michael P. Boyle, Marie Diener-West, Laura Milgram, Michael Knowles, Carla Foy, Pamela Zeitlin, and Thomas Standaert
Chest 2003 124: 482-489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Metabolic Alkalosis Contributes to Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in Adult Cystic Fibrosis

Anne E. Holland, John W. Wilson, Thomas C. Kotsimbos, and Matthew T. Naughton
Chest 2003 124: 490-493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS

Relation Between Lung Function and RBC Distribution Width in a Population-Based Study

Brydon J.B. Grant, Deepa P. Kudalkar, Paola Muti, Susan E. McCann, Maurizio Trevisan, Jo L. Freudenheim, and Holger J. Schünemann
Chest 2003 124: 494-500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Measurement Characteristics of Peak Expiratory Flow

Christina A. Holcroft, Ellen A. Eisen, Susan R. Sama, and David H. Wegman
Chest 2003 124: 501-510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peak Physiologic Responses to Arm and Leg Ergometry in Male and Female Patients With Airflow Obstruction

Rick Carter, David B. Holiday, James Stocks, and Brian Tiep
Chest 2003 124: 511-518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PNEUMONIA

Decreasing ß-Lactam Resistance in Pneumococci From the Memphis Region: Analysis of 2,152 Isolates From 1996 to 2001

Grant W. Waterer, Steven C. Buckingham, Lori A. Kessler, Michael W. Quasney, and Richard G. Wunderink
Chest 2003 124: 519-525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

An Economic Evaluation of Sequential IV/po Moxifloxacin Therapy Compared to IV/po Co-amoxiclav With or Without Clarithromycin in the Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Michael F. Drummond, Debbie L. Becker, Margaret Hux, Jeremy V. M. Chancellor, Isabelle Duprat-Lomon, Rolf Kubin, and Pierre-Philippe Sagnier
Chest 2003 124: 526-535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations HIV

Measurements of HIV Viral Loads From Different Levels of the Respiratory Tract

Karen L. Wood, Ponlatham Chaiyarit, Richard B. Day, Yana Wang, Carol T. Schnizlein-Bick, Richard L. Gregory, and Homer L. Twigg, III
Chest 2003 124: 536-542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Legionnaires Disease and HIV Infection

Maria Luisa Pedro-Botet, Miquel Sabrià, Nieves Sopena, Marian García-Núñez, María Jesús Dominguez, Esteban Reynaga, and Celestino Rey-Joly
Chest 2003 124: 543-547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations INTERSTITIAL DISEASE

Suboptimal Erythropoietic Response to Hypoxemia in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Argirios Tsantes, Stergios Tassiopoulos, Stefanos I. Papadhimitriou, Stefanos Bonovas, Lilian Kavalierou, George Vaiopoulos, and Ioannis Meletis
Chest 2003 124: 548-553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Low Hospital Mortality in Patients With Acute Interstitial Pneumonia

Amir Quefatieh, Chad H. Stone, Bruno DiGiovine, Galen B. Toews, and Robert C. Hyzy
Chest 2003 124: 554-559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Acute Right Atrial Strain: Regression in Normal as Well as Abnormal P-Wave Amplitudes With Treatment of Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Navaid Asad, Vanessa M. P. Johnson, and David H. Spodick
Chest 2003 124: 560-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac Rupture Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Direct Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Reperfusion Era

Hon-Kan Yip, Chiung-Jen Wu, Hsueh-Wen Chang, Chao-Ping Wang, Cheng-I Cheng, Sarah Chua, and Mien-Cheng Chen
Chest 2003 124: 565-571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oxygen Cost of Exercise Is Increased in Heart Failure After Accounting for Recovery Costs

Steven H. Mitchell, Natalie P. Steele, Kenneth M. Leclerc, Mark Sullivan, and Wayne C. Levy
Chest 2003 124: 572-579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prolonged Oxygen Uptake Kinetics During Low-Intensity Exercise Are Related to Poor Prognosis in Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Congestive Heart Failure

Christoph Schalcher, Hans Rickli, Manuel Brehm, Daniel Weilenmann, Erwin Oechslin, Wolfgang Kiowski, and Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca
Chest 2003 124: 580-586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Snoring in Preschool Children: Prevalence and Association With Nocturnal Cough and Asthma

Lucy R. Lu, Jennifer K. Peat, and Colin E. Sullivan
Chest 2003 124: 587-593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Is a Common Echocardiographic Abnormality in Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Reverses With Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Tom V. Cloward, James M. Walker, Robert J. Farney, and Jeffrey L. Anderson
Chest 2003 124: 594-601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Respiratory Monitoring by Means of an Unattended Device in Children With Suspected Uncomplicated Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Validation Study

Marco Zucconi, Giliola Calori, Vincenza Castronovo, and Luigi Ferini-Strambi
Chest 2003 124: 602-607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CANCER

Value of F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Patients With Aggressive Lymphoma Prior to and After Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation

Jean-Emmanuel Filmont, Johannes Czernin, Cecelia Yap, Daniel H. S. Silverman, Andrew Quon, Michael E. Phelps, and Christos Emmanouilides
Chest 2003 124: 608-613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Cost-Effectiveness of Low-Dose CT Screening for Lung Cancer: Preliminary Results of Baseline Screening

Juan P. Wisnivesky, Alvin I. Mushlin, Nachum Sicherman, and Claudia Henschke
Chest 2003 124: 614-621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Equivalence of Two Cytokeratin Markers in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Study of Tissue Polypeptide Antigen and Cytokeratin 19 Fragments

Gianfranco Buccheri, Pierfederico Torchio, and Domenico Ferrigno
Chest 2003 124: 622-632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations NITRIC OXIDE

Nitric Oxide Metabolites Are Not Reduced in Exhaled Breath Condensate of Patients With Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Zsuzsanna Csoma, Andrew Bush, Nicola M. Wilson, Louise Donnelly, Beatrix Balint, Peter J. Barnes, and Sergei A. Kharitonov
Chest 2003 124: 633-638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Exhaled Nitric Oxide as a Predictor of Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction

Samy M. ElHalawani, Nam T. Ly, Richard T. Mahon, and Dennis E. Amundson
Chest 2003 124: 639-643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Deactivation of Alveolar Macrophages in Septic Neutropenic ARDS

Djamel Mokart, Benoit P. Guery, Reda Bouabdallah, Claude Martin, Jean-Louis Blache, Christine Arnoulet, and Jean-Louis Mege
Chest 2003 124: 644-652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Age on the Development of ARDS in Trauma Patients

Craig J. Johnston, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, and Leonard D. Hudson
Chest 2003 124: 653-659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Following Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation in Children

Ron Ben-Abraham, Gideon Paret, Rinat Cohen, Oded Szold, Gabriel Cividalli, Amos Toren, and Arnon Nagler
Chest 2003 124: 660-664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simplified Method to Measure Respiratory-Related Changes in Arterial Pulse Pressure in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

Capucine Morélot-Panzini, Yannick Lefort, Jean-Philippe Derenne, and Thomas Similowski
Chest 2003 124: 665-670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Development of Respiratory Syncytial Virus "Bronchiolitis" in Guinea Pigs Does Not Reflect an Allergic Predisposition in the Host

Andrew M. Bramley, M. Aatif Khan, Heather E. Manson, and Richard G. Hegele
Chest 2003 124: 671-681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Defensive Role of Pleural Mesothelial Cell Sialomucins in Tumor Metastasis

Ramit K. Sharma, Kamal A. Mohammed, Najmunnisa Nasreen, Joyce Hardwick, Robert D. Van Horn, Carlos Ramirez-Icaza, and Veena B. Antony
Chest 2003 124: 682-687. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Dopexamine and Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Intestinal Blood Flow and Oxygenation: The Perfusion Pressure Perspective

Stefan Lehtipalo, Björn Biber, Rolf Fröjse, Conny Arnerlöv, Göran Johansson, and Ola Winsö
Chest 2003 124: 688-698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

Acute Applications of Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation

Timothy Liesching, Henry Kwok, and Nicholas S. Hill
Chest 2003 124: 699-713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endovascular Stent Grafting of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

Ramesh M. Gowda, Deepika Misra, Robert F. Tranbaugh, Takao Ohki, and Ijaz A. Khan
Chest 2003 124: 714-719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

exercise and the heart

Technical Considerations Related to the Minute Ventilation/Carbon Dioxide Output Slope in Patients With Heart Failure

Ross Arena, Jonathan Myers, Syed Salman Aslam, Elsa B. Varughese, and Mary Ann Peberdy
Chest 2003 124: 720-727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical problems in cardiopulmonary disease

Evaluation and Management of a Patient With Congestive Heart Failure

Mary Norine Walsh and Morton E. Tavel
Chest 2003 124: 728-731. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

A Patient With Anemia and a Paraspinal Chest Mass

Chandana Lall and D. Keith Payne
Chest 2003 124: 732-734. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bronchoscopy

Use of an Ultrathin Bronchoscope in the Assessment of Central Airway Obstruction

Macé M. Schuurmans, Gaëtane C. Michaud, Andreas H. Diacon, and Chris T. Bolliger
Chest 2003 124: 735-739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

Statins, Inflammation, and Sepsis: Hypothesis

Yaniv Almog
Chest 2003 124: 740-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diastolic Heart Failure Demystified

Philip Andrew
Chest 2003 124: 744-753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Acute Respiratory Failure With Thrombocytopenia in a 47-Year-Old Woman After Hiking in the Sierras

Viji Sankaranarayanan, Veronika Sharp, and Stephen Ruoss
Chest 2003 124: 754-757. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Massive Pulmonary Pseudotumor

Brian M. Haus, Paul Stark, Scott L. Shofer, and Ware G. Kuschner
Chest 2003 124: 758-760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome: Endobronchial Involvement Presenting as Chronic Cough

Laura K. Gilbey and Carlos E. Girod
Chest 2003 124: 760-763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis and SZ ₁-Antitrypsin Disease: A Unique Combination?

Andrew L. Chan, Sunye Kwack, Kirk D. Jones, Marilyn K. Glassberg, and Charles R. Gherman
Chest 2003 124: 763-765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Catamenial Pneumothorax: Can All Cases Be Explained by the Pore Hypothesis?

Kazuhiro Funatsu and Paul A. Kirschner
Chest 2003 124: 766. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gastroesophageal Reflux Common in Patients With Sleep Apnea Rather Than Snorers Without Sleep Apnea

Shinji Teramoto, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yasuyoshi Ouchi, Arschang Valipour, and Stephen G. Spiro
Chest 2003 124: 767-768. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Success Rates for Nortriptyline

Carlos Jiménez-Ruiz, Jose I. De Granda Orive, Célia Lídia da Costa, Riad Naim Younes, and Maria Teresa Lourenço
Chest 2003 124: 768-769. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Family-Witnessed Resuscitation

LTC Kevin M. Creamer, CPT Bruce M. McClenathan, Catherine F. T. Uyehara, and COL Kenneth G. Torrington
Chest 2003 124: 769-770. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clarifying Cardiac Decortication Procedure

Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr, John G. Byrne, and David J. Sugarbaker
Chest 2003 124: 770-771. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increasing Statistical Accuracy

Scott D. Barnett
Chest 2003 124: 771. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Another View of End-of-Life Care

Catherine K. Nakayama
Chest 2003 124: 771-772. [Full Text]  

bookshelf

Chernick-Mellins: Basic Mechanisms of Pediatric Respiratory Disease, 2nd Edition

Ronit Herzog and Carin Lamm
Chest 2003 124: 773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Disease Markers in Exhaled Breath

Michelle Harkins
Chest 2003 124: 773-774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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