editorials

The Impact of Systemic BP on Coronary Blood Flow and Infarct Size During Reperfusion Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Refinements Beyond the "Plumbing"

John E. Madias
Chest 2004 125: 1179-1181. [Full Text] [PDF]  

To Infuse or Not?

Kalim J. Habet
Chest 2004 125: 1182-1183. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Clinical Practice of Lung Transplantation in North America

Jim J. Egan
Chest 2004 125: 1183-1184. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluating Noisy Breathing in Children: How Far Down the Airway Should One Look?

Edward R. Carter
Chest 2004 125: 1184-1186. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vagal Pas de Deux: Heart-Lung Interplay in Postexercise Heart Rate Recovery

Lawrence W. Raymond
Chest 2004 125: 1186-1190. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Management of Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: There’s Confusion in the Air

John E. Heffner and John T. Huggins
Chest 2004 125: 1190-1192. [Full Text] [PDF]  

C-Reactive Protein in Pneumonia: Let Me Try Again

Carlos M. Luna
Chest 2004 125: 1192-1195. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anorexia Protocolis

Gary P. Zaloga and Larry Bortenschlager
Chest 2004 125: 1195-1197. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Long-term Intermittent Dobutamine Infusion, Combined With Oral Amiodarone for End-Stage Heart Failure: A Randomized Double-Blind Study

John N. Nanas, Eleftheria P. Tsagalou, John Kanakakis, Serafim N. Nanas, John V. Terrovitis, Thomas Moon, and Maria I. Anastasiou-Nana
Chest 2004 125: 1198-1204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prevalence and Secular Trends of Excess Body Weight and Impact on Outcomes After Myocardial Infarction in the Community

Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, Steven J. Jacobsen, Guy S. Reeder, Susan A. Weston, Ryan A. Meverden, and Véronique L. Roger
Chest 2004 125: 1205-1212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Percutaneous Transluminal Mitral Valvuloplasty Reduces Circulating Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis

Mien-Cheng Chen, Hsueh-Wen Chang, Shyh-Shiann Juang, Hon-Kan Yip, Chiung-Jen Wu, Teng-Hung Yu, and Cheng-I Cheng
Chest 2004 125: 1213-1217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Segmental Early Relaxation Phenomenon: Incidence, Clinical Characteristics, and Significance in Stress Echocardiography

Omar Obeidat, Muhammed Arida, Mouaz Al-Mallah, Mohsin Alam, and Karthik Ananthasubramaniam
Chest 2004 125: 1218-1223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TRANSPLANTS/BRONCHIOLITIS

A Survey of Clinical Practice of Lung Transplantation in North America

Stephanie M. Levine
Chest 2004 125: 1224-1238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Similarities and Differences Between Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Associated Bronchiolitis and Diffuse Panbronchiolitis

Jun-ichi Kadota, Hiroshi Mukae, Takeshi Fujii, Masafumi Seki, Kazunori Tomono, and Shigeru Kohno
Chest 2004 125: 1239-1247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations WORLD TRADE CENTER

Respiratory Symptoms and Physiologic Assessment of Ironworkers at the World Trade Center Disaster Site

Gwen Skloot, Michael Goldman, David Fischler, Christine Goldman, Clyde Schechter, Stephen Levin, and Alvin Teirstein
Chest 2004 125: 1248-1255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Symptoms, Respirator Use, and Pulmonary Function Changes Among New York City Firefighters Responding to the World Trade Center Disaster

Debra M. Feldman, Sherry L. Baron, Bruce P. Bernard, Boris D. Lushniak, Gisela Banauch, Nicole Arcentales, Kerry J. Kelly, and David J. Prezant
Chest 2004 125: 1256-1264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Use of Nasopharyngoscopy in the Evaluation of Children With Noisy Breathing

Brian P. O’Sullivan, Lenna Finger, and Robert G. Zwerdling
Chest 2004 125: 1265-1269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mandibular Advancement Devices in 630 Men and Women With Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring: Tolerability and Predictors of Treatment Success

Marie Marklund, Hans Stenlund, and Karl A. Franklin
Chest 2004 125: 1270-1278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simultaneous Use of Antidepressant and Antihypertensive Medications Increases Likelihood of Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Robert J. Farney, Alejandra Lugo, Robert L. Jensen, James M. Walker, and Tom V. Cloward
Chest 2004 125: 1279-1285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations EXERCISE

Association of an Abnormal Exercise Heart Rate Recovery With Pulmonary Function Abnormalities

Niranjan Seshadri, Thomas R. Gildea, Kevin McCarthy, Claire Pothier, Mani S. Kavuru, and Michael S. Lauer
Chest 2004 125: 1286-1291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Altered Exercise Gas Exchange as Related to Microalbuminuria in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Arthur Chun-Wing Lau, Matthew Kwok-Wing Lo, Godwin Tat-Chi Leung, Frankie Pak-Tat Choi, Loretta Yin-Chun Yam, and Karlman Wasserman
Chest 2004 125: 1292-1298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Anaerobic Training in Children With Cystic Fibrosis: A Randomized Controlled Study

Peter H. C. Klijn, Annemarie Oudshoorn, Cornelis K. van der Ent, Janjaap van der Net, Jan L. Kimpen, and Paul J. M. Helders
Chest 2004 125: 1299-1305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Anaerobic Training Program Details]  

Exercise Performance and Skeletal Muscles in Patients With Advanced Chagas Disease

María Montes de Oca, Sonia H. Torres, José G. Loyo, Francia Vazquez, Noelina Hernández, Begoña Anchustegui, and Juan J. Puigbó
Chest 2004 125: 1306-1314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SURGERY

An Audit of Medical Thoracoscopy and Talc Poudrage for Pneumothorax Prevention in Advanced COPD

Pyng Lee, Wee See Yap, Wee Yang Pek, and Alan Wei Keong Ng
Chest 2004 125: 1315-1320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Spinal Prostaglandin Formation and Pain Perception Following Thoracotomy: A Role for Cyclooxygenase-2

Connail McCrory and Desmond Fitzgerald
Chest 2004 125: 1321-1327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prognostic Factors in the Surgical Management of Pericardial Effusion in the Patient With Concurrent Malignancy

Carey A. Cullinane, I. Benjamin Paz, David Smith, Nora Carter, and Frederic W. Grannis, Jr
Chest 2004 125: 1328-1334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PNEUMONIA

Contribution of C-Reactive Protein to the Diagnosis and Assessment of Severity of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Jordi Almirall, Ignasi Bolíbar, Pere Toran, Guillem Pera, Xavier Boquet, Xavier Balanzó, and Goretti Sauca
Chest 2004 125: 1335-1342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Viral Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Nonimmunocompromised Adults

Andrés de Roux, Maria A. Marcos, Elisa Garcia, Jose Mensa, Santiago Ewig, Hartmut Lode, and Antoni Torres
Chest 2004 125: 1343-1351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Bronchial Dilatation in Asthma: Relation to Clinical and Sputum Indices

Masaya Takemura, Akio Niimi, Masayoshi Minakuchi, Hisako Matsumoto, Tetsuya Ueda, Kazuo Chin, and Michiaki Mishima
Chest 2004 125: 1352-1358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Survey of Medicaid Recipients With Asthma: Perceptions of Self-Management, Access, and Care

Joseph Anarella, Patrick Roohan, Elizabeth Balistreri, and Foster Gesten
Chest 2004 125: 1359-1367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increased Responses to Inhaled Oxitropium Bromide in Asthmatic Patients With Active Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kazuto Hirata, and Junichi Yoshikawa
Chest 2004 125: 1368-1371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Repeated Dosing Effects of Mediator Antagonists in Inhaled Corticosteroid-Treated Atopic Asthmatic Patients

Daniel K. C. Lee, Catherine M. Jackson, Kay Haggart, and Brian J. Lipworth
Chest 2004 125: 1372-1377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predicting Response to Omalizumab, an Anti-IgE Antibody, in Patients With Allergic Asthma

Jean Bousquet, Sally Wenzel, Stephen Holgate, William Lumry, Peter Freeman, and Howard Fox
Chest 2004 125: 1378-1386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

Environmental Tobacco Smoke May Induce Early Lung Damage in Healthy Male Adolescents

Maurizio Rizzi, Margherita Sergi, Arnaldo Andreoli, Marica Pecis, Claudio Bruschi, and Francesco Fanfulla
Chest 2004 125: 1387-1393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Office Spirometry Significantly Improves Early Detection of COPD in General Practice: The DIDASCO Study

Johan Buffels, Jan Degryse, Jan Heyrman, and Marc Decramer
Chest 2004 125: 1394-1399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations INSUFFLATION/EXSUFFLATION

Efficacy of Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation in Medically Stable Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Jesús Sancho, Emilio Servera, Juan Díaz, and Julio Marín
Chest 2004 125: 1400-1405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of the Mechanical In-Exsufflator in Pediatric Patients With Neuromuscular Disease and Impaired Cough

Laura J_. Miske, Eileen M. Hickey, Susan M. Kolb, Daniel J. Weiner, and Howard B. Panitch
Chest 2004 125: 1406-1412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations LUNG CANCER

Accuracy and Cost-Effectiveness of [18F]-2-Fluoro-Deoxy-D-Glucose-Positron Emission Tomography Scan in Potentially Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Rosemary F. Kelly, Thao Tran, Amy Holmstrom, Jozef Murar, and Romualdo J. Segurola, Jr
Chest 2004 125: 1413-1423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association Between Lower Lobe Location and Upstaging for Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Ana T. Rocha, Meg McCormack, Gustavo Montana, and Gilbert Schreiber
Chest 2004 125: 1424-1430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Accurate, Noninvasive Continuous Monitoring of Cardiac Output by Whole-Body Electrical Bioimpedance

Gad Cotter, Yaron Moshkovitz, Edo Kaluski, Amram J. Cohen, Hilton Miller, Daniel Goor, and Zvi Vered
Chest 2004 125: 1431-1440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Influence of Overweight on ICU Mortality: A Prospective Study

Cyril Goulenok, Mehran Monchi, Jean-Daniel Chiche, Jean-Paul Mira, Jean-François Dhainaut, and Alain Cariou
Chest 2004 125: 1441-1445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Before and After the Implementation of an Evidence-Based Nutritional Management Protocol

Juliana Barr, Marketa Hecht, Kara E. Flavin, Amparo Khorana, and Michael K. Gould
Chest 2004 125: 1446-1457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prediction of Risk of Death Using 30-Day Outcome: A Practical End Point for Quality Auditing in Intensive Care

Petra L. Graham and David A. Cook
Chest 2004 125: 1458-1466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

The Effect of Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Pulmonary Metastatic Disease in a Murine Model of Metastatic Breast Cancer

Susan Murin, Kent E. Pinkerton, Neil E. Hubbard, and Kent Erickson
Chest 2004 125: 1467-1471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Smoke/Burn Injury-Induced Respiratory Failure Elicits Apoptosis in Ovine Lungs and Cultured Lung Cells, Ameliorated With Arteriovenous CO₂ Removal

Roger A. Vertrees, Robert Nason, Michael D. Hold, Angela M. Leeth, Frank C. Schmalstieg, Paul J. Boor, and Joseph B. Zwischenberger
Chest 2004 125: 1472-1482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hypothermia Induces Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines and Inhibits Nitric Oxide and Myeloperoxidase-Mediated Damage in the Hearts of Endotoxemic Rats

Philip O. Scumpia, Paul J. Sarcia, Kindra M. Kelly, Vincent G. DeMarco, and Jeffrey W. Skimming
Chest 2004 125: 1483-1491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Moderate Systemic Hypotension During Reperfusion Reduces the Coronary Blood Flow and Increases the Size of Myocardial Infarction in Pigs

John N. Nanas, Elias Tsolakis, John V. Terrovitis, Ageliki Eleftheriou, Stavros G. Drakos, Argirios Dalianis, and Christos E. Charitos
Chest 2004 125: 1492-1499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oral N-Acetylcysteine Attenuates Elastase-Induced Pulmonary Emphysema in Rats

Maria L. Rubio, M. Carmen Martin-Mosquero, Mercedes Ortega, German Peces-Barba, and Nicolás González-Mangado
Chest 2004 125: 1500-1506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

preliminary report

Pulmonary Function and Sputum Production in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis: A Pilot Study Comparing the PercussiveTech HF Device and Standard Chest Physiotherapy

John H. Marks, Karyl L. Hare, Robert A. Saunders, and Douglas N. Homnick
Chest 2004 125: 1507-1511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

special reports

The Critical Care Professional Societies Address the Critical Care Crisis in the United States

Richard S. Irwin, Lynne Marcus, and Alvin Lever
Chest 2004 125: 1512-1513. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Critical Care Crisis in the United States: A Report From the Profession

Mark A. Kelley, Derek Angus, Donald B. Chalfin, Edward D. Crandall, David Ingbar, Wanda Johanson, Justine Medina, Curtis N. Sessler, and Jeffery S. Vender
Chest 2004 125: 1514-1517. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Critical Care Medicine Crisis: A Call for Federal Action: A White Paper From the Critical Care Professional Societies

Gary W. Ewart, Lynne Marcus, Michael M. Gaba, Robert H. Bradner, Justine L. Medina, and Eric B. Chandler
Chest 2004 125: 1518-1521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

Managing the Small Pulmonary Nodule Discovered by CT

Daniel M. Libby, James P. Smith, Nasser K. Altorki, Mark W. Pasmantier, David Yankelevitz, and Claudia I. Henschke
Chest 2004 125: 1522-1529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

"Imitators" of the ARDS: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment

Marvin I. Schwarz and Richard K. Albert
Chest 2004 125: 1530-1535. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

An Unusual Cause of Chest Pain

Karthikeyan Gopal, Mark Trevor Jones, and Susan Melanie Greaves
Chest 2004 125: 1536-1538. [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

The Impact of Right Ventricular Dysfunction on the Prognosis and Therapy of Normotensive Patients With Pulmonary Embolism

John W. Kreit
Chest 2004 125: 1539-1545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pleural Effusions in Hematologic Malignancies

Michael G. Alexandrakis, Freda H. Passam, Despina S. Kyriakou, and Demosthenes Bouros
Chest 2004 125: 1546-1555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

A 52-Year-Old Man With Pulmonary Edema Following Large-Volume Transfusion

Linda L. Wolfenden and Henry E. Fessler
Chest 2004 125: 1556-1560. [Full Text] [PDF]  

critical care review

The Clinical Value of the ECG in Noncardiac Conditions

Carlos Van Mieghem, Marc Sabbe, and Daniel Knockaert
Chest 2004 125: 1561-1576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

accp-seek board review question of the month

ICU Admission for Anterior Myocardial Infarction With Shortness of Breath

Steven M. Hollenberg
Chest 2004 125: 1577-1578. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Successful Aeromedical Transport Using Inhaled Prostacyclin for a Patient With Life-Threatening Hypoxemia

Daniel J. Reily, Edward Tollok, Kristen Mallitz, C. William Hanson, III, and Barry D. Fuchs
Chest 2004 125: 1579-1581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass During Resection of Locally Advanced Thoracic Malignancies: A 10-Year Two-Center Experience

John G. Byrne, Marzia Leacche, Arvind K. Agnihotri, Subroto Paul, Raphael Bueno, Douglas J. Mathisen, and David J. Sugarbaker
Chest 2004 125: 1581-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Apnea and History

Michael I. Polkey, Mary J. Morrell, Anita K. Simonds, and John G. Sotos
Chest 2004 125: 1587-1588. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diastolic Heart Failure

Francisco José Munoz, Boban Thomas, and Philip Andrew
Chest 2004 125: 1588-1589. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peripheral Muscle Strength Training in Patients With COPD

Martijn A. Spruit, Rik Gosselink, Fabio Pitta, Thierry Troosters, Marc Decramer, and Ercole Zanotti
Chest 2004 125: 1589-1590. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asthma Exacerbations and Formoterol

Richard W. Rissmiller, Michael J. Larj, Stephen P. Peters, and Eugene R. Bleecker
Chest 2004 125: 1590-1591. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Formoterol and Asthma Exacerbations

Thys van der Molen
Chest 2004 125: 1591. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute Pulmonary Injury in Association With Amiodarone

Allen Brinker and Michael Johnston
Chest 2004 125: 1591-1592. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Frequent Error in Etiology of Round Pneumonia

Enrique Antón
Chest 2004 125: 1592-1593. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Concussive Clinical Coincidence

Constantine A. Manthous
Chest 2004 125: 1593-1594. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Why Did the Barber Acquire Asbestosis?

John P. V. Rigby
Chest 2004 125: 1594-1595. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prevention of Fatal Pulmonary Embolism in the Hospital

Dominick A. Rascona
Chest 2004 125: 1595-1596. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sleep, Breathing, Oxygen, and Heart

Rohit Budhiraja and David Hudgel
Chest 2004 125: 1596. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bookshelf

Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias

Alexander Chen and Fred M. Kusumoto
Chest 2004 125: 1597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Life and Breath

Suzanne C. Lareau
Chest 2004 125: 1597-1598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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