editorials

Early Goal-Directed Therapy in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Converting Science to Reality

Emanuel P. Rivers
Chest 2006 129: 217-218. [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

Modulation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Lyle J. Olson and Virend K. Somers
Chest 2006 129: 218-220. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teach a Man to Fish and You Have Fed Him for a Lifetime

Jennifer J. Davis and William C. Bailey
Chest 2006 129: 220-221. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment Strategy for Asthma: One for All and All for One?

Krishnan Parameswaran
Chest 2006 129: 221-223. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coinfection in Exacerbations of COPD: A New Frontier

Sanjay Sethi
Chest 2006 129: 223-224. [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research SEPTIC SHOCK

Translating Research to Clinical Practice: A 1-Year Experience With Implementing Early Goal-Directed Therapy for Septic Shock in the Emergency Department^,*

Stephen Trzeciak, R. Phillip Dellinger, Nicole L. Abate, Robert M. Cowan, Mary Stauss, J. Hope Kilgannon, Sergio Zanotti, and Joseph E. Parrillo
Chest 2006 129: 225-232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research SLEEP MEDICINE

Serum Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Murat Can, Serefden Açikgöz, Görkem Mungan, Taner Bayraktaroglu, Erdem Koçak, Berrak Güven, and Selda Demirtas
Chest 2006 129: 233-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Improvement in Nocturnal Disordered Breathing After First-Ever Ischemic Stroke: Role of Dysphagia

Miguel Angel Martínez-García, Rafael Galiano-Blancart, Juan-José Soler-Cataluña, Luis Cabero-Salt, and Pilar Román-Sánchez
Chest 2006 129: 238-245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research ASTHMA

Budesonide/Formoterol in a Single Inhaler for Maintenance and Relief in Mild-to-Moderate Asthma: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial

Klaus F. Rabe, Emilio Pizzichini, Björn Ställberg, Santiago Romero, Ana M. Balanzat, Tito Atienza, Per Arve Lier, and Carin Jorup
Chest 2006 129: 246-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Randomized Controlled Trial of Emergency Department Interventions To Improve Primary Care Follow-up for Patients With Acute Asthma

Jill M. Baren, Edwin D. Boudreaux, Barry E. Brenner, Rita K. Cydulka, Brian H. Rowe, Sunday Clark, and Carlos A. Camargo, Jr
Chest 2006 129: 257-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Comparative Study of Two Angiogenic Factors: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Angiogenin in Induced Sputum From Asthmatic Children in Acute Attack

Azza M. O. Abdel-Rahman, Sally A. F. El-Sahrigy, and Salwa I. Bakr
Chest 2006 129: 266-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Percentage Fall in FVC at the Provocative Concentration of Methacholine Causing a 20% Fall in FEV₁ in Symptomatic Asthma and Clinical Remission During Adolescence

Young Yoo, Jinho Yu, Do Kyun Kim, and Young Yull Koh
Chest 2006 129: 272-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback: Effects of Age on Heart Rate Variability, Baroreflex Gain, and Asthma

Paul Lehrer, Evgeny Vaschillo, Shou-En Lu, Dwain Eckberg, Bronya Vaschillo, Anthony Scardella, and Robert Habib
Chest 2006 129: 278-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coexistent Chronic Conditions and Asthma Quality of Life: A Population-Based Study

Robert J. Adams, David H. Wilson, Anne W. Taylor, Alison Daly, Edouard Tursan d’Espaignet, Eleonora Dal Grande, and Richard E. Ruffin
Chest 2006 129: 285-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

An Interdisciplinary Intervention for Undertreated Pediatric Asthma

Natalie Walders, Carolyn Kercsmar, Mark Schluchter, Susan Redline, H. Lester Kirchner, and Dennis Drotar
Chest 2006 129: 292-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Home Exposures, Parental Atopy, and Occurrence of Asthma Symptoms in Adulthood in Southern Taiwan

Yung-Ling Lee, Tzuen-Ren Hsiue, Cheng-Hung Lee, Huey-Jen Jenny Su, and Yueliang Leon Guo
Chest 2006 129: 300-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risk Factors for Onset of Asthma: A 12-Year Prospective Follow-up Study

Celeste Porsbjerg, Marie-Louise von Linstow, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, Steen Nepper-Christensen, and Vibeke Backer
Chest 2006 129: 309-316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research COPD

Effect of Interactions Between Lower Airway Bacterial and Rhinoviral Infection in Exacerbations of COPD

Tom M. A. Wilkinson, John R. Hurst, Wayomi R. Perera, Mark Wilks, Gavin C. Donaldson, and Jadwiga A. Wedzicha
Chest 2006 129: 317-324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Response to One-Legged Cycling in Patients With COPD

Thomas E. Dolmage and Roger S. Goldstein
Chest 2006 129: 325-332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research INFECTION

Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: Comparison of Clinical and Radiographic Characteristics in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Patients

Wei-Chou Chang, Ching Tzao, Hsian-He Hsu, Shih-Chun Lee, Kun-Lun Huang, Ho-Jui Tung, and Cheng-Yu Chen
Chest 2006 129: 333-340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Significance of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated From Respiratory Specimens in Korea

Won-Jung Koh, O. Jung Kwon, Kyeongman Jeon, Tae Sung Kim, Kyung Soo Lee, Young Kil Park, and Gill Han Bai
Chest 2006 129: 341-348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY

Endobronchial Ultrasonography for the Quantitative Assessment of Bronchial Mural Structures in Lung Transplant Recipients

Sarosh Irani, Thomas Hess, Markus Hofer, Ariana Gaspert, Lucas M. Bachmann, Erich W. Russi, and Annette Boehler
Chest 2006 129: 349-355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Systemic Inflammatory Reaction After Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage

Marios E. Froudarakis, Maria Klimathianaki, and Mihalis Pougounias
Chest 2006 129: 356-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Single-Center Experience With 250 Tunnelled Pleural Catheter Insertions for Malignant Pleural Effusion

Alain Tremblay and Gaëtane Michaud
Chest 2006 129: 362-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research PULMONARY FUNCTION

Discriminating Measures and Normal Values for Expiratory Obstruction

James E. Hansen, Xing-Guo Sun, and Karlman Wasserman
Chest 2006 129: 369-377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diffusing Capacity for Nitric Oxide and Carbon Monoxide in Patients With Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Ivo van der Lee, Pieter Zanen, Jan C. Grutters, Repke J. Snijder, and Jules M.M. van den Bosch
Chest 2006 129: 378-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Updated Spirometric Reference Values for Adult Chinese in Hong Kong and Implications on Clinical Utilization

Mary Sau-man Ip, Fanny Wai-san Ko, Arthur Chun-wing Lau, Wai-cho Yu, Kam-shing Tang, Kahlin Choo, Moira Mo-wah Chan-Yeung on Behalf of the Hong Kong Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians (Hong Kong and Macau Chapter)
Chest 2006 129: 384-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research CHEST IMAGING

Evaluation of Thoracic Tumors With 18F-Fluorothymidine and 18F- Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography

Cecelia S. Yap, Johannes Czernin, Michael C. Fishbein, Robert B. Cameron, Christiaan Schiepers, Michael E. Phelps, and Wolfgang A. Weber
Chest 2006 129: 393-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Characteristics and Disease Activity of Early Interstitial Lung Disease in Subjects With True Parenchymal Abnormalities in the Posterior Subpleural Aspect of the Lung

Kosuke Kashiwabara
Chest 2006 129: 402-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research VASCULAR DISEASES

Increased Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Level in Churg-Strauss Syndrome

Hideo Mitsuyama, Wataru Matsuyama, Jun Iwakawa, Ikkou Higashimoto, Masaki Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Osame, and Kimiyoshi Arimura
Chest 2006 129: 407-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increased Thromboembolic Events After Lung Transplantation

Gabriel Izbicki, Osnat Bairey, David Shitrit, Judith Lahav, and Mordechai R. Kramer
Chest 2006 129: 412-416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Hemodynamic Responses to Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Sildenafil in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

James R. Klinger, Sejal Thaker, Jeanne Houtchens, Ioana R. Preston, Nicholas S. Hill, and Harrison W. Farber
Chest 2006 129: 417-425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research MISCELLANEOUS

Normative Data for pH of Exhaled Breath Condensate

Alix O. Paget-Brown, Lina Ngamtrakulpanit, Alison Smith, Dorothy Bunyan, Stephanie Hom, Ashley Nguyen, and John F. Hunt
Chest 2006 129: 426-430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oxidative Changes of Bronchoalveolar Proteins in Cystic Fibrosis

Vitaliy Starosta, Ernst Rietschel, Karl Paul, Ulrich Baumann, and Matthias Griese
Chest 2006 129: 431-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve in Liver Cirrhosis

Thierry Clerbaux, Bruno Detry, Andre Geubel, Claude Veriter, Giuseppe Liistro, Yves Horsmans, and Albert Frans
Chest 2006 129: 438-445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research medical informatics

Applied Medical Informatics for the Chest Physician: Information You Can Use!

William F. Bria, II
Chest 2006 129: 446-451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research special feature

Update in the Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Vasculitis

Stephen K. Frankel, Gregory P. Cosgrove, Aryeh Fischer, Richard T. Meehan, and Kevin K. Brown
Chest 2006 129: 452-465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Get CME for this article]  

topics in practice management

Incorporating Anti-IgE (Omalizumab) Therapy Into Pulmonary Medicine Practice: Practice Management Implications

Philip Marcus
Chest 2006 129: 466-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Cavitating Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Visualized and Diagnosed by Ultrathin Bronchoscopy

Masahide Oki, Hideo Saka, Chieko Sako, Shigeru Tanaka, Yoshihiro Kawata, Chiyoe Kitagawa, and Nobuyoshi Minemura
Chest 2006 129: 475-479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Closure of a Bronchopleural Fistula Using Bronchoscopic Placement of an Endobronchial Valve Designed for the Treatment of Emphysema

J. Scott Ferguson, Kimberly Sprenger, and Timothy Van Natta
Chest 2006 129: 479-481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Balloon occlusion video]  

postgraduate education corner PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE PEARLS

A 35-Year-Old Man With Fever, Dyspnea, and Diffuse Reticular Opacities

Chandra K. Katikireddy, Ganesh Krishna, Todd Keifer, Ware Kuschner, and Glenn Rosen
Chest 2006 129: 482-487. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A 55-Year-Old Man With Fever Together With Submandibular and Lung Masses

Wah-Shing Leung, Nancy Wah-Fun Yuen, Veronica Lee Chan, and Chung-Ming Chu
Chest 2006 129: 488-492. [Full Text] [PDF]  

correspondence

Correcting Data for Body Size May Confound Results

Diane Barker, Nigel Artis, Lip-Bun Tan, Adam deJong, Barry A. Franklin, and Peter A. McCullough
Chest 2006 129: 493-494. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CO₂ Can Be Good for You!

Thomas L. Petty, Wolfram Windisch, and Stephan Sorichter
Chest 2006 129: 494-495. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Smoking in Movies

Stanton A. Glantz, Jonathan Polansky, Karan Omidvari, Klaus Lessnau, Carol Mason, and Ann Weinacker
Chest 2006 129: 495-496. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lung Resection in the Elderly

Yossef Aelony, Carlos M. Mery, and Michael T. Jaklitsch
Chest 2006 129: 496-497. [Full Text] [PDF]  

It’s in the Definition

John Park, Eric Edell, and Armin Ernst
Chest 2006 129: 497-498. [Full Text] [PDF]  

It’s Pneumocystis jiroveci Not Pneumocystis carinii

Ritesh Agarwal, Chandana Reddy, Ashutosh N. Aggarwal, Akshay K. Saxena, and Bekele Afessa
Chest 2006 129: 498. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chest Radiography and Catheterization

J. Connell and N.S. Parekh
Chest 2006 129: 499. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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