editorials

It's Time to Pick the Low-Hanging Fruit

Thomas L. Petty
Chest 2000 117: 1-2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experience and Reason

Robyn J. Barst
Chest 2000 117: 2-5. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Training

Carl J. Lavie and Richard V. Milani
Chest 2000 117: 5-7. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment of Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia by Treatment of Pulmonary Insufficiency : Or Is it Vice Versa?

Toby R. Engel and Selvaratnam Radhagopalan
Chest 2000 117: 7-8. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perfluorocarbon Fluid as a Mediator of Pulmonary Barotrauma : A Potential Hazard of Liquid Ventilation

Bob Demers
Chest 2000 117: 8-10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

What Exactly Is Flock Worker’s Lung?

Ware G. Kuschner
Chest 2000 117: 10-13. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsPULMONARY VASCULATURE

Epoprostenol for Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus^*

Ivan M. Robbins, Sean P. Gaine, Robert Schilz, Victor F. Tapson, Lewis J. Rubin, and James E. Loyd
Chest 2000 117: 14-18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyperuricemia in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension^*

Marc A. Voelkel, Kristine M. Wynne, David B. Badesch, Bertron M. Groves, and Norbert F. Voelkel
Chest 2000 117: 19-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frequent Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Immunoreactivity in Renal Angiomyolipomas From Women With Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis^*

Helen Logginidou, Xiang Ao, Irma Russo, and Elizabeth Petri Henske
Chest 2000 117: 25-30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diffuse Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations^* : Characteristics and Prognosis

Marie E. Faughnan, Yvonne W. Lui, Joel A. Wirth, Robyn A. Pugash, Donald A. Redelmeier, Robert H. Hyland, and Robert I. White, Jr.
Chest 2000 117: 31-38. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCLOTTING

Fever in Acute Pulmonary Embolism^*

Paul D. Stein, Adnan Afzal, Jerald W. Henry, and Carlos G. Villareal
Chest 2000 117: 39-42. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risk Factors and Management of Patients With Upper Limb Deep Vein Thrombosis^*

Martin H. Ellis, Yosef Manor, and Moshe Witz
Chest 2000 117: 43-46. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCARDIOLOGY

Beneficial Effect of Short-term Endurance Training on Glucose Metabolism During Rehabilitation After Coronary Bypass Surgery^*

Piotr Dylewicz, Slawomira Bienkowska, Lucja Szczesniak, Tadeusz Rychlewski, Izabela Przywarska, Malgorzata Wilk, and Andrzej Jastrzebski
Chest 2000 117: 47-51. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Radiofrequency Catheter Modification of Atrioventricular Junction in Patients With COPD and Medically Refractory Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia^*

Kwo-Chang Ueng, Shih-Huang Lee, Der-Jinn Wu, Chung-Sheng Lin, Mau-Song Chang, and Shih-Ann Chen
Chest 2000 117: 52-59. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Improved Left Ventricular Relaxation During Short-term Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Compared to Apical Pacing^*

Theofilos M. Kolettis, Zenon S. Kyriakides, Dimitrios Tsiapras, Todor Popov, Ioannis A. Paraskevaides, and Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos
Chest 2000 117: 60-64. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prediction of Functional Recovery After Revascularization in Coronary Artery Disease Using ¹⁸F-FDG and ¹²³I-BMIPP SPECT^*

Hideki Sato, Tsutomu Iwasaki, Takuji Toyama, Yoshiaki Kaneko, Tomio Inoue, Keigo Endo, and Ryozo Nagai
Chest 2000 117: 65-72. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsPLEURAL DISEASE

Predicting Survival in Patients With Recurrent Symptomatic Malignant Pleural Effusions^* : An Assessment of the Prognostic Values of Physiologic, Morphologic, and Quality of Life Measures of Extent of Disease

Craig M. Burrows, W. Christopher Mathews, and Henri G. Colt
Chest 2000 117: 73-78. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pleural Fluid pH as a Predictor of Survival for Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions^*

John E. Heffner, Paul J. Nietert, and Celia Barbieri
Chest 2000 117: 79-86. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pleural Fluid pH as a Predictor of Pleurodesis Failure^* : Analysis of Primary Data

John E. Heffner, Paul J. Nietert, and Celia Barbieri
Chest 2000 117: 87-95. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsTUBERCULOSIS

Clinical and Chest Radiographic Findings Among Persons With Sputum Culture Positive for Mycobacterium gordonae^* : A Review of 19 Cases

Paul B. Eckburg, Eric O. Buadu, Paul Stark, Priscilla S. A. Sarinas, Rajinder K. Chitkara, and Ware G. Kuschner
Chest 2000 117: 96-102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Imbalances Between Tumor Necrosis Factor- and Its Soluble Receptor Forms, and Interleukin-1ß and Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist in BAL Fluid of Cavitary Pulmonary Tuberculosis^*

Thomas C. Y. Tsao, Ji-hong Hong, Li-Fu Li, Meng-Jer Hsieh, Shuen-Kuei Liao, and Kenneth S. S. Chang
Chest 2000 117: 103-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Delays in Tuberculosis Isolation and Suspicion Among Persons Hospitalized With HIV-Related Pneumonia^*

Charles L. Bennett, David N. Schwartz, Jorge P. Parada, Alison M. Sipler, Joan S. Chmiel, Jack A. DeHovitz, Matthew B. Goetz, and Robert A. Weinstein
Chest 2000 117: 110-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsTECHNIQUES

Thoracic Manifestation of Churg-Strauss Syndrome^* : Radiologic and Clinical Findings

Young Hi Choi, Jung-Gi Im, Bu Kyung Han, Jin-Hwan Kim, Kye Young Lee, and Na Hye Myoung
Chest 2000 117: 117-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

High-Resolution CT in Patients With Intraluminal Typical Bronchial Carcinoid Tumors Treated With Bronchoscopic Therapy^*

Ton J. van Boxem, Richard P. Golding, Ben J. Venmans, Pieter E. Postmus, and Tom G. Sutedja
Chest 2000 117: 125-128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Function and High-Resolution CT Findings in Patients With an Inherited Form of Pulmonary Fibrosis, Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, Due to Mutations in HPS-1^*

Mark Brantly, Nilo A. Avila, Vorasuk Shotelersuk, Cynthia Lucero, Marjan Huizing, and William A. Gahl
Chest 2000 117: 129-136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsSLEEP AND BREATHING

Snoring, Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension, and Growth Retardation of the Fetus^*

Karl A. Franklin, Per Åke Holmgren, Fredrik Jönsson, Nils Poromaa, Hans Stenlund, and Eva Svanborg
Chest 2000 117: 137-141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heated Humidification or Face Mask To Prevent Upper Airway Dryness During Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy^*

Maria Teresa Martins de Araújo, Sérgio Barros Vieira, Elisardo Corral Vasquez, and Bernard Fleury
Chest 2000 117: 142-147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsASTHMA

Internet-Based Home Asthma Telemonitoring^* : Can Patients Handle the Technology?

Joseph Finkelstein, Manuel R. Cabrera, and George Hripcsak
Chest 2000 117: 148-155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bronchodilator Response to Albuterol After Regular Formoterol and Effects of Acute Corticosteroid Administration^*

Brian J. Lipworth and Imran Aziz
Chest 2000 117: 156-162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Risk of ARDS^* : A 15-Year Cohort Study in a Managed Care Setting

Carlos Iribarren, David R. Jacobs, Jr., Stephen Sidney, Myron D. Gross, and Mark D. Eisner
Chest 2000 117: 163-168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in COPD Patients^* : Response To Therapy

Guy W. Soo Hoo, Navid Hakimian, and Silverio M. Santiago
Chest 2000 117: 169-177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deep Venous Thrombosis Caused by Femoral Venous Catheters in Critically Ill Adult Patients^*

Gavin M. Joynt, Jacqueline Kew, Charles D. Gomersall, Vivian Y. F. Leung, and Eric K. H. Liu
Chest 2000 117: 178-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sodium Bicarbonate for the Treatment of Lactic Acidosis^*

Sean M. Forsythe and Gregory A. Schmidt
Chest 2000 117: 260-267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Variations in End-Expiratory Pressure During Partial Liquid Ventilation^* : Impact on Gas Exchange, Lung Compliance, and End-Expiratory Lung Volume

Joel M. Manaligod, Ellen M. Bendel-Stenzel, Pat A. Meyers, Dennis R. Bing, John E. Connett, and Mark C. Mammel
Chest 2000 117: 184-190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Relationship Between Gas Delivery Patterns and the Lower Inflection Point of the Pressure-Volume Curve During Partial Liquid Ventilation^*

Gabriela Ferreyra, Sven Goddon, Yuji Fujino, and Robert M. Kacmarek
Chest 2000 117: 191-198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

An Optimal Dose of Perfluorocarbon for Respiratory Mechanics in Partial Liquid Ventilation for Dependent Lung-Dominant Acute Lung Injury^*

Chae-Man Lim, Younsuck Koh, Byung O. Jung, Sang D. Lee, Woo S. Kim, Dong S. Kim, and Won D. Kim
Chest 2000 117: 199-204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

review

The Control of Breathing in Clinical Practice^*

Brendan Caruana-Montaldo, Kevin Gleeson, and Clifford W. Zwillich
Chest 2000 117: 205-225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

exercise and the heart

Is Rest or Exercise Hypertension a Cause of a False-Positive Exercise Test?^*

Todd D. Miller, Timothy F. Christian, Thomas G. Allison, Ray W. Squires, David O. Hodge, and Raymond J. Gibbons
Chest 2000 117: 226-232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

cardiology practice today

Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta^* : Part II—Atherosclerotic and Traumatic Diseases of the Aorta

Howard J. Willens and Kenneth M. Kessler
Chest 2000 117: 233-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

A New England Logger With a Diffuse Pneumonia^*

Daniel S. Paul and David A. Kaminsky
Chest 2000 117: 244-247. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

Treatment of a Right-Sided Pleural Effusion in a Patient With Liver Cirrhosis^*

Susanne Buchholz, Vladimir Kaplan, and Markus Hauser
Chest 2000 117: 248-250. [Full Text] [PDF]  

occupational and environmental lung disease

Flock Worker’s Lung^* : Broadening the Spectrum of Clinicopathology, Narrowing the Spectrum of Suspected Etiologies

David G. Kern, Charles Kuhn, III, E. Wesley Ely, Glenn S. Pransky, Curtis J. Mello, Armando E. Fraire, and Joachim Müller
Chest 2000 117: 251-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical problems in cardiopulmonary disease

Wide-Complex Tachycardia^* : Management in a Patient With a History of Congenital Heart Disease

Martin N. Wiseman and Morton E. Tavel
Chest 2000 117: 268-271. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Inhaled Heroin-Induced Status Asthmaticus^* : Five Cases and a Review of the Literature

James Cygan, Matthew Trunsky, and Thomas Corbridge
Chest 2000 117: 272-275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cocaine-Induced Bradyarrhythmia^* : An Unsuspected Cause of Syncope

Victor J. Castro and Robert Nacht
Chest 2000 117: 275-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Case of Cigarette Smoking-Induced Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia Showing Tolerance^*

Hiromoto Shintani, Masaki Fujimura, Yoshihisa Ishiura, and Minoru Noto
Chest 2000 117: 277-279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Role of BAL in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Mucormycosis^*

Mendel Glazer, Samir Nusair, Raphael Breuer, Joel Lafair, Yoav Sherman, and Neville Berkman
Chest 2000 117: 279-282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Respiratory Bronchiolitis Associated With Severe Dyspnea, Exertional Hypoxemia, and Clubbing^*

Ruxana T. Sadikot, Joyce Johnson, James E. Loyd, and John W. Christman
Chest 2000 117: 282-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Esophageal Perforation After Sequential Double-Lung Transplantation^*

Federico Venuta, Erino A. Rendina, Tiziano De Giacomo, Anna Maria Ciccone, Edoardo Mercadante, and Giorgio Furio Coloni
Chest 2000 117: 285-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effectiveness of Transcoronary Chemoembolization for Metastatic Right Ventricular Tumor Derived From Hepatocellular Carcinoma^*

Eitaro Kotani, Kaname Kiuchi, Morimasa Takayama, Teruo Takano, Mimiko Tabata, Takumi Aramaki, and Hiroshi Kawamata
Chest 2000 117: 287-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mesothelial Cells in Tuberculous Pleural Effusions of HIV-Infected Patients^*

Denis Jones, Thomas Lieb, Masahiro Narita, Elena S. Hollender, Arthur E. Pitchenik, and David Ashkin
Chest 2000 117: 289-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

A Kinky Catheter

Joyce C. Choy, MMED, Thean Seng, TEH, and MMED
Chest 2000 117: 292. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Knowledge and Beliefs of Samples of the General Population About Asthma

Denis Charpin, Myriam Ramadour, André Lanteaume, and Daniel Vervloet
Chest 2000 117: 292-294. [Full Text]  

Sarcoidosis and IFN- Treatment

Nicholas J. Vander Els and Hans Gerdes
Chest 2000 117: 294. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Histaminne PC₂₀ Extrapolation

Brenton Eckert, Charles Mitchell, Donald W. Cockcroft, Ruzica Jokic, and Elizabeth E. Davis
Chest 2000 117: 294-295. [Full Text]  

Pulse Oximetry in CO Poisoning—Additional Data

William P. Bozeman and Neil B. Hampson
Chest 2000 117: 295-296. [Full Text] [PDF]  

erratum

Correction for vol. 116, p. 201

Chest 2000 117: 296. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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