editorials

Good People With Whom To Work

A. Jay Block
Chest 2000 118: 281. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reality-Based Medicine

Kenneth R. Chapman
Chest 2000 118: 281-283. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Expanding Role of Long-Acting ß-Agonists

James F. Donohue
Chest 2000 118: 283-285. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gas Exchange Kinetics in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

Tony Reybrouck
Chest 2000 118: 285-286. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Polysomnography in the Diagnosis of the Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome : Where Do We Draw the Line?

Michael Littner
Chest 2000 118: 286-288. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hemoptysis Season

Douglas W. Mapel
Chest 2000 118: 288-289. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsASTHMA

Unpredictability of Deception in Compliance With Physician-Prescribed Bronchodilator Inhaler Use in a Clinical Trial

Michael S. Simmons, Mitchell A. Nides, Cynthia S. Rand, Robert A. Wise, and Donald P. Tashkin
Chest 2000 118: 290-295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Dose-Ranging Study of Fluticasone Propionate Administered Once Daily via Multidose Powder Inhaler to Patients With Moderate Asthma

Robert A. Nathan, James T. C. Li, Albert Finn, Robert Jones, J. Ellen Payne, Jill P. Wolford, and Stuart M. Harding
Chest 2000 118: 296-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-term Efficacy and Safety of Fluticasone Propionate Powder Administered Once or Twice Daily via Inhaler to Patients With Moderate Asthma

Richard ZuWallack, Jeffery Adelglass, Dennis P. Clifford, Susan P. Duke, Patrick D. Wire, Melissa Faris, and Stuart M. Harding
Chest 2000 118: 303-312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study To Evaluate the Role of Salmeterol in the In-Hospital Management of Asthma

Jay I. Peters, David C. Shelledy, Arthur P. Jones, Jr., Robert W. Lawson, Charles P. Davis, and Terry S. LeGrand
Chest 2000 118: 313-320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Functional Antagonism With Formoterol and Salmeterol in Asthmatic Patients Expressing the Homozygous Glycine-16 ß₂-Adrenoceptor Polymorphism

Brian J. Lipworth, Owen J. Dempsey, and Imran Aziz
Chest 2000 118: 321-328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCARDIOLOGY

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Improves Oxygen Uptake Kinetics During the Onset of Exercise in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Hiromasa Adachi, Akira Koike, Akihiro Niwa, Akira Sato, Toshihiko Takamoto, Fumiaki Marumo, and Michiaki Hiroe
Chest 2000 118: 329-335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Clinical Significance of Reversed Flow in the Main Pulmonary Artery Detected by Doppler Color Flow Imaging

Ichiro Murata, Makoto Sonoda, Toshihiro Morita, Fumitaka Nakamura, Katsu Takenaka, and Ryozo Nagai
Chest 2000 118: 336-341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of Myocardial Injury Following Repeated Internal Atrial Shocks by Monitoring Serum Cardiac Troponin I Levels

Giuseppe Boriani, Mauro Biffi, Vittorio Cervi, Gabriele Bronzetti, Giorgia Magagnoli, Romano Zannoli, and Angelo Branzi
Chest 2000 118: 342-347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Analysis of Physician Ability in the Measurement of Pulsus Paradoxus by Sphygmomanometry

Gregory D. Jay, Kazuya Onuma, Robert Davis, Mei-Hsui Chen, Anthony Mansell, and Dale Steele
Chest 2000 118: 348-352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsSLEEP AND BREATHING

Mild to Moderate Sleep Respiratory Events : One Negative Night May Not Be Enough

Olivier Le Bon, Guy Hoffmann, Juan Tecco, Luc Staner, André Noseda, Isidore Pelc, and Paul Linkowski
Chest 2000 118: 353-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Should Children With Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome And Normal Nap Sleep Studies Have Overnight Sleep Studies?

Muhammad M. Saeed, Thomas G. Keens, Michael W. Stabile, Joanne Bolokowicz, and Sally L. Davidson Ward
Chest 2000 118: 360-365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Nasal Prongs on Nasal Airflow Resistance

Anne-Marie Lorino, Hubert Lorino, Estelle Dahan, Marie Pia d’Ortho, André Coste, Alain Harf, and Frédéric Lofaso
Chest 2000 118: 366-371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sleepiness, Fatigue, Tiredness, and Lack of Energy in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Ronald D. Chervin
Chest 2000 118: 372-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsSURGERY

Can CT Scanning Be Used To Select Patients With Unilateral Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax for Bilateral Surgery?

Alan D. L. Sihoe, Anthony P. C. Yim, Tak Wai Lee, Song Wan, Edmund H. Y. Yuen, Innes Y. P. Wan, and Ahmed A. Arifi
Chest 2000 118: 380-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Exercise Capacity of Thoracotomy Patients in the Early Postoperative Period

Shinichiro Miyoshi, Tatsuya Yoshimasu, Taeko Hirai, Issei Hirai, Shinji Maebeya, Toshiya Bessho, and Yasuaki Naito
Chest 2000 118: 384-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pain Location, Distribution, and Intensity After Cardiac Surgery

Xavier M. Mueller, Francine Tinguely, Hendrick T. Tevaearai, Jean-Pierre Revelly, René Chioléro, and Ludwig K. von Segesser
Chest 2000 118: 391-396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Clinical and Economic Impact of Deep Chest Surgical Site Infections Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Christopher S. Hollenbeak, Denise M. Murphy, Stephanie Koenig, Robert S. Woodward, William C. Dunagan, and Victoria J. Fraser
Chest 2000 118: 397-402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsLUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Aspergillus and Endobronchial Abnormalities in Lung Transplant Recipients

Steven D. Nathan, Andrew F. Shorr, Mary E. Schmidt, and Nelson A. Burton
Chest 2000 118: 403-407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Psychological Functioning and Quality of Life in Lung Transplant Candidates and Recipients

Marjolaine M. Limbos, David P. Joyce, Charles K. N. Chan, and Steven Kesten
Chest 2000 118: 408-416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsDEVICES AND PROCEDURES

Outpatient Pleurodesis of Malignant Pleural Effusions Using a Small-Bore Pigtail Catheter

Louis Saffran, David E. Ost, Alan M. Fein, and Mark J. Schiff
Chest 2000 118: 417-421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Efficacy and Tolerance of a New Silicone Stent for the Treatment of Benign Tracheal Stenosis : Preliminary Results

Jean-Michel Vergnon, Fréderic Costes, and Jean-Charles Polio
Chest 2000 118: 422-426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCYSTIC FIBROSIS

Health Status and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Adults Receiving a Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis After Age 18 Years

Eileen Widerman, Lois Millner, William Sexauer, and Stanley Fiel
Chest 2000 118: 427-433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bone Histomorphometry in Adult Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

Charles S. Haworth, A. Kevin Webb, James J. Egan, Peter L. Selby, Philip S. Hasleton, Paul W. Bishop, and Tony J. Freemont
Chest 2000 118: 434-439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsHEMOPTYSIS

Seasonal Variation in Cryptogenic and Noncryptogenic Hemoptysis Hospitalizations in France

Fabrice Boulay, Frédéric Berthier, Olivier Sisteron, Yves Gendreike, and Bruno Blaive
Chest 2000 118: 440-444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsIMMUNOLOGY

Serum KL-6 Concentrations in Dairy Farmers

Toru Takahashi, Mitsuru Munakata, Yoshinori Ohtsuka, Atsuko Satoh-Kamachi, Rika Sato, Yukihiko Homma, and Yoshikazu Kawakami
Chest 2000 118: 445-450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soluble Form of Fas and Fas Ligand in BAL Fluid From Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis and Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia

Kazuyoshi Kuwano, Masayuki Kawasaki, Takashige Maeyama, Naoki Hagimoto, Norio Nakamura, Kamon Shirakawa, and Nobuyuki Hara
Chest 2000 118: 451-458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Protocol Weaning of Mechanical Ventilation in Medical and Surgical Patients by RespiratoryCare Practitioners and Nurses : Effect on Weaning Time and Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Gregory P. Marelich, Susan Murin, Felix Battistella, John Inciardi, Terry Vierra, and Marc Roby
Chest 2000 118: 459-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reduction in Tracheal Lumen Due to Endotracheal Intubation and Its Calculated Clinical Significance

Kevin R. Bock, Peter Silver, Maya Rom, and Mayer Sagy
Chest 2000 118: 468-472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risks for Developing Critical Illness With GI Hemorrhage

Nadeem Inayet, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, Anupama Upadya, and Constantine A. Manthous
Chest 2000 118: 473-478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

Intracardiac Thrombus in Behçet’s Disease : A Systematic Review

Nesrin Mogulkoc, Malcolm I. Burgess, and Paul William Bishop
Chest 2000 118: 479-487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Pictorial Review of Coronary Artery Anatomy on Spiral CT

David N. Rabin, Steven Rabin, and Richard A. Mintzer
Chest 2000 118: 488-491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

critical care reviews

Patients Readmitted to ICUs* : A Systematic Review of Risk Factors and Outcomes

Andrew L. Rosenberg and Charles Watts
Chest 2000 118: 492-502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

impact of basic research on tomorrow's medicine

Proinflammatory Cytokines

Charles A. Dinarello
Chest 2000 118: 503-508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

bronchoscopy

Combined Lidocaine and Salbutamol Inhalation for Airway Anesthesia Markedly Protects Against Reflex Bronchoconstriction

Harald Groeben, Marie-Theres Silvanus, Mechthild Beste, and Jürgen Peters
Chest 2000 118: 509-515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Heat Is On : Impact of Endobronchial Electrosurgery on the Need for Nd-YAG Laser Photoresection

Terrence D. Coulter and Atul C. Mehta
Chest 2000 118: 516-521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

special report

Safety of Over-the-Counter Inhalers for Asthma : Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs

Barry D. Dickinson, Roy D. Altman, Scott D. Deitchman, and Hunter C. Champion
Chest 2000 118: 522-526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in the Immunocompetent Host : Therapy With Oral Fluconazole: A Report of Four Cases and a Review of the Literature

Marina Núñez, James E. Peacock, Jr, and Robert Chin, Jr
Chest 2000 118: 527-534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

exercise and the heart

Are the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for Exercise Testing for Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Correct?

Anthony P. Morise
Chest 2000 118: 535-541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

Fever, Pleuritic Chest Pain, and a Lung Mass in a 43-Year-Old Man

Roberto Benzo and Steven A. Sahn
Chest 2000 118: 542-544. [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Osmolar Gap Metabolic Acidosis in a 60-Year-Old Man Treated for Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure

Richard Arbour and Belen Esparis
Chest 2000 118: 545-546. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Right Atrial Myxoma With Extracardiac Manifestations

Eugene H. McCoskey, Jayant B. Mehta, K. Krishnan, and Thomas M. Roy
Chest 2000 118: 547-549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Detection of Occult Thymoma During Exercise Thallium 201, Technetium 99m Tetrofosmin Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease

Douglas E. Paull, Joan Graham, Joan Forgetta, Thomas Turissini, and Bruce Saidman
Chest 2000 118: 550-551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Metastatic Ocular Melanoma to the Left Ventricle Inducing Near-Syncope Attacks in an 84-Year-Old Woman

Raymond T. Rosario, Dominick J. DiMaio, Rosanna L. Lapham, Michael Sweeney, Richard Smalling, and Eddy Barasch
Chest 2000 118: 551-553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome Related to an Aortic Aneurysm Combined With an Aneurysm of the Atrial Septum

Michèle Faller, Romain Kessler, Ari Chaouat, May Ehrhart, Hélène Petit, and Emmanuel Weitzenblum
Chest 2000 118: 553-557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Contrast Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Localization of Diffuse Pulmonary Telangiectasias

Guilherme H. M. Oliveira, James B. Seward, Denis A. Cortese, and David E. Dines
Chest 2000 118: 557-559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Femoral Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Reimplantation Response After Lung Transplantation

Dirk Vlasselaers, Geert M. Verleden, Bart Meyns, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Maurits Demedts, Antoon Lerut, and Peter Lauwers
Chest 2000 118: 559-561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute Renal Failure, Oxalosis, and Vitamin C Supplementation : A Case Report and Review of the Literature

S. Mashour, J. F. Turner, Jr., and R. Merrell
Chest 2000 118: 561-563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Correction to the Scientific Record

Paul Blanc
Chest 2000 118: 564. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Morale and Depression in Patients Treated Surgically for Intractable Aspiration

Shinji Teramoto, Kaori Kon, Yuji Iwasaki, Yoshihisa Takano, Osamu Sakamoto, Moritaka Suga, and Masayuki Ando
Chest 2000 118: 564-565. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Radiographic Criteria in ARDS

Gloria E. Westney and Gordon D. Rubenfeld
Chest 2000 118: 566. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Screening in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Patients

Marie E. Faughnan, Robert H. Hyland, Kumar Nanthakumar, Donald A. Redelmeier, Anette D. Kjeldsen, and Henrik Oxhøj
Chest 2000 118: 566-567. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Role of Inhaled Budesonide in the Treatment of Tuberculous Pyrexia

Wing Wai Yew, Joseph Lee, and Chi Hung Chau
Chest 2000 118: 567. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Blood Transfusion—Always a Minimum of Two Units?

John P. Judson
Chest 2000 118: 567-568. [Full Text] [PDF]  

High-Dose Dexfenfluramine May Cause Alveolitis and Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats

Oguzhan Yildiz, Semih Senöz, and Cagatay Oktenli
Chest 2000 118: 568. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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