editorials

Leptin, Obesity, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Paul E. Marik
Chest 2000 118: 569-571. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nasal Dilation, Sleep, and What Is Hypopnea?

William A. Broughton
Chest 2000 118: 571-572. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bronchoscopy Training and Competency : How Many Are Enough?

Kenneth G. Torrington
Chest 2000 118: 572-573. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Use of Nucleic-Acid-Amplification Tests

Vu-Dinh Minh, Le-Quoc Hanh, and Mai Vu
Chest 2000 118: 574-575. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pneumocystis Pneumonia : Miles to Go

Henry Masur and James H. Shelhamer
Chest 2000 118: 575-577. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pleurodesis : Everything Flows

Demosthenes Bouros, Marios Froudarakis, and Nikolaos M. Siafakas
Chest 2000 118: 577-579. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsSLEEP

Serum Leptin and Vascular Risk Factors in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Mary S. M. Ip, Karen S. L. Lam, Chung-man Ho, Kenneth W. T. Tsang, and Wah-kit Lam
Chest 2000 118: 580-586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Nasal-Valve Dilation on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Bernd Schönhofer, Karl A. Franklin, Heike Brünig, Heiko Wehde, and Dieter Köhler
Chest 2000 118: 587-590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances in the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome : Effects of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy

Joseph Harbison, Philip O’Reilly, and Walter T. McNicholas
Chest 2000 118: 591-595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cephalometric Assessment of Snoring and Nonsnoring Children

Randall Kulnis, Suchitra Nelson, Kingman Strohl, and Mark Hans
Chest 2000 118: 596-603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsTECHNIQUES

MRI and CT in the Differential Diagnosis of Pleural Disease

Johannes Hierholzer, Liangping Luo, Roland C. Bittner, Christian Stroszczynski, Ralf-Jürgen Schröder, Nicolas Schoenfeld, Peter Dorow, Robert Loddenkemper, and Anne Grassot
Chest 2000 118: 604-609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Small Nodules Detected on Chest Radiography : Does Size Predict Calcification?

Loren Ketai, Mathurn Malby, Kirk Jordan, Andrew Meholic, and Julie Locken
Chest 2000 118: 610-614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hepatopulmonary Syndrome : A Prospective Study of Relationships Between Severity of Liver Disease, PaO₂ Response to 100% Oxygen, and Brain Uptake After ^99mTc MAA Lung Scanning

Michael J. Krowka, Gregory A. Wiseman, Omer L. Burnett, James R. Spivey, Terry Therneau, Michael K. Porayko, and Russell H. Wiesner
Chest 2000 118: 615-624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bronchoscopy Training : Current Fellows’ Experiences and Some Concerns for the Future

Edward F. Haponik, Gregory B. Russell, John F. Beamis, Jr., Edward James Britt, Paul Kvale, Praveen Mathur, and Atul Mehta
Chest 2000 118: 625-630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of Exercise Cardiac Output by the Fick Principle Using Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide

Xing-Guo Sun, James E. Hansen, Hua Ting, Ming-Lung Chuang, William W. Stringer, David Adame, and Karlman Wasserman
Chest 2000 118: 631-640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsTUBERCULOSIS

Relationship Between Estimated Pretest Probability and Accuracy of Automated Mycobacterium tuberculosis Assay in Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis

T. K. Lim, A. Gough, Nyat-Kooi Chin, and G. Kumarasinghe
Chest 2000 118: 641-647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Paraffin-Embedded Pleural Biopsy Specimens by Commercial Ribosomal RNA and DNA Amplification Kits

Juan Ruiz-Manzano, Joxe-Mari Manterola, Fredy Gamboa, Ana Calatrava, Eduardo Monsó, Carlos Martínez, and Vicente Ausina
Chest 2000 118: 648-655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsPULMONARY FUNCTION

Pulmonary Function Is a Long-term Predictor of Mortality in the General Population : 29-Year Follow-up of the Buffalo Health Study

Holger J. Schünemann, Joan Dorn, Brydon J. B. Grant, Warren Winkelstein, Jr., and Maurizio Trevisan
Chest 2000 118: 656-664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Quality of Spirometry Test Performance in Children and Adolescents* : Experience in a Large Field Study

Paul L. Enright, William S. Linn, Edward L. Avol, Helene G. Margolis, Henry Gong, Jr, and John M. Peters
Chest 2000 118: 665-671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsDYSPNEA

The Cumulative Effect of Long-Acting Bronchodilators, Exercise, and Inspiratory Muscle Training on the Perception of Dyspnea in Patients With Advanced COPD

Paltiel Weiner, Rasmi Magadle, Noa Berar-Yanay, Avi Davidovich, and Margalit Weiner
Chest 2000 118: 672-678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Descriptors of Breathlessness in Healthy Individuals : Distinct and Separable Constructs

Andrew Harver, Donald A. Mahler, Richard M. Schwartzstein, and John C. Baird
Chest 2000 118: 679-690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCOPD

Oxygen Supplementation and Cardiac-Autonomic Modulation in COPD

Matthew N. Bartels, John M. Gonzalez, Woojin Kim, and Ronald E. De Meersman
Chest 2000 118: 691-696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Functional Status and Survival Following Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Janet B. Bowen, John J. Votto, Roger S. Thrall, Margaret Campbell Haggerty, Rebecca Stockdale-Woolley, Tapas Bandyopadhyay, and Richard L. ZuWallack
Chest 2000 118: 697-703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsPNEUMOCYSTIS

Management and Outcome Patterns for Adult Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia, 1985 to 1995 : Comparison of HIV-Associated Cases to Other Immunocompromised States

Naresh G. Mansharamani, Robert Garland, David Delaney, and Henry Koziel
Chest 2000 118: 704-711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peripheral Blood CD4 + T-Lymphocyte Counts During Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients Without HIV Infection

Naresh G. Mansharamani, Diwakar Balachandran, Inna Vernovsky, Robert Garland, and Henry Koziel
Chest 2000 118: 712-720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsSURGERY

Quantitation of Regional Ventilation During the Washout Phase of Lung Scintigraphy : Measurement in Patients With Severe COPD Before and After Bilateral Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

John M. Travaline, Alan H. Maurer, N. David Charkes, Jean Luc Urbain, Satoshi Furukawa, and Gerard J. Criner
Chest 2000 118: 721-727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correlation of Changes in Quality of Life After Lung Volume Reduction Surgery With Changes in Lung Function, Exercise, and Gas Exchange

Vadim Leyenson, Satoshi Furukawa, Anne Marie Kuzma, Francis Cordova, John Travaline, and Gerard J. Criner
Chest 2000 118: 728-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perioperative Predictors of ICU and Hospital Costs in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Lynn V. Doering, Fardad Esmailian, and Hillel Laks
Chest 2000 118: 736-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCARDIOLOGY

Prognostic Role of Pericardial Fluid Cytology in Cardiac Tamponade Associated With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Po-Chien Wang, Kuang-Yao Yang, Jing-Yi Chao, Jacqueline Ming Liu, Reury-Perng Perng, and Sung-Hue Yen
Chest 2000 118: 744-749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-term Clinical Results After Stent Implantation in Old Obstructed Saphenous Vein Grafts

Paulo A. Ribeiro, Karen Scavetta, Christopher Oh, Muayed Al-Zaibag, Kenneth R. Jutzy, Randall Caldron, and Robert J. Marsa
Chest 2000 118: 750-755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cholesterol Lowering With Pravastatin Improves Resistance Artery Endothelial Function : Report of Six Subjects With Normal Coronary Arteriograms

Jan L. Houghton, Thomas A. Pearson, Roberta G. Reed, Mikhail T. Torosoff, Nancy L. Henches, Patricia A. Kuhner, and Edward F. Philbin
Chest 2000 118: 756-760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Biochemical Response to Treatment of Bone Hyperresorption in Chronically Critically Ill Patients

David M. Nierman and Jeffrey I. Mechanick
Chest 2000 118: 761-766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predisposing Factors for Nosocomial Pneumonia in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation and Requiring Tracheotomy

Hugues Georges, Olivier Leroy, Benoit Guery, Serge Alfandari, and Gilles Beaucaire
Chest 2000 118: 767-774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hemodynamic Monitoring by Double-Indicator Dilution Technique in Patients After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

Oliver Goedje, Tobias Seebauer, Markus Peyerl, Ulrich J. Pfeiffer, and Bruno Reichart
Chest 2000 118: 775-781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Assessment of Cardiac Index in Anemic Patients

Gangadhar S. Yalavatti, Daniel DeBacker, and Jean-Louis Vincent
Chest 2000 118: 782-787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

review

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis : A Practical Approach for Diagnosis and Management

Jeffrey E. Michaelson, Samuel M. Aguayo, and Jesse Roman
Chest 2000 118: 788-794. [Full Text] [PDF]  

critical care reviews

High-Frequency Ventilation for Acute Lung Injury and ARDS

Jerry A. Krishnan and Roy G. Brower
Chest 2000 118: 795-807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Silver Nitrate Is Superior to Talc Slurry in Producing Pleurodesis in Rabbits

Francisco S. Vargas, Lisete R. Teixeira, Marcelo A.C. Vaz, Alipio O. Carmo, Evaldo Marchi, Patricia M. Cury, and Richard W. Light
Chest 2000 118: 808-813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iron Disequilibrium in the Rat Lung After Instilled Blood

Andrew J. Ghio, Judy H. Richards, Kay M. Crissman, and Jacqueline D. Carter
Chest 2000 118: 814-823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy During Mechanical Ventilation in a Lung Model

R. Wayne Lawson, Jay I. Peters, and David C. Shelledy
Chest 2000 118: 824-831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsdebate in print

Is Meta-analysis a Metaphysical or a Scientific Method?

Rodrigo Arriagada and Jean-Pierre Pignon
Chest 2000 118: 832-834. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reality and Meta-analyses

Mitchell Machtay, Larry R. Kaiser, and Eli Glatstein
Chest 2000 118: 835-836. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

Shortness of Breath After Suicide Attempt

Musarat Shareeff, Yasser M. Bhat, Ramesh Adabala, and Suhail Raoof
Chest 2000 118: 837-838. [Full Text] [PDF]  

special reports

Living With Lung Cancer : The Other Side of the Desk

Leo M. Kahana
Chest 2000 118: 840-842. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Formation and Current Results of a Patient-Organized Registry for ₁-Antitrypsin Deficiency

James K. Stoller, Mark Brantly, Lora E. Fleming, Judy A. Bean, and John Walsh
Chest 2000 118: 843-848. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Sepsis and Neurologic Deficit After Lung Transplantation

Thomas J. Gross and Paul J. Christensen
Chest 2000 118: 849-851. [Full Text] [PDF]  

occupational and environmental lung disease

Positive Human Health Effects of Wearing a Respirator in a Swine Barn

James A. Dosman, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, Shelley P. Kirychuk, Stephane Lemay, Ernest M. Barber, Philip Willson, Yvon Cormier, and Tom S. Hurst
Chest 2000 118: 852-860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

accp-seek board review question of the month

72-Year-Old Man With Fever, Skin Lesions, and Consolidation on Chest Radiograph

W. Michael Alberts
Chest 2000 118: 861-862. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Bilateral Symmetrical Upper-Lobe Opacities : An Unusual Presentation of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia

Claus Kroegel, Angelika Reißig, Ulf Hengst, Bettina Mock, Daniela Häfner, and Paul Reinhard Grahmann
Chest 2000 118: 863-865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Recurrent Hemoptysis Following a Systemic-to-Pulmonary Anastomosis in a Child With a Complex Congenital Cardiomyopathy

Jose Pablo Diaz-Jimenez, Alicia N. Rodriguez, and Martin Anselmo Andres
Chest 2000 118: 865-867. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Normal Diffusing Capacity in Patients With PiZ ₁-Antitrypsin Deficiency, Severe Airflow Obstruction, and Significant Radiographic Emphysema

Jeffrey S. Wilson and Jeffrey R. Galvin
Chest 2000 118: 867-871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Case of Orthodeoxia Caused by an Atrial Septal Aneurysm

Satya S. Acharya and Ritha Kartan
Chest 2000 118: 871-874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of Botulinum Toxin Type A to Avoid Tracheal Intubation or Tracheostomy in Severe Paradoxical Vocal Cord Movement

Ivan Maillard, Valérie Schweizer, Alain Broccard, Alexandre Duscher, Lucas Liaudet, and Marie-Denise Schaller
Chest 2000 118: 874-877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thyroid Storm Presenting as Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

Yin-Zheng Jiang, Karen A. Hutchinson, Peter Bartelloni, and Constantine A. Manthous
Chest 2000 118: 877-879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm

H. Alexander Heggtveit and Sanjay Mehta
Chest 2000 118: 880. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Persistent Presence of Acid-Fast Bacilli in Pulmonary Tuberculosis : Possible Implications for Developing Countries

Neeraj Gupta, Sverre Vedal, William Black, R. Kevin Elwood, and Mohamed S. Al-Moamary
Chest 2000 118: 880-881. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IV Epoprostenol for Systemic Sclerosis

Elizabeth S. Klings, Harrison W. Farber, and Robyn J. Barst
Chest 2000 118: 881-882. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sodium Bicarbonate Controversy in Lactic Acidosis

Bulent Cuhaci, Jean Lee, Ziauddin Ahmed, Sean M. Forsythe, and Gregory A. Schmidt
Chest 2000 118: 882-884. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Saphenous Vein Graft Hemorrhage

Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr, George A. Sample, and Hasan B. Alam
Chest 2000 118: 884. [Full Text] [PDF]  

In-line Suction Catheters May Impede Aerosol Delivery to Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

Constantine A. Manthous and Mohammad Khamiees
Chest 2000 118: 884-885. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Transudative Pleural Effusions : False Reassurance Against Malignancy

Yuri Moltyaner, Michael S. Miletin, and Ronald F. Grossman
Chest 2000 118: 885. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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