editorials

New Insights Into the Temporal Pattern of Hypoxemia in COPD

Michael Cutaia
Chest 2000 118: 1521-1522. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Spironolactone for Heart Failure : Spiraling Out of Control

J. M. Geraci and A. A. Knowlton
Chest 2000 118: 1522-1523. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis : What Is the Clinical Significance of Pathogenic Bacteria in Sputum Cultures?

Chatrchai Watanakunakorn
Chest 2000 118: 1523-1525. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Home Mechanical Ventilation in COPD : Do We Know When and How To Use It?

Antonio Antón and Rosa Güell
Chest 2000 118: 1525-1526. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lightning Can Strike Twice : Second Primary Lung Cancers

Ronald B. Ponn
Chest 2000 118: 1526-1529. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsASTHMA

Does an IV Bolus of Methylprednisolone Relieve Dyspnea in Asthma Exacerbations?

André Noseda, Inge De Bruyne, Viviane De Maertelaer, and Jean-Claude Yernault
Chest 2000 118: 1530-1537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mometasone Furoate Has Minimal Effects on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis When Delivered at High Doses

Melton B. Affrime, Teddy Kosoglou, C. Mohan Thonoor, Brian E. Flannery, and Jerry M. Herron
Chest 2000 118: 1538-1546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rapid-Onset Asthma Attack : A Prospective Cohort Study About Characteristics and Response to Emergency Department Treatment

Gustavo J. Rodrigo and Carlos Rodrigo
Chest 2000 118: 1547-1552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Esophageal Acid Perfusion on Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Patients With Bronchial Asthma

De-Nan Wu, Yukio Tanifuji, Hitoshi Kobayashi, Kohei Yamauchi, Chieko Kato, Kazuyuki Suzuki, and Hiroshi Inoue
Chest 2000 118: 1553-1556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCOPD

Airway Inflammation and Etiology of Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis

Sanjay Sethi, Karen Muscarella, Nancy Evans, Karin L. Klingman, Brydon J. B. Grant, and Timothy F. Murphy
Chest 2000 118: 1557-1565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Distribution of Lung Density and Mass in Patients With Emphysema as Assessed by Quantitative Analysis of CT

Mamadou Hawa Hann Diallo, Hervé Guénard, François Laurent, Pierre Carles, and Jacques Giron
Chest 2000 118: 1566-1575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Additive Effects of Salmeterol and Fluticasone or Theophylline in COPD

Mario Cazzola, Gabriele Di Lorenzo, Felice Di Perna, Francesco Calderaro, Renato Testi, and Stefano Centanni
Chest 2000 118: 1576-1581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-term Controlled Trial of Nocturnal Nasal Positive Pressure Ventilation in Patients With Severe COPD

Ciro Casanova, Bartolome R. Celli, Lina Tost, Estanislao Soriano, Juan Abreu, Valle Velasco, and Francisco Santolaria
Chest 2000 118: 1582-1590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCYSTIC FIBROSIS

Genotype Analysis and Phenotypic Manifestations of Children With Intermediate Sweat Chloride Test Results

Pascale Desmarquest, Delphine Feldmann, Aline Tamalat, Michele Boule, Brigitte Fauroux, Guy Tournier, and Annick Clement
Chest 2000 118: 1591-1597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Complications of Indwelling Catheters in Cystic Fibrosis : A 10-Year Review

Moira L. Aitken and Mark R. Tonelli
Chest 2000 118: 1598-1602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCANCER

Lung Cancer in Women : Sex-Associated Differences in Survival of Patients Undergoing Resection for Lung Cancer

Hiroya Minami, Masahiro Yoshimura, Yoshifumi Miyamoto, Hidehito Matsuoka, and Noriaki Tsubota
Chest 2000 118: 1603-1609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Usefulness of Positron Emission Tomography in Evaluating Patients for Pulmonary Malignancies

Trent W. McCain, Donnie P. Dunagan, Robert Chin, Jr., Timothy Oaks, Beth A. Harkness, and Edward F. Haponik
Chest 2000 118: 1610-1615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsSURGERY

Use of Intraoperative Hetastarch Priming During Coronary Bypass

Charles C. Canver and Ronald D. Nichols
Chest 2000 118: 1616-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgery for Second Lung Cancers

James W. Asaph, John F. Keppel, John R. Handy, Jr., E. Charles Douville, Andrew C. Tsen, and Gary Y. Ott
Chest 2000 118: 1621-1625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsTECHNIQUES

Measuring Pleural Fluid pH : High Correlation of a Handheld Unit to a Traditional Tabletop Blood Gas Analyzer

Gary L. Kohn and William D. Hardie
Chest 2000 118: 1626-1629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Transbronchial Needle Aspiration : Guidance With CT Fluoroscopy

Charles S. White, Eric A. Weiner, Pavni Patel, and E. James Britt
Chest 2000 118: 1630-1638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rise and Fall of the FEV₁

Wm. Keith C. Morgan and Robert B. Reger
Chest 2000 118: 1639-1644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CT in Pulmonary Hydatid Disease : Unusual Appearances

Parvaiz A. Koul, Ajaz N. Koul, A. Wahid, and Farhad A. Mir
Chest 2000 118: 1645-1647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsTRANSPLANTATION

Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome and Additional Costs of Lung Transplantation

Jan W. K. van den Berg, Petra J. van Enckevort, Elisabeth M. TenVergert, Dirkje S. Postma, Wim van der Bij, and Gerard H. Koëter
Chest 2000 118: 1648-1652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Quantification of Cytomegalovirus DNA in BAL Fluid : A Longitudinal Study in Lung Transplant Recipients

Gerdt C. Riise, Rune Andersson, Tomas Bergström, Agnete Lundmark, Folke N. Nilsson, and Sigvard Olofsson
Chest 2000 118: 1653-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Exercise Intolerance Following Heart Transplantation : The Role of Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity Impairment

Omar A. Al-Rawas, Roger Carter, Robin D. Stevenson, Sureen K. Naik, and David J. Wheatley
Chest 2000 118: 1661-1670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsPULMONARY VASCULATURE

Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease : A Case Series and New Observations

Barry W. Holcomb, Jr., James E. Loyd, E. Wesley Ely, Joyce Johnson, and Ivan M. Robbins
Chest 2000 118: 1671-1679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

New Onset of Venous Thromboembolism Among Hospitalized Patients at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Is Caused More Often by Prophylaxis Failure Than by Withholding Treatment

Samuel Z. Goldhaber, Kelly Dunn, and Regina C. MacDougall
Chest 2000 118: 1680-1684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCARDIOLOGY

Plasma Homocysteine and Severity of Thoracic Aortic Atherosclerosis

Christophe M. Tribouilloy, Marcel Peltier, Michele C. Iannetta Peltier, Faouzi Trojette, Michel Andrejak, and Jean-Philippe M. Lesbre
Chest 2000 118: 1685-1689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Preventive Effect of Magnesium on Coronary Spasm in Patients With Vasospastic Angina

Hiroki Teragawa, Masaya Kato, Togo Yamagata, Hideo Matsuura, and Goro Kajiyama
Chest 2000 118: 1690-1695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prognostic Significance of Left Ventricular Aneurysms With Normal Global Function Caused by Myocarditis

Andrea Frustaci, Cristina Chimenti, and Maurizio Pieroni
Chest 2000 118: 1696-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Retrograde Flow in the Thoracic Aorta in Patients With Systemic Emboli : A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mobile Plaque Motion

Alexander Tenenbaum, Michael Motro, Micha S. Feinberg, Ehud Schwammenthal, Chaim I. Stroh, Zvi Vered, and Enrique Z. Fisman
Chest 2000 118: 1703-1708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Impact of Noninvasive Studies to Distinguish Volume Overload From ARDS in Acutely Ill Patients With Pulmonary Edema : Analysis of the Medical Literature From 1966 to 1998

Peter G. Duane and Gene L. Colice
Chest 2000 118: 1709-1717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function in Critically Ill Patients : Dynamic Loading Challenge Using Medical Antishock Trousers

Yann Loubieres, Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Alain Beauchet, Thierry Fourme, Bernard Page, and François Jardin
Chest 2000 118: 1718-1723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Morbid Results of Prolonged Intubation After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Amram J. Cohen, Michael G. Katz, George Frenkel, Benjamin Medalion, Diklah Geva, and Arie Schachner
Chest 2000 118: 1724-1731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Performance of APACHE III Models in an Australian ICU

David A. Cook
Chest 2000 118: 1732-1738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Impact of BAL in the Management of Pneumonia With Treatment Failure : Positivity of BAL Culture Under Antibiotic Therapy

João Carlos Pereira Gomes, Wilson L. Pedreira, Jr., Evangelina M. P. A. Araújo, Francisco G. Soriano, Elnara M. Negri, Leila Antonângelo, and Irineu Tadeu Velasco
Chest 2000 118: 1739-1746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Level Correlates With Transforming Growth Factor-ß Isoform Levels in Pleural Effusions

Dong-sheng Cheng, Y. C. Gary Lee, Jeffrey T. Rogers, Elizabeth A. Perkett, J. Philip Moyers, R. Michael Rodriguez, and Richard W. Light
Chest 2000 118: 1747-1753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elevated Levels of Soluble Adhesion Molecules in Sera and BAL Fluid of Individuals Infected With Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1

Masafumi Seki, Yasuhito Higashiyama, Jun-ichi Kadota, Hiroshi Mukae, Katsunori Yanagihara, Kazunori Tomono, and Shigeru Kohno
Chest 2000 118: 1754-1761. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of Titanium Vascular Closure Staples With Suture Repair of the Thoracic Aorta in Swine

Subrato Deb, Barry Martin, Leon Sun, David Burris, David Wherry, Emmanuel Pikoulis, and Peter Rhee
Chest 2000 118: 1762-1768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical problems in cardiopulmonary disease

Clinical Conference on Management Dilemmas : A Growing Vascular Mass in the Chest

Satyendra Gupta, Tauseef Khan, Larry W. Stephenson, Denton Cooley, and Jeff Schnader
Chest 2000 118: 1769-1775. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bronchoscopy

Early Detection of Lung Cancer With Laser-Induced Fluorescence Endoscopy and Spectrofluorometry

Yoko Kusunoki, Fumio Imamura, Hiroshi Uda, Masayuki Mano, and Takeshi Horai
Chest 2000 118: 1776-1782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Three-dimensional CT-Guided Bronchoscopy With a Real-Time Electromagnetic Position Sensor : A Comparison of Two Image Registration Methods

Stephen B. Solomon, Peter White, Jr., Charles M. Wiener, Jonathan B. Orens, and Ko Pen Wang
Chest 2000 118: 1783-1787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

Jugular Wave Recognition Breakthrough : X' Descent vs the X Descent and Trough

Jules Constant
Chest 2000 118: 1788-1791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac Transplant Vasculopathy

Juan M. Aranda, Jr. and James Hill
Chest 2000 118: 1792-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

critical care reviews

Physiotherapy in Intensive Care : Towards an Evidence-Based Practice

Kathy Stiller
Chest 2000 118: 1801-1813. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

Upper Lobe Fibrocavitary Disease in a Patient With Back Pain and Stiffness

Divya Thai, Rita S. Ratani, S. Salama, and Robert M. Steiner
Chest 2000 118: 1814-1816. [Full Text] [PDF]  

accp-seek board review question of the month

Abnormal Finding in an Overnight Sleep Study

Susan M. Harding
Chest 2000 118: 1817-1818. [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

Biventricular Cardiac Pacing : Promising New Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure

S. Serge Barold
Chest 2000 118: 1819-1821. [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

A 45-Year-Old Man With Slowly Progressive Shortness of Breath

Robert Vassallo, Marie Christine Aubry, Jeffrey L. Myers, and Charles F. Thomas
Chest 2000 118: 1822-1825. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Long-term Clarithromycin Decreases Prednisone Requirements in Elderly Patients With Prednisone-Dependent Asthma

Kevin W. Garey, Israel Rubinstein, Mark H. Gotfried, Ishrat J. Khan, Suchitra Varma, and Larry H. Danziger
Chest 2000 118: 1826-1827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intracardiac Mass Complicating Malassezia furfur Fungemia

Kimberly Anne Schleman, Gene Tullis, and Raymond Blum
Chest 2000 118: 1828-1829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Successful Use of Argon Plasma Coagulation and Tranilast To Treat Granulation Tissue Obstructing the Airway After Tracheal Anastomosis

Masaaki Sato, Yasuji Terada, Tatsuo Nakagawa, Mio Li, and Hiromi Wada
Chest 2000 118: 1829-1831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Staphylococcus aureus Pericarditis Masquerading as Anterior Mediastinal Mass : Mediastinal Mass From Pericarditis

Jonathan O. Nwiloh, Patrick A. Egbe, Albert T. Tagoe, and Lynn W. Weaver
Chest 2000 118: 1832-1833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tension Pneumothorax and Contralateral Presumed Pneumothorax From Endobronchial Intubation via Cricothyroidotomy

Milo Engoren and Paul de St. Victor
Chest 2000 118: 1833-1835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Supranormal Expiratory Flow Rates in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease

Jerome Reich and Scott Wagers
Chest 2000 118: 1836. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac Tamponade Following Acupuncture

Tsung O. Cheng and Andreas Kirchgatterer
Chest 2000 118: 1836-1837. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Diagnosis of Stage I Sarcoidosis

Jerome Reich, Rosemary Tambouret, and Martha Pitman
Chest 2000 118: 1838. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endothelial Apoptosis

Ken-ichiro Inoue, Yutaka Kawahito, and Hajime Sano
Chest 2000 118: 1839. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fatal Pneumococcal Pneumonia Attributed to Macrolide Resistance and Azithromycin Monotherapy

Grant W. Waterer, Richard G. Wunderink, and Carol B. Jones
Chest 2000 118: 1839-1840. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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