editorials

Physician Education and the Pharmaceutical Industry

Robert G. Johnson
Chest 2001 119: 995-996. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Critical Interactions : Man and Machine

Kenneth D. Chinsky
Chest 2001 119: 996-997. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Influenza Pneumonia in Thoracic Organ Transplant Recipients : What Can We Do to Avoid It?

Malek G. Massad and Allan M. Ramirez
Chest 2001 119: 997-999. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Artery Catheterization in the ICU/Critical Care Unit : Indications and Contraindications Remain Objectively Undefined

David H. Spodick
Chest 2001 119: 999-1000. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Comparisons of Peak Diurnal Expiratory Flow Variation, Postbronchodilator FEV₁ Responses, and Methacholine Inhalation Challenges in the Evaluation of Suspected Asthma

Marc F. Goldstein, Bernadette A. Veza, Eliot H. Dunsky, Donald J. Dvorin, George A. Belecanech, and Irene C. Haralabatos
Chest 2001 119: 1001-1010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mild Exacerbations and Eosinophilic Inflammation in Patients With Stable, Well-Controlled Asthma After 1 Year of Follow-up

Jose Belda, Jordi Giner, Pere Casan, and Joaquin Sanchis
Chest 2001 119: 1011-1017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparative In Vivo Lung Delivery of Hydrofluoroalkane-Salbutamol Formulation Via Metered-Dose Inhaler Alone, With Plastic Spacer, or With Cardboard Tube

Stephen J. Fowler, Andrew M. Wilson, Ewen A. Griffiths, and Brian J. Lipworth
Chest 2001 119: 1018-1020. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of Salmeterol or Montelukast as Second-Line Therapy for Asthma Not Controlled With Inhaled Corticosteroids

Andrew M. Wilson, Owen J. Dempsey, Erika J. Sims, and Brian J. Lipworth
Chest 2001 119: 1021-1026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Utility of Peak Flow, Symptom Scores, and ß-Agonist Use as Outcome Measures in Asthma Clinical Research

Frank T. Leone, Elizabeth A. Mauger, Stephen P. Peters, Vernon M. Chinchilli, James E. Fish, Homer A. Boushey, Reuben M. Cherniack, Jeffrey M. Drazen, John V. Fahy, Jean Ford, Elliot Israel, Stephen C. Lazarus, Robert F. Lemanske, Richard J. Martin, Stephen J. McGeady, Christine Sorkness, and Stanley J. Szefler
Chest 2001 119: 1027-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Determinants of Different Dimensions of Disease Severity in Asthma and COPD : Pulmonary Function and Health-Related Quality of Life

Hanneke A. H. Wijnhoven, Didi M. W. Kriegsman, Arlette E. Hesselink, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, and Marten de Haan
Chest 2001 119: 1034-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

Increased Prevalence of Gastroesophageal Reflux Symptoms in Patients With COPD

Babak Mokhlesi, Aaron L. Morris, Cheng-Fang Huang, Anthony J. Curcio, Terrence A. Barrett, and David W. Kamp
Chest 2001 119: 1043-1048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Exhaled Nitric Oxide Correlated With Induced Sputum Findings in COPD

Philip E. Silkoff, Dan Martin, Juno Pak, Jay Y. Westcott, and Richard J. Martin
Chest 2001 119: 1049-1055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SURGERY

Underestimation of Mortality Following Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Resulting From Incomplete Follow-up

Charles W. Butler, Margaret Snyder, Douglas E. Wood, J. Randall Curtis, Richard K. Albert, and Joshua O. Benditt
Chest 2001 119: 1056-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Ischemic Preconditioning on Myocardial Protection in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients : Can the Free Radicals Act as a Trigger for Ischemic Preconditioning?

Zhong-kai Wu, Matti R. Tarkka, Jussi Eloranta, Erkki Pehkonen, Liisa Kaukinen, Eva L. Honkonen, and Seppo Kaukinen
Chest 2001 119: 1061-1068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Resection for Metastases From Colorectal Cancer

Toshihiko Sakamoto, Noriaki Tsubota, Koichiro Iwanaga, Tsuyoshi Yuki, Hidehito Matsuoka, and Masahiro Yoshimura
Chest 2001 119: 1069-1072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CYSTIC FIBROSIS

Prolonged Oxygen Kinetics During Early Recovery From Maximal Exercise in Adult Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

Eleni Pouliou, Serafim Nanas, Antonios Papamichalopoulos, Theodoros Kyprianou, Georgia Perpati, Irini Mavrou, and Charis Roussos
Chest 2001 119: 1073-1078. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Psychological Functioning of Adults With Cystic Fibrosis

Deborah L. Anderson, Patrick A. Flume, and Kristina K. Hardy
Chest 2001 119: 1079-1084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP

Impairment of Vascular Endothelial Function and Left Ventricular Filling : Association With the Severity of Apnea-Induced Hypoxemia During Sleep

Holger Kraiczi, Kenneth Caidahl, Anita Samuelsson, Yüksel Peker, and Jan Hedner
Chest 2001 119: 1085-1091. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Normalizes Cardiac Autonomic and Hemodynamic Responses to a Laboratory Stressor in Apneic Patients

Richard A. Nelesen, Henry Yu, Michael G. Ziegler, Paul J. Mills, Jack L. Clausen, and Joel E. Dimsdale
Chest 2001 119: 1092-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CONTROL OF BREATHING

The Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Can Be Treated With Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation

Juan F. Masa, Bartolome R. Celli, Juan A. Riesco, Manuel Hernández, Julio Sánchez de Cos, and Carlos Disdier
Chest 2001 119: 1102-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE

Assessing Inspiratory Muscle Strength in Patients With Neurologic and Neuromuscular Diseases : Comparative Evaluation of Two Noninvasive Techniques

Iacopo Iandelli, Massimo Gorini, Gianni Misuri, Francesco Gigliotti, Elisabetta Rosi, Roberto Duranti, and Giorgio Scano
Chest 2001 119: 1108-1113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ANTIBIOTICS

Steady-State Plasma and Intrapulmonary Concentrations of Levofloxacin and Ciprofloxacin in Healthy Adult Subjects

Mark H. Gotfried, Larry H. Danziger, and Keith A. Rodvold
Chest 2001 119: 1114-1122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Size and Disease on Estimated Deposition of Drugs Administered Using Jet Nebulization in Children With Cystic Fibrosis

Allan L. Coates, Paul D. Allen, Clair F. MacNeish, Sharon L. Ho, and Larry C. Lands
Chest 2001 119: 1123-1130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plasma and BAL Fluid Concentrations of Antimicrobial Peptides in Patients With Mycobacterium avium- intracellulare Infection

Jun-ichi Ashitani, Hiroshi Mukae, Takeaki Hiratsuka, Masamitsu Nakazato, Kenshi Kumamoto, and Shigeru Matsukura
Chest 2001 119: 1131-1137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TUMORS

Diagnostic Value of CYFRA 21–1 Tumor Marker and CEA in Pleural Effusion Due to Mesothelioma

Michela Paganuzzi, Marina Onetto, Paola Marroni, Rosa Filiberti, Elisabetta Tassara, Stefano Parodi, and Raffaella Felletti
Chest 2001 119: 1138-1142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Typical and Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoids : Outcome in Patients Presenting With Regional Lymph Node Involvement

Charles F. Thomas, Jr., Henry D. Tazelaar, and James R. Jett
Chest 2001 119: 1143-1150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Propofol vs Midazolam for ICU Sedation : A Canadian Multicenter Randomized Trial

Richard I. Hall, Dean Sandham, Pierre Cardinal, Martin Tweeddale, David Moher, Xiaohua Wang, and Aslam H. Anis
Chest 2001 119: 1151-1159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pneumonia in Patients With Severe Burns : A Classification According to the Concept of the Carrier State

Miguel A. de la Cal, Enrique Cerdá, Paloma García-Hierro, Leonardo Lorente, Margarita Sánchez-Concheiro, César Díaz, and Hendrick K. F. van Saene
Chest 2001 119: 1160-1165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluating the Validity of Responsiveness to Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Pediatric Patients With ARDS : An Analytic Tool

Mary Baldauf, Peter Silver, and Mayer Sagy
Chest 2001 119: 1166-1172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-term Intermittent Dobutamine Infusion Combined With Oral Amiodarone Improves the Survival of Patients With Severe Congestive Heart Failure

John N. Nanas, Dimitrios A. Kontoyannis, George P. Alexopoulos, Maria I. Anastasiou-Nana, Eleftheria P. Tsagalou, Stamatis F. Stamatelopoulos, and Spyridon D. Moulopoulos
Chest 2001 119: 1173-1178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risk Factors for ARDS in the United States : Analysis of the 1993 National Mortality Followback Study

Terri TenHoor, David M. Mannino, and Marc Moss
Chest 2001 119: 1179-1184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

special report

The Evidence Base for Management of Acute Exacerbations of COPD : Clinical Practice Guideline, Part 1

Vincenza Snow, Steven Lascher, and Christel Mottur-Pilson
Chest 2001 119: 1185-1189. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Management of Acute Exacerbations of COPD : A Summary and Appraisal of Published Evidence

Douglas C. McCrory, Cynthia Brown, Sarah E. Gelfand, and Peter B. Bach
Chest 2001 119: 1190-1209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

review

Current Status of the Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator

Michael H. Gollob and John J. Seger
Chest 2001 119: 1210-1221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

critical care reviews

GI Complications in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

Gökhan M. Mutlu, Ece A. Mutlu, and Phillip Factor
Chest 2001 119: 1222-1241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

Protecting the Myocardium From Ischemic Injury : A Critical Role for ₁-Adrenoreceptors?

Sundeep Salvi
Chest 2001 119: 1242-1249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

A Solitary Pulmonary Nodule With Zoonotic Implications

Bret C. Bielawski, Douglas Harrington, and Edward Joseph
Chest 2001 119: 1250-1252. [Full Text] [PDF]  

accp-seek board review question of the month

Differing Chest Imaging Patterns in Three Patients Are Caused by One Microbe

Richard S. Irwin
Chest 2001 119: 1253-1254. [Full Text] [PDF]  

debates in print

Time for Introspection

Basil Varkey
Chest 2001 119: 1255-1256. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Considerations in the Relationship Between the American College of Chest Physicians and Industry

Alvin Lever
Chest 2001 119: 1257-1259. [Full Text] [PDF]  

occupational and environmental lung disease

Short-term Effects of Wood Smoke Exposure on the Respiratory System Among Charcoal Production Workers

Nikolaos Tzanakis, Konstantinos Kallergis, Demosthenes E. Bouros, Maria F. Samiou, and Nikolaos M. Siafakas
Chest 2001 119: 1260-1265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Pleurisy, Fever, and Rapidly Progressive Pleural Effusion in a Healthy, 29-Year-Old Physician

John L. Johnson
Chest 2001 119: 1266-1269. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Functional Significance of the Decreased Attenuation Sign on Expiratory CT in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis : Report of Four Cases

Piera Fazzi, Paola Sbragia, Stefano Solfanelli, Settimio Troilo, and Carlo Giuntini
Chest 2001 119: 1270-1274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bilateral Phrenic Paralysis in a Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Karen Hardy, Isabelle Herry, Valérie Attali, Jacques Cadranel, and Thomas Similowski
Chest 2001 119: 1274-1277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Influenza Pneumonia in Lung Transplant Recipients : Clinical Features and Association With Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome

Stavros Garantziotis, David N. Howell, H. Page McAdams, R. Duane Davis, Nancy G. Henshaw, and Scott M. Palmer
Chest 2001 119: 1277-1280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Continuous Calcium Chloride Infusion for Massive Nifedipine Overdose

Yui-Ming Lam, Hung-Fat Tse, and Chu-Pak Lau
Chest 2001 119: 1280-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Complications of Percutaneous Tracheostomy

Thierry Briche, Yvon Le Manach, and Bruno Pats
Chest 2001 119: 1282-1283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minocycline-Induced Pancreatitis in Cystic Fibrosis

Michael P. Boyle
Chest 2001 119: 1283-1285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hemoptysis Due to Migration of a Fractured Kirschner Wire

Guy T. Foster, Kota G. Chetty, Kees Mahutte, Janet B. Kim, and Scott A. Sasse
Chest 2001 119: 1285-1286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Definitions in Sleep-Disordered Breathing

Barbara Phillips and William A. Broughton
Chest 2001 119: 1287-1288. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Why Blame Private Practitioners?

Ashish Bhalla and Richard E. Chaisson
Chest 2001 119: 1288-1289. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chest Radiography Following Thoracentesis

Oleh W. Hnatiuk and W.G. Petersen
Chest 2000 119: 1289. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coronary Vasospasm in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Pawel Petkow Dimitrow, Koji Kodama-Takahashi, Yuji Shigematsu, Mareomi Hamada, Kunio Hiwada, Yukio Kazatani, Keisuke Matsuzaki, and Eiki Murakami
Chest 2001 119: 1289-1291. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deception in Bronchodilator Inhaler Use

Elizabeth Koller, Saul Malozowski, Steven Johnson, Michael S. Simmons, and Donald P. Tashkin
Chest 2001 119: 1291-1292. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pneumothorax : Is Chest Tube Clamp Necessary Before Removal?

Neeraj Gupta and Dov Weissberg
Chest 2001 119: 1292-1293. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CT Scanning and Bilateral Surgery for Unilateral Primary Pneumothorax?

Marc Noppen, Anthony P. C. Yim, Tak Wai Lee, Calvin S. H. Ng, Alan D. L. Sihoe, and Song Wan
Chest 2001 119: 1293-1294. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Role of Nuclear Factor-B Activation in Airway Inflammation Following Adenovirus Infection and COPD

Shinji Teramoto and Haruki Kume
Chest 2001 119: 1294-1295. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chicken Soup or Jewish Medicine

Jay B. Lavine
Chest 2001 119: 1295. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Etiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization in Japan

Naoyuki Miyashita, Hiroshi Fukano, Yoshihito Niki, Toshiharu Matsushima, and Niro Okimoto
Chest 2000 119: 1295-1296. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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