editorials

Cigarette Smoking, Pulmonary Metastases, and Breast Carcinoma : Coincidence or Causality?

Glen A. Lillington and David P. L. Sachs
Chest 2001 119: 1627-1628. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Optimizing Bronchodilator Therapy for COPD

Brian J. Lipworth
Chest 2001 119: 1628-1630. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Influenza : Will New Diagnostic Tests and Antiviral Drugs Make a Difference?

J. Donald Coonrod
Chest 2001 119: 1630-1632. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effect of Right Ventricular Dysfunction on Left Ventricular Form and Function

Joseph S. Alpert
Chest 2001 119: 1632-1633. [Full Text] [PDF]  

To Sleep Deeply, Perchance to Wake Refreshed

Michael Littner and Ronald S. Szymusiak
Chest 2001 119: 1633-1634. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CANCER

Cigarette Smoking and the Risk of Pulmonary Metastasis From Breast Cancer

Susan Murin and John Inciardi
Chest 2001 119: 1635-1640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of an Implantable Pleural Catheter for Trapped Lung Syndrome in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion

Grace W. Pien, Mary Jones Gant, Cathi L. Washam, and Daniel H. Sterman
Chest 2001 119: 1641-1646. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Carcinoid : Presentation, Diagnosis, and Outcome in 142 Cases in Israel and Review of 640 Cases From the Literature

Gershon Fink, Tali Krelbaum, Alon Yellin, Daniel Bendayan, Milton Saute, Mendel Glazer, and Mordechai R. Kramer
Chest 2001 119: 1647-1651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Extensive Sampling Improves Preoperative Bronchoscopic Assessment of Airway Invasion by Supracarinal Esophageal Cancer : A Prospective Study in 166 Patients

Martin Riedel, Hubert J. Stein, Leonard Mounyam, Rolf Lembeck, and Jörg R. Siewert
Chest 2001 119: 1652-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations BRONCHODILATORS

Salmeterol Plus Theophylline Combination Therapy in the Treatment of COPD

Richard L. ZuWallack, Donald A. Mahler, Donna Reilly, Nina Church, Amanda Emmett, Kathleen Rickard, and Katharine Knobil
Chest 2001 119: 1661-1670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tolerance to the Protective Effect of Salmeterol on Allergen Challenge Can Be Partially Restored by the Withdrawal of Salmeterol Regular Treatment

Daniele Giannini, Antonella Di Franco, Elena Bacci, Federico Lorenzo Dente, Maria Laura Bartoli, Barbara Vagaggini, and Pierluigi Paggiaro
Chest 2001 119: 1671-1675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

The Prevalence of Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm Among US Army Recruits and Its Effects on Physical Performance

Larry A. Sonna, Karen C. Angel, Marilyn A. Sharp, Joseph J. Knapik, John F. Patton, and Craig M. Lilly
Chest 2001 119: 1676-1684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Changes in FVC During Methacholine-Induced Bronchoconstriction in Elderly Patients With Asthma : Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness and Aging

Giuseppina Cuttitta, Fabio Cibella, Vincenzo Bellia, Vittorio Grassi, Stefania Cossi, Salvatore Bucchieri, and Giovanni Bonsignore
Chest 2001 119: 1685-1690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

Gender Bias in the Diagnosis of COPD

Kenneth R. Chapman, Donald P. Tashkin, and David J. Pye
Chest 2001 119: 1691-1695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is It Really Useful To Repeat Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs in Patients With Chronic Airway Obstruction? : A 2-Year Controlled Study

Katia Foglio, Luca Bianchi, and Nicolino Ambrosino
Chest 2001 119: 1696-1704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effectiveness of Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Chronic Lung Disease : A Randomized Controlled Trial

James Patrick Finnerty, Iain Keeping, Irene Bullough, and Julie Jones
Chest 2001 119: 1705-1710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geographic Variation in Long-term Oxygen Therapy in Denmark : Factors Related to Adherence to Guidelines for Long-term Oxygen Therapy

Thomas J. Ringbaek, Peter Lange, and Kaj Viskum
Chest 2001 119: 1711-1716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PNEUMONIA

Influenza Pneumonia : A Descriptive Study

Eduardo C. Oliveira, Paul E. Marik, and Gene Colice
Chest 2001 119: 1717-1723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BAL Induces an Increase in Peripheral Blood Neutrophils and Cytokine Levels in Healthy Volunteers and Patients With Pneumonia

Takeshi Terashima, Kazuhisa Amakawa, Akiko Matsumaru, Stephan van Eeden, James C. Hogg, and Kazuhiro Yamaguchi
Chest 2001 119: 1724-1729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TUBERCULOSIS

Treatment of Isoniazid-Resistant Tuberculosis in Southeastern Texas

Patricio Escalante, Edward A. Graviss, David E. Griffith, James M. Musser, and Robert J. Awe
Chest 2001 119: 1730-1736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of Polymerase Chain Reaction for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Pleural Fluid

Babu S. Nagesh, Shobha Sehgal, Surinder K. Jindal, and Sunil K. Arora
Chest 2001 119: 1737-1741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

Safety and Efficacy of Two Courses of OM-85 BV in the Prevention of Respiratory Tract Infections in Children During 12 Months

María Dolores Gutiérrez-Tarango and Arturo Berber
Chest 2001 119: 1742-1748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Urinary Leukotriene E₄ Excretion During the First Month of Life and Subsequent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Premature Infants

Shahid Sheikh, Donald Null, Deborah Gentile, Colleen Bimle, David Skoner, Karen McCoy, and Robert Guthrie
Chest 2001 119: 1749-1754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy Improves Respiratory Muscle Strength in Patients With Heart Failure

Catherine Coirault, Albert Hagège, Denis Chemla, Marie-Dominique Fratacci, Claude Guérot, and Yves Lecarpentier
Chest 2001 119: 1755-1760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Impaired Left Ventricular Filling Due to Right Ventricular Pressure Overload in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension : Noninvasive Monitoring Using MRI

J. Tim Marcus, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Roald J. Roeleveld, Pieter E. Postmus, Rob M. Heethaar, Albert C. Van Rossum, and Anco Boonstra
Chest 2001 119: 1761-1765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dobutamine Echocardiography in Patients With Aortic Stenosis and Left Ventricular Dysfunction : Predicting Outcome as a Function of Management Strategy

Ehud Schwammenthal, Zvi Vered, Yaron Moshkowitz, Babeth Rabinowitz, Zvi Ziskind, Aram K. Smolinski, and Micha S. Feinberg
Chest 2001 119: 1766-1777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Differential Transesophageal Echocardiographic Diagnosis Between Linear Artifacts and Intraluminal Flap of Aortic Dissection or Disruption

Philippe Vignon, Kirk T. Spencer, Geoffray Rambaud, Pierre-Marie Preux, Daniel Krauss, Beth Balasia, and Roberto M. Lang
Chest 2001 119: 1778-1790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PULMONARY VASCULATURE

Strategies Incorporating Spiral CT for the Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism : A Cost-effectiveness Analysis

D. Ian Paterson and Kevin Schwartzman
Chest 2001 119: 1791-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Primary Pulmonary Hypertension In Israel : A National Survey

Liat Appelbaum, Mordechai Yigla, Daniell Bendayan, Nira Reichart, Gershon Fink, Israel Priel, Yehuda Schwartz, Paul Richman, Eli Picard, Silvia Goldman, and Mordechai R. Kramer
Chest 2001 119: 1801-1806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Slow-Wave Activity in Sleep Apnea Patients Before and After Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment : Contribution to Daytime Sleepiness

Raphaël Heinzer, Hélène Gaudreau, Anne Décary, Emilia Sforza, Dominique Petit, Florence Morisson, and Jacques Montplaisir
Chest 2001 119: 1807-1813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment Effects on Carbon Dioxide Retention in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome

Fang Han, Erzhang Chen, Hailing Wei, Quanying He, Dongjie Ding, and Kingman P. Strohl
Chest 2001 119: 1814-1819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Underestimation of Nocturnal Hypoxemia Due to Monitoring Conditions in Patients With COPD

Folkert Brijker, Frank J. J. van den Elshout, Yvonne F. Heijdra, and Hans Th. M. Folgering
Chest 2001 119: 1820-1826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hemodynamic Effects of Simulated Obstructive Apneas in Humans With and Without Heart Failure

T. Douglas Bradley, Michael J. Hall, Shin-ichi Ando, and John S. Floras
Chest 2001 119: 1827-1835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE

Row-a-Boat Phenomenon : Respiratory Compensation in Advanced Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Fumihiko Yasuma, Takashi Kato, Yukihiko Matsuoka, and Masaaki Konagaya
Chest 2001 119: 1836-1839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Predictors of Outcome for Patients With COPD Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation

Michael L. Nevins and Scott K. Epstein
Chest 2001 119: 1840-1849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Do Blood Transfusions Improve Outcomes Related to Mechanical Ventilation?

Paul C. Hébert, Morris A. Blajchman, Deborah J. Cook, Elizabeth Yetisir, George Wells, John Marshall, and Irwin Schweitzer
Chest 2001 119: 1850-1857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Efficacy of Postoperative Incentive Spirometry Is Influenced by the Device-Specific Imposed Work of Breathing

Josef Weindler and Ralph-Thomas Kiefer
Chest 2001 119: 1858-1864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute Respiratory Failure Associated With Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in Non-AIDS Patients

Regis A. Vilchez, Peter Linden, Joan Lacomis, Philip Costello, John Fung, and Shimon Kusne
Chest 2001 119: 1865-1869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Pharmacologic Properties of Brewery Dust Extracts In Vitro

E. Neil Schachter, Eugenija Zuskin, Nicholas Rienzi, Satindra Goswami, Vincent Castranova, Michael Whitmer, and Paul Siegel
Chest 2001 119: 1870-1877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methacholine-Induced Temporal Changes in Airway Geometry and Lung Density by CT

Israel Amirav, Sandra S. Kramer, and Michael M. Grunstein
Chest 2001 119: 1878-1885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Auditory Detection of Simulated Crackles in Breath Sounds

Hiroshi Kiyokawa, Matthew Greenberg, Kazuhiko Shirota, and Hans Pasterkamp
Chest 2001 119: 1886-1892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pentoxifylline Rescue Preserves Lung Function in Isolated Canine Lungs Injured With Phorbol Myristate Acetate

Kevin M. Creamer, Laryssa L. McCloud, Lyle E. Fisher, and Ina C. Ehrhart
Chest 2001 119: 1893-1900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Talc Preparations Used for Pleurodesis Vary Markedly From One Preparation to Another

Jaume Ferrer, Marian A. Villarino, Josep M. Tura, Adolf Traveria, and Richard W. Light
Chest 2001 119: 1901-1905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

bronchoscopy

Do All Patients Require Supplemental Oxygen During Flexible Bronchoscopy?

Andrew M. Jones and Ronan O’Driscoll
Chest 2000 119: 1906-1909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Successful Bronchoscopic Placement of Tracheobronchial Stents Without Fluoroscopy

Felix Herth, Heinrich D. Becker, Joseph LoCicero, III, Robert Thurer, and Armin Ernst
Chest 2001 119: 1910-1912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

Status Asthmaticus in Children : A Review

Heinrich A. Werner
Chest 2001 119: 1913-1929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

literature reviews

Top Ten List in Sarcoidosis

Carlo Agostini
Chest 2001 119: 1930-1932. [Full Text] [PDF]  

exercise and the heart

Simple Treadmill Score To Diagnose Coronary Disease

Vinod Raxwal, Katerina Shetler, Anthony Morise, Dat Do, Jonathan Myers, J. Edwin Atwood, and Victor F. Froelicher
Chest 2001 119: 1933-1940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

minimally invasive techniques

Lung Cancer Resection or Aortic Graft Replacement With Simultaneous Myocardial Revascularization Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Amir Elami, Amit Korach, and Ehud Rudis
Chest 2001 119: 1941-1943. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ethics in cardiopulmonary medicine

Motivating Factors in Futile Clinical Interventions

Seth Rivera, Dong Kim, Shelley Garone, Leon Morgenstern, and Zab Mohsenifar
Chest 2001 119: 1944-1947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

accp-seek board review question of the month

A 51-Year-Old Man With a Complicated Medical History and Abnormal Chest Radiographic Finding

Marvin I. Schwarz
Chest 2001 119: 1948-1950. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

A Patient With Palpitations and Bilateral Pulmonary Infiltrates

Toni Sicenica and Paul C. Fiehler
Chest 2001 119: 1951-1952. [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Respiratory Arrest in the Eye Clinic

Marc A. Simon, Gregory Cosgrove, Clifford W. Zwillich, and Edward D. Chan
Chest 2001 119: 1953-1955. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Tracheal Injury Caused by Ingested Paraquat

Manuel Ruiz-Bailén, María del Carmen Serrano-Córcoles, and José Ángel Ramos-Cuadra
Chest 2001 119: 1956-1957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Severe Pectus Excavatum Associated With Cor Pulmonale and Chronic Respiratory Acidosis in a Young Woman

Ravichandran Theerthakarai, Walid El-Halees, Seyed Javadpoor, and M. Anees Khan
Chest 2001 119: 1957-1961. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Severe Immune Hemolytic Anemia in Disseminated Tuberculosis With Response to Antituberculosis Therapy

Ping-Hung Kuo, Pan-Chyr Yang, Shoo-Shown Kuo, and Kwen-Tay Luh
Chest 2001 119: 1961-1963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ticlopidine-Induced Interstitial Pulmonary Disease : A Case Report

Christophe F. Persoz, Fedra Cornella, Pierre Kaeser, and Thierry Rochat
Chest 2001 119: 1963-1965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bilevel Nasal Positive Airway Pressure and Ballooning of the Stomach

Shigeo Yamada, Jin Nishimiya, Katsuroh Kurokawa, Tatsuhiko Yuasa, and Akira Masaka
Chest 2001 119: 1965-1966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Utility of Wang Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Actinomycosis

Iram Bakhtawar, Robert F. Schaefer, and Nagesh Salian
Chest 2001 119: 1966-1968. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Use of Endoscopic Argon Plasma Coagulation in Airway Complications After Solid Organ Transplantation

Cesar A. Keller, Rachel Hinerman, Ashish Singh, and Francisco Alvarez
Chest 2001 119: 1968-1975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Free Range Chicken Soup

Amy Durfee and Stephen I. Rennard
Chest 2001 119: 1976. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Blebs and/or Bullae Are of No Importance and Have No Predictive Value for Recurrences in Patients With Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

F. M. N. H. Schramel, P. Zanen, Anthony P. C. Yim, Tak Wai Lee, Calvin S. H. Ng, Alan D. L. Sihoe, and Song Wan
Chest 2001 119: 1976-1977. [Full Text] [PDF]  

High-Frequency Ventilation and the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Lung Injury

Thomas Hoehn, Christoph Bührer, Jerry A. Krishnan, and Roy G. Brower
Chest 2001 119: 1978-1979. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lipid-Lowering Agents and Artery Endothelial Function

Ken-ichiro Inoue, Yutaka Kawahito, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Hajime Sano, Jan Laws Houghton, and Mikhail T. Torosoff
Chest 2001 119: 1979-1980. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Thyroid Disease

Anne Ferris, Thomas Jacobs, Allison Widlitz, Robyn J. Barst, and Jane H. Morse
Chest 2001 119: 1980-1981. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elastic Recoil of Lung and Lung Reduction Surgery

Herman F. Froeb
Chest 2001 119: 1981. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Survey of the Use of Herbal Agents Among Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center Pulmonary Outpatients

Mitchell L. Margolis
Chest 2001 119: 1981-1982. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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