editorials

Obstructive Sleep Apnea : Asleep in Our Consciousness No More

Michael Littner and Cathy Alessi
Chest 2002 121: 1729-1730. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is the Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Gastroesophageal Reflux Clinically Important?

Stephen K. Field and William Ward Flemons
Chest 2002 121: 1730-1733. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Challenges of Treating Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Neil W. Schluger
Chest 2002 121: 1733-1735. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oral vs Inhaled Corticosteroids Following Emergency Department Discharge of Patients With Acute Asthma

Paul E. Marik and Joseph Varon
Chest 2002 121: 1735-1736. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predicting Outcome in Primary Graft Failure

Alexander G. Duarte and Scott Lick
Chest 2002 121: 1736-1738. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Anarchy of Weaning Techniques

Constantine A. Manthous
Chest 2002 121: 1738-1740. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Increased Physician-Reported Sleep Apnea^* : The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Andrew M. Namen, Donnie P. Dunagan, Alan Fleischer, Janine Tillett, Molly Barnett, W. Vaughn McCall, and Edward F. Haponik
Chest 2002 121: 1741-1747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Symptomatic Gastroesophageal Reflux in Subjects With a Breathing Sleep Disorder^*

Arschang Valipour, Himender K. Makker, Rebecca Hardy, Stephen Emegbo, Tudor Toma, and Stephen G. Spiro
Chest 2002 121: 1748-1753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CYSTIC FIBROSIS

Factors Affecting the Incidence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolation in Cystic Fibrosis^*

Gavin R. Graff and Jane L. Burns
Chest 2002 121: 1754-1760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of the Gas Exchange Threshold to Noninvasively Determine the Lactate Threshold in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis^*

Alasdair G. Thin, Seamus J. Linnane, Edward F. McKone, Rosemarie Freaney, Muiris X. FitzGerald, Charles G. Gallagher, and Paul McLoughlin
Chest 2002 121: 1761-1770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations INFECTION

Cost-effectiveness of Tuberculosis Prophylaxis After Release From Short-term Correctional Facilities^*

Tapas Bandyopadhyay, Hazel Murray, and Mark L. Metersky
Chest 2002 121: 1771-1775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Presentation of Community-Acquired Chlamydia pneumoniae Pneumonia in Adults^*

Naoyuki Miyashita, Hiroshi Fukano, Niro Okimoto, Hiroki Hara, Koichiro Yoshida, Yoshihito Niki, and Toshiharu Matsushima
Chest 2002 121: 1776-1781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in Asthma^* : Effect of Clarithromycin

Monica Kraft, Gail H. Cassell, Juno Pak, and Richard J. Martin
Chest 2002 121: 1782-1788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Impact of a Bronchiolitis Guideline^* : A Multisite Demonstration Project

Uma R. Kotagal, James M. Robbins, Narendra M. Kini, Pamela J. Schoettker, Harry D. Atherton, and Mark S. Kirschbaum
Chest 2002 121: 1789-1797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Replacement of Oral Corticosteroids With Inhaled Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Acute Asthma Following Emergency Department Discharge^* : A Meta-analysis

Marcia L. Edmonds, Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., Barry E. Brenner, and Brian H. Rowe
Chest 2002 121: 1798-1805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Airway Dehydration^* : A Therapeutic Target in Asthma?

Edward Moloney, Siobhan O’Sullivan, Thomas Hogan, Leonard W. Poulter, and Conor M. Burke
Chest 2002 121: 1806-1811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Safety of a Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitor in Patients With Aspirin-Sensitive Asthma^*

Cristina Martín-García, Miguel Hinojosa, Pilar Berges, Encarnación Camacho, Rosa García-Rodriguez, Teresa Alfaya, and Alberto Iscar
Chest 2002 121: 1812-1817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Function Characteristics in Patients With Different Patterns of Methacholine Airway Hyperresponsiveness^*

Annie Lin Parker and Dennis McCool
Chest 2002 121: 1818-1823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinically Important Improvements in Asthma-Specific Quality of Life, But No Difference in Conventional Clinical Indexes in Patients Changed From Conventional Beclomethasone Dipropionate to Approximately Half the Dose of Extrafine Beclomethasone Dipropionate^*

Elizabeth F. Juniper, David B. Price, Patti A. Stampone, Jacques P. H. M. Creemers, Stijn J. M. Mol, and Philip Fireman
Chest 2002 121: 1824-1832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Understanding and Use of Inhaler Medication by Asthmatics in Specialty Care in Trinidad^* : A Study Following Development of Caribbean Guidelines for Asthma Management and Prevention

Lexley M. Pinto Pereira, Yuri Clement, Cecil K. Da Silva, Duane McIntosh, and Donald T. Simeon
Chest 2002 121: 1833-1840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asthma and COPD Among Aboriginals in Alberta, Canada^*

Don D. Sin, Heather Wells, Lawrence W. Svenson, and S. F. Paul Man
Chest 2002 121: 1841-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations NITRIC OXIDE

Analysis of Exhaled Nitric Oxide by the Helium Bolus Method^*

Masaharu Shinkai, Shunsuke Suzuki, Akira Miyashita, Hideo Kobayashi, Takao Okubo, and Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo
Chest 2002 121: 1847-1852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Bronchial Responsiveness to Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate in Subjects With Allergic Rhinitis^*

Luis Prieto, Valentina Gutiérrez, and Sonia Uixera
Chest 2002 121: 1853-1859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Clinical Efficacy of Sitaxsentan, an Endothelin-A Receptor Antagonist, in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension^* : Open-Label Pilot Study

Robyn J. Barst, Stuart Rich, Allison Widlitz, Evelyn M. Horn, Vallerie McLaughlin, and Joyce McFarlin
Chest 2002 121: 1860-1868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arterial Oxygenation Associated With Portopulmonary Hypertension^*

Karen L. Swanson and Michael J. Krowka
Chest 2002 121: 1869-1875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TRANSPLANTATION

Primary Graft Failure Following Lung Transplantation^* : Predictive Factors of Mortality

Gabriel Thabut, Isabelle Vinatier, Jean-Baptiste Stern, Guy Lesèche, Philippe Loirat, Michel Fournier, and Hervé Mal
Chest 2002 121: 1876-1882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome After Single-Lung Transplantation^* : Impact of Time to Onset on Functional Pattern and Survival

Olivier Brugière, Fabienne Pessione, Gabriel Thabut, Hervé Mal, Gilles Jebrak, Guy Lesèche, and Michel Fournier
Chest 2002 121: 1883-1889. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SURGERY

Risk Factors for Early Mortality and Major Complications Following Pneumonectomy for Non-small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung^*

Marc Licker, Anastase Spiliopoulos, Jean-Georges Frey, John Robert, Laurent Höhn, Marc de Perrot, and Jean-Marie Tschopp
Chest 2002 121: 1890-1897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Emphysema and Lung Volume Reduction Surgery on Transdiaphragmatic Pressure and Diaphragm Length^*

François Bellemare, Marie-Pierre Cordeau, Jacques Couture, Edwin Lafontaine, Pierre Leblanc, and Louise Passerini
Chest 2002 121: 1898-1910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vocal Cord Paralysis After Surgery for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm^*

Shin-ichi Ishimoto, Ken Ito, Masaaki Toyama, Isamu Kawase, Kenji Kondo, Kiyoshi Oshima, and Seiji Niimi
Chest 2002 121: 1911-1915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PLEURAL DISEASES

Multilevel Likelihood Ratios for Identifying Exudative Pleural Effusions^*

John E. Heffner, Steven A. Sahn, and Lee K. Brown
Chest 2002 121: 1916-1920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intrapleural Infusion of Activated Macrophages and -Interferon in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma^* : A Phase II Study

Isabelle Monnet, Jean-Luc Breau, Denis Moro, Hervé Lena, Jean-Christophe Eymard, Olivier Ménard, Jean-Philippe Vuillez, Mohamed Chokri, Jean-Loup Romet-Lemonne, and Manuel Lopez
Chest 2002 121: 1921-1927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Association Between Plasma Endothelin-1 Levels and Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure^*

Ali A. El-Solh, Erkan Bozkanat, Jeffery Mador, and Brydon J. B. Grant
Chest 2002 121: 1928-1934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Value of Doppler Index Combining Systolic and Diastolic Myocardial Performance in Predicting Cardiopulmonary Exercise Capacity in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure^* : Effects of Dobutamine

Fragiskos I. Parthenakis, Marina K. Kanakaraki, Emmanuel M. Kanoupakis, Emmanuel I. Skalidis, George F. Diakakis, Olvia K. Filippou, and Panos E. Vardas
Chest 2002 121: 1935-1941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Characteristics of the Acute Rise of Atrial Natriuretic Factor During Ventricular Pacing^*

Michael A. Zullo
Chest 2002 121: 1942-1946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Variations in the Measurement of Weaning Parameters^* : A Survey of Respiratory Therapists

Guy W. Soo Hoo and Louis Park
Chest 2002 121: 1947-1955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Crystalloid Resuscitation and Inhalation Injury on Extravascular Lung Water^* : Clinical Implications

Charlotte Holm, Julia Tegeler, Martina Mayr, Ullrich Pfeiffer, Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck, and Wolfgang Mühlbauer
Chest 2002 121: 1956-1962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Does Acute Organ Dysfunction Predict Patient-Centered Outcomes?^*

Gilles Clermont, Derek C. Angus, Walter T. Linde-Zwirble, Martin F. Griffin, Michael J. Fine, and Michael R. Pinsky
Chest 2002 121: 1963-1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Incidence of ARDS in an Adult Population of Northeast Ohio^*

Alejandro C. Arroliga, Ziad W. Ghamra, Alejandro Perez Trepichio, Patricia Perez Trepichio, John J. Komara, Jr., Andre Smith, and Herbert P. Wiedemann
Chest 2002 121: 1972-1976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

The Role of Anticholinergics in Acute Asthma Treatment^* : An Evidence-Based Evaluation

Gustavo J. Rodrigo and Carlos Rodrigo
Chest 2002 121: 1977-1987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Clinical Spectrum of Pulmonary Aspergillosis^*

Ayman O. Soubani and Pranatharthi H. Chandrasekar
Chest 2002 121: 1988-1999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

critical care reviews

Predicting Fluid Responsiveness in ICU Patients^* : A Critical Analysis of the Evidence

Frédéric Michard and Jean-Louis Teboul
Chest 2002 121: 2000-2008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

special reports

Pulmonary Artery Catheter^* : Does the Problem Lie in the Users?

Pierre Squara, David Bennett, and Claude Perret
Chest 2002 121: 2009-2015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sexual Content of Advertisements and the Smoking Process in Adolescents^*

Raúl H. Sansores, Gustavo Giraldo-Buitrago, Carl Reddy, and Alejandra Ramírez-Venegas
Chest 2002 121: 2016-2022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

The Potentially Coercive Nature of Some Clinical Research Trial Acronyms^*

James P. Orlowski and James A. Christensen
Chest 2002 121: 2023-2028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donor Criteria in Lung Transplantation^* : An Issue Revisited

David Weill
Chest 2002 121: 2029-2031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

minimally invasive techniques

Four-Step Local Anesthesia and Sedation for Thoracoscopic Diagnosis and Management of Pleural Diseases^*

Marcello Migliore, Riccardo Giuliano, Tarek Aziz, Rasheed A. Saad, and Francesco Sgalambro
Chest 2002 121: 2032-2035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Acute-Onset Quadriplegia, Respiratory Failure, and Ventricular Tachycardia in a 21-Year-Old Man Following a Soccer Match^*

Gökhan M. Mutlu and Phillip Factor
Chest 2002 121: 2036-2039. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

Seasonal Dyspnea^*

Carlos Ramirez-Icaza, Helen T. Winer-Muram, Cristopher A. Meyer, and S. Gregory Jennings
Chest 2002 121: 2040-2043. [Full Text] [PDF]  

occupational and environmental lung disease

A Longitudinal Study of Chest Radiographic Changes of Workers in the Refractory Ceramic Fiber Industry^*

James E. Lockey, Grace K. LeMasters, Linda Levin, Carol Rice, James Yiin, Susan Reutman, and Diane Papes
Chest 2002 121: 2044-2051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Spirometric Abnormalities Associated With Chronic Bronchitis, Asthma, and Airway Hyperresponsiveness Among Boilermaker Construction Workers^*

Russ Hauser, Ellen A. Eisen, Lucille Pothier, Daniel Lewis, Toni Bledsoe, and David C. Christiani
Chest 2002 121: 2052-2060. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Thymoma and Myotonic Dystrophy: Successful Treatment With Chemotherapy and Radiation^* : Case Report and Review of the Literature

Ganesh C. Kudva, Kochurani Maliekel, Han J. Kim, Keith S. Naunheim, Cary Stolar, James W. Fletcher, and Sanjeev Puri
Chest 2002 121: 2061-2063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anomalous Collateral from the Coronary Artery to the Affected Lung in a Case of Congenital Absence of the Left Pulmonary Artery^* : Effect on Coronary Circulation

George E. Kochiadakis, Stavros I. Chrysostomakis, Nikos E. Igoumenidis, Emmanuel I. Skalidis, and Panos E. Vardas
Chest 2002 121: 2063-2066. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

New Procedure: Bronchoscopic Endobronchial Sealing^* : A New Mode of Managing Hemoptysis

Parthasarathi Bhattacharyya, Anjan Dutta, Ananta Narayan Samanta, and Samrat Roy Chowdhury
Chest 2002 121: 2066-2069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endobronchial Actinomycosis Associated With Foreign Body^* : Four Cases and a Review of the Literature

Stéphane Chouabe, Dominique Perdu, Gaétan Deslée, Dragisa Milosevic, Elisabeth Marque, and François Lebargy
Chest 2002 121: 2069-2072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Progression of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Native Lungs After Single Lung Transplantation^*

Momen M. Wahidi, James Ravenel, Scott M. Palmer, and H. Page McAdams
Chest 2002 121: 2072-2076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Critically Ill Obstetric Patients Treated in an ICU

José Olarra, Ana M. Longarela, Luis Suarez, Francisco Javier Palacio, and Bekele Afessa
Chest 2002 121: 2077. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Strength of Evidence for Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin

Carlos Alonso-Ortiz del Rio, Alberto Romero-Alonso, Ignacio Marin-Leon, Manuel Rincon-Gomez, and William H. Geerts
Chest 2002 121: 2078-2079. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Octreotide in the Treatment of Chylothorax

Dimitrios Mikroulis, Vassilios Didilis, Grigorios Bitzikas, Georgios Bougioukas, and Nicholas J. Demos
Chest 2002 121: 2079-2081. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endobronchial Sarcoidosis and Hyperreactive Airways Disease

Gene R. Pesola, Mostafa Kurdi, Margaret Olibrice, Andrew F. Shorr, Kenneth G. Torrington, and Oleh W. Hnatiuk
Chest 2002 121: 2081. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Preoperative Bronchoscopic Biopsies and Staging

Alessandro Baisi, Luigi Bonavina, and Martin Riedel
Chest 2002 121: 2081-2082. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation

P.J. Wijkstra, G.H. Koeter, and James P Finnerty
Chest 2002 121: 2082-2083. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Spiral CT Is Not the Final Answer

Ousama Dabbagh and Carl Kaplan
Chest 2002 121: 2083. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Salmeterol Powder Provides Significantly Better Benefit Than Montelukast in Asthmatic Patients Receiving Concomitant Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy

J. Christian Virchow
Chest 2002 121: 2083-2084. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Adult Asthma

Mark D. Eisner
Chest 2002 121: 2084. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Workup Following Tissue Expectoration

Raymond A. Dieter, Jr. and Glen Ellyn
Chest 2002 121: 2084. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Worry List

Dean Gianakos
Chest 2002 121: 2085. [Full Text] [PDF]  

erratum

Correction for vol. 121, p. 582

Chest 2002 121: 2085. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction for vol. 121, p. 1019

Chest 2002 121: 2085. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bookshelf

Mechanical Ventilation Manual

Srinivasan Devanathan
Chest 2002 121: 2086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pediatric Pulmonary Pearls

Carin Lamm
Chest 2002 121: 2086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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