editorials

Silent Bedpartners : Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hypertension, 6 Years Later

Nancy A. Collop
Chest 2002 122: 1111-1112. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lung Transplantation and Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome : Are Two Lungs Better Than One?

Stephanie M. Levine
Chest 2002 122: 1112-1114. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Telesupport : Just Reach Out and Touch Someone

Steven D. Nathan and Scott D. Barnett
Chest 2002 122: 1114-1116. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IV 2ß or Not 2ß, That Is the Question!

Joseph Varon, Robert E. Fromm, Jr, and Paul E. Marik
Chest 2002 122: 1116-1118. [Full Text] [PDF]  

COPD Exacerbations : To X-ray or Not To X-ray

Naresh A. Dewan
Chest 2002 122: 1118-1121. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ICU Echocardiography : Should We Use It in a Heart Beat?

Jonathan T. Ketzler, Mary E. McSweeney, and Douglas B. Coursin
Chest 2002 122: 1121-1123. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Therapeutic Whole Lung Lavage : A Stop-Gap Therapy for Alveolar Proteinosis

Mani S. Kavuru and Marc Popovich
Chest 2002 122: 1123-1124. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

The Effect of Correction of Sleep-Disordered Breathing on BP in Untreated Hypertension

K. Mae Hla, James B. Skatrud, Laurel Finn, Mari Palta, and Terry Young
Chest 2002 122: 1125-1132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Jean-Pierre Laaban, Sophie Pascal-Sebaoun, Evelyne Bloch, Elizabeth Orvoën-Frija, Jean-Michel Oppert, and Gérard Huchon
Chest 2002 122: 1133-1138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sites of Obstruction in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Anil N. Rama, Shivan H. Tekwani, and Clete A. Kushida
Chest 2002 122: 1139-1147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effect of Race and Sleep-Disordered Breathing on Nocturnal BP "Dipping": Analysis in an Older Population

Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Carl Stepnowsky, Joel Dimsdale, Matthew Marler, Mairav Cohen-Zion, and Sherella Johnson
Chest 2002 122: 1148-1155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Home Sleep Studies in the Assessment of Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome

Rafael Golpe, Antonio Jiménez, and Rosario Carpizo
Chest 2002 122: 1156-1161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increased 8-Isoprostane and Interleukin-6 in Breath Condensate of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients

Giovanna E. Carpagnano, Sergei A. Kharitonov, Onofrio Resta, Maria P. Foschino-Barbaro, Enzo Gramiccioni, and Peter J. Barnes
Chest 2002 122: 1162-1167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TRANSPLANTS

Is Transplant Operation Important in Determining Posttransplant Risk of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Lung Transplant Recipients?

Denis Hadjiliadis, Robert D. Davis, and Scott M. Palmer
Chest 2002 122: 1168-1175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of a Telephone-Based Psychosocial Intervention for Patients Awaiting Lung Transplantation

Melissa A. Napolitano, Michael A. Babyak, Scott Palmer, Victor Tapson, R. Duane Davis, and James A. Blumenthal
Chest 2002 122: 1176-1184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Saprophytic Fungal Infections and Complications Involving the Bronchial Anastomosis Following Human Lung Transplantation

David R. Nunley, Anthony A. Gal, J. David Vega, Carl Perlino, Pauline Smith, and E. Clinton Lawrence
Chest 2002 122: 1185-1191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Altered Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Activity in Lung Transplantation Patients at Rest and Following Autonomic Perturbation

Amy Berakis, Trevor J. Williams, Mathew T. Naughton, Jennifer H. Martin, Michael Muhlmann, and Henry Krum
Chest 2002 122: 1192-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

The Effectiveness of IV ß-Agonists in Treating Patients With Acute Asthma in the Emergency Department: A Meta-analysis

Andrew H. Travers, Brian H. Rowe, Samantha Barker, Arthur Jones, and Carlos A. Camargo, Jr
Chest 2002 122: 1200-1207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of High-Dose Inhaled Flunisolide to Systemic Corticosteroids in Severe Adult Asthma

Mary Lee-Wong, Francis M. Dayrit, Anita R. Kohli, Samuel Acquah, and Paul H. Mayo
Chest 2002 122: 1208-1213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maximal Airway Response in Adolescents With Long-term Asthma Remission and Persisting Airway Hypersensitivity: Its Profile and the Effect of Inhaled Corticosteroids

Young Yull Koh, Yang Park, and Chang Keun Kim
Chest 2002 122: 1214-1221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rate and Place of Death From Asthma Among Different Ethnic Groups in Israel: National Trends 1980 to 1997

Elie Picard, Maskit Barmeir, Shepard Schwartz, Yael Villa, Shmuel Goldberg, Dov Virgilis, and Eitan Kerem
Chest 2002 122: 1222-1227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of the Responsiveness of Different Disease-Specific Health Status Measures in Patients With Asthma

Toru Oga, Koichi Nishimura, Mitsuhiro Tsukino, Susumu Sato, Takashi Hajiro, and Michiaki Mishima
Chest 2002 122: 1228-1233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

How Accurate Is the Self-Reported Diagnosis of Chronic Bronchitis?

Arnel Bobadilla, Stefano Guerra, Duane Sherrill, and Robert Barbee
Chest 2002 122: 1234-1239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nutritional Status and Muscle Strength in Patients With Emphysema and Severe ₁-Antitrypsin Deficiency

Eeva Piitulainen, Johan Areberg, Mikael Lindén, Sten Eriksson, Sören Mattsson, and Per Wollmer
Chest 2002 122: 1240-1246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Relationship of Chronic Sputum Expectoration to Physiologic, Radiologic, and Health Status Characteristics in ₁-Antitrypsin Deficiency (PiZ)

Lee J. Dowson, Peter J. Guest, and Robert A. Stockley
Chest 2002 122: 1247-1255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Relation of Body Mass Index to Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, and Emphysema

Stefano Guerra, Duane L. Sherrill, Arnel Bobadilla, Fernando D. Martinez, and Robert A. Barbee
Chest 2002 122: 1256-1263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Pneumonic vs Nonpneumonic Acute Exacerbations of COPD

David Lieberman, Devora Lieberman, Yevgenia Gelfer, Raiesa Varshavsky, Bella Dvoskin, Maija Leinonen, and Maureen G. Friedman
Chest 2002 122: 1264-1270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cost-Effectiveness of IV-to-Oral Switch Therapy: Azithromycin vs Cefuroxime With or Without Erythromycin for the Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Joseph A. Paladino, Larry D. Gudgel, Alan Forrest, and Michael S. Niederman
Chest 2002 122: 1271-1279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TUBERCULOSIS

Role of Contrast-Enhanced Dynamic CT in the Diagnosis of Active Tuberculoma

Ukihide Tateishi, Masahiko Kusumoto, Yasushi Akiyama, Fumiya Kishi, Masaharu Nishimura, and Noriyuki Moriyama
Chest 2002 122: 1280-1284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shifts of T4/T8 T Lymphocytes From BAL Fluid and Peripheral Blood by Clinical Grade in Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Thomas C. Y. Tsao, Chi-Hong Chen, Ji-hong Hong, Meng-Jer Hsieh, Kou-Ching Tsao, and Cheng-Hei Lee
Chest 2002 122: 1285-1291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short-Course Rifamycin and Pyrazinamide Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients With HIV Infection: The 2-Year Experience of a Comprehensive Community-Based Program in Broward County, Florida

Masahiro Narita, Michael Kellman, Diana L. Franchini, Marie E. McMillan, Elena S. Hollender, and David Ashkin
Chest 2002 122: 1292-1298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tuberculin Test Measurement: Variability Due to the Time of Reading

Dave Singh, Chris Sutton, and Ashley Woodcock
Chest 2002 122: 1299-1301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SURGERY

Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus: A Phase II Study

Ferdinando De Vita, Natale Di Martino, Michele Orditura, Angelo Cosenza, Gennaro Galizia, Alberto Del Genio, and Giuseppe Catalano
Chest 2002 122: 1302-1308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cost, Outcome, and Functional Status in Octogenarians and Septuagenarians After Cardiac Surgery

Milo Engoren, Cynthia Arslanian-Engoren, Donna Steckel, Julie Neihardt, and Nancy Fenn-Buderer
Chest 2002 122: 1309-1315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of "New" Cardiac Markers for Ruling Out Myocardial Infarction After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Erik J. Fransen, Jart H. C. Diris, Jos G. Maessen, Wim Th. Hermens, and Marja P. van Dieijen-Visser
Chest 2002 122: 1316-1321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Angiographic Morphologic Features of Infarct-Related Arteries and Timely Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Predictors of Slow-Flow and No-Reflow Phenomenon

Hon-Kan Yip, Mien-Cheng Chen, Hsueh-Wen Chang, Chi-Ling Hang, Yuan-Kai Hsieh, Chih-Yuan Fang, and Chiung-Jen Wu
Chest 2002 122: 1322-1332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noninvasive Assessment of Cardiac Pumping Capacity During Exercise Predicts Prognosis in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

Christoph Scharf, Tobias Merz, Wolfgang Kiowski, Erwin Oechslin, Christoph Schalcher, and Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca
Chest 2002 122: 1333-1339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Left Atrial Functional Reserve in Patients With Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: An Echocardiographic Dobutamine Study

Ioannis A. Paraskevaidis, Thomas Dodouras, Stamatis Adamopoulos, and Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos
Chest 2002 122: 1340-1347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lone Hepatitis C Virus Myocarditis Responsive to Immunosuppressive Therapy

Andrea Frustaci, Fiorella Calabrese, Cristina Chimenti, Maurizio Pieroni, Gaetano Thiene, and Attilio Maseri
Chest 2002 122: 1348-1356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PROCEDURES

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of Topical Amethocaine in Reducing Pain During Arterial Puncture

Ngoc Q. Tran, Jeffrey J. Pretto, and Christopher J. Worsnop
Chest 2002 122: 1357-1360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Role of ^99mTc-Hexakis-2-Methoxy-Isobutylisonitrile in the Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer

Mario Nosotti, Luigi Santambrogio, Massimo Gasparini, Alessandro Baisi, Nadia Bellaviti, and Lorenzo Rosso
Chest 2002 122: 1361-1364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Grading the Severity of Obstruction in the Presence of a Restrictive Ventilatory Defect

David L. Balfe, Michael Lewis, and Zab Mohsenifar
Chest 2002 122: 1365-1369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Range and Prevalence of Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients Hospitalized in a Medical ICU

Eduardo Bossone, Bruno DiGiovine, Sara Watts, Pamela A. Marcovitz, Louise Carey, Charles Watts, and William F. Armstrong
Chest 2002 122: 1370-1376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Percutaneous Tracheostomy Tube Obstruction: Warning

Steven J. Trottier, Steven Ritter, Rekha Lakshmanan, Stanley A. Sakabu, and Bryan R. Troop
Chest 2002 122: 1377-1381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Short-term Pressure-Controlled Ventilation on Gas Exchange, Airway Pressures, and Gas Distribution in Patients With Acute Lung Injury/ARDS: Comparison With Volume-Controlled Ventilation

Maura Prella, François Feihl, and Guido Domenighetti
Chest 2002 122: 1382-1388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Significance of Distal Bronchial Samples With Commensals in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Colonizer or Pathogen?

Olivier Lambotte, Jean-François Timsit, Maïté Garrouste-Orgeas, Benoit Misset, Adel Benali, and Jean Carlet
Chest 2002 122: 1389-1399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

The Effects of Chronic Episodic Hypercapnic Hypoxia on Rat Upper Airway Muscle Contractile Properties and Fiber-Type Distribution

Michelle McGuire, Mary MacDermott, and Aidan Bradford
Chest 2002 122: 1400-1406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Repeated Allergen Challenge in Rats Increases Vitamin A Consumption

David Shoseyov, Haim Bibi, Hans Biesalski, and Ram Reifen
Chest 2002 122: 1407-1411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hypertension Plus Diabetes Mimics the Cardiomyopathy Induced by Nitric Oxide Inhibition in Rats

Rita C. Sampaio, Jose E. Tanus-Santos, Silvia E. S. F. C. Melo, Stephen Hyslop, Kleber G. Franchini, Iara M. Luca, and Heitor Moreno, Jr
Chest 2002 122: 1412-1420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Double Signal Stimulation Was Required for Full Recovery of the Autologous Tumor-Killing Effect of Effusion-Associated Lymphocytes

Yuh-Min Chen, Chun-Ming Tsai, Jacqueline Whang-Peng, and Reury-Perng Perng
Chest 2002 122: 1421-1427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

review

Acute Coronary Syndrome: Biochemical Strategies in the Troponin Era

Mauro Panteghini
Chest 2002 122: 1428-1435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Development of Neurologic Symptoms in a 26-Year-Old Woman Following Recovery From Methanol Intoxication

Andrew P. Fontenot and Victoria S. Pelak
Chest 2002 122: 1436-1439. [Full Text] [PDF]  

special report

Pulmonary Embolism: What Have We Learned Since Virchow?: Natural History, Pathophysiology, and Diagnosis

James E. Dalen
Chest 2002 122: 1440-1456. [Full Text] [PDF]  

literature review

Top Ten List in Sleep

W. McDowell Anderson
Chest 2002 122: 1457-1460. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bronchoscopy

Aspirin Does Not Increase Bleeding Complications After Transbronchial Biopsy

Felix J.F. Herth, H.D. Becker, and Armin Ernst
Chest 2002 122: 1461-1464. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

An Unusual Case of Lobar Collapse

Mo Aye, Ann P. Campbell, and Michael A. Greenstone
Chest 2002 122: 1465-1466. [Full Text] [PDF]  

minimally invasive techniques

Feasibility and Value of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Wedge Excision of Small Pulmonary Nodules in Patients With Malignancy

Jim Burdine, Lyle D. Joyce, Michael B. Plunkett, Subbarao Inampudi, Mitchell G. Kaye, and Daniel H. Dunn
Chest 2002 122: 1467-1470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Isolated Unilateral Absence of a Pulmonary Artery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

A. Derk Jan Ten Harkel, Nico A. Blom, and Jaap Ottenkamp
Chest 2002 122: 1471-1477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Percutaneous Stenting of Bilateral Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Caused by Malignant Extrinsic Compression

Christian Fierro-Renoy, Hermes Velasquez, Juan Pablo Zambrano, Mustafa Ridha, Kenneth Kessler, and Alan Schob
Chest 2002 122: 1478-1480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: Treatment by Bronchofiberscopic Lobar Lavage

Shih-Lung Cheng, Hou-Tai Chang, Hon-Ping Lau, Li-Na Lee, and Pan-Chyr Yang
Chest 2002 122: 1480-1485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Successful Airway Stenting Using Silicone Prosthesis for Esophagobronchial Fistula

Keisuke Miwa, Masahiro Mitsuoka, Kohsuke Tayama, Naofumi Tomita, Shinzo Takamori, Akihiro Hayashi, and Kazuo Shirouzu
Chest 2002 122: 1485-1487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient With Pernicious Anemia and Hyperhomocysteinemia

Angel Caldera, Jorge Mora, Morris Kotler, and Glenn Eiger
Chest 2002 122: 1487-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Respiratory Failure in Tetanus: Case Report and Review of a 25-Year Experience

T. Jared Bunch, Muna K. Thalji, Patricia A. Pellikka, and Timothy R. Aksamit
Chest 2002 122: 1488-1492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Intraoperative OctreoScan and Management of Bronchial Carcinoid

Pier Luigi Filosso, Ottavio Rena, Enrico Ruffini, Alberto Oliaro, and Lynn H. Harrison
Chest 2002 122: 1493-1494. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein and Lung Injury

Randolph H. Hastings, Leonard J. Deftos, John-Baptiste Stern, and Bruno Crestani
Chest 2002 122: 1494-1495. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minimally Invasive Technique for Bronchoplastic Procedure

Domenico Galetta, Maria Grazia Serra, Luigi Santambrogio, Ugo Cioffi, and Matilde De Simone
Chest 2002 122: 1495. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CT Virtual Bronchoscopy for Detecting Wegener Granulomatosis

Ken-ichiro Inoue, Ronald M. Summers, James H. Shelhamer, Michael C. Sneller, and Carol A. Langford
Chest 2002 122: 1496. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oxygen Therapy for Mitochondrial Myopathy

Carol Hutner Winograd and Andrew B. Newman
Chest 2002 122: 1496-1497. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Helped by Montelukast

William H. Fee
Chest 2002 122: 1497. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Involvement in Hepatitis B-Related Polyarteritis Nodosa

Yamini Menon, Ranju Singh, Raquel Cuchacovich, and Luis R. Espinoza
Chest 2002 122: 1497-1498. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome : What’s in a Name?

Claudio A. Rabec
Chest 2002 122: 1498. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Efficacy of Microdrainage in Severe Subcutaneous Emphysema

Francesco Leo, Piergiorgio Solli, Giulia Veronesi, Lorenzo Spaggiari, and Ugo Pastorino
Chest 2002 122: 1498-1499. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Extrapolation of Methacholine PC₂₀

Beth E. Davis and Donald W. Cockcroft
Chest 2002 122: 1499-1500. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lung Cancer Among Medical Professionals

Hiroaki Satoh, Yuko T. Yamashita, and Kiyohisa Sekizawa
Chest 2002 122: 1500-1501. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bronchial Asthma in the Very Elderly

Katsunori Kagohashi, Hiroaki Satoh, and Kiyohisa Sekizawa
Chest 2002 122: 1501. [Full Text] [PDF]  

erratum

Correction for Volume 121, p. 1111

Chest 2002 122: 1501. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bookshelf

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Arthur F. Gelb
Chest 2002 122: 1502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paediatric Respiratory Examination

Carin Lamm
Chest 2002 122: 1502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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