editorials

The Trans-Exudative Pleural Effusion

Ioanna Mitrouska and Demosthenes Bouros
Chest 2002 122: 1503-1505. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pleural Effusion Prediction Failures

W. Hal Cragun
Chest 2002 122: 1505-1506. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Talc for Pleurodesis?

Richard W. Light
Chest 2002 122: 1506-1508. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Measures and Asthma

Pierre Ernst
Chest 2002 122: 1509-1510. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chlamydia pneumoniae and the "Dutch Hypothesis"

David L. Hahn
Chest 2002 122: 1510-1512. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FEES/FEESST and Videotape Recording : There’s More to This Than Meets the Eye

Gregory J. Gallivan
Chest 2002 122: 1513-1515. [Full Text] [PDF]  

TGIF: Tracheal Gas Insufflation : For Whom?

Scott K. Epstein
Chest 2002 122: 1515-1517. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PLEURA

Exudative Effusions in Congestive Heart Failure

Alain A. Eid, Jean I. Keddissi, Michel Samaha, Maroun M. Tawk, Kristopher Kimmell, and Gary T. Kinasewitz
Chest 2002 122: 1518-1523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is It Meaningful To Use Biochemical Parameters To Discriminate Between Transudative and Exudative Pleural Effusions?

Santiago Romero-Candeira, Luis Hernández, Susana Romero-Brufao, David Orts, Cleofé Fernández, and Concepción Martín
Chest 2002 122: 1524-1529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Novel Instrument for the Evaluation of the Pleural Space: An Experience in 34 Patients

Armin Ernst, Craig P. Hersh, Felix Herth, Robert Thurer, Joseph LoCicero, III, John Beamis, and Praveen Mathur
Chest 2002 122: 1530-1534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Effect of Air Filtration Systems on Asthma: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials

Ellen McDonald, Deborah Cook, Toni Newman, Lauren Griffith, Gerard Cox, and Gordon Guyatt
Chest 2002 122: 1535-1542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Expression in Asthma: Effect of Asthma Severity, Allergen Challenge, and Inhaled Corticosteroids

Waldo Mattos, Sam Lim, Richard Russell, Anon Jatakanon, K. Fan Chung, and Peter J. Barnes
Chest 2002 122: 1543-1552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matrix Metalloproteinase-9, but Not Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase-1, Increases in the Sputum From Allergic Asthmatic Patients After Allergen Challenge

Didier D. Cataldo, Jane Bettiol, Agnes Noël, Pierre Bartsch, Jean-Michel Foidart, and Renaud Louis
Chest 2002 122: 1553-1559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sputum Eosinophilia and Maximal Airway Narrowing in Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus Allergic Rhinitis Patients: Only Rhinitis or Rhinitis Plus Mild Asthma?

María J. Alvarez Puebla, Rodolfo Castillo, Agustin Rey, Nancy Ortega, Carlos Blanco, and Teresa Carrillo
Chest 2002 122: 1560-1565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correlation Between Cysteinyl Leukotriene Release From Leukocytes and Clinical Response to a Leukotriene Inhibitor

Takeshi Terashima, Kazuhisa Amakawa, Akiko Matsumaru, and Kazuhiro Yamaguchi
Chest 2002 122: 1566-1570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Childhood Asthma in an Urban Community: Prevalence, Care System, and Treatment

Michelle M. Cloutier, Dorothy B. Wakefield, Charles B. Hall, and Howard L. Bailit
Chest 2002 122: 1571-1579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asthma in the Elderly: Cockroach Sensitization and Severity of Airway Obstruction in Elderly Nonsmokers

Linda Rogers, Cara Cassino, Kenneth I. Berger, Roberta M. Goldring, Robert G. Norman, Thomas Klugh, and Joan Reibman
Chest 2002 122: 1580-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations IMMUNOLOGY

Comparison of Individuals With and Without Specific IgA Antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae: Respiratory Morbidity and the Metabolic Syndrome

Göran Falck, Judy Gnarpe, Lars-Olof Hansson, Kurt Svärdsudd, and Håkan Gnarpe
Chest 2002 122: 1587-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Interstitial Disease in Ig Deficiency

Valentin Popa, Thomas V. Colby, and Stanley B. Reich
Chest 2002 122: 1594-1603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TUBERCULOSIS

Should Bronchoscopy Be Performed in the Evaluation of Suspected Pediatric Pulmonary Tuberculosis?

Haim Bibi, Albert Mosheyev, David Shoseyov, David Feigenbaum, Edna Kurzbart, and Zeev Weiller
Chest 2002 122: 1604-1608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Factors Associated With the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Health-Care Workers at a Midwestern Teaching Hospital

Sunita J. Shukla, David K. Warren, Keith F. Woeltje, Carol A. Gruber, and Victoria J. Fraser
Chest 2002 122: 1609-1614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations AIRWAYS

Cellular Composition of Stent-Penetrating Tissue

Rainer W. Hauck, Marius Barbur, Rolf Lembeck, Friedhelm Peltz, and Martin Werner
Chest 2002 122: 1615-1621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Structural Changes of the Airway Wall Impair Respiratory Function, Even in Mild Asthma

Kumiko Shiba, Keita Kasahara, Hiroaki Nakajima, and Mitsuru Adachi
Chest 2002 122: 1622-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations EMERGENCY ROOM

Prediction of Emergency Department Visits for Respiratory Symptoms Using an Artificial Neural Network

Haim Bibi, Amir Nutman, David Shoseyov, Mendel Shalom, Ronit Peled, Shmuel Kivity, and Jacob Nutman
Chest 2002 122: 1627-1632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anxiety and Depression Are Related to the Outcome of Emergency Treatment in Patients With Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Inger Dahlén and Christer Janson
Chest 2002 122: 1633-1637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

MRI of Acute Myocarditis: A Comprehensive Approach Based on Various Imaging Sequences

Jean-Pierre Laissy, Benoît Messin, Olivier Varenne, Bernard Iung, Daniel Karila-Cohen, Elisabeth Schouman-Claeys, and P. Gabriel Steg
Chest 2002 122: 1638-1648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac Munchausen Syndrome

Nirav J. Mehta and Ijaz A. Khan
Chest 2002 122: 1649-1653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations OXYGENATION

Oximeter Performance: The Influence of Acquisition Parameters

David G. Davila, Kathy C. Richards, Buddy L. Marshall, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Ty G. Gregory, Valerie J. Hernandez, and Shirley I. Rice
Chest 2002 122: 1654-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Implementation of an Oxygen Therapy Clinic to Manage Users of Long-term Oxygen Therapy

John C. Chaney, Kevin Jones, Kurt Grathwohl, and Kenneth N. Olivier
Chest 2002 122: 1661-1667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

High Prevalence of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

James W. Chu, Peter N. Kao, John L. Faul, and Ramona L. Doyle
Chest 2002 122: 1668-1673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Significance of a Plasma D-dimer Test in Patients With Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

David Shitrit, Daniele Bendayan, Ariella Bar-Gil-Shitrit, Michael Huerta, Bernard Rudensky, Gershon Fink, and Mordechai R. Kramer
Chest 2002 122: 1674-1678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Can Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy Improve the General Health Status of Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea?: A Clinical Effectiveness Study

Don D. Sin, Irvin Mayers, Godfrey C.W. Man, Ali Ghahary, and Lawrence Pawluk
Chest 2002 122: 1679-1685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tissue Hypoxia in Sleep Apnea Syndrome Assessed by Uric Acid and Adenosine

Hiroshi Saito, Masaharu Nishimura, Eiji Shibuya, Hironi Makita, Ichizo Tsujino, Kenji Miyamoto, and Yoshikazu Kawakami
Chest 2002 122: 1686-1694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations QUESTIONNAIRES

Quality-of-Life Evaluation of Patients With Neuromuscular and Skeletal Diseases Treated With Noninvasive and Invasive Home Mechanical Ventilation

Agneta Markström, Kerstin Sundell, Michael Lysdahl, Gillis Andersson, Ulla Schedin, and Birgitta Klang
Chest 2002 122: 1695-1700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Randomized Controlled Trial To Evaluate the Effect of Informing Patients About Their Pretreatment Responses to Two Respiratory Questionnaires

Holger J. Schünemann, Gordon H. Guyatt, Lauren Griffith, David Stubbing, and Roger Goldstein
Chest 2002 122: 1701-1708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Correlates of Prolonged Hospitalization in Inner-city ICU Patients Receiving Noninvasive and Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation for Status Asthmaticus

Brian Gehlbach, John P. Kress, Jeremy Kahn, Cynthia DeRuiter, Anne Pohlman, and Jesse Hall
Chest 2002 122: 1709-1714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prognostic Value of the Indocyanine Green Plasma Disappearance Rate in Critically Ill Patients

Samir G. Sakka, Konrad Reinhart, and Andreas Meier-Hellmann
Chest 2002 122: 1715-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Incidence and Type of Aspiration in Acute Care Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation via a New Tracheotomy

Steven B. Leder
Chest 2002 122: 1721-1726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Blood Cultures in the Critical Care Unit: Improving Utilization and Yield

Shirin Shafazand and Ann B. Weinacker
Chest 2002 122: 1727-1736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Distribution of Calibrated Talc After Intrapleural Administration: An Experimental Study in Rats

Anne Fraticelli, Andrée Robaglia-Schlupp, Helene Riera, Suzanne Monjanel-Mouterde, Pierre Cau, and Philippe Astoul
Chest 2002 122: 1737-1741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ventilating With Tracheal Gas Insufflation and Periodic Tracheal Occlusion During Sleep and Wakefulness

Y. Tagaito, H. Schneider, C.P. O’Donnell, P.L. Smith, and Alan R. Schwartz
Chest 2002 122: 1742-1750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Apoptosis and B-Cell Lymphoma-2 of Peripheral Blood T Lymphocytes and Soluble Fas in Patients With Allergic Asthma

Cheong-Yip Ho, Chun-Kwok Wong, Fanny Wai-San Ko, Christopher Hok-Sum Chan, Alice Sheng-Sheng Ho, David Shu-Cheong Hui, and Christopher Wai-Kei Lam
Chest 2002 122: 1751-1758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

Real-Time Chest Ultrasonography: A Comprehensive Review for the Pulmonologist

Sonja Beckh, Pál L. Bölcskei, and Klaus-Dieter Lessnau
Chest 2002 122: 1759-1773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Recruitment of Lung Diffusing Capacity: Update of Concept and Application

Connie C. W. Hsia
Chest 2002 122: 1774-1783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

critical care reviews

Adrenal Insufficiency in the Critically Ill: A New Look at an Old Problem

Paul E. Marik and Gary P. Zaloga
Chest 2002 122: 1784-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

literature review

Top Ten List in Mechanical Ventilation

Bruce P. Krieger
Chest 2002 122: 1797-1800. [Full Text] [PDF]  

special reports

Pulmonary Embolism: What Have We Learned Since Virchow?: Treatment and Prevention

James E. Dalen
Chest 2002 122: 1801-1817. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Worldwide Racial and Ethnic Distribution of ₁-Antitrypsin Deficiency: Summary of an Analysis of Published Genetic Epidemiologic Surveys

Frederick J. de Serres
Chest 2002 122: 1818-1829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

Enhancement of Exercise Performance in COPD Patients by Hyperoxia: A Call for Research

Gordon L. Snider
Chest 2002 122: 1830-1836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

accp-seek board review question of the month

Ex-smoker With Productive Cough, Weight Loss, and Draining Lesion

Richard S. Irwin
Chest 2002 122: 1837-1839. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

Multiple Pulmonary Nodules in an HIV-Positive Man on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Robert A. Winn, Thomas C. Stoeckli, Michael L. Wilson, William Burman, Marvin I. Schwarz, and Edward D. Chan
Chest 2002 122: 1840-1843. [Full Text] [PDF]  

minimally invasive techniques

Justifying Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Spontaneous Hemopneumothorax

Yi-Cheng Wu, Ming-Shian Lu, Chi-Hsiao Yeh, Yun-Hen Liu, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Hung-I Lu, and Hui-Ping Liu
Chest 2002 122: 1844-1847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Persistent Lung Infiltrates in an Immunocompetent 25-Year-Old Woman

Hector E. Mateo and Nelson M. Gantz
Chest 2002 122: 1848-1851. [Full Text] [PDF]  

exercise and the heart

Is Brisk Walking an Adequate Aerobic Training Stimulus for Cardiac Patients?

Kristen J. Quell, John P. Porcari, Barry A. Franklin, Carl Foster, Richard A. Andreuzzi, and Ryan M. Anthony
Chest 2002 122: 1852-1856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Esophageal Perforation Associated With Noninvasive Ventilation: A Case Report

Andry Van de Louw, Elsa Brocas, Richard Boiteau, Dominique Perrin-Gachadoat, and Alain Tenaillon
Chest 2002 122: 1857-1858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lung Injury Linked to Etanercept Therapy

Laura Peno-Green, Geronomo Lluberas, Thomas Kingsley, and Steven Brantley
Chest 2002 122: 1858-1860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Posterior Myocardial Infarction and Complete Right Bundle- Branch Block

John E. Madias, Demetrius Bravidis, and Mehran Attari
Chest 2002 122: 1860-1864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Catamenial Pneumothorax: An Example of Porous Diaphragm Syndromes?

Kazuhiro Funatsu and Paul A. Kirschner
Chest 2002 122: 1865. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Work-Related Inhalation Injuries

Steven Kazan, Francesca Valent, Gerald McGwin, Massimo Bovenzi, and Fabio Barbone
Chest 2002 122: 1865-1866. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intraoperative Photodynamic Therapy After Pleuropneumonectomy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Pierre Bonnette, Genevieve Bourg Heckly, Sandrine Villette, Alexandra Fragola, Johan H. Schouwink, and Paul Bass
Chest 2002 122: 1866-1867. [Full Text] [PDF]  

End-of-Life Care: Data Supportive?

Jerome Arnett, Jr, William F. Kelly, Arn H. Eliasson, and Oleh W. Hnatiuk
Chest 2002 122: 1867-1868. [Full Text] [PDF]  

How To Blow Your Defense

Thomas L. Petty
Chest 2002 122: 1868-1869. [Full Text] [PDF]  

What About the Role of the US Food and Drug Administration?

Barbara G. Bigby and Timothy D. Bigby
Chest 2002 122: 1869-1870. [Full Text] [PDF]  

erratum

Correction for Volume 122, p. 489

Chest 2002 122: 1870. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bookshelf

Critical Thinking in Respiratory Care: A Problem-Based Learning Approach

Eric Magaña
Chest 2002 122: 1871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antithrombotic Therapy, 2nd Edition

Alex C. Spyropoulos
Chest 2002 122: 1871-1872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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