editorials

The Spectrum of Smoking-Related Interstitial Lung Disorders: The Never-Ending Story of Smoke and Disease

Moisés Selman
Chest 2003 124: 1185-1187. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: The Inflammation Hypothesis Revisited

David W. Kamp
Chest 2003 124: 1187-1190. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Primary Graft Failure: Who Is at Risk?

Stephanie M. Levine and Luis F. Angel
Chest 2003 124: 1190-1192. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interaction of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition and Aspirin in Congestive Heart Failure: Long Controversy Finally Resolved?

Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca
Chest 2003 124: 1192-1194. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hetastarch in Perioperative Volume Expansion

John C. Alexander, Jr
Chest 2003 124: 1194-1196. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dosing Inhaled Steroids in Asthma: Is Once-a-Day Administration Effective?

Philip Marcus
Chest 2003 124: 1196-1198. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PULMONARY FIBROSIS

The Overlap Between Respiratory Bronchiolitis and Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia in Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: High-Resolution CT, Histologic, and Functional Correlations

Robert Vassallo, Eric A. Jensen, Thomas V. Colby, Jay H. Ryu, William W. Douglas, Thomas E. Hartman, and Andrew H. Limper
Chest 2003 124: 1199-1205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Increase in Serum Soluble ST2 Protein Upon Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Shunji Tajima, Katsuhisa Oshikawa, Shin-ichi Tominaga, and Yukihiko Sugiyama
Chest 2003 124: 1206-1214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Radiologic Findings Are Strongly Associated With a Pathologic Diagnosis of Usual Interstitial Pneumonia

Gary W. Hunninghake, David A. Lynch, Jeffrey R. Galvin, Barry H. Gross, Nestor Müller, David A. Schwartz, Talmadge E. King, Jr, Joseph P. Lynch, III, Richard Hegele, James Waldron, Thomas V. Colby, and James C. Hogg
Chest 2003 124: 1215-1223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Longitudinal Study of Lung Function in Nonsmoking Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Jonathan P. Fuld, Martin K. Johnson, Mark M. Cotton, Roger Carter, Simon W. Watkin, Hilary A. Capell, and Robin D. Stevenson
Chest 2003 124: 1224-1231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Clinical Risk Factors for Primary Graft Failure Following Lung Transplantation

Jason D. Christie, Robert M. Kotloff, Alberto Pochettino, Selim M. Arcasoy, Bruce R. Rosengard, J. Richard Landis, and Stephen E. Kimmel
Chest 2003 124: 1232-1241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder: Incidence, Presentation, and Response to Treatment in Lung Transplant Recipients

B. Diane Reams, H. Page McAdams, David N. Howell, Mark P. Steele, R. Duane Davis, and Scott M. Palmer
Chest 2003 124: 1242-1249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Aspirin Does Not Adversely Affect Survival in Patients With Stable Congestive Heart Failure Treated With Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors

Valérie Aumégeat, Nicolas Lamblin, Pascal de Groote, Eugène P. Mc Fadden, Alain Millaire, Christophe Bauters, and Jean-Marc Lablanche
Chest 2003 124: 1250-1258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coronary Sinus Catheter Placement: Assessment of Placement Criteria and Cardiac Complications

Chris J. M. Langenberg, Henk G. Pietersen, Gijs Geskes, Anton J. M. Wagenmakers, Peter B. Soeters, and Marcel Durieux
Chest 2003 124: 1259-1265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relative Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve Improves Correlation With Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Assessment of Coronary Artery Stenoses

Vassilis Voudris, Dimitrios Avramides, Maria Koutelou, John Malakos, Athanasios Manginas, Manolis Papadakis, and Dennis V. Cokkinos
Chest 2003 124: 1266-1274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diagnostic Usefulness of Carotid Pulse Tracing in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Due to Midventricular Obstruction: A Comparison With Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis

Mareomi Hamada, Yuji Shigematsu, Kiyotaka Ohshima, Jun Suzuki, Akiyoshi Ogimoto, Tomoaki Ohtsuka, and Yuji Hara
Chest 2003 124: 1275-1283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intracoronary ß-Irradiation With Liquid Rhenium-188: Results of the Taiwan Radiation in Prevention of Post-Pure Balloon Angioplasty Restenosis Study

Chi-Ling Hang, Morgan Fu, Bor-Tsung Hsieh, Stephen Wan Leung, Chiung-Jen Wu, Hon-Kan Yip, and Gann Ting
Chest 2003 124: 1284-1293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Inhaled Iloprost, Aerosolized by Three Different Devices, in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

Horst Olschewski, Beate Rohde, Jürgen Behr, Ralph Ewert, Tobias Gessler, H. Ardeschir Ghofrani, and Thomas Schmehl
Chest 2003 124: 1294-1304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increase in Thrombomodulin Concentrations After Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Fumio Sakamaki, Shingo Kyotani, Noritoshi Nagaya, Nagato Sato, Hideo Oya, and Norifumi Nakanishi
Chest 2003 124: 1305-1311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Effects of Short-term 28% and 100% Oxygen on PaCO₂ and Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Acute Asthma: A Randomized Trial

Gustavo J. Rodrigo, Mario Rodriquez Verde, Virginia Peregalli, and Carlos Rodrigo
Chest 2003 124: 1312-1317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Comparison of the Clinical Characteristics of Children and Adults With Severe Asthma

Henry A. Jenkins, Reubin Cherniack, Stanley J. Szefler, Ronina Covar, Erwin W. Gelfand, and Joseph D. Spahn
Chest 2003 124: 1318-1324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Airway Responsiveness to Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate and Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurements: Predictive Value as Markers for Reducing the Dose of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthmatic Subjects

Luis Prieto, Laura Bruno, Valentina Gutiérrez, Sonia Uixera, Carmen Pérez-Francés, Amparo Lanuza, and Ana Ferrer
Chest 2003 124: 1325-1333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Montelukast on Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Nonvolatile Markers of Inflammation in Mild Asthma

Alessandra Sandrini, Ivone M. Ferreira, Carlos Gutierrez, Jose R. Jardim, Noe Zamel, and Kenneth R. Chapman
Chest 2003 124: 1334-1340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sensitivity and Validity of Three Bronchial Provocation Tests To Demonstrate the Effect of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma

Heikki O. Koskela, Liisa Hyvärinen, John D. Brannan, Hak-Kim Chan, and Sandra D. Anderson
Chest 2003 124: 1341-1349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

Withdrawal From Treatment as an Outcome in the ISOLDE Study of COPD

Peter M. A. Calverley, Sally Spencer, Lisa Willits, P. Sherwood Burge, and Paul W. Jones
Chest 2003 124: 1350-1356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of Specific Expiratory, Inspiratory, and Combined Muscle Training Programs in COPD

Paltiel Weiner, Rasmi Magadle, Marinella Beckerman, Margalit Weiner, and Noa Berar-Yanay
Chest 2003 124: 1357-1364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Body Composition and Resting Energy Expenditure in Clinically Stable, Non–Weight-Losing Patients With Severe Emphysema

Rubin I. Cohen, Kamel Marzouk, Patricia Berkoski, Chris P. O’Donnell, Vsevolady Y. Polotsky, and Steven M. Scharf
Chest 2003 124: 1365-1372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oxidative Stress in Expired Breath Condensate of Patients With COPD

Konstantinos Kostikas, Georgios Papatheodorou, Konstantinos Psathakis, Panos Panagou, and Stelios Loukides
Chest 2003 124: 1373-1380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Plasma Orexin-A Levels in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome

Natsuhiko Igarashi, Koichiro Tatsumi, Akira Nakamura, Seiichiro Sakao, Yuichi Takiguchi, Tetsuo Nishikawa, and Takayuki Kuriyama
Chest 2003 124: 1381-1385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

8-Isoprostane, a Marker of Oxidative Stress, Is Increased in Exhaled Breath Condensate of Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea After Night and Is Reduced by Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy

Giovanna E. Carpagnano, Sergei A. Kharitonov, Onofrio Resta, Maria P. Foschino-Barbaro, Enzo Gramiccioni, and Peter J. Barnes
Chest 2003 124: 1386-1392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

24-Hour BP in Children With Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome

Ha Trang, Souham Boureghda, Isabelle Denjoy, Mohamed Alia, and Michel Kabaker
Chest 2003 124: 1393-1399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Relationship Between Congestive Heart Failure, Sleep Apnea, and Mortality in Older Men

Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Einat R. DuHamel, Carl Stepnowsky, Robert Engler, Mairav Cohen-Zion, and Matthew Marler
Chest 2003 124: 1400-1405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prevalence of Symptoms and Risk of Sleep Apnea in Primary Care

Nikolaus C. Netzer, Josef J. Hoegel, Daniel Loube, Cordula M. Netzer, Birgit Hay, Rudolfo Alvarez-Sala, and Kingman P. Strohl
Chest 2003 124: 1406-1414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations EDUCATION

A Comparison of Smoking Habits Among Medical and Nursing Students

Ashwin A. Patkar, Kevin Hill, Vikas Batra, Michael J. Vergare, and Frank T. Leone
Chest 2003 124: 1415-1420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Comparison of the Original Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire With a Standardized Version

Holger J. Schünemann, Lauren Griffith, Roman Jaeschke, Roger Goldstein, David Stubbing, Peggy Austin, and Gordon H. Guyatt
Chest 2003 124: 1421-1429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Teaching of Chest Auscultation During Primary Care Training: Has Anything Changed in the 1990s?

Salvatore Mangione and F. Daniel Duffy
Chest 2003 124: 1430-1436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SURGERY

Hetastarch and Bleeding Complications After Coronary Artery Surgery

Jerry Avorn, Minalkumar Patel, Raisa Levin, and Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer
Chest 2003 124: 1437-1442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Australia and New Zealand: Six Years On: Registry Report

Prue E. Munro, Michael J. Bailey, Julian A. Smith, and Greg I. Snell
Chest 2003 124: 1443-1450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgical Treatment of Pacemaker and Defibrillator Lead Endocarditis: The Impact of Electrode Lead Extraction on Outcome

Ana del Río, Ignasi Anguera, José M. Miró, Lluis Mont, Vance G. Fowler, Jr, Manel Azqueta, and Carlos A. Mestres
Chest 2003 124: 1451-1459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CYSTIC FIBROSIS

The Effect of Pregnancy on Survival in Women With Cystic Fibrosis

Christopher H. Goss, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Kelly Otto, and Moira L. Aitken
Chest 2003 124: 1460-1468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Utility of the Breathing Reserve Index at the Anaerobic Threshold in Determining Ventilatory-Limited Exercise in Adult Cystic Fibrosis Patients

William P. Sexauer, Ho-Kan Cheng, and Stanley B. Fiel
Chest 2003 124: 1469-1475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TUBERCULOSIS

Comparative Roles of Levofloxacin and Ofloxacin in the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Preliminary Results of a Retrospective Study From Hong Kong

Wing Wai Yew, Chi Kuen Chan, Chi Chiu Leung, Chi Hung Chau, Cheuk Ming Tam, Poon Chuen Wong, and Joseph Lee
Chest 2003 124: 1476-1481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex Lung Disease With a Macrolide, Ethambutol, and Clofazimine

Stephen K. Field and Robert L. Cowie
Chest 2003 124: 1482-1486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PEDIATRICS

Pulse Transit Time as a Measure of Inspiratory Effort in Children

Jacopo Pagani, Maria Pia Villa, Giovanni Calcagnini, Arianna Alterio, Rosa Ambrosio, Federica Censi, and Roberto Ronchetti
Chest 2003 124: 1487-1493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Influence of Body Composition, Hemoglobin Concentration, and Cardiac Size and Function of Gender Differences in Maximal Oxygen Uptake in Prepubertal Children

Agnès Vinet, Stéphane Mandigout, Stéphane Nottin, LongDang Nguyen, Anne-Marie Lecoq, Daniel Courteix, and Philippe Obert
Chest 2003 124: 1494-1499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Reduction in Ventilatory Response to CO₂ With Relaxation Feedback During CO₂ Rebreathing for Ventilator Patients

Jerome E. Holliday and Michael Lippmann
Chest 2003 124: 1500-1511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Ventilator Adjustments That Improve Speech

Jeannette D. Hoit, Robert B. Banzett, Heather L. Lohmeier, Thomas J. Hixon, and Robert Brown
Chest 2003 124: 1512-1521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Development of a Methacholine Challenge Method to Minimize Methacholine Waste

Donald W. Cockcroft, Beth E. Davis, and Audrey J. Smycniuk
Chest 2003 124: 1522-1525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inhibition of Cytokine Release From Alveolar Macrophages in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis by Pentoxifylline: Comparison With Dexamethasone

Zhaohui Tong, Huaping Dai, Baomin Chen, Ziad Abdoh, Josune Guzman, and Ulrich Costabel
Chest 2003 124: 1526-1532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

accp-seek board review question of the month

Sore Throat, Dysphagia, Stiffness in Back of Neck, and Dyspnea Following Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose

Richard S. Irwin
Chest 2003 124: 1533-1534. [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

Measuring Agreement Between Diagnostic Devices

W. Ward Flemons and Michael R. Littner
Chest 2003 124: 1535-1542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Home Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review of the Literature: An Evidence Review Cosponsored by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the American Thoracic Society

W. Ward Flemons, Michael R. Littner, James A. Rowley, Peter Gay, W. McDowell Anderson, David W. Hudgel, R. Douglas McEvoy, and Daniel I. Loube
Chest 2003 124: 1543-1579. [Full Text] [PDF] [Sleep Apnea: Additional Tables, Appendix]  

literature review

Top Ten List in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Gonzalo Hernández and Jordi Rello
Chest 2003 124: 1580-1583. [Full Text] [PDF]  

special report

Inhaled Fluticasone Propionate by Diskus in the Treatment of Asthma: A Comparison of the Efficacy of the Same Nominal Dose Given Either Once or Twice a Day

Mary E. Purucker, Curtis J. Rosebraugh, Feng Zhou, and Robert J. Meyer
Chest 2003 124: 1584-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

An Unusual Case of Travel Sickness

Julian J. Leggett, Inder Mainie, Eamon Mackle, Eamon McAteer, and Rory P. Convery
Chest 2003 124: 1594-1597. [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Fever, Consciousness Disturbance, and Muscle Rigidity in a 68-Year-Old Man With Depressive Disorder

Hsing-Chen Tsai, Ping-Hung Kuo, and Pan-Chyr Yang
Chest 2003 124: 1598-1601. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Extrathoracic Obstruction and Hypoxemia Occurring During Exercise in a Competitive Female Cyclist

Hans Haverkamp, Jordan Miller, Joshua Rodman, Lee Romer, David Pegelow, Marcus Santana, and Jerome Dempsey
Chest 2003 124: 1602-1605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Nonmalignant Airway Obstruction: New Treatment Option

Baruch Brenner, Mordechai R. Kramer, Alan Katz, Rafael Feinmesser, Alina Brenner-Weissmann, Aaron Sulkes, and Eyal Fenig
Chest 2003 124: 1605-1610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Mycotic Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Presenting as an Endobronchial Mass

Mark T. Dransfield and James E. Johnson
Chest 2003 124: 1610-1612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Successful Withdrawal of Long-term Epoprostenol Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Nick H. Kim, Richard N. Channick, and Lewis J. Rubin
Chest 2003 124: 1612-1615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Long-term Results of Gastric Bypass on Indexes of Sleep Apnea

Sherry A. Guardiano, Jeffrey A. Scott, J. Catesby Ware, and Stephen A. Schechner
Chest 2003 124: 1615-1619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

Giuseppe Fiorenzano, Maurizio Dottorini, André Louis Gabry, and Claude Martin
Chest 2003 124: 1620-1621. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ß-Blockers With Vasodilatory Actions

Suranjan Mukherjee, Saumitra Baksi, Richard A. Dart, Steve Gollub, Jason Lazar, Chandra Nair, David Schroeder, and Steven H. Woolf
Chest 2003 124: 1621. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interleukin-6, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Obesity

Ken-ichiro Inoue, Hirohisa Takano, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Giovanna E. Carpagnano, and Peter J. Barnes
Chest 2003 124: 1621-1623. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of Diagnostic Device for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

David Cunnington and Peretz Lavie
Chest 2003 124: 1623. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regards to Bill

Dean Gianakos
Chest 2003 124: 1623-1624. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bookshelf

Review of Sleep Medicine

Richard Boxer
Chest 2003 124: 1625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary/Respiratory Therapy Secrets, 2nd Edition

Mary Ann Kosinski
Chest 2003 124: 1625-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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