editorials

Cheyne-Stokes Respiration: A Consequence of a Broken Heart?

Don D. Sin and Godfrey C. W. Man
Chest 2003 124: 1627-1628. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Getting the Most Out of Nocturnal Pulse Oximetry

Konrad E. Bloch
Chest 2003 124: 1628-1630. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sputum Peroxynitrite Inhibitory Activity Is Stimulating

Peter G. Tuteur
Chest 2003 124: 1630-1632. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nosocomial Pneumonia: Therapy Is Just Not Good Enough

Torsten T. Bauer
Chest 2003 124: 1632-1634. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiogenic Shock: What Has Changed?

Vinod K. Puri
Chest 2003 124: 1634-1636. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hearts in the Air: The Role of Aeromedical Transport

Joseph Varon, Robert E. Fromm, Jr, and Paul Marik
Chest 2003 124: 1636-1637. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Assessment of Severity of Aortic Stenosis Through Time-Frequency Analysis of Murmur

Dosik Kim and Morton E. Tavel
Chest 2003 124: 1638-1644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prognostic Value of Global Myocardial Performance Indices in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Comparison to Measures of Systolic and Diastolic Left Ventricular Function

Ehud Schwammenthal, Yehuda Adler, Keren Amichai, Alik Sagie, Solomon Behar, Hanoch Hod, and Micha S. Feinberg
Chest 2003 124: 1645-1651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Safety of Nitrate Withdrawal in Angina-Free and Hemodynamically Stable Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Jacob George, Ilan Kitzis, David Zandorf, Michal Golovner, Itzhak Shapira, Shlomo Laniado, and Arie Roth
Chest 2003 124: 1652-1657. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Advantages of the Intrabreath Technique as a Measure of Lung Function Before and After Heart Transplantation

Mackenzie Quantz, Steven Wilson, Charles Smith, Larry Stitt, Richard Novick, and Dildar Ahmad
Chest 2003 124: 1658-1662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Left Atrial Platelet Activity With Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis: Correlation Study of Severity and Platelet P-Selectin Expression by Flow Cytometry

Mien-Cheng Chen, Chiung-Jen Wu, Hon-Kan Yip, Hsueh-Wen Chang, Chih-Yuan Fang, Teng-Hung Yu, and Morgan Fu
Chest 2003 124: 1663-1669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Left Atrial Appendage Function and Abnormal Hypercoagulability in Patients With Atrial Flutter

Kenji Sakurai, Tadakazu Hirai, Keiko Nakagawa, Tomoki Kameyama, Takashi Nozawa, Hidetsugu Asanoi, and Hiroshi Inoue
Chest 2003 124: 1670-1674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations TRANSPLANTS

The Effect of Successful Heart Transplant Treatment of Heart Failure on Central Sleep Apnea

Darren R. Mansfield, Peter Solin, Teanau Roebuck, Peter Bergin, David M. Kaye, and Matthew T. Naughton
Chest 2003 124: 1675-1681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Psychiatric Disorder and Quality of Life in Patients Awaiting Lung Transplantation

Priti I. Parekh, James A. Blumenthal, Michael A. Babyak, Kari Merrill, Robert M. Carney, R. Duane Davis, and Scott M. Palmer
Chest 2003 124: 1682-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lung Transplantation Exacerbates Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Lisa R. Young, Denis Hadjiliadis, R. Duane Davis, and Scott M. Palmer
Chest 2003 124: 1689-1693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Prediction of the Apnea-Hypopnea Index From Overnight Pulse Oximetry

Ulysses J. Magalang, Jacek Dmochowski, Sateesh Veeramachaneni, Azmi Draw, M. Jeffery Mador, Ali El-Solh, and Brydon J. B. Grant
Chest 2003 124: 1694-1701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of Home Oximetry Monitoring With Laboratory Polysomnography in Children

Valerie G. Kirk, Shelly G. Bohn, W. Ward Flemons, and John E. Remmers
Chest 2003 124: 1702-1708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prevalence and Correlates of Habitual Snoring in High School Students

Chol Shin, SoonJae Joo, JinKwan Kim, and Tak Kim
Chest 2003 124: 1709-1715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-term Intermittent Exposure to High Ambient CO₂ Causes Respiratory Disturbances During Sleep in Submariners

David Margel, David P. White, and Giora Pillar
Chest 2003 124: 1716-1723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

All-trans Retinoic Acid Modulates the Balance of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 in Patients With Emphysema

Jenny T. Mao, Donald P. Tashkin, Paula N. Belloni, Irene Baileyhealy, Felicita Baratelli, and Michael D. Roth
Chest 2003 124: 1724-1732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Role for Anabolic Steroids in the Rehabilitation of Patients With COPD?: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Trial

Eva C. Creutzberg, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Rob Mostert, Rob J. Pluymers, and Annemie M. W. J. Schols
Chest 2003 124: 1733-1742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Improvement in Resting Inspiratory Capacity and Hyperinflation With Tiotropium in COPD Patients With Increased Static Lung Volumes

Bartolome Celli, Richard ZuWallack, Susan Wang, and Steven Kesten
Chest 2003 124: 1743-1748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Optimal Cutoff Level of Breath Carbon Monoxide for Assessing Smoking Status in Patients With Asthma and COPD

Susumu Sato, Koichi Nishimura, Hiroshi Koyama, Mitsuhiro Tsukino, Toru Oga, Takashi Hajiro, and Michiaki Mishima
Chest 2003 124: 1749-1754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Effect of Inhaled Beclomethasone Dipropionate on Peroxynitrite Inhibitory Activity in Induced Sputum From Asthmatic Patients

Hiroshi Kanazawa, Saeko Nomura, Kazuto Hirata, and Junichi Yoshikawa
Chest 2003 124: 1755-1761. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diagnostic Value of Negative Expiratory Pressure for Airway Hyperreactivity

Ping-Huai Wang, Ping-Hung Kuo, Chia-Lin Hsu, Huey-Dong Wu, Yu-Shein Chang, Sow-Hsong Kuo, and Pan-Chyr Yang
Chest 2003 124: 1762-1767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

High Dose of Inhaled Fluticasone Reduces High Levels of Urinary Leukotriene E₄ in the Early Morning in Mild and Moderate Nocturnal Asthma

Shintaro Tanaka, Hiroshi Tanaka, and Shosaku Abe
Chest 2003 124: 1768-1773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Trends in Emergency Department Asthma Care in Metropolitan Chicago: Results From the Chicago Asthma Surveillance Initiative

Richard Lenhardt, Anita Malone, Evalyn N. Grant, and Kevin B. Weiss
Chest 2003 124: 1774-1780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Causative and Contributive Factors to Asthma Severity and Patterns of Medication Use in Patients Seeking Specialized Asthma Care

Aimee Liou, Jessica R. Grubb, Kenneth B. Schechtman, and Daniel L. Hamilos
Chest 2003 124: 1781-1788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ANTIBIOTICS

Linezolid vs Vancomycin: Analysis of Two Double-Blind Studies of Patients With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nosocomial Pneumonia

Richard G. Wunderink, Jordi Rello, Sue K. Cammarata, Rodney V. Croos-Dabrera, and Marin H. Kollef
Chest 2003 124: 1789-1797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Early Administration of Antibiotics Does Not Shorten Time to Clinical Stability in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Steven H. Silber, Christopher Garrett, Rakesh Singh, Angela Sweeney, Carl Rosenberg, Diana Parachiv, and Tobi Okafo
Chest 2003 124: 1798-1804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations PULMONARY FUNCTION

Spirometric Reference Values for the 6-s FVC Maneuver

John L. Hankinson, Robert O. Crapo, and Robert L. Jensen
Chest 2003 124: 1805-1811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography in Healthy 3- to 5-Year-Old Children

Oscar H. Mayer, Russell G. Clayton, Sr, Abbas F. Jawad, Joseph M. McDonough, and Julian L. Allen
Chest 2003 124: 1812-1819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations RADIOGRAPHS

Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia: The Time Course of Clinical and Radiographic Improvement

Debapriya Datta, Syed Abbas Ali, E. M. Henken, Helen Kellet, Susan Brown, and Mark L. Metersky
Chest 2003 124: 1820-1823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Utility of the Lateral Chest Radiograph in the Evaluation of Patients With a Positive Tuberculin Skin Test Result

Marianne Meyer, Peter Clarke, and Anthony W. O’Regan
Chest 2003 124: 1824-1827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations LUNG CANCER

Tumor Size Predicts Survival Within Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Jeffrey L. Port, Michael S. Kent, Robert J. Korst, Daniel Libby, Mark Pasmantier, and Nasser K. Altorki
Chest 2003 124: 1828-1833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparative Evaluation of Super High-Resolution CT Scan and Virtual Bronchoscopy for the Detection of Tracheobronchial Malignancies

Steven E. Finkelstein, David S. Schrump, Dao M. Nguyen, Stephen M. Hewitt, Tricia F. Kunst, and Ronald M. Summers
Chest 2003 124: 1834-1840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Bronch and CT Web Movies]  

clinical investigations SURGERY

High Relapse-Free Survival After Preoperative and Intraoperative Radiotherapy and Resection for Sulcus Superior Tumors

Albertus N. van Geel, Peter P. Jansen, Rob J. van Klaveren, and Joost R. M. van der Sijp
Chest 2003 124: 1841-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Autotransfusion of Shed Mediastinal Blood: A Risk Factor for Mediastinitis After Cardiac Surgery? Results of a Cluster Investigation

Sandra Dial, Dao Nguyen, and Dick Menzies
Chest 2003 124: 1847-1851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

An Analysis of the Association Between Preoperative Renal Dysfunction and Outcome in Cardiac Surgery: Estimated Creatinine Clearance or Plasma Creatinine Level as Measures of Renal Function^,*

Feng Wang, Jean-Yves Dupuis, Howard Nathan, and Kathryn Williams
Chest 2003 124: 1852-1862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery on Left Ventricular Diastolic Filling and Dimensions in Patients With Severe Emphysema

Kirsten Jörgensen, Erik Houltz, Ulla Westfelt, Folke Nilsson, Henrik Scherstén, and Sven-Erik Ricksten
Chest 2003 124: 1863-1870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

The Changing Face of Organ Failure in ARDS

Mary R. Suchyta, James F. Orme, Jr, and Alan H. Morris
Chest 2003 124: 1871-1879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Profile of Near-Fatal Asthma in an Inner-City Hospital

Sunil Dhuper, Diane Maggiore, Virginia Chung, and Chang Shim
Chest 2003 124: 1880-1884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Do All Nonsurvivors of Cardiogenic Shock Die With a Low Cardiac Index?

Noelle Lim, Marc-Jacques Dubois, Daniel De Backer, and Jean-Louis Vincent
Chest 2003 124: 1885-1891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-term Outcomes for Patients Discharged From a Long-term Hospital-Based Weaning Unit

James K. Stoller, Meng Xu, Edward Mascha, and Richard Rice
Chest 2003 124: 1892-1899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Global End-Diastolic Volume as an Indicator of Cardiac Preload in Patients With Septic Shock

Frédéric Michard, Sami Alaya, Véronique Zarka, Mabrouk Bahloul, Christian Richard, and Jean-Louis Teboul
Chest 2003 124: 1900-1908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Marked Up-regulation of T Lymphocytes and Expression of Interleukin-9 in Bronchial Biopsies From Patients With Chronic Bronchitis With Obstruction

Petr Panzner, Jean-Jacques Lafitte, Anne Tsicopoulos, Qutayba Hamid, and Meri K. Tulic
Chest 2003 124: 1909-1915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tumor Necrosis Correlates With Angiogenesis and Is a Predictor of Poor Prognosis in Malignant Mesothelioma

John G. Edwards, Daniel E. B. Swinson, J. Louise Jones, Salli Muller, David A. Waller, and Kenneth J. O’Byrne
Chest 2003 124: 1916-1923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cadmium Accumulation and Detoxification by Alveolar Macrophages of Cigarette Smokers

Robert M. Grasseschi, Rajanna B. Ramaswamy, Deborah J. Levine, Curtis D. Klaassen, and Lewis J. Wesselius
Chest 2003 124: 1924-1928. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

The Subvalvular Apparatus in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis: Methods of Assessment and Therapeutic Implications

Yoav Turgeman, Shaul Atar, and Tiberio Rosenfeld
Chest 2003 124: 1929-1936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Air Medical Transport of Cardiac Patients

Vidal Essebag, Abdul R. Halabi, Michael Churchill-Smith, and Sohrab Lutchmedial
Chest 2003 124: 1937-1945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

preliminary report

Extracranial Stereotactic Radioablation: Results of a Phase I Study in Medically Inoperable Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Robert Timmerman, Lech Papiez, Ronald McGarry, Laura Likes, Colleen DesRosiers, Stephanie Frost, and Mark Williams
Chest 2003 124: 1946-1955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

Hemostatic Alterations in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Implications for Cardiovascular Disease

Roland von Känel and Joel E. Dimsdale
Chest 2003 124: 1956-1967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evidence for the Transmissibility of Atopy: Hypothesis

Iftikhar Hussain and Jeanne Smith
Chest 2003 124: 1968-1974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

minimally invasive techniques

Minithoracoscopy: A Less Invasive Approach to Thoracoscopy

Gianfranco Tassi and Gianpietro Marchetti
Chest 2003 124: 1975-1977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ethics in cardiopulmonary medicine

Informed Consent for Medical Procedures: Local and National Practices

Constantine A. Manthous, Angela DeGirolamo, Christopher Haddad, and Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong
Chest 2003 124: 1978-1984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

bronchoscopy

Diagnostic Accuracy and Safety of Flexible Bronchoscopy With Multiplanar Reconstruction Images and Ultrafast Papanicolaou Stain: Evaluating Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

Shuji Bandoh, Jiro Fujita, Yasunori Tojo, Hiroyasu Yokomise, Katashi Satoh, Shoji Kobayashi, and Toshihiko Ishida
Chest 2003 124: 1985-1992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Self-Expandable Metallic Airway Stents and Flexible Bronchoscopy: Long-term Outcomes Analysis

Cynthia P. Saad, Sudish Murthy, Georgiann Krizmanich, and Atul C. Mehta
Chest 2003 124: 1993-1999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

exercise and the heart

Clinical and Exercise Test Determinants of Survival After Cardiac Transplantation

Jonathan Myers, Odd Geiran, Svein Simonsen, Afshin Ghuyoumi, and Lars Gullestad
Chest 2003 124: 2000-2005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Fever and Night Sweats in a 22-Year-Old Man With a Mediastinal Mass Involving the Heart

Micha Maeder, Peter Ammann, Hans Rickli, and Otto D. Schoch
Chest 2003 124: 2006-2009. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

A Massive Calcified Mass in the Lung

Marian A. Tiemessen, Peter C. de Bruin, Bart M. Wiarda, Wim G. Boersma, and Casper S. de Graaff
Chest 2003 124: 2010-2013. [Full Text] [PDF]  

accp-seek board review question of the month

A 42-Year-Old Policeman With Rash and Abnormal Chest Radiograph

George A. Sarosi
Chest 2003 124: 2014-2016. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis With Atypical Endotheliomatosis: Successful Antiangiogenic Therapy With Doxycycline

Leo C. Ginns, David H. Roberts, Eugene J. Mark, John L. Brusch, and Jennifer J. Marler
Chest 2003 124: 2017-2022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment of Corticosteroid-Resistant Neurosarcoidosis With a Short-Course Cyclophosphamide Regimen

John D. Doty, Joseph E. Mazur, and Marc A. Judson
Chest 2003 124: 2023-2026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Delivery Following Colon Interposition

Peter Jakobi, Ido Solt, Jehuda Adoniram Bar-Maor, and Lael-Anson Best
Chest 2003 124: 2027-2028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Refractory Sarcoidosis Responding to Infliximab

Scott D. Roberts, David S. Wilkes, Richard A. Burgett, and Kenneth S. Knox
Chest 2003 124: 2028-2031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Caught in the Web?: The Prospects of Online Health Information for Patients

Joseph A. Diaz, Michael J. Stamp, and Michael W. Peterson
Chest 2003 124: 2032-2033. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steroids and Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated) for Severe Sepsis

Jay S. Steingrub, Paul E. Marik, and Gary P. Zaloga
Chest 2003 124: 2033-2034. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reporting of Predictive Logistic Models Should Be Based on Evidence-Based Guidelines

Adrián V. Hernández, Yvonne Vergouwe, Ewout W. Steyerberg, and Marc Moss
Chest 2003 124: 2034-2035. [Full Text] [PDF]  

COPD and Hepatitis C

Ian D. Pavord, Surinder S. Birring, and Hiroshi Kanazawa
Chest 2003 124: 2035. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Reappraisal of Nasal Saline Solution Use in Chronic Sinusitis

Hanifi Kurtaran, Ahmet Karadag, Ferhat Catal, Zekai Avci, and Jing-Long Huang
Chest 2003 124: 2036-2038. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tracheobronchomalacia and Noninvasive Ventilation?

John R. Bach
Chest 2003 124: 2038. [Full Text] [PDF]  

bookshelf

Myocardial Repolarization: From Gene to Bedside

Fred Kusumoto
Chest 2003 124: 2039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ventilator Management Strategies for Critical Care

Lee K. Brown
Chest 2003 124: 2039-2040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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