editorials

Does Screening for COPD by Primary Care Physicians Have the Potential to Cause More Harm Than Good?

Paul Enright
Chest 129: 833-835 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Change in the BODE Index Reflects Disease Modification in COPD: Lessons From Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Bartolome R. Celli
Chest 129: 835-836 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tobacco Dependence Treatment: Time To Change the Paradigm

David P. L. Sachs
Chest 129: 836-839 [Full Text] [PDF]  

When Pulmonary Embolism Treatment Isn’t Working

Bruce Davidson and Riyad Karmy-Jones
Chest 129: 839-840 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Second-Line Chemotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

John C. Ruckdeschel
Chest 129: 840-842 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Understanding Vocal Cord Dysfunction: A Step in the Right Direction With a Long Road Ahead

Kent L. Christopher
Chest 129: 842-843 [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research

A Randomized Controlled Trial on Office Spirometry in Asthma and COPD in Standard General Practice : Data From Spirometry in Asthma and COPD: a Comparative Evaluation Italian Study^,

Mirco Lusuardi, Fernando De Benedetto, Pierluigi Paggiaro, Claudio M. Sanguinetti, Giancarlo Brazzola, Paolo Ferri, and Claudio F. Donner
Chest 129: 844-852 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research LUNG FUNCTION TESTING

Pulmonary Function and Abdominal Adiposity in the General Population

Heather M. Ochs-Balcom, Brydon J.B. Grant, Paola Muti, Christopher T. Sempos, Jo L. Freudenheim, Maurizio Trevisan, Patricia A. Cassano, Licia Iacoviello, and Holger J. Schünemann
Chest 129: 853-862 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Lung Resection on Exercise Capacity and on Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity During Exercise

Jeng-Shing Wang, Raja T. Abboud, and Lee-Min Wang
Chest 129: 863-872 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research COPD

The BODE Index After Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Correlates With Survival

Stephan Imfeld, Konrad E. Bloch, Walter Weder, and Erich W. Russi
Chest 129: 873-878 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seven-Year Cumulative Incidence of COPD in an Age-Stratified General Population Sample

Anne Lindberg, Berne Eriksson, Lars-Gunnar Larsson, Eva Rönmark, Thomas Sandström, and Bo Lundbäck
Chest 129: 879-885 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Exercise Performance Improves in Patients With COPD due to Respiratory Muscle Endurance Training

Ralph J. H. Koppers, Petra J. E. Vos, Cecile R. L. Boot, and Hans Th. M. Folgering
Chest 129: 886-892 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Airway Blood Flow Reactivity in Healthy Smokers and in Ex-Smokers With or Without COPD

Eliana S. Mendes, Michael A. Campos, and Adam Wanner
Chest 129: 893-898 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Impact of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Psychosocial Morbidity in Patients With Severe COPD

Rosa Güell, Vanesa Resqueti, Mercedes Sangenis, Fatima Morante, Bernardi Martorell, Pere Casan, and Gordon H. Guyatt
Chest 129: 899-904 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research ASTHMA

High Levels of Medical Utilization by Ambulatory Patients With Vocal Cord Dysfunction as Compared to Age- and Gender-Matched Asthmatics

Jeffrey Mikita and Joseph Parker
Chest 129: 905-908 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Ontario Asthma Regional Variation Study: Emergency Department Visit Rates and the Relation to Hospitalization Rates

M. Diane Lougheed, Nancy Garvey, Kenneth R. Chapman, Lisa Cicutto, Robert Dales, Andrew G. Day, Wilma M. Hopman, Miu Lam, Malcolm R. Sears, Kim Szpiro, Teresa To, Nigel A.M. Paterson for the Ontario Respiratory Outcomes Research Network
Chest 129: 909-917 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Using an Asthma Control Questionnaire and Administrative Data To Predict Health-Care Utilization

Dawn Peters, Chuhe Chen, Leona E. Markson, Felicia C. Allen-Ramey, and William M. Vollmer
Chest 129: 918-924 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Questionnaires for Patient-Reported Outcomes in Asthma: Validation and Usefulness in a Primary Care Setting

Per-Olof Ehrs, Mika Nokela, Björn Ställberg, Paul Hjemdahl, and Eva Wikström Jonsson
Chest 129: 925-932 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research SLEEP MEDICINE

Risk Factors Associated With Snoring in Women With Special Emphasis on Body Mass Index: A Population-Based Study

Malin Svensson, Eva Lindberg, Tord Naessen, and Christer Janson
Chest 129: 933-941 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atopy as a Risk Factor for Habitual Snoring at Age 1 Year

Maninder Kalra, Grace LeMasters, David Bernstein, Kimberly Wilson, Linda Levin, Aliza Cohen, and Raouf Amin
Chest 129: 942-946 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plasma Adhesion Molecules in Children With Sleep-Disordered Breathing

Louise M. O’Brien, Laura D. Serpero, Riva Tauman, and David Gozal
Chest 129: 947-953 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research CRITICAL CARE

Long-term Mortality Outcome Associated With Prolonged Admission to the ICU

Kevin B. Laupland, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, John B. Kortbeek, and Danny J. Zuege
Chest 129: 954-959 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Early Enteral Feeding on the Outcome of Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Medical Patients

Vasken Artinian, Hicham Krayem, and Bruno DiGiovine
Chest 129: 960-967 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Severe Sepsis in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: When Does It Happen, and Do Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Criteria Help Predict Course?

Tony Dremsizov, Gilles Clermont, John A. Kellum, Kenneth G. Kalassian, Michael J. Fine, and Derek C. Angus
Chest 129: 968-978 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research SMOKING CESSATION

"Tobacco Free With FDNY": The New York City Fire Department World Trade Center Tobacco Cessation Study

Matthew P. Bars, Gisela I. Banauch, David Appel, Michael Andreachi, Philippe Mouren, Kerry J. Kelly, and David J. Prezant
Chest 129: 979-987 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY

Real-Time Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy to Peripheral Lung Lesions Using Overlaid CT Images: The First Human Study

Yehuda Schwarz, Joel Greif, Heinrich D. Becker, Armin Ernst, and Atul Mehta
Chest 129: 988-994 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Optical Spectroscopy for the Classification of Malignant Lesions of the Bronchial Tree

Martin P. L. Bard, Arjen Amelink, Marina Skurichina, Vincent Noordhoek Hegt, Robert P. W. Duin, Henricus J. C. M. Sterenborg, Henk C. Hoogsteden, and Joachim G. J. V. Aerts
Chest 129: 995-1001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Pretransplantation Bone Disease in Patients With Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

Oliver Tschopp, Christoph Schmid, Rudolf Speich, Burkhardt Seifert, Erich W. Russi, and Annette Boehler
Chest 129: 1002-1008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Efficacy of Bosentan in a Small Cohort of Adult Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Related to Congenital Heart Disease

Raymond L. Benza, Barry K. Rayburn, Jose A. Tallaj, Christopher S. Coffey, Laura J. Pinderski, Salpy V. Pamoukian, and Robert C. Bourge
Chest 129: 1009-1015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Pathologic Correlates of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Pulmonary Retransplant Recipients

Tereza Martinu, David N. Howell, R. Duane Davis, Mark P. Steele, and Scott M. Palmer
Chest 129: 1016-1023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inhaled Nitric Oxide Does Not Prevent Pulmonary Edema After Lung Transplantation Measured By Lung Water Content: A Randomized Clinical Study

Gilles Perrin, Antoine Roch, Pierre Michelet, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Pascal Thomas, Christophe Doddoli, and Jean-Pierre Auffray
Chest 129: 1024-1030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research LUNG CANCER

A Randomized Trial of Different Docetaxel Schedules in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Who Failed Previous Platinum-Based Chemotherapy

Yuh-Min Chen, Jen-Fu Shih, Reury-Perng Perng, Chun-Ming Tsai, and Jacqueline Whang-Peng
Chest 129: 1031-1038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CT Screening for Lung Cancer: The Value of Short-term CT Follow-up

Daniel M. Libby, Ning Wu, In-Jae Lee, Ali Farooqi, James P. Smith, Mark W. Pasmantier, Dorothy McCauley, David F. Yankelevitz, and Claudia I. Henschke
Chest 129: 1039-1042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Management of Unsuccessful Thrombolysis in Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism

Nicolas Meneveau, Marie-France Séronde, Marie-Cécile Blonde, Pierre Legalery, Katy Didier-Petit, Florent Briand, Fiona Caulfield, François Schiele, Yvette Bernard, and Jean-Pierre Bassand
Chest 129: 1043-1050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research GI/RESPIRATORY INTERACTIONS

The Relation Between Gastroesophageal Reflux and Respiratory Symptoms in a Population-Based Study: The Nord-Trøndelag Health Survey

Helena Nordenstedt, Magnus Nilsson, Saga Johansson, Mari-Ann Wallander, Roar Johnsen, Kristian Hveem, and Jesper Lagergren
Chest 129: 1051-1056 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research medical informatics

Applied Medical Informatics for the Chest Physician: Information You Can Use!—Part 3

William F. Bria, II
Chest 129: 1057-1060 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research special feature

Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine: Progress Over the Past 25 Years

Jean-Louis Vincent, Mitchell P. Fink, John J. Marini, Michael R. Pinsky, William J. Sibbald, Mervyn Singer, Peter M. Suter, Deborah Cook, Paul E. Pepe, and Timothy Evans
Chest 129: 1061-1067 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Get journal CME for this article.]  

Structural Changes in Airway Diseases: Characteristics, Mechanisms, Consequences, and Pharmacologic Modulation

Céline Bergeron and Louis-Philippe Boulet
Chest 129: 1068-1087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-term Survivorship in Lung Cancer: A Review

Hiroshi Sugimura and Ping Yang
Chest 129: 1088-1097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research medical writing tips

The Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals Recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

J. Patrick Barron
Chest 129: 1098-1099 [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research CASE RECORDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

Stridor in a 47-Year-Old Man With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

William J. Janssen, Lyssa N. Bierig, David A. Beuther, and York E. Miller
Chest 129: 1100-1106 [Full Text] [PDF]  

postgraduate education corner PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE PEARLS

A 68-Year-Old Man With Intractable Dyspnea and Wheezing 45 Years After a Pneumonectomy

Septimiu D. Murgu and Henri G. Colt
Chest 129: 1107-1111 [Full Text] [PDF]  

correspondence

Are the American College of Chest Physicians Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery Already Obsolete?

Joel Dunning and Peter McKeown
Chest 129: 1112-1113 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Alvin S. Teirstein, Michael Iannuzzi, and Maria L. Padilla
Chest 129: 1113 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Importance of Appropriately Adjusting Diffusing Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide and Diffusing Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide/Alveolar Volume Ratio for Lung Volume

Douglas C. Johnson
Chest 129: 1113S [Full Text] [PDF]  

Einthoven’s Machine Is Alive and Well Today, Although His Contemporaries Were Not Interested In It At All

Tsung O. Cheng
Chest 129: 1114 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of Racemic Epinephrine in Bronchiolitis: What Is the Emergency Physician’s Perspective?

Muhammad Waseem
Chest 129: 1114S-1115S [Full Text] [PDF]  

Housing and Health Counseling: Design and Environmental Results

Carmel Charpin-Kadouch, Jean-Marie Moutte, Jacqueline Quéralt, Sophie Chabbi, Bernard Hugues, Denis Charpin, Max Garans, and Henri Dumon
Chest 129: 1115 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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