editorials

In the Spirit of Full Disclosure

Richard S. Irwin
Chest 129: 1395 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Should Editorials in Peer-Reviewed Journals Be Signed?

Peter J. Smith, G. Caleb Alexander, and Mark Siegler
Chest 129: 1395-1396 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thrombotic End Point for Assessing Argatroban Therapy for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Learning From Secondary Analyses of Prospective Studies

Theodore W. Warkentin
Chest 129: 1396-1398 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Closed Pleural Biopsy: Not Dead Yet!

Michael H. Baumann
Chest 129: 1398-1400 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simplifying the Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism

Peter B. Richman
Chest 129: 1400-1402 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is the Helmet Different Than the Face Mask in Delivering Noninvasive Ventilation?

Davide Chiumello
Chest 129: 1402-1403 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment: Good for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Maybe Not for Hypertension?

Ferdinando Iellamo and Nicola Montano
Chest 129: 1403-1405 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lung Function Decline in Asthma and Early Intervention With Inhaled Corticosteroids

Tari Haahtela
Chest 129: 1405-1406 [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE

Effects of Argatroban Therapy, Demographic Variables, and Platelet Count on Thrombotic Risks in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

Bruce E. Lewis, Diane E. Wallis, Marcie J. Hursting, Robert L. Levine, and Fred Leya
Chest 129: 1407-1416 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prospective Study of the Diagnostic Accuracy of the Simplify D-dimer Assay for Pulmonary Embolism in Emergency Department Patients

Jeffrey A. Kline, Michael S. Runyon, William B. Webb, Alan E. Jones, and Alice M. Mitchell
Chest 129: 1417-1423 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Influence of Two Different Interfaces for Noninvasive Ventilation Compared to Invasive Ventilation on the Mechanical Properties and Performance of a Respiratory System: A Lung Model Study

Onnen Moerer, Sven Fischer, Michael Hartelt, Bahar Kuvaki, Michael Quintel, and Peter Neumann
Chest 129: 1424-1431 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Epidemiology of Sepsis in Patients With Malignancy

Pajman A. Danai, Marc Moss, David M. Mannino, and Greg S. Martin
Chest 129: 1432-1440 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome With Glucosteroids: The Guangzhou Experience

Rong-chang Chen, Xiao-ping Tang, Shou-yong Tan, Bi-ling Liang, Zhuo-yue Wan, Ji-qian Fang, and Nanshan Zhong
Chest 129: 1441-1452 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Achieving Housestaff Competence in Emergency Airway Management Using Scenario Based Simulation Training: Comparison of Attending vs Housestaff Trainers

Marnie E. Rosenthal, Mari Adachi, Vanessa Ribaudo, J. Tristan Mueck, Roslyn F. Schneider, and Paul H. Mayo
Chest 129: 1453-1458 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research SLEEP MEDICINE

Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Ambulatory BP in Patients With Sleep Apnea and Hypertension: A Placebo-Controlled Trial

Francisco Campos-Rodriguez, Antonio Grilo-Reina, Jose Perez-Ronchel, Mercedes Merino-Sanchez, Maria A. Gonzalez-Benitez, Manuel Beltran-Robles, and Carmen Almeida-Gonzalez
Chest 129: 1459-1467 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sleep in Critically Ill Chemically Paralyzed Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

Kimberly A. Hardin, Masud Seyal, Ted Stewart, and H. William Bonekat
Chest 129: 1468-1477 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research ASTHMA

Effects of Early Intervention With Inhaled Budesonide on Lung Function in Newly Diagnosed Asthma

Paul M. O’Byrne, Søren Pedersen, William W. Busse, Wan C. Tan, Yu-Zhi Chen, Stefan V. Ohlsson, Anders Ullman, Carl Johan Lamm, and Romain A. Pauwels
Chest 129: 1478-1485 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

School Proximity to Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations and Prevalence of Asthma in Students

Sigurdur T. Sigurdarson and Joel N. Kline
Chest 129: 1486-1491 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Childhood Asthma Study Questionnaire]  

Role of Spirometry and Exhaled Nitric Oxide To Predict Exacerbations in Treated Asthmatics

Arthur F. Gelb, Colleen Flynn Taylor, Chris M. Shinar, Carlos Gutierrez, and Noe Zamel
Chest 129: 1492-1499 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sensitization to Aeroallergens and Airway Hyperresponsiveness at 7 Years of Age

Elizabeth C. TePas, Augusto A. Litonjua, Juan C. Celedón, Diane Sredl, and Diane R. Gold
Chest 129: 1500-1508 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research COPD

Spirometry Use in Clinical Practice Following Diagnosis of COPD

Todd A. Lee, Brian Bartle, and Kevin B. Weiss
Chest 129: 1509-1515 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of Peak Oxygen Consumption in Predicting Physical Function and Quality of Life in COPD Patients

Michael J. Berry, Norman E. Adair, and W. Jack Rejeski
Chest 129: 1516-1522 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Up-Regulated Membrane and Nuclear Leukotriene B4 Receptors in COPD

Emanuela Marian, Simonetta Baraldo, Annalisa Visentin, Alberto Papi, Marina Saetta, Leonardo M. Fabbri, and Piero Maestrelli
Chest 129: 1523-1530 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scoring System and Clinical Application of COPD Diagnostic Questionnaires

David B. Price, David G. Tinkelman, Robert J. Nordyke, Sharon Isonaka, R. J. Halbert for the COPD Questionnaire Study Group
Chest 129: 1531-1539 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Improvement in Quadriceps Strength and Dyspnea in Daily Tasks After 1 Month of Electrical Stimulation in Severely Deconditioned and Malnourished COPD

Isabelle Vivodtzev, Jean-Louis Pépin, Gabrielle Vottero, Valerie Mayer, Bernard Porsin, Patrick Lévy, and Bernard Wuyam
Chest 129: 1540-1548 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY

The Role of Abrams Percutaneous Pleural Biopsy in the Investigation of Exudative Pleural Effusions

Biswajit Chakrabarti, Ida Ryland, John Sheard, Christopher J. Warburton, and John E. Earis
Chest 129: 1549-1555 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Relationship of Pleural Pressure to Symptom Development During Therapeutic Thoracentesis

David Feller-Kopman, Allan Walkey, David Berkowitz, and Armin Ernst
Chest 129: 1556-1560 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is Routine Chest Radiography After Transbronchial Biopsy Necessary?: A Prospective Study of 350 Cases

Gabriel Izbicki, David Shitrit, Alex Yarmolovsky, Danielle Bendayan, Galit Miller, Gershon Fink, Asher Mazar, and Mordechai R. Kramer
Chest 129: 1561-1564 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute Phase Reaction in Healthy Volunteers After Bronchoscopy With Lavage

Yuh-Chin T. Huang, Mary Ann Bassett, Debra Levin, Tracy Montilla, and Andrew J. Ghio
Chest 129: 1565-1569 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research PLEURAL DISEASE

Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Feasibility Study of Noninvasive Assessment, Therapeutic Follow-up, and Possible Predictor of Improved Outcome

Frederik L. Giesel, Helge Bischoff, Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk, Marc-André Weber, Christian M. Zechmann, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, and Michael V. Knopp
Chest 129: 1570-1576 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tissue Plasminogen Activator Combined With Human Recombinant Deoxyribonuclease Is Effective Therapy for Empyema in a Rabbit Model

Zhiwen Zhu, Michael L. Hawthorne, Yubiao Guo, Wonder Drake, Semra Bilaceroglu, Heather L. Misra, and Richard W. Light
Chest 129: 1577-1583 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research SARCOIDOSIS

Transforming Growth Factor-ß Gene Polymorphisms in Sarcoidosis Patients With and Without Fibrosis

Adrian Kruit, Jan C. Grutters, Henk J. T. Ruven, Coline H. M. van Moorsel, Ralf Weiskirchen, Senait Mengsteab, and Jules M. M. van den Bosch
Chest 129: 1584-1591 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perforin Down-Regulation and Adhesion Molecules Activation in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: An Induced Sputum and BAL Study

Katerina M. Antoniou, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Despina Kyriakou, Nikolaos Tzanakis, Argyris Tzouvelekis, Nikolaos M. Siafakas, and Demosthenes Bouros
Chest 129: 1592-1598 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pleural Effusions in a Series of 181 Outpatients With Sarcoidosis

John T. Huggins, Peter Doelken, Steven A. Sahn, Lydia King, and Marc A. Judson
Chest 129: 1599-1604 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research AIR POLLUTION

Longitudinal Changes in Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms Among Canadian Grain Elevator Workers

Punam Pahwa, Helen H. McDuffie, and James A. Dosman
Chest 129: 1605-1613 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Particulate Air Pollution on Lung Function in Adult and Pediatric Subjects in a Seattle Panel Study

Carol A. Trenga, Jeffrey H. Sullivan, Jonathan S. Schildcrout, Kristen P. Shepherd, Gail G. Shapiro, L.-J. Sally Liu, Joel D. Kaufman, and Jane Q. Koenig
Chest 129: 1614-1622 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research COUGH

Relationship Between Self-Reported Odor Intolerance and Sensitivity to Inhaled Capsaicin: Proposed Definition of Airway Sensory Hyperreactivity and Estimation of Its Prevalence

Åke Johansson, Eva Millqvist, Steven Nordin, and Mats Bende
Chest 129: 1623-1628 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research LUNG CANCER

Multitarget Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Elucidates Equivocal Lung Cytology

Spasenija Savic, Katharina Glatz, René Schoenegg, Peter Spieler, Georg Feichter, Michael Tamm, and Lukas Bubendorf
Chest 129: 1629-1635 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Efficacy of Long-term Subcutaneous Treprostinil Sodium Therapy in Pulmonary Hypertension

Irene Lang, Miguel Gomez-Sanchez, Meinhard Kneussl, Robert Naeije, Pilar Escribano, Nika Skoro-Sajer, and Jean-Luc Vachiery
Chest 129: 1636-1643 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research QUALITY OF LIFE

Measuring Disease-Specific Quality of Life in Obstructive Airway Disease: Validation of a Modified Version of the Airways Questionnaire 20

Hubert Chen, Mark D. Eisner, Patricia P. Katz, Edward H. Yelin, and Paul D. Blanc
Chest 129: 1644-1652 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

original research MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASE

Lung Disease Due to the More Common Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Stephen K. Field and Robert L. Cowie
Chest 129: 1653-1672 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

translating basic research into clinical practice

Burying the Dead: The Impact of Failed Apoptotic Cell Removal (Efferocytosis) on Chronic Inflammatory Lung Disease

R. William Vandivier, Peter M. Henson, and Ivor S. Douglas
Chest 129: 1673-1682 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

special features

Do Native and Polymeric ₁-Antitrypsin Activate Human Neutrophils In Vitro?

Caroline Persson, Devipriya Subramaniyam, Tim Stevens, and Sabina Janciauskiene
Chest 129: 1683-1692 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

An Appraisal of Pharmacoeconomic Evidence of Maintenance Therapy for COPD

Anna O. D’Souza, Michael J. Smith, Lesley Ann Miller, and Jan Kavookjian
Chest 129: 1693-1708 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Get CME for this article]  

topics in practice management

Ultrasound-Guided Thoracentesis

David Feller-Kopman
Chest 129: 1709-1714 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Hemoptysis in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Series of 15 Cases

Laurent Plantier, Hervé Mal, Olivier Brugière, Yves Castier, Camille Taillé, Guy Lesèche, and Michel Fournier
Chest 129: 1715-1718 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sirolimus-Induced Pulmonary Hypersensitivity Associated With a CD4 T-Cell Infiltrate

Luke Howard, Deepa Gopalan, Meryl Griffiths, and Ravi Mahadeva
Chest 129: 1718-1721 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paraneoplastic Polymyositis Associated With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung

Mikhail Gabrilovich, Mohammad Raza, Stephen Dolan, and Tasleem Raza
Chest 129: 1721-1723 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

postgraduate education corner PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE PEARLS

A 48-Year-Old Woman With Pneumonia, Shock, and a Rash

Mark D. Siegel and Rachel Kimmel
Chest 129: 1724-1727 [Full Text] [PDF]  

postgraduate education corner MEDICAL WRITING TIP OF THE MONTH

How Authors Can Cope With the Burden of English as an International Language

John R. Benfield and Christine B. Feak
Chest 129: 1728-1730 [Full Text] [PDF]  

correspondence

Review on Bronchopleural Fistula: Did a Surgeon Review It?

Francesco Leo, Piergiorgio Solli, Giulia Veronesi, Domenico Galetta, Francesco Petrella, Roberto Gasparri, Alessandro Borri, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Manuel Lois, Marc Noppen, and Richard S. Irwin
Chest 129: 1731-1732 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Asthma: The Role of Proton Pump Inhibitors

Madhav S. Menon, M. Al-Hajji, Alyn Morice, Michael R. Littner, Felix W. Leung, Biden Huang, E. David Ballard, II, and Nina K. Samra
Chest 129: 1732-1733 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Influence of Spirometry on Patient Management in Diagnostic Studies Unknown

Patrick J.P. Poels, Tim C. olde Hartman, Tjard R. Schermer, Mieke Albers, Chris van Weel, Robert E. Dales, Katherine L. Vandemheen, Jennifer Clinch, and Shawn D. Aaron
Chest 129: 1733-1734 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade and COPD

Luca Mascitelli, Francesca Pezzetta, Wataru Matsuyama, Ikkou Higashimoto, Mitsuhiro Osame, and Kimiyoshi Arimura
Chest 129: 1734-1735 [Full Text] [PDF]  

bookshelf

Thrombosis in Clinical Practice

Alex C. Spyropoulos
Chest 129: 1736 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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