Annals ofCritical Care Medicine

Volume: 5 - Number: 42 - July 15, 2005

Outstanding

Tuberculosis Chemotherapy: Still a Double-edged Sword

Inhaled Nitric Oxide after Lung Transplantation: No More Cosmesis?

Early Alterations in Neutrophil Activation Are Associated with Outcome in Acute Lung Injury

Long-term Beneficial Effect of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With COPD

Acute lung injury

Early Alterations in Neutrophil Activation Are Associated with Outcome in Acute Lung Injury

Airway Biology

Accentuated T Helper Type 2 Airway Response after Allergen Challenge in Cyclooxygenase-1-/- but Not Cyclooxygenase-2-/- Mice

Asthma

Fully Automated Assessment of Inflammatory Cell Counts and Cytokine Expression in Bronchial Tissue

B. Pseudomonas in Rats

Role of the Quorum-sensing System in Experimental Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Rats

C. Lung Transplantation and Nitric Oxide

A Randomized Trial of Inhaled Nitric Oxide to Prevent Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury after Lung Transplantation

clinical investigations AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION

Extrathoracic Expiratory Flow Limitation in Obesity and Obstructive and Restrictive Disorders: Effects of Increasing Negative Expiratory Pressure

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults During an Acute Asthma Exacerbation

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Cerebral Oxygenation During Exercise in Cardiac Patients

Deep Vein Thrombosis Among Patients Entering Cardiac Rehabilitation After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

clinical investigations PLEURAL

Clinical Implications of Appearance of Pleural Fluid at Thoracentesis

Tumor Necrosis Factor- in Pleural Fluid: A Marker of Complicated Parapneumonic Effusions

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Aldosterone Excretion Among Subjects With Resistant Hypertension and Symptoms of Sleep Apnea

Lack of Efficacy for a Cervicomandibular Support Collar in the Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

clinical investigations SURGERY

Resection of the Right Middle Lobe and Lingula in Children for Middle Lobe/Lingula Syndrome

Effect of Three Wound Dressings on Infection, Healing Comfort, and Cost in Patients With Sternotomy Wounds: A Randomized Trial

Effects of Additional Minocycline Pleurodesis After Thoracoscopic Procedures for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Long-term Beneficial Effect of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With COPD

clinical investigations TRANSPLANTS

Pulmonary Nodules in Lung Transplant Recipients: Etiology and Outcome

Functional Analysis in Single-Lung Transplant Recipients: A Comparative Study of High-Resolution CT, 3He-MRI, and Pulmonary Function Tests

Critical care perspective

On the Physiologic and Clinical Relevance of Lung-borne Cytokines during Ventilator-induced Lung Injury

Editorial

Tuberculosis Chemotherapy: Still a Double-edged Sword

Inhaled Nitric Oxide after Lung Transplantation: No More Cosmesis?

The Answer Is Fifteen Percent: What Is the Question?

Tracheostomy for Respiratory Failure: We Need More Answers

Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Pathophysiologic States: The Substance Behind the Gas

H. Emphysema in Rats

Methylprednisolone Causes Matrix Metalloproteinase–dependent Emphysema in Adult Rats

K. Cheyne-Stokes Respiration

Influence of Cheyne-Stokes Respiration on Cardiovascular Oscillations in Heart Failure

M. Hypoxia and Learning in Rats

Intermittent Hypoxia Is Associated with Oxidative Stress and Spatial Learning Deficits in the Rat

N. Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension

Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-1 and Neonatal Compensatory Lung Growth after Exposure to 95% Oxygen

O. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Surfactant

Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome with Recombinant Surfactant Protein C Surfactant