Annals ofCritical Care Medicine

Volume: 6 - Number: 51 - April 15, 2006

Outstanding

A Sleeping Giant: Sleep-Disordered Breathing in the Coronary Care Unit

Nitric Oxide Is Released Into Circulation With Whole-Body, Periodic Acceleration

Persistence of Lung Function Abnormalities Despite Sustained Success of Percutaneous Mitral Valvotomy: The Need for an Early Indication

An unique case of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis with extensive chest wall invasion

Cardiology

Glutathione: A Radical Treatment for Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease?

Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances and ST-Segment Depression Episodes in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome and Its Mechanisms

Nitric Oxide Is Released Into Circulation With Whole-Body, Periodic Acceleration

Persistence of Lung Function Abnormalities Despite Sustained Success of Percutaneous Mitral Valvotomy: The Need for an Early Indication

Case reports

Primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the trachea: a case of surgical resection and long term survival

Clinical Investigation

A Descriptive Evaluation of Transfusion Practices in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

Influence of Potassium Dichromate on Tracheal Secretions in Critically Ill Patients

Incidence and Impact of Organ Dysfunctions Associated With Sepsis

Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation To Treat Hypercapnic Coma Secondary to Respiratory Failure

Editorial

Concurrent trends in asthma and obesity

A Sleeping Giant: Sleep-Disordered Breathing in the Coronary Care Unit

Increased Lipase Plasma Levels in ICU Patients: When Are They Critical?

Images in Thorax

An unique case of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis with extensive chest wall invasion

laboratory and animal investigations

Effect of Clopidogrel With and Without Aspirin on Bleeding Following Transbronchial Lung Biopsy

Quantitative Analysis of Bronchial Wall Vascularity in the Medium and Small Airways of Patients With Asthma and COPD

Radiofrequency Ablation of Pulmonary Tumors and Normal Lung Tissue in Swine and Rabbits

ERCC1 Expression Is a Predictor of Survival in Resected Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Paediatric lung disease

Anti-GM-CSF antibodies in paediatric pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Reviews

Tracheomalacia and Tracheobronchomalacia in Children and Adults: An In-depth Review

Lung Transplantation: Disease-Specific Considerations for Referral

Stem cell biology

Transbronchial biopsies provide longitudinal evidence for epithelial chimerism in children following sex mismatched lung transplantation