Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 3 - Number: 19 - April 15, 2003

Outstanding

Short-term and Long-term Outcomes After Bilateral Lung Volume Reduction Surgery : Prediction by Quantitative CT

In Patients With COPD, Treatment With a Combination of Formoterol and Ipratropium Is More Effective Than a Combination of Salbutamol and Ipratropium : A 3-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind, Within-Patient, Multicenter Study

Heterogeneity of Airway Inflammation in Persistent Asthma : Evidence of Neutrophilic Inflammation and Increased Sputum Interleukin-8

Smoking Characteristics : Differences in Attitudes and Dependence Between Healthy Smokers and Smokers With COPD

Asthma

A Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Regular Monotherapy With Short-Acting and Long-Acting ß2-Agonists in Allergic Asthmatic Patients

Ambulatory Use of Inhaled ß2-Agonists for the Treatment of Asthma in Quebec : A Population-Based Utilization Review

Dose-Response Relationship and Reproducibility of the Fall in Exhaled Nitric Oxide After Inhaled Beclomethasone Dipropionate Therapy in Asthma Patients

Heterogeneity of Airway Inflammation in Persistent Asthma : Evidence of Neutrophilic Inflammation and Increased Sputum Interleukin-8

COPD

Short-term and Long-term Outcomes After Bilateral Lung Volume Reduction Surgery : Prediction by Quantitative CT

In Patients With COPD, Treatment With a Combination of Formoterol and Ipratropium Is More Effective Than a Combination of Salbutamol and Ipratropium : A 3-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind, Within-Patient, Multicenter Study

Critical Care

Efficacy of IV Theophylline in Children With Severe Status Asthmaticus

Predictors of Mortality and Resource Utilization in Cirrhotic Patients Admitted to the Medical ICU

Caregiver Strain Associated With Tracheostomy in Chronic Respiratory Failure

Infections

Prevalence of Asymptomatic Infection With Chlamydia pneumoniae in Subjectively Healthy Adults

Empiric Antibiotic Therapy and Mortality Among Medicare Pneumonia Inpatients in 10 Western States : 1993, 1995, and 1997

Risk Factors for Prophylaxis Failure in Patients Receiving Aerosol Pentamidine for Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia Prophylaxis

Microbiology of Pediatric Primary Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Cost-effectiveness of Gatifloxacin vs Ceftriaxone With a Macrolide for the Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Obesity

Expiratory Flow Limitation and Orthopnea in Massively Obese Subjects

Body Composition Analysis and Changes in Airways Function in Obese Adults After Hypocaloric Diet

Pulmonary Vasculophaty

Exhaled Nitric Oxide Is Elevated in Patients With Progressive Systemic Sclerosis Without Interstitial Lung Disease

Usefulness of Pulmonary Vascular Leakiness Assessment in Interstitial Pneumonitis

Respiratory Insufficiency

Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Improves Endurance Performance in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Failure Due to Thoracic Restriction

Is It Safe for Patients With Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Undergoing Home Noninvasive Ventilation To Discontinue Ventilation Briefly?

Sleep and Respiration

Unreliability of Automatic Scoring of MESAM 4 in Assessing Patients With Complicated Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders in Adolescents Aged 12 to 16 Years : Clinical and Polygraphic Findings

Surgery

Transfusion of Blood Components and Postoperative Infection in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Surgical Management of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer With Synchronous Brain Metastases

Diltiazem Treatment Does Not Alter Renal Function After Thoracic Surgery

Tobacco addiction

Bupropion for Smoking Cessation : Predictors of Successful Outcome

Smoking Characteristics : Differences in Attitudes and Dependence Between Healthy Smokers and Smokers With COPD