Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 5 - Number: 47 - December 15, 2005

Outstanding

Warfarin Anticoagulation and Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis

Tiotropium Bromide

99mTc-Labeled Interleukin-8 for Scintigraphic Detection of Pulmonary Infections

Outcomes up to 5 Years After Severe, Acute Respiratory Failure

Bronchoscopy

Differences of Opinion: A Survey of Knowledge and Bias Among Clinicians Regarding the Role of Chemotherapy in Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

clinical investigations ASTHMA

Risk Behaviors and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adults With Asthma: The Role of Mental Health Status

Clinical investigations in critical care

The State of Intubated ICU Patients: Development of a Two-Dimensional Sedation Rating Scale for Critically Ill Adults

Lack of Equivalence Between Central and Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation

Outcomes up to 5 Years After Severe, Acute Respiratory Failure

Identifying Potentially Ineffective Care in the Sickest Critically Ill Patients on the Third ICU Day

clinical investigations PULMONARY FUNCTION TRAITS

Simplified Detection of Dynamic Hyperinflation

Validity of the American Thoracic Society and Other Spirometric Algorithms Using FVC and Forced Expiratory Volume at 6 s for Predicting a Reduced Total Lung Capacity

Decline in Lung Function in Patients With Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Treated With or Without Progesterone

A Single Measure of FEV1 Is Associated With Risk of Asthma Attacks in Long-term Follow-up

ethics in cardiopulmonary medicine

Cystic Pulmonary Lesion in a Patient With Cough and Eosinophilia

exercise and the heart

Risks of and Recommendations for Flexible Bronchoscopy in Pregnancy: A Review

laboratory and animal investigations

Influence of Alterations in Loading on Mitral Annular Velocity by Tissue Doppler Echocardiography and Its Associated Ability To Predict Filling Pressures

Prolonged Nitric Oxide Inhalation During Recovery From Chronic Hypoxia Does Not Decrease Nitric Oxide-Dependent Relaxation in Pulmonary Arteries

Activation of the Calcineurin-Nuclear Factor of Activated T-Cell Signal Transduction Pathway in Atrial Fibrillation

Stability of Adenosine Deaminase During Transportation

Preliminary reports

99mTc-Labeled Interleukin-8 for Scintigraphic Detection of Pulmonary Infections

pulmonary and critical care pearls

A Case of Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure

Reviews

Warfarin Anticoagulation and Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis

Tiotropium Bromide