Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 7 - Number: 68 - September 15, 2007

Outstanding

Movement: The Emerging Genetics of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Low Prevalence of Prior Streptococcus pneumoniae Vaccination Among Potential Lung Transplant Candidates

Matrix Regulation of Lung Injury, Inflammation, and Repair: The Role of Innate Immunity

Mechanisms of Airway Obliteration after Lung Transplantation

Airway Fibrosis in Asthma, COPD, and Bronchiolitis Obliterans: Similarities, Differences, and Role of Inflammation

Mechanisms of Airway Obliteration after Lung Transplantation

Neutrophil Elastase: Mediator of Extracellular Matrix Destruction and Accumulation

Asthma

Improvement in Bronchodilation Following Deep Inspiration After a Course of High-Dose Oral Prednisone in Asthma

Asthma and Allergy

Macrophage Reprogramming by Mycolic Acid Promotes a Tolerogenic Response in Experimental Asthma

Cardiac Failure

Immunosuppressive Therapy in Connective Tissue Diseases-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

clinical investigations PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS

Low Prevalence of Prior Streptococcus pneumoniae Vaccination Among Potential Lung Transplant Candidates

COPD

Patient Understanding, Detection, and Experience of COPD Exacerbations: An Observational, Interview-Based Study

Critical Care

Impact of Antibiotic Guideline Compliance on Duration of Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Ischemia and Reperfusion Increases Susceptibility to Ventilator-induced Lung Injury in Rats

Measurement of Left Mainstem Bronchus Using Multiplane CT Reconstructions and Relationship Between Patient Characteristics or Tracheal Diameters and Left Bronchial Diameters

Cystic Fibrosis

Haemophilus influenzae Forms Biofilms on Airway Epithelia: Implications in Cystic Fibrosis

Inhaled L-Arginine Improves Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Pulmonary Function in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Editorial

Follow-up After an Asthma Hospitalization: Who Can Prevent Subsequent Exacerbations?

Movement: The Emerging Genetics of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Interstitial lung disease

Mycophenolate Mofetil Is Safe, Well Tolerated, and Preserves Lung Function in Patients With Connective Tissue Disease-Related Interstitial Lung Disease

Nerve Growth Factor in Serum and Lymphocyte Culture in Pigeon Fanciers’ Acute Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Pulmonar Hypertensión

Performing the Apnea of the Single-Breath Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity: Relaxation on the Shutter or Full Inspiration With Near Atmospheric Intrapulmonary Pressure?

Pulmonary perspective

Obesity and Asthma

Recent advances in thoracic medicine

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Menace That Threatens To Destabilize Tuberculosis Control

Regulation of Cell Behavior by Extracellular Matrix and Proteinases

Matrix Regulation of Lung Injury, Inflammation, and Repair: The Role of Innate Immunity

Sleep apnea

Inflammatory Mediators in Exhaled Breath Condensate of Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome