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This is a selection of articles from the December 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Respiratory Medicine headlines.

The Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation Response to Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation: The author responds. discuss this article
Source: Respiratory Care - December 31, 2006 Source Type: journals

Management of tracheal intubation in the respiratory intensive care unit by pulmonary physicians. discuss this article
Source: Respiratory Care - December 31, 2006 Source Type: journals

Setting positive end-expiratory pressure during jet ventilation to replicate the mean airway pressure of oscillatory ventilation. discuss this article
Source: Respiratory Care - December 31, 2006 Source Type: journals

Efficacy of a heated passover humidifier during noninvasive ventilation: a bench study. discuss this article
Source: Respiratory Care - December 31, 2006 Source Type: journals

Humidification and noninvasive ventilation. discuss this article
Source: Respiratory Care - December 31, 2006 Source Type: journals

Time course of physiologic variables in response to ventilator-induced lung injury. discuss this article
Source: Respiratory Care - December 31, 2006 Source Type: journals

Measurement of pulsatile tidal volume, pressure amplitude, and gas flow during high-frequency percussive ventilation, with and without partial cuff deflation. discuss this article
Source: Respiratory Care - December 31, 2006 Source Type: journals

The mystique of direct laryngoscopy. discuss this article
Source: Respiratory Care - December 31, 2006 Source Type: journals

A deficient TLR2 signaling promotes airway mucin production in Mycoplasma pneumoniae-infected allergic mice. discuss this article
Source: Am J Physiol Lung Ce... - December 31, 2006 Source Type: journals

Asthma Medicine Halts Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth discuss this article
Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - December 31, 2006 Source Type: journals

COPD: Which Treatment Is Right for My Patient discuss this article
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals

Faropenem Phase III Clinical Trial Stopped To Consider Exclusion Of Ketek Comparator discuss this article
Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals

Tuberculosis Bacillus Hides From The Immune System In Its Host's Fat Cells discuss this article
Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - December 27, 2006 Source Type: journals

Rosiglitazone Attenuates Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Remodeling. discuss this article
Source: Am J Physiol Lung Ce... - December 27, 2006 Source Type: journals

CHARACTERIZATION OF A HUMAN SURFACTANT PROTEIN A1 (SP-A1) GENE-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY; SP-A1 CONTENT VARIATION AMONG INDIVIDUALS OF VARYING AGE AND PULMONARY HEALTH. discuss this article
Source: Am J Physiol Lung Ce... - December 27, 2006 Source Type: journals

Nitric Oxide Production in the Ventilatory Muscles in Response to Acute Resistive Loading. discuss this article
Source: Am J Physiol Lung Ce... - December 27, 2006 Source Type: journals

Collagen I and thrombin activate MMP-2 by MMP-14 dependent and independent pathways: implications for airway smooth muscle migration. discuss this article
Source: Am J Physiol Lung Ce... - December 27, 2006 Source Type: journals

Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells from Normal Subjects and IPAH Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Show Divergent cAMP-mediated Effects on TRPC Expression and Capacitative Ca2+ Entry. discuss this article
Source: Am J Physiol Lung Ce... - December 27, 2006 Source Type: journals

Cystic Fibrosis: Scientist Members Of The Physiological Society Speak Out discuss this article
Source: Cystic Fibrosis News From Medical News Today - December 27, 2006 Source Type: journals

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome: prevalence and predictors in patients with obstructive sleep apnea discuss this article
Source: Sleep and Breathing - December 26, 2006 Source Type: journals

Study Reveals Clean Air Challenge For Major Asian Cities discuss this article
Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - December 26, 2006 Source Type: journals

Depression Common Among Patients With Chronic Cough discuss this article
Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - December 24, 2006 Source Type: journals

Vietnam Study Probes The Role Of Gut Worms In Allergies discuss this article
Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - December 24, 2006 Source Type: journals

The Future Of Asthma Research discuss this article
Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - December 23, 2006 Source Type: journals

New Survey Finds Youth Smoking Declines Have Slowed, Shows Need For States, Congress To Step Up Tobacco Prevention Efforts discuss this article
Source: Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today - December 23, 2006 Source Type: journals

Readers' Response to "Time to Reform Physician Relicensure" discuss this article
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals

Is America's Meth Scourge Really Coming to an End? discuss this article
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals

Author's Reply to Readers' Response to "Time to Reform Physician Relicensure" discuss this article
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals

Avian Flu Threat Still Hovering discuss this article
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals

Improvement in Lipid and Glycated Hemoglobin Control Among Black Adults with Diabetes --- Raleigh and Greensboro, North Carolina, 1997--2004 discuss this article
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals

[Respiratory infection] Reducing door-to-antibiotic time in community-acquired pneumonia: controlled before-and-after evaluation and cost-effectiveness analysis discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Barlow, G., Nathwani, D., Williams, F., Ogston, S., Winter, J., Jones, M., Slane, P., Myers, E., Sullivan, F., Stevens, N., Duffey, R., Lowden, K., Davey, P. Source Type: journals

[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] Bronchoscopic validation of the significance of sputum purulence in severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Soler, N., Agusti, C., Angrill, J., Puig De la Bellacasa, J., Torres, A. Source Type: journals

[Lung alerts] Inhaled corticosteroids and adrenal suppression in children discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Steer, J Source Type: journals

[Acute lung injury] In vitro and in vivo effects of salbutamol on neutrophil function in acute lung injury discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Perkins, G D, Nathani, N, McAuley, D F, Gao, F, Thickett, D R Source Type: journals

[Airwaves] Airwaves discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Wedzicha, W. Source Type: journals

[Lung alerts] {beta}2 adrenoceptor polymorphisms (ADRB2 gene) are not strongly associated with asthma incidence or prevalence discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Pagaria, M Source Type: journals

[Lung alerts] Increased systemic absorption of inhaled corticosteroids in asthmatics with better lung function discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Saxena, A Source Type: journals

[Asthma] Inflammation of bronchial smooth muscle in allergic asthma discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Begueret, H, Berger, P, Vernejoux, J M, Dubuisson, L, Marthan, R, Tunon-de-Lara, J M Source Type: journals

[Interstitial lung disease] British Thoracic Society Study on cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis: response to treatment and survival discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Rudd, R. M, Prescott, R. J, Chalmers, J C, Johnston, I. D A, for the Fibrosing Alveolitis Subcommittee of the Research Committee of the British Thoracic Society Source Type: journals

[Tuberculosis] Coeliac disease and risk of tuberculosis: a population based cohort study discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Ludvigsson, J F, Wahlstrom, J, Grunewald, J, Ekbom, A, Montgomery, S M Source Type: journals

[Chronic cough] Outcomes in children treated for persistent bacterial bronchitis discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Donnelly, D., Critchlow, A., Everard, M. L Source Type: journals

[Editorials] Coeliac disease and risk of tuberculosis: a population-based cohort study discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Sanders, D S, West, J, Whyte, M K B Source Type: journals

[Editorials] What is this thing called CFA? discuss this article
Source: Thorax - December 22, 2006 Authors: Wells, A U, Hansell, D M, Nicholson, A G Source Type: journals

Health Groups Renew Effort To Raise Wisconsin Cigarette Tax To Fund Health Care discuss this article
Source: Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals

Adrenergic Influence on the Permeability of Sheep Diaphragmatic Parietal Pleura discuss this article
Source: Respiration - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals

Genetic Predisposition to Asthma and Atopy discuss this article
Source: Respiration - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals

Seeking Excellence discuss this article
Source: Respiration - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Sleep Apnea: Clutching at Straws in the Night discuss this article
Source: Respiration - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals

Reply to 'Dieulafoy's Disease of the Lung: A Potential Disaster for the Bronchoscopist' discuss this article
Source: Respiration - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals

Out of Breath, Asleep at the Wheel discuss this article
Source: Respiration - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals

Clinical Genetics for the Pulmonologist: Introduction discuss this article
Source: Respiration - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals

Pulmonary Vasodilators? discuss this article
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals

The Initial Workup of Patients With Heart Disease and PAH discuss this article
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals

CaV3.1 ({alpha}1G) Controls von Willebrand Factor Secretion in Rat Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells. discuss this article
Source: Am J Physiol Lung Ce... - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals

Diagnostic Methods Equivalent for Mechanical Ventilation-Related Pneumonia discuss this article
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals

FORTHCOMING MEETINGS discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals

Low-Dose Enalapril in the Treatment of Surgical Cutaneous Hypertrophic Scar and Keloid - Two Case Reports and Literature Review discuss this article
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals

Maine Senator To Propose Medicaid Restrictions, Incentives That Would Affect Smokers discuss this article
Source: Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals

FDA Safety Changes: Cordarone, Prozac, Symbyax, Ethrane discuss this article
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals

Masimo Rainbow SET Pulse CO-Oximetry Technology Shown Effective And Efficient In Detecting Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Multiple Clinical Settings discuss this article
Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals

Arsenic trioxide, a potent inhibitor of NF-κB, abrogates allergen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation discuss this article
Source: Respiratory Research - December 20, 2006 Authors: Lin-Fu Zhou, Yi Zhu, Xue-Fan Cui, Wei-Ping Xie, Ai-Hua Hu and Kai-Sheng Yin Source Type: journals

New Understanding Of Immune System Creates Unexpected Links In Medicine discuss this article
Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals

Serum progastrin-releasing peptide levels followed by whole-body positron emission tomography detects early recurrence of small-cell lung cancer discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals

EDITORIAL discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals

Response to the letter: Value of recommended spirometer accuracy checks on office spirometers in primary care unknown discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals

Respirology year-in-review 2006: Clinical science discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals

Prevalence of symptomatic large pleural effusions first diagnosed more than 30 days after coronary artery bypass graft surgery discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals

Efficacy of azithromycin administration in prevention of respiratory tract infection after bronchoscopic biopsy: A randomized, controlled trial discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals

Proteomics analysis in lung cancer: Challenges and opportunities discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals

Effect of inhaled budesonide on oropharyngeal, Gram-negative bacilli colonization in asthma patients discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals

Genetic analysis of CC16, OGG1 and GCLC polymorphisms and susceptibility to COPD discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals

Lack of association between the microsatellite polymorphism in intron 2 of human Toll-like receptor 2 gene and bronchiectasis among Koreans discuss this article
Source: Respirology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals