… David R Park MD presented a version of this article at the 35th RESPIRATORY CARE
Journal Conference, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, held February 25–27, 2005, in Cancún, …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) involves an intense inflammatory response in
the lungs, with accumulation of both pro- and antiinflammatory cytokines in bronchoalveolar …

Fas (CD95, APO-1) is regarded as the prototypical cell death receptor of the TNFR
superfamily. Fas-induced apoptosis is generally considered to be a noninflammatory process, …

Acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by an early inflammatory response followed by a late
fibroproliferative phase, and by an increase in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) …

Rationale: Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease is an increasingly common and
chronically debilitating problem. Several host traits have been suggested or confirmed as risk …

Fentanyl and other opiates used in procedural sedation and analgesia are associated with
several well-known complications. We report the case of a man who developed the …

Objective. —To describe the use of the medical futility rationale in do-not-attempt-resuscitation
(DNAR) orders written for medical inpatients. Design. —Structured interviews with …

In a prospective study, the etiology of community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) was investigated
among consecutive patients admitted to an academic, urban public hospital in Seattle. …

Detecting differentially expressed proteins is a key goal of proteomics. We describe a label-free
method, the spectral index, for analyzing relative protein abundance in large-scale data …

Inhalation injury is associated with severe pulmonary complications as inhaled products of
combustion cause lung inflammation and loss of natural defenses. A bronchoscopic grading …