What's New in the AJRCCM

June 2012

The June 1 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine features a concise clinical review on “Pulmonary Complications of Sickle Cell Disease,” as well as a pulmonary perspective on “Subclinical Interstitial Lung Disease: Why You Should Care.”

This issue of the journal also includes original research on “Interaction between Asthma and Lung Function Growth in Early Life,” “Bronchoconstriction Triggered by Breathing Hot Humid Air in Asthmatics: Role of Cholinergic Reflex,” “Utility of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Test to Evaluate Severity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations,” and “Inflammasome-Regulated Cytokines are Critical Mediators of Acute Lung Injury.”

This issue also features three pulmonary, sleep, and critical care updates from 2011 in environmental and occupational medicine, COPD, and pulmonary vascular diseases.

The June 15 AJRCCM features a pulmonary perspective on “Next-Generation Regeneration: The Hope and Hype of Lung Stem Cell Research.”

This issue of the journal also includes original research on “Genome-wide Association Identifies the T Gene as a Novel Asthma Pharmacogenetic Locus,” “Occupational Exposure to Dusts, Gases, and Fumes and Incidence of COPD in SAPALDIA,” “The ARDS Cognitive Outcomes Study: Long-Term Neuropsychological Function in Survivors of ALI,” and “Suitability of EBUS-TBNA Specimens for Subtyping and Genotyping of NSCLC: A Multicenter Study of 774 Patients.”

This issue also features three updates from 2011 in pulmonary, sleep, and critical care including: “Update in Respiratory Infections 2011,” “Update in Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease 2011,” and “Update in Sleep Medicine 2011.” Also featured is another segment from the “Beyond the Blue: What Fellows Are Reading in Other Journals” series on “Airway Bypass Stents for Emphysema, Algorithm to Exclude Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension, and Sildenafil for Pulmonary Hypertension in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.”

July 2012

The July 1 AJRCCM features a pulmonary perspective on “The Relationship between Lung Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease.”

This issue of the journal also includes original research on “Low Serum Adiponectin Predicts Future Risk for Asthma in Women,” “A Clinical Algorithm to Diagnose Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Critically Ill Patients,” “Progressive Flow-to-Volume Dysanapsis in Cystic Fibrosis: A Predictor for Lung Transplantation?” and “A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial of Warfarin in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.”

This issue also features four updates from 2011 in pulmonary, sleep, and critical care including “Update in Acute Lung Injury and Mechanical Ventilation 2011,” “Update in Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease 2011,” “Update in Pediatric Lung Disease 2011,” and “Update in Asthma 2011.”

The July 15 issue features a concise clinical review on “Examination of the Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity (DLco) in Relation to Its KCO and VA Components,” as well as a pulmonary perspective on “Estrogen Paradox in Pulmonary Hypertension: Current Controversies and Future Perspectives.”

This issue of the journal also includes original research on “Pre- and Postnatal Maternal Stress and Wheeze in Urban Children: Effect of Maternal Sensitization,” “Comorbidities and Risk of Mortality in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,” “Left Ventricular Dysfunction Induced by Nonsevere Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Pressure–Volume Relationship Study,” and “Sleep Disordered Breathing and Cancer Mortality: Results from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study.”

This issue also includes another segment of the “Beyond the Blue: What Fellows Are Reading in Other Journals,” in which the fellows from Johns Hopkins University offer their reading recommendations.

To read the issues in full, please visit ajrccm.atsjournals.org.