January 2007 / Volume 52 / Number 1

The Mystique of Direct Laryngoscopy: by Richard M Levitan—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Humidification and Noninvasive Ventilation: by Mario Solomita and Gerald C Smaldone—Stony Brook, New York

Management of Tracheal Intubation in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit by Pulmonary Physicians: by Andrea MA Vianello, Giovanna ME Arcaro, Fausto S Braccioni, Federico Gallan, Chiara M Greggio, Anna Marangoni, Carlo Ori, and Michele Minuzzo—Padova, Italy
Time Course of Physiologic Variables in Response to Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury: by David J Dries, Dana A Simonson, Alexander B Adams, and John J Mariniâ€”St Paul, Minnesota
Efficacy of a Heated Passover Humidifier During Noninvasive Ventilation: A Bench Study: by Anne E Holland, Linda Denehy, Catherine A Buchan, and John W Wilson—Melbourne, Australia
Measurement of Pulsatile Tidal Volume, Pressure Amplitude, and Gas Flow During High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation, With and Without Partial Cuff Deflation: by Patrick F Allan, Jefferson R Thurlby, and Gregory A Naworol—Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Setting Positive End-Expiratory Pressure During Jet Ventilation to Replicate the Mean Airway Pressure of Oscillatory Ventilation: by Andora L Bass, Michael A Gentile, John P Heinz, Damian M Craig, Donna S Hamel, and Ira M Cheifetz—Durham, North Carolina

Fatal Massive Hemoptysis in a Patient on Low-Dose Oral Prednisone: Chronic Necrotizing Pulmonary Aspergillosis: by Bobbak Vahid and Paul E Marik—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia: by Andrew M Luks and Margaret J Neff—Seattle, Washington

The Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation Response to Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation: by Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, Charis Roussos, and Spyros Zakynthinos—Athens, Greece author response by Amal Jubran—Hines, Illinois

Oakes’ Respiratory Home Care: An On-Site Reference Guide (Oakes DF, Wyka KA, Wyka KS): reviewed by Patrick J Dunne—Fullerton, California
Imaging of Diseases of the Chest, 4th ed (Hansell DM, Armstrong P, Lynch DA, McAdams HP): reviewed by Jeffrey P Kanne—Cleveland, Ohio
High-Resolution Computed Tomography of the Lungs: A Pattern Approach (Karthikeyan D): reviewed by Jonathan H Chung and Eric J Stern—Seattle, Washington
IASLC Textbook of Prevention and Detection of Early Lung Cancer (Hirsch FR, Bunn PA Jr, Kato H, Mulshine JL, editors): reviewed by Keith Eaton—Seattle, Washington
Air, the Environment, and Public Health (Kessel AS): reviewed by Sverre Vedal—Seattle, Washington
Tropical Lung Disease, 2nd ed (Sharma OP, editor): reviewed by Steve T-Y Yang, Chian-Min Loo, Thun-How Ong, and Keng-Leong Tan—Singapore

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