Thorax: 65 (6)

Airwaves

Airwaves (3 June, 2010) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Editorials

Diagnosing COPD in non-smokers: splitting not lumping (3 June, 2010) Free
Edwin R Chilvers, David A Lomas
Clinical networks for ILD: casting light on diffuse lung shadows (3 June, 2010) Free
Nicholas K Harrison, Norman Johnson, Margaret Wilsher
New options for bronchodilator treatment in COPD (3 June, 2010) Free
P M A Calverley
Respiratory disease in 2010: looking to the past will prepare us for the future (3 June, 2010) Free
David M Mannino
Impact of the 2009 influenza pandemic (3 June, 2010) Free
J Dunning, P J M Openshaw

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Efficacy of a new once-daily long-acting inhaled β₂-agonist indacaterol versus twice-daily formoterol in COPD
(3 June, 2010) Free
Ronald Dahl, Kian Fan Chung, Roland Buhl, Helgo Magnussen, Vladimir Nonikov, Damon Jack, Patricia Bleasdale, Roger Owen, Mark Higgins, Benjamin Kramer
Gender differences in COPD: are women more susceptible to smoking effects than men? (3 June, 2010) Free
Inga-Cecilie Sørheim, Ane Johannessen, Amund Gulsvik, Per S Bakke, Edwin K Silverman, Dawn L DeMeo
Measurement properties of the SenseWear armband in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (3 June, 2010) Free
Kylie Hill, Thomas E Dolmage, Lynda Woon, Roger Goldstein, Dina Brooks
Case finding for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a model for optimising a targeted approach (3 June, 2010) Free
Rachel E Jordan, Kin-bong Hubert Lam, Kar Keung Cheng, Martin R Miller, Jennifer L Marsh, Jon G Ayres, David Fitzmaurice, Peymané Adab

Epidemiology

Morbidity and mortality associated with the restrictive spirometric pattern: a longitudinal study (3 June, 2010) Free
Stefano Guerra, Duane L Sherrill, Claire Venker, Christina M Ceccato, Marilyn Halonen, Fernando D Martinez

Respiratory infection

Clinical characteristics of fatalities due to influenza A (H1N1) virus in Mexico (3 June, 2010) Free
Germán Fajardo-Dolci, Rafael Gutierrez-Vega, Heberto Arboleya-Casanova, Aremis Villalobos, Kate S Wilson, Sandra G García, Julio Sotelo, José A Córdova Villalobos, Claudia Díaz-Olavarrieta
Outcomes of adults hospitalised with severe influenza (3 June, 2010) Free
N Lee, K W Choi, P K S Chan, D S C Hui, G C Y Lui, B C K Wong, R Y K Wong, W Y Sin, W M Hui, K L K Ngai, C S Cockram, R W M Lai, J J Y Sung

Asthma

Effect of diet on asthma and allergic sensitisation in the International Study on Allergies and Asthma in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two (3 June, 2010) Free
Gabriele Nagel, Gudrun Weinmayr, Andrea Kleiner, Luis Garcia-Marcos, David P Strachan, the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group

Sleep-disordered breathing

Nocturnal intermittent hypoxia and C reactive protein among middle-aged community residents: a cross-sectional survey (3 June, 2010) Free
Isao Muraki, Takeshi Tanigawa, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Susumu Sakurai, Tetsuya Ohira, Hironori Imano, Akihiko Kitamura, Masahiko Kiyama, Shinichi Sato, Takashi Shimamoto, Masamitsu Konishi, Hiroyasu Iso, for the CIRCS Investigators

Environmental exposure

A prospective study of respiratory symptoms associated with chronic arsenic exposure in Bangladesh: findings from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS) (3 June, 2010) Free
Faruque Parvez, Yu Chen, Paul W Brandt-Rauf, Vesna Slavkovich, Tariqul Islam, Alauddin Ahmed, Maria Argos, Rabiul Hassan, Mahbub Yunus, Syed E Haque, Olgica Balac, Joseph H Graziano, Habibul Ahsan

Lung cancer

Learning curves for endobronchial ultrasound using cusum analysis (3 June, 2010) Free
S V Kemp, S H El Batrawy, R N Harrison, K Skwarski, M Munavvar, A Roselli, K Cusworth, P L Shah

Cystic fibrosis

Measurement of nasal potential difference in young children with an equivocal sweat test following newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (3 June, 2010) Free
Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Emmanuelle Girodon, Delphine Roussel, Eric Deneuville, Stéphanie Bui, Frédéric Huet, Marcel Guillot, Rola Aboutaam, Michel Renouil, Anne Munck, Marie des Georges, Albert Iron, Christel Thauvin-Robinet, Isabelle Fajac, Gerard Lenoir, Michel Roussey, Aleksander Edelman

Case report

The use of abatacept in debilitating cavitating lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis, bronchocentric granulomatosis and aspergillosis (3 June, 2010) Free
K Neff, J Stack, S Harney, M Henry

Review

Ca²⁺ homeostasis and structural and functional remodelling of airway smooth muscle in asthma
(3 June, 2010) Free
Katharina Mahn, Oluwaseun O Ojo, Gianna Chadwick, Philip I Aaronson, Jeremy P T Ward, Tak H Lee

PostScript

Letter:
Efficacy of nebulised colomycin in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis colonised with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(3 June, 2010) Free
R Dhar, G A Anwar, S C Bourke, L Doherty, P Middleton, C Ward, R M Rutherford
Maternal smoking during pregnancy decreases Wnt signalling in neonatal mice (3 June, 2010) Free
M J Blacquière, W Timens, A van den Berg, M Geerlings, D S Postma, M N Hylkema
Circulating endothelial stem cells are not decreased in pulmonary emphysema or COPD (3 June, 2010) Free
G Caramori, G M Rigolin, F Mazzoni, S Leprotti, P Campioni, A Papi

Miscellanea

IL-23 and allergic airway inflammation (3 June, 2010) Free
Charlotte Addy
MMP12 and reduced risk of COPD (3 June, 2010) Free
A Pillai

Images in Thorax

Massive thymic hyperplasia presenting with respiratory insufficiency in a 2-year-old child (3 June, 2010) Free
Gilberto Szarf, Thais Caldara Mussi de Andrade, Renato de Oliveira, Luiz Hiroshi Ota, Henrique M Lederman

Guidelines

Guidelines for the prevention and management of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in adult patients with chronic kidney disease
(3 June, 2010) Free
Prepared by members of the Guideline Group on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee and Joint Tuberculosis Committee, Heather Milburn, Neil Ashman, Peter Davies, Sarah Doffman, Francis Drobniewski, Saye Khoo, Peter Ormerod, Marlies Ostermann, Catherine Snelson

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June 2010 - Volume 65 - 6

Airwaves

Editorials

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Epidemiology

Respiratory infection

Asthma

Sleep-disordered breathing

Environmental exposure

Lung cancer

Cystic fibrosis

Case report

Review

PostScript

Miscellanea

Images in Thorax

Guidelines

Issue Information

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Table of contents

June 2010 - Volume 65 - 6

Airwaves

Editorials

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Epidemiology

Respiratory infection

Asthma

Sleep-disordered breathing

Environmental exposure

Lung cancer

Cystic fibrosis

Case report

Review

PostScript

Miscellanea

Images in Thorax

Guidelines

Issue Information