Airway biology

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Nocturnal non-invasive nasal ventilation in stable hypercapnic COPD: a randomised controlled trial

R D McEvoy, R J Pierce, D Hillman, A Esterman, E E Ellis, P G Catcheside, F J O’Donoghue, D J Barnes, R R Grunstein on behalf of the Australian trial of non-invasive Ventilation in Chronic Airflow Limitation (AVCAL) Study Group
Thorax 2009 64: 561 -566; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.108274 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Environmental exposure
Traffic-related air pollution in relation to respiratory symptoms, allergic sensitisation and lung function in schoolchildren

M Rosenlund, F Forastiere, D Porta, M De Sario, C Badaloni, and C A Perucci
Thorax 2009 64: 573 -580; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2007.094953 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Respiratory infection
Biomarkers improve mortality prediction by prognostic scales in community-acquired pneumonia

R Menéndez, R Martínez, S Reyes, J Mensa, X Filella, M A Marcos, A Martínez, C Esquinas, P Ramirez, and A Torres
Thorax 2009 64: 587 -591; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.105312 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiratory infection
Risk factors for complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema on presentation to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia

J D Chalmers, A Singanayagam, M P Murray, C Scally, A Fawzi, and A T Hill
Thorax 2009 64: 592 -597; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.105080 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paediatric lung disease
School age outcome of hospitalisation with respiratory syncytial virus infection of prematurely born infants

A Greenough, J Alexander, P Boit, J Boorman, S Burgess, A Burke, P A Chetcuti, I Cliff, W Lenney, T Lytle, C Morgan, C Raiman, N J Shaw, K P Sylvester, and J Turner
Thorax 2009 64: 490 -495; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.095547 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiratory physiology
Hypoxic challenge flight assessments in patients with severe chest wall deformity or neuromuscular disease at risk for nocturnal hypoventilation

N Mestry, M Thirumaran, J M Tuggey, W Macdonald, and M W Elliott
Thorax 2009 64: 532 -534; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.099143 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joint BTS/ACPRC guideline
Guidelines for the physiotherapy management of the adult, medical, spontaneously breathing patient

J Bott, S Blumenthal, M Buxton, S Ellum, C Falconer, R Garrod, A Harvey, T Hughes, M Lincoln, C Mikelsons, C Potter, J Pryor, L Rimington, F Sinfield, C Thompson, P Vaughn, J White on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Physiotherapy Guideline Development Group
Thorax 2009; 64: i1-52i. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendices ]  

Lung cancer
Effect of CT screening on smoking habits at 1-year follow-up in the Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial (DLCST)

H Ashraf, P Tønnesen, J Holst Pedersen, A Dirksen, H Thorsen, and M Døssing
Thorax 2009 64: 388 -392; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.102475 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cough
Sex differences and predictors of objective cough frequency in chronic cough

A Kelsall, S Decalmer, K McGuinness, A Woodcock, and J A Smith
Thorax 2009 64: 393 -398; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.106237 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ] [ Web only appendix ] [ Web only appendix ]  

Paediatric lung disease
Dietary patterns in pregnancy and respiratory and atopic outcomes in childhood

S O Shaheen, K Northstone, R B Newson, P M Emmett, A Sherriff, and A J Henderson
Thorax 2009 64: 411 -417; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.104703 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]