Muscle disease

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Mechanical ventilation
Effect of non-invasive ventilation on respiratory muscle loading and endurance in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

M Toussaint, P Soudon, and W Kinnear
Thorax 2008 63: 430 -434; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2007.084574 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Screening for lung cancer: yet another problem

Stephen G Spiro
Thorax 2007; 62: 105-106. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case reports
Tubular aggregate myopathy presenting with acute type II respiratory failure and severe orthopnoea

N Shahrizaila, W S Lim, D K Robson, W J Kinnear, and A J Wills
Thorax 2006; 61: 89-90. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Non-invasive mechanical ventilation: when to start for what benefit?

B Fauroux and F Lofaso
Thorax 2005; 60: 979-980. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mechanical ventilation
Randomised controlled trial of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for nocturnal hypoventilation in neuromuscular and chest wall disease patients with daytime normocapnia

S Ward, M Chatwin, S Heather, and A K Simonds
Thorax 2005; 60: 1019-1024. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Orphan lung diseases in childhood: still unadopted?

A Jaffé
Thorax 2005; 60: 892-894. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Peripheral muscle training in COPD: still much to learn

M D L Morgan
Thorax 2005; 60: 359-360. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiratory infection
Impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) on pulmonary function, functional capacity and quality of life in a cohort of survivors

D S Hui, G M Joynt, K T Wong, C D Gomersall, T S Li, G Antonio, F W Ko, M C Chan, D P Chan, M W Tong, T H Rainer, A T Ahuja, C S Cockram, and J J Y Sung
Thorax 2005; 60: 401-409. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web-only tables ]  

Editorials
Skeletal muscle weakness, fatigue and sarcoidosis

U Costabel
Thorax 2005; 60: 1-2. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Peripheral muscle weakness in COPD: where does it come from?

M I Polkey
Thorax 2003; 58: 741-742. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]