Neuromuscular disease

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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 ]  

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]  

Respiratory muscles
The value of multiple tests of respiratory muscle strength

Joerg Steier, Sunny Kaul, John Seymour, Caroline Jolley, Gerrard Rafferty, William Man, Yuan M Luo, Michael Roughton, Michael I Polkey, and John Moxham
Thorax 2007 62: 975 -980; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.072884 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Epidemiology
Is childhood immunisation associated with atopic disease from age 7 to 32 years?

Kazunori Nakajima, Shyamali C Dharmage, John B Carlin, Cathryn L Wharton, Mark A Jenkins, Graham G Giles, Michael J Abramson, E Haydn Walters, and John L Hopper
Thorax 2007 62: 270 -275; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.062547 [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]  

Editorials
Anger, stress, dysregulation produces wear and tear on the lung

P Lehrer
Thorax 2006; 61: 833-834. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tuberculosis
Adverse events and treatment interruption in tuberculosis patients with and without HIV co-infection

R A M Breen, R F Miller, T Gorsuch, C J Smith, A Schwenk, W Holmes, J Ballinger, L Swaden, M A Johnson, I Cropley, and M C I Lipman
Thorax 2006 61: 791 -794; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.058867 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Risk management of the home ventilator dependent patient

A K Simonds
Thorax 2006; 61: 369-371. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lung alerts
Non-invasive ventilation improves survival in patients with motor neuron disease

A McKendrick
Thorax 2006; 61: 399. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]