EDITORIAL
60th anniversary of Thorax
Thorax at 60
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor A E Tattersfield
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham University Hospital, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK; anne.tattersfield@nottingham.ac.uk
Keywords: Thorax
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Editors look for articles that say something new, and studies don’t have to be large and grand. I have selected two papers and an editorial from among the many I could have chosen. They may not be landmark articles, but they are probably the three articles I have quoted most widely in discussions and teaching. I enjoy the fact that the two studies are simple, showing that valuable information can still be obtained by studying patients carefully and without breaking the bank.
First is a paper by Tweedale et al1 which looked at short term repeatability of FEV1 and bronchodilator responsiveness in patients with airflow obstruction. The authors showed that within subject differences in FEV1 measurements made 20 minutes apart were usually within 160 ml, and that this was true whether the initial FEV1 was 1 or 5 litres. This has been enormously useful when planning
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