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Editorial

  • New year: new editors

    • J A Wedzicha,
    • S L Johnston,
    • D M Mitchell
    Thorax 2003;58:1 1-2 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.1

BTS guidelines

  • British Thoracic Society guidelines on respiratory aspects of fitness for diving

    Thorax 2003;58:1 3-13 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.3

LUNG ALERT

  • Magnesium sulphate added to standard treatment in acute severe asthma causes significantly higher FEV1 % predicted at 4 hours

    • T A R Seemungal
    Thorax 2003;58:1 13 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.13

  • The difficulty in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

    • T M A Wilkinson
    Thorax 2003;58:1 29 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.29

  • Decreases in air pollutants may lead to lower cardiopulmonary mortality

    • A Bhowmik
    Thorax 2003;58:1 36 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.36

  • Traffic related air pollutants shorten life expectancy

    • A Bhowmik
    Thorax 2003;58:1 57 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.57

  • Thrombolysis for submassive pulmonary embolism

    • T A R Seemungal
    Thorax 2003;58:1 72 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.72

Asthma

  • Comparison of atopic cough with cough variant asthma: is atopic cough a precursor of asthma?

    • M Fujimura,
    • H Ogawa,
    • Y Nishizawa,
    • K Nishi
    Thorax 2003;58:1 14-18 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.14

  • Cough receptor sensitivity to capsaicin does not change after allergen bronchoprovocation in allergic asthma

    • H Minoguchi,
    • K Minoguchi,
    • A Tanaka,
    • H Matsuo,
    • N Kihara,
    • M Adachi
    Thorax 2003;58:1 19-22 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.19

  • Sputum T lymphocytes in asthma, COPD and healthy subjects have the phenotype of activated intraepithelial T cells (CD69+ CD103+)

    • M J Leckie,
    • G R Jenkins,
    • J Khan,
    • S J Smith,
    • C Walker,
    • P J Barnes,
    • T T Hansel
    Thorax 2003;58:1 23-29 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.23

  • Self-management of asthma in general practice, asthma control and quality of life: a randomised controlled trial

    • B P A Thoonen,
    • T R J Schermer,
    • G van den Boom,
    • J Molema,
    • H Folgering,
    • R P Akkermans,
    • R Grol,
    • C van Weel,
    • C P van Schayck
    Thorax 2003;58:1 30-36 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.30

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Respiratory viruses in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring hospitalisation: a case-control study

    • G Rohde,
    • A Wiethege,
    • I Borg,
    • M Kauth,
    • T T Bauer,
    • A Gillissen,
    • A Bufe,
    • G Schultze-Werninghaus
    Thorax 2003;58:1 37-42 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.37

  • Inhaled short acting β agonist use in COPD and the risk of acute myocardial infarction

    • S Suissa,
    • T Assimes,
    • P Ernst
    Thorax 2003;58:1 43-46 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.43

Lung cancer

  • Prospective use of serial questionnaires to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in suspected lung cancer

    • G J Herder,
    • H van Tinteren,
    • E F Comans,
    • O S Hoekstra,
    • G J Teule,
    • P E Postmus,
    • U Joshi,
    • E F Smit
    Thorax 2003;58:1 47-51 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.47

Interstitial lung disease

  • High serum concentrations of surfactant protein A in usual interstitial pneumonia compared with non-specific interstitial pneumonia

    • H Ishii,
    • H Mukae,
    • J Kadota,
    • H Kaida,
    • T Nagata,
    • K Abe,
    • S Matsukura,
    • S Kohno
    Thorax 2003;58:1 52-57 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.52

Respiratory muscles

  • Can diaphragmatic contractility be assessed by airway twitch pressure in mechanically ventilated patients?

    • S E Cattapan,
    • F Laghi,
    • M J Tobin
    Thorax 2003;58:1 58-62 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.58

Respiratory infections

  • Reduced interferon-γ release in patients recovered from Legionnaires' disease

    • K D Lettinga,
    • S Weijer,
    • P Speelman,
    • J M Prins,
    • T van der Poll,
    • A Verbon
    Thorax 2003;58:1 63-67 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.63

Bronchiectasis

  • Comparison of exhaled and nasal nitric oxide and exhaled carbon monoxide levels in bronchiectatic patients with and without primary ciliary dyskinesia

    • I Horváth,
    • S Loukides,
    • T Wodehouse,
    • E Csiszér,
    • P J Cole,
    • S A Kharitonov,
    • P J Barnes
    Thorax 2003;58:1 68-72 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.68

Review series

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 6: The aetiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • A J White,
    • S Gompertz,
    • R A Stockley
    Thorax 2003;58:1 73-80 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.73

  • The pulmonary physician in critical care • 12: Acute severe asthma in the intensive care unit

    • P Phipps,
    • C S Garrard
    Thorax 2003;58:1 81-88 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.81

Case Report

  • Catamenial haemoptysis and clomiphene citrate therapy

    • B Hope-Gill,
    • B V Prathibha
    Thorax 2003;58:1 89-90 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.89

Letters to the editor

  • DOT for all patients with smear-positive pulmonary TB in London?

    • R D Barker,
    • J Glyn-Jones,
    • G Bothamley
    Thorax 2003;58:1 91 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.91

  • Guidelines on prevention of venous thromboembolism during long haul flights

    • C Campbell,
    • C F J Rayner
    1. Commentator:
      • R K Coker
    Thorax 2003;58:1 91-92 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.91-a

  • Endotoxin: does it have a role in prevention of lung cancer

    • J H Lange
    Thorax 2003;58:1 92-93 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.92

  • High incidence of cystic fibrosis in children born in Italy to Albanian immigrants

    • F Festini,
    • G Taccetti,
    • M L Cioni,
    • T Repetto,
    • M de Martino
    Thorax 2003;58:1 93 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.93

  • Urokinase in the treatment of childhood empyema

    • S C Sit,
    • G Cohen,
    • A Jaffe
    1. Commentator:
      • A H Thomson and
      • J Hull
    Thorax 2003;58:1 93-94 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.93-a

Book reviews

  • Childhood Respiratory Infections: Scientific Editor: Rosalind L Smyth. UK: Oxford University Press, 2002. £42.50. ISBN 0 1985 1624 X

    • P D Sly
    Thorax 2003;58:1 94 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.94

  • Clinicians’ Guide to Sleep Medicine: N J Douglas. UK: Arnold, 2002. £29.99, paperback. ISBN 0 340 74205 4

    • M Chandri
    Thorax 2003;58:1 94 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.94-a

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