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Editorials

  • Preventing hospital admissions for COPD: role of physical activity

    • M D L Morgan
    Thorax 2003;58:2 95-96 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.95

  • The new front line treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma?

    • J P C Steele
    Thorax 2003;58:2 96-97 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.96

  • The new BTS/SIGN asthma guidelines: where evidence leads the way

    • B G Higgins,
    • J G Douglas
    Thorax 2003;58:2 98-99 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.98

Airwaves

  • Airwaves

    • Wisia Wedzicha
    Thorax 2003;58:2 95 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.95-a

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Risk factors of readmission to hospital for a COPD exacerbation: a prospective study

    • J Garcia-Aymerich,
    • E Farrero,
    • M A Félez,
    • J Izquierdo,
    • R M Marrades,
    • J M Antó
    Thorax 2003;58:2 100-105 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.100

  • Imbalance between levels of nitrogen oxides and peroxynitrite inhibitory activity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • H Kanazawa,
    • S Shiraishi,
    • K Hirata,
    • J Yoshikawa
    Thorax 2003;58:2 106-109 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.106

LUNG ALERT

  • Leukotriene receptors are overexpressed in aspirin sensitive asthmatics

    • S Jenkins
    Thorax 2003;58:2 105 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.105

  • Prophylactic zanamivir: effective prevention of influenza A and B in household contacts of laboratory proven influenza

    • D D Creer
    Thorax 2003;58:2 121 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.121

  • Hyperbaric oxygen decreases the incidence of neurological sequelae in acute carbon monoxide poisoning

    • S Shah
    Thorax 2003;58:2 126 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.126

  • Cardioselective β blockers do not cause adverse respiratory effects in mild to moderate reactive airway disease

    • E Gamble
    Thorax 2003;58:2 142 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.142

  • Should asthma management be guided by airway inflammatory markers instead of symptoms?

    • A Bhowmik
    Thorax 2003;58:2 162 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.162

Asthma

  • Breathing retraining for dysfunctional breathing in asthma: a randomised controlled trial

    • M Thomas,
    • R K McKinley,
    • E Freeman,
    • C Foy,
    • P Prodger,
    • D Price
    Thorax 2003;58:2 110-115 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.110

  • Relationship between induced sputum eosinophils and the clinical pattern of childhood asthma

    • P G Gibson,
    • J L Simpson,
    • R Hankin,
    • H Powell,
    • R L Henry
    Thorax 2003;58:2 116-121 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.116

Lung cancer

  • Increased collagenase activity in macrophages from bronchial lavage as a diagnostic marker of non-small cell lung cancer

    • Y Hakoda,
    • Y Ito,
    • A Nagate,
    • K Minemura,
    • K Utsumi,
    • M Aoshima,
    • K Ohyashiki
    Thorax 2003;58:2 122-126 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.122

Airway biology

  • Impaired recycling of surfactant-like liposomes in type II pneumocytes from injured lungs

    • B Müller,
    • H Garn,
    • R Hochscheid
    Thorax 2003;58:2 127-134 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.127

  • Relationship between inflammatory cells and structural changes in the lungs of asymptomatic and never smokers: a biopsy study

    • K Amin,
    • A Ekberg-Jansson,
    • C-G Löfdahl,
    • P Venge
    Thorax 2003;58:2 135-142 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.135

Interstitial lung disease

  • Radiological versus histological diagnosis in UIP and NSIP: survival implications

    • K R Flaherty,
    • E L Thwaite,
    • E A Kazerooni,
    • B H Gross,
    • G B Toews,
    • T V Colby,
    • W D Travis,
    • J A Mumford,
    • S Murray,
    • A Flint,
    • J P Lynch III,
    • F J Martinez
    Thorax 2003;58:2 143-148 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.143

Tuberculosis

  • Pigtail drainage in the treatment of tuberculous pleural effusions: a randomised study

    • Y-F Lai,
    • T-Y Chao,
    • Y-H Wang,
    • A-S Lin
    Thorax 2003;58:2 149-151 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.149

Short papers

  • Impaired cough reflex in patients with recurrent pneumonia

    • A Niimi,
    • H Matsumoto,
    • T Ueda,
    • M Takemura,
    • K Suzuki,
    • E Tanaka,
    • K Chin,
    • M Mishima,
    • R Amitani
    Thorax 2003;58:2 152-153 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.152

  • Association of IL-10 polymorphism with severity of illness in community acquired pneumonia

    • P M Gallagher,
    • G Lowe,
    • T Fitzgerald,
    • A Bella,
    • C M Greene,
    • N G McElvaney,
    • S J O’Neill
    Thorax 2003;58:2 154-156 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.154

Review series

  • The pulmonary physician in critical care • 13: The pulmonary circulation and right ventricular failure in the ITU

    • K McNeil,
    • J Dunning,
    • N W Morrell
    Thorax 2003;58:2 157-162 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.157

Occasional reviews

  • Pharmacotherapy and airway remodelling in asthma?

    • P A Beckett,
    • P H Howarth
    Thorax 2003;58:2 163-174 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.163

  • Multiple roles of nitric oxide in the airways

    • F L M Ricciardolo
    Thorax 2003;58:2 175-182 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.175

Case Reports

  • Mediastinal cavernous haemangioma in a patient with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome

    • P-H Kuo,
    • Y-C Chang,
    • J-H Liou,
    • J-M Lee
    Thorax 2003;58:2 183-184 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.183

  • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with pleurisy, platypnoea and orthodeoxia

    • P N Newton,
    • A E Wakefield,
    • R Goldin,
    • J Govan
    Thorax 2003;58:2 185-186 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.185

Letters to the editor

  • Ultrastructural examination of bronchial specimens from children with moderate asthma

    • A Bush,
    • J C de Jongste,
    • K-H Carlsen
    1. Commentator:
      • H Çokuğraş
    Thorax 2003;58:2 187 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.187

  • An Associate Editor’s view

    • P D Sly
    Thorax 2003;58:2 187-188 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.187-a

Correction

  • CORRECTION

    Thorax 2003;58:2 188 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.2.188

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