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July 2003, Volume 58, Issue 7

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  1. Editorials
  2. Airwaves
  3. Asthma
  4. LUNG ALERT
  5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  6. Respiratory infections
  7. Airway biology
  8. Cystic fibrosis
  9. Tuberculosis
  10. Smoking
  11. Short papers
  12. Review series
  13. Case Report
  14. Letters to the editor
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Editorials

  • Difficult asthma

    • B D W Harrison
    Thorax 2003;58:7 555-556 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.555

  • ACE in COPD: a therapeutic target?

    • R Forth,
    • H Montgomery
    Thorax 2003;58:7 556-558 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.556

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): epidemiology, diagnosis and management

    • G W K Wong,
    • D S C Hui
    Thorax 2003;58:7 558-560 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.558

Airwaves

  • Airwaves

    • Wisia Wedzicha
    Thorax 2003;58:7 555 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.555-a

Asthma

  • Predictors of therapy resistant asthma: outcome of a systematic evaluation protocol

    • L G Heaney,
    • E Conway,
    • C Kelly,
    • B T Johnston,
    • C English,
    • M Stevenson,
    • J Gamble
    Thorax 2003;58:7 561-566 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.561

  • Association of consumption of products containing milk fat with reduced asthma risk in pre-school children: the PIAMA birth cohort study

    • A H Wijga,
    • H A Smit,
    • M Kerkhof,
    • J C de Jongste,
    • J Gerritsen,
    • H J Neijens,
    • H C Boshuizen,
    • B Brunekreef
    Thorax 2003;58:7 567-572 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.567

LUNG ALERT

  • Influenza vaccination reduces risk of hospitalisation for heart disease and CVD in subjects aged ≥65 years

    • B Yung
    Thorax 2003;58:7 572 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.572

  • Contamination of rhinovirus stocks with poliovirus type 1

    • T Wilkinson
    Thorax 2003;58:7 579 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.579

  • CT-guided pleural biopsy preferable to traditional Abram’s needle in diagnosing malignant pleural disease

    • P Bhatia
    Thorax 2003;58:7 588 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.588

  • Acetylcholine may be an autocrine growth factor for lung cancer

    • A De-Soyza
    Thorax 2003;58:7 597 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.597

  • The SARS epidemic: emergence of a new respiratory virus?

    • T Seemungal
    Thorax 2003;58:7 604 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.604

  • Mechanical ventilation may damage organs other than the lungs

    • M K Johnson
    Thorax 2003;58:7 612 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.612

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Effect of cilomilast (Ariflo) on TNF-α, IL-8, and GM-CSF release by airway cells of patients with COPD

    • M Profita,
    • G Chiappara,
    • F Mirabella,
    • R Di Giorgi,
    • L Chimenti,
    • G Costanzo,
    • L Riccobono,
    • V Bellia,
    • J Bousquet,
    • A M Vignola
    Thorax 2003;58:7 573-579 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.573

  • Regular inhaled short acting β2 agonists for the management of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

    • F S F Ram,
    • P Sestini
    Thorax 2003;58:7 580-584 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.580

  • Exhaled leukotrienes and prostaglandins in COPD

    • P Montuschi,
    • S A Kharitonov,
    • G Ciabattoni,
    • P J Barnes
    Thorax 2003;58:7 585-588 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.585

Respiratory infections

  • Time course of recovery of health status following an infective exacerbation of chronic bronchitis

    • S Spencer,
    • P W Jones
    Thorax 2003;58:7 589-593 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.589

  • Asymptomatic carriage of Pneumocystis jiroveci in subjects undergoing bronchoscopy: a prospective study

    • N A Maskell,
    • D J Waine,
    • A Lindley,
    • J C T Pepperell,
    • A E Wakefield,
    • R F Miller,
    • R J O Davies
    Thorax 2003;58:7 594-597 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.594

Airway biology

  • Role of the endothelium and nitric oxide synthases in modulating superoxide formation induced by endotoxin and cytokines in porcine pulmonary arteries

    • S Muzaffar,
    • J Y Jeremy,
    • G D Angelini,
    • K Stuart-Smith,
    • N Shukla
    Thorax 2003;58:7 598-604 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.598

  • Enhancement of acute lung injury related to bacterial endotoxin by components of diesel exhaust particles

    • R Yanagisawa,
    • H Takano,
    • K Inoue,
    • T Ichinose,
    • K Sadakane,
    • S Yoshino,
    • K Yamaki,
    • Y Kumagai,
    • K Uchiyama,
    • T Yoshikawa,
    • M Morita
    Thorax 2003;58:7 605-612 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.605

Cystic fibrosis

  • Expression of S100A12 (EN-RAGE) in cystic fibrosis

    • D Foell,
    • S Seeliger,
    • T Vogl,
    • H-G Koch,
    • H Maschek,
    • E Harms,
    • C Sorg,
    • J Roth
    Thorax 2003;58:7 613-617 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.613

Tuberculosis

  • Epidemiology of tuberculosis on Gran Canaria: a 4 year population study using traditional and molecular approaches

    • M J Pena,
    • J A Caminero,
    • M I Campos-Herrero,
    • J C Rodríguez-Gallego,
    • M I García-Laorden,
    • P Cabrera,
    • M J Torres,
    • B Lafarga,
    • F Rodríguez de Castro,
    • S Samper,
    • F Cañas,
    • D A Enarson,
    • C Martín
    Thorax 2003;58:7 618-622 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.618

Smoking

  • Association of CYP2A6 deletion polymorphism with smoking habit and development of pulmonary emphysema

    • N Minematsu,
    • H Nakamura,
    • M Iwata,
    • H Tateno,
    • T Nakajima,
    • S Takahashi,
    • S Fujishima,
    • K Yamaguchi
    Thorax 2003;58:7 623-628 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.623

Short papers

  • Effects of captopril administration on pulmonary haemodynamics and tissue oxygenation during exercise in ACE gene subtypes in patients with COPD: a preliminary study

    • H Kanazawa,
    • K Hirata,
    • J Yoshikawa
    Thorax 2003;58:7 629-631 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.629

  • Rapid effect of inhaled steroids on nocturnal worsening of asthma

    • G Frezza,
    • J Terra-Filho,
    • J A B Martinez,
    • E O Vianna
    Thorax 2003;58:7 632-633 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.632

Review series

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 10: Bullectomy, lung volume reduction surgery, and transplantation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • B F Meyers,
    • G A Patterson
    Thorax 2003;58:7 634-638 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.634

  • Lung cancer • 6: The case for limited surgical resection in non-small cell lung cancer

    • D J Sugarbaker
    Thorax 2003;58:7 639-641 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.639

Case Report

  • Oesophagopleural fistula as a novel cause of failed non-invasive ventilation

    • J R Hurst,
    • M I Polkey,
    • P Goldstraw,
    • B Yung
    Thorax 2003;58:7 642-643 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.642

Letters to the editor

  • NIV at home: resource implications

    • L Turner,
    • B Cooper,
    • L Watson,
    • J Britton,
    • S Wharton,
    • W Kinnear
    Thorax 2003;58:7 644 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.644

  • GM-CSF and proteinosis

    • F Khanjari,
    • H Watier,
    • J Domenech,
    • E Asquier,
    • P Diot,
    • K Nakata
    Thorax 2003;58:7 645 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.645

  • Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity as refractory asthma

    • N Kikuchi,
    • A Nomura,
    • Y Ishii,
    • K Sekizawa,
    • H Harada,
    • K Ishii,
    • T Wada
    Thorax 2003;58:7 645 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.645-a

  • Impaired cough reflex in patients with recurrent pneumonia

    • C M Barber,
    • A D Curran,
    • D Fishwick
    1. Commentator:
      • A Niimi and
      • M Mishima
    Thorax 2003;58:7 645-646 doi:10.1136/thorax.58.7.645-b

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