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Editorials

  • Oxygen: the good, the bad, and the necessary…

    • T Troosters
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1005-1006 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.031617

  • Non-invasive ventilation in acute exacerbations of COPD: what happens after hospital discharge?

    • M W Elliott
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1006-1008 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.028027

  • Detecting early lung disease in cystic fibrosis: are current techniques sufficient?

    • P D Sly,
    • S Brennan
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1008-1010 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.025924

  • Getting grant applications funded: lessons from the past and advice for the future

    • G J Laurent
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1010-1011 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.024182

airwaves

  • Airwaves

    • Wisia Wedzicha
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1005 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.awdec

Annual report

  • Thorax annual report: 1 October 2003 to 30 September 2004

    • J A Wedzicha,
    • S L Johnston,
    • D M Mitchell
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1012-1015 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.036210

Reviewers

  • Reviewers used between 1 October 2003 and 30 September 2004

    Thorax 2004;59:12 1014-1015

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Supplementary oxygen in healthy subjects and those with COPD increases oxidative stress and airway inflammation

    • G E Carpagnano,
    • S A Kharitonov,
    • M P Foschino-Barbaro,
    • O Resta,
    • E Gramiccioni,
    • P J Barnes
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1016-1019 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.020768

  • Readmission rates and life threatening events in COPD survivors treated with non-invasive ventilation for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure

    • C M Chu,
    • V L Chan,
    • A W N Lin,
    • I W Y Wong,
    • W S Leung,
    • C K W Lai
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1020-1025 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.024307

  • Continuous and intermittent exercise responses in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • S Sabapathy,
    • R A Kingsley,
    • D A Schneider,
    • L Adams,
    • N R Morris
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1026-1031 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.026617

  • Expression of ErbB receptors and mucins in the airways of long term current smokers

    • R A O’Donnell,
    • A Richter,
    • J Ward,
    • G Angco,
    • A Mehta,
    • K Rousseau,
    • D M Swallow,
    • S T Holgate,
    • R Djukanovic,
    • D E Davies,
    • S J Wilson
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1032-1040 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.028043

Miscellanea

  • Adjunct prednisolone therapy does not improve survival in HIV-associated tuberculous pleurisy

    • R Johns
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1031 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0123

  • Home environmental intervention benefits urban children with atopic asthma

    • K S Srinivasan
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1040 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0127

  • Air pollution hampers teenagers’ lung development

    • A Khan
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1045 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0125

  • The eosinophil in airway remodelling and hyperresponsiveness in asthma: participant or bystander?

    • M Soth
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1051 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0126

  • The real impact of influenza?

    • G Rohde
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1073 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0124

Asthma

  • Initial starting dose of inhaled corticosteroids in adults with asthma: a systematic review

    • H Powell,
    • P G Gibson
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1041-1045 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.023754

  • Asthma exacerbations in children immediately following stressful life events: a Cox’s hierarchical regression

    • S Sandberg,
    • S Järvenpää,
    • A Penttinen,
    • J Y Paton,
    • D C McCann
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1046-1051 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.024604

Environmental exposure

  • Effects of asbestos and smoking on the levels and rates of change of lung function in a crocidolite exposed cohort in Western Australia

    • H S Alfonso,
    • L Fritschi,
    • N H de Klerk,
    • N Olsen,
    • J Sleith,
    • A W Musk
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1052-1056 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.022806

Airway biology

  • Protective role of metallothionein in acute lung injury induced by bacterial endotoxin

    • H Takano,
    • K Inoue,
    • R Yanagisawa,
    • M Sato,
    • A Shimada,
    • T Morita,
    • M Sawada,
    • K Nakamura,
    • C Sanbongi,
    • T Yoshikawa
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1057-1062 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.024232

Respiratory muscles

  • Respiratory muscle strength and the risk of incident cardiovascular events

    • J van der Palen,
    • T D Rea,
    • T A Manolio,
    • T Lumley,
    • A B Newman,
    • R P Tracy,
    • P L Enright,
    • B M Psaty
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1063-1067 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.021915

Cystic fibrosis

  • Multiple breath inert gas washout as a measure of ventilation distribution in children with cystic fibrosis

    • P Aurora,
    • P Gustafsson,
    • A Bush,
    • A Lindblad,
    • C Oliver,
    • C E Wallis,
    • J Stocks
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1068-1073 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.022590

  • Individualised unsupervised exercise training in adults with cystic fibrosis: a 1 year randomised controlled trial

    • A J Moorcroft,
    • M E Dodd,
    • J Morris,
    • A K Webb
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1074-1080 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.015313

Respiratory infection

  • Inflammatory response associated with pulmonary complications in non-HIV immunocompromised patients

    • C Agustí,
    • A Rañó,
    • M Rovira,
    • X Filella,
    • N Benito,
    • A Moreno,
    • A Torres
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1081-1088 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.030551

Review series

  • Sleep · 6: Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and hypertension

    • G V Robinson,
    • J R Stradling,
    • R J O Davies
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1089-1094 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.015875

Case Report

  • Diffuse lung disease caused by cotton fibre inhalation but distinct from byssinosis

    • H Kobayashi,
    • S Kanoh,
    • K Motoyoshi,
    • S Aida
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1095-1097 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.014027

Letters to the editor

  • Isoniazid resistant TB and non-compliance

    • R van Altena,
    • D van Soolingen,
    • T S van der Werf
    1. Commentator:
      • M C Ruddy,
      • M D Yates,
      • F A Drobniewski,
      • A P Davies,
      • Y Drabu,
      • B Patel,
      • S Yates,
      • S Lozewicz,
      • S Sen,
      • M Bahl,
      • E James,
      • M Lipman,
      • S Balasegaram,
      • G Duckworth,
      • J M Watson,
      • M Piper,
      • and H Maguire
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1098-1099

Images in Thorax

  • B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the trachea mimicking COPD

    • V Johnson,
    • N J Burrows,
    • N J Ali,
    • G Cox
    Thorax 2004;59:12 1100 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.035188

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