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Editorials

  • Written asthma action plans

    • M R Partridge
    Thorax 2004;59:2 87-88 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.016451

  • COPD in the ECRHS

    • J Vestbo
    Thorax 2004;59:2 89-90 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.018598

  • New insights into oxygen sensing at a cellular level

    • S R Walmsley,
    • K K K Sheares,
    • A Sobolewski,
    • N W Morrell,
    • E R Chilvers
    Thorax 2004;59:2 90-92 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.017020

  • α1-Antitrypsin deficiency

    • J K Stoller
    Thorax 2004;59:2 92-93 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.017517

airwaves

  • Airwaves

    • Wisia Wedzicha
    Thorax 2004;59:2 87-87-a

Asthma

  • Written action plans for asthma: an evidence-based review of the key components

    • P G Gibson,
    • H Powell
    Thorax 2004;59:2 94-99 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.011858

  • Increase in urinary leukotriene LTE4 levels in acute asthma: correlation with airflow limitation

    • S A Green,
    • M-P Malice,
    • W Tanaka,
    • C A Tozzi,
    • T F Reiss
    Thorax 2004;59:2 100-104 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.006825

  • Fatty acid levels and risk of asthma in young adults

    • R K Woods,
    • J M Raven,
    • E H Walters,
    • M J Abramson,
    • F C K Thien
    Thorax 2004;59:2 105-110 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.009498

  • Nebulised salbutamol administered during sputum induction improves bronchoprotection in patients with asthma

    • M Delvaux,
    • M Henket,
    • L Lau,
    • P Kange,
    • P Bartsch,
    • R Djukanovic,
    • R Louis
    Thorax 2004;59:2 111-115 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.011130

  • Two functional variants of the superoxide dismutase genes in Finnish families with asthma

    • V L Kinnula,
    • S Lehtonen,
    • P Koistinen,
    • S Kakko,
    • M Savolainen,
    • J Kere,
    • V Ollikainen,
    • T Laitinen
    Thorax 2004;59:2 116-119 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.005611

Miscellanea

  • No clear benefit of parent initiated oral steroids in preschool children with viral wheeze

    • S S Birring
    Thorax 2004;59:2 99 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.la70

  • Oral gefitinib produces symptomatic and radiological benefit in advanced NSCLC

    • A K Banerjee
    Thorax 2004;59:2 104 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.la71

  • Higher tuberculosis mortality in India seen in those who have ever smoked

    • K Dheda,
    • G Rook
    Thorax 2004;59:2 115 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.la72

  • Mesothelin-family proteins: a novel diagnostic marker for malignant mesothelioma?

    • A B Rajasekaran
    Thorax 2004;59:2 143 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.la73

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • An international survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in young adults according to GOLD stages

    • R de Marco,
    • S Accordini,
    • I Cerveri,
    • A Corsico,
    • J Sunyer,
    • F Neukirch,
    • N Künzli,
    • B Leynaert,
    • C Janson,
    • T Gislason,
    • P Vermeire,
    • C Svanes,
    • J M Anto,
    • P Burney
    Thorax 2004;59:2 120-125 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.011163

  • Transforming growth factor-β1 genotype and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • L Wu,
    • J Chau,
    • R P Young,
    • V Pokorny,
    • G D Mills,
    • R Hopkins,
    • L McLean,
    • P N Black
    Thorax 2004;59:2 126-129 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.005769

Assisted ventilation

  • Local activation of coagulation and inhibition of fibrinolysis in the lung during ventilator associated pneumonia

    • M J Schultz,
    • J Millo,
    • M Levi,
    • C E Hack,
    • G J Weverling,
    • C S Garrard,
    • T van der Poll
    Thorax 2004;59:2 130-135 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.013888

Airway biology

  • Rapid and efficient clearance of airway tissue granulocytes through transepithelial migration

    • J S Erjefält,
    • L Uller,
    • M Malm-Erjefält,
    • C G Persson
    Thorax 2004;59:2 136-143 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.004218

Lung cancer

  • BTS randomised feasibility study of active symptom control with or without chemotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma: ISRCTN 54469112

    • M F Muers,
    • R M Rudd,
    • M E R O’Brien,
    • W Qian,
    • A Hodson,
    • M K B Parmar,
    • D J Girling
    Thorax 2004;59:2 144-148 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.009290

Cystic fibrosis

  • Bone mineral density in Australian children, adolescents and adults with cystic fibrosis: a controlled cross sectional study

    • H M Buntain,
    • R M Greer,
    • P J Schluter,
    • J C H Wong,
    • J A Batch,
    • J M Potter,
    • P J Lewindon,
    • E Powell,
    • C E Wainwright,
    • S C Bell
    Thorax 2004;59:2 149-155 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.006726

  • Nitric oxide synthase 1 as a potential modifier gene of decline in lung function in patients with cystic fibrosis

    • J Texereau,
    • S Marullo,
    • D Hubert,
    • J Coste,
    • D J Dusser,
    • J Dall’Ava-Santucci,
    • A T Dinh-Xuan
    Thorax 2004;59:2 156-158 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.006718

Review series

  • Sleep · 2: Pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome

    • R B Fogel,
    • A Malhotra,
    • D P White
    Thorax 2004;59:2 159-163 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.015859

  • α1-Antitrypsin deficiency · 1: Epidemiology of α1-antitrypsin deficiency

    • M Luisetti,
    • N Seersholm
    Thorax 2004;59:2 164-169 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.006494

Occasional review

  • Oxidants and asthma

    • G Caramori,
    • A Papi
    Thorax 2004;59:2 170-173 doi:10.1136/thorax.2002.002477

Case Report

  • Elimination of central sleep apnoea by mitral valvuloplasty: the role of feedback delay in periodic breathing

    • A E Rubin,
    • S H Gottlieb,
    • A R Gold,
    • A R Schwartz,
    • P L Smith
    Thorax 2004;59:2 174-176 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.007799

Letters to the editor

  • Squawks in pneumonia

    • R Paciej,
    • A Vyshedskiy,
    • D Bana,
    • R Murphy
    Thorax 2004;59:2 177-178 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.014415

  • BTS guidelines for the management of pleural infection

    • H S A Roberts
    1. Commentator:
      • R J O Davies,
      • C W H Davies,
      • and F V Gleeson
    Thorax 2004;59:2 178 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.013094

  • Bronchodilator reversibility testing in COPD

    • J E Cotes
    1. Commentator:
      • P M A Calverley
    Thorax 2004;59:2 178-179 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.014712

  • Prednisolone response in patients with COPD

    • I D Pavord,
    • R Siva,
    • C E Brightling
    1. Commentator:
      • P S Burge,
      • P M A Calverley,
      • P W Jones,
      • and S Spencer
    Thorax 2004;59:2 179 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.019414

  • Breathing exercises in asthma

    • M R Partridge
    Thorax 2004;59:2 179 doi:10.1136/thorax.2003.014704

Correction

  • CORRECTION

    Thorax 2004;59:2 179 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.corr01

Images in Thorax

  • Selective pulmonary fat aspiration complicating oesophageal achalasia

    • G V Robinson,
    • H Kanji,
    • R J O Davies,
    • F V Gleeson
    Thorax 2004;59:2 180 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.017814

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