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Editorials

  • Sleep disordered breathing and the outcome of stroke

    • G J Gibson
    Thorax 2004;59:5 361-363 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.020040

  • α1-Antitrypsin: more than just deficiency

    • R A Stockley
    Thorax 2004;59:5 363-364 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.023572

  • 2004 update of BTS pneumonia guidelines: what’s new?

    • J T Macfarlane,
    • D Boldy
    Thorax 2004;59:5 364-366 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.024992

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Miscellanea

  • Obesity associated hypoventilation in medical patients is common, potentially dangerous and under-recognised

    • N T Ayas
    Thorax 2004;59:5 366 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0085

  • Abnormalities of fatty acid metabolism in CF

    • S Bailey
    Thorax 2004;59:5 380 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0086

  • A high number of transmissions of H7N7 avian influenza A virus to humans

    • N Navani
    Thorax 2004;59:5 395 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0090

  • A rapid diagnostic test for ventilator associated pneumonia?

    • S Zachariah
    Thorax 2004;59:5 413 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0087

  • Chronic occupational exposure to nitrogen dioxide is associated with decline in lung function

    • R Johns
    Thorax 2004;59:5 420 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0088

  • The BODE index: a new grading system in COPD

    • D J Powrie
    Thorax 2004;59:5 427 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0089

  • Procalcitonin may guide antibiotic treatment for LRTI

    • P De
    Thorax 2004;59:5 433 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.la0091

Sleep disordered breathing

  • Effect of upper airway obstruction in acute stroke on functional outcome at 6 months

    • P M Turkington,
    • V Allgar,
    • J Bamford,
    • P Wanklyn,
    • M W Elliott
    Thorax 2004;59:5 367-371 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.005348

Asthma

  • Failure of sputum eosinophilia after eotaxin inhalation in asthma

    • D Bumbacea,
    • J Scheerens,
    • B S Mann,
    • R G Stirling,
    • K F Chung
    Thorax 2004;59:5 372-375 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.010199

  • Relationship between socioeconomic status and asthma: a longitudinal cohort study

    • R J Hancox,
    • B J Milne,
    • D R Taylor,
    • J M Greene,
    • J O Cowan,
    • E M Flannery,
    • G P Herbison,
    • C R McLachlan,
    • R Poulton,
    • M R Sears
    Thorax 2004;59:5 376-380 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.010363

  • Do farming exposures cause or prevent asthma? Results from a study of adult Norwegian farmers

    • W Eduard,
    • J Douwes,
    • E Omenaas,
    • D Heederik
    Thorax 2004;59:5 381-386 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.013326

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Effect of exacerbations on quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a 2 year follow up study

    • M Miravitlles,
    • M Ferrer,
    • À Pont,
    • R Zalacain,
    • J L Alvarez-Sala,
    • F Masa,
    • H Verea,
    • C Murio,
    • F Ros,
    • R Vidal
    Thorax 2004;59:5 387-395 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.008730

  • Familial aggregation of FEF25–75 and FEF25–75/FVC in families with severe, early onset COPD

    • D L DeMeo,
    • V J Carey,
    • H A Chapman,
    • J J Reilly,
    • L C Ginns,
    • F E Speizer,
    • S T Weiss,
    • E K Silverman
    Thorax 2004;59:5 396-400 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.012856

Pulmonary vasculature

  • Vasoconstrictive effects of endothelin-1, endothelin-3, and urotensin II in isolated perfused human lungs and isolated human pulmonary arteries

    • R T Bennett,
    • R D Jones,
    • A H Morice,
    • C F C Smith,
    • M E Cowen
    Thorax 2004;59:5 401-407 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.011197

Interstitial lung disease

  • Involvement of dendritic cells in sarcoidosis

    • M Ota,
    • R Amakawa,
    • K Uehira,
    • T Ito,
    • Y Yagi,
    • A Oshiro,
    • Y Date,
    • H Oyaizu,
    • T Shigeki,
    • Y Ozaki,
    • K Yamaguchi,
    • Y Uemura,
    • S Yonezu,
    • S Fukuhara
    Thorax 2004;59:5 408-413 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.006049

Respiratory infection

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome: report of treatment and outcome after a major outbreak

    • J J Y Sung,
    • A Wu,
    • G M Joynt,
    • K Y Yuen,
    • N Lee,
    • P K S Chan,
    • C S Cockram,
    • A T Ahuja,
    • L M Yu,
    • V W Wong,
    • D S C Hui
    Thorax 2004;59:5 414-420 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.014076

  • Validation of predictive rules and indices of severity for community acquired pneumonia

    • S Ewig,
    • A de Roux,
    • T Bauer,
    • E García,
    • J Mensa,
    • M Niederman,
    • A Torres
    Thorax 2004;59:5 421-427 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.008110

Lung cancer

  • Prognostic significance of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and expression of cell cycle inhibitors p21 and p27 in human pleural malignant mesothelioma

    • A Baldi,
    • D Santini,
    • F Vasaturo,
    • M Santini,
    • G Vicidomini,
    • M Pia Di Marino,
    • V Esposito,
    • A M Groeger,
    • G Liuzzi,
    • B Vincenzi,
    • G Tonini,
    • M Piccoli,
    • F Baldi,
    • S Scarpa
    Thorax 2004;59:5 428-433 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.008912

Lung transplantation

  • Objective assessment of criteria for selection of donor lungs suitable for transplantation

    • A J Fisher,
    • S C Donnelly,
    • G Pritchard,
    • J H Dark,
    • P A Corris
    Thorax 2004;59:5 434-437 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.007542

Review series

  • Cough • 7: Current and future drugs for the treatment of chronic cough

    • M G Belvisi,
    • P Geppetti
    Thorax 2004;59:5 438-440 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.013490

  • α1-Antitrypsin deficiency • 3: Clinical manifestations and natural history

    • M Needham,
    • R A Stockley
    Thorax 2004;59:5 441-445 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.006510

Case Report

  • Endoglin germline mutation in a patient with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and dexfenfluramine associated pulmonary arterial hypertension

    • A Chaouat,
    • F Coulet,
    • C Favre,
    • G Simonneau,
    • E Weitzenblum,
    • F Soubrier,
    • M Humbert
    Thorax 2004;59:5 446-448 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.11890

Letters to the editor

  • Atopic cough

    • P G Gibson
    Thorax 2004;59:5 449

  • Interrupter resistance

    • I Dundas,
    • S A McKenzie
    1. Commentator:
      • E Lombardi and
      • P D Sly
    Thorax 2004;59:5 449-450

  • Atrial septostomy in the treatment of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension

    • F J McCann,
    • M G Slade,
    • J Stradling
    1. Commentator:
      • J Pepke-Zaba
    Thorax 2004;59:5 450

  • Treatment of severe acute childhood asthma

    • S Vijayadeva
    1. Commentator:
      • M South
    Thorax 2004;59:5 450-451

  • Chronic cough in adults

    • F J Fernández-Fernández,
    • M A Iglesias-Olleros
    1. Commentator:
      • A H Morice,
      • J A Kastelik,
      • and J C Ojoo
    Thorax 2004;59:5 451

Images in Thorax

  • Pseudomembranous invasive tracheobronchial aspergillosis

    • J Franco,
    • C Muñoz,
    • B Vila,
    • J Marín
    Thorax 2004;59:5 452 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.022046

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