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October 2007, Volume 62, Issue 10

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  1. Editorials
  2. Airwaves
  3. Asthma
  4. Miscellanea
  5. Sleep-disordered breathing
  6. Environmental exposure
  7. Acute lung injury
  8. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  9. Smoking
  10. Review series
  11. Review
  12. Case Report
  13. Letters
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Editorials

  • Traffic related exposures and lung function in adults

    • Fernando Holguin
    Thorax 2007;62:10 837-838 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.078410

  • Where there’s smoke there’s lung disease

    • Youcheng Liu
    Thorax 2007;62:10 838-839 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.081356

  • Is it time to change the approach to oxygen therapy in the breathless patient?

    • Richard Beasley,
    • Sarah Aldington,
    • Geoffrey Robinson
    Thorax 2007;62:10 840-841 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.068866

Airwaves

  • Airwaves

    • Wisia Wedzicha
    Thorax 2007;62:10 837

Asthma

  • Improved outcomes from acute severe asthma in Australian intensive care units (1996–2003)

    • Peter J Stow,
    • David Pilcher,
    • John Wilson,
    • Carol George,
    • Michael Bailey,
    • Tracey Higlett,
    • Rinaldo Bellomo,
    • Graeme K Hart
    Thorax 2007;62:10 842-847 Published Online First: 27 March 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.075317

  • Comparison of gel contraction mediated by airway smooth muscle cells from patients with and without asthma

    • Hisako Matsumoto,
    • Lyn M Moir,
    • Brian G G Oliver,
    • Janette K Burgess,
    • Michael Roth,
    • Judith L Black,
    • Brent E McParland
    Thorax 2007;62:10 848-854 Published Online First: 5 April 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070474

  • Risk factors for accident and emergency (A&E) attendance for asthma in inner city children

    • Lindsay Forbes,
    • Sheila Harvey,
    • Roger Newson,
    • Deborah Jarvis,
    • Christina Luczynska,
    • John Price,
    • Peter Burney
    Thorax 2007;62:10 855-860 Published Online First: 24 April 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.058362

Miscellanea

  • Microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay for the diagnosis of TB

    • Talha Munir
    Thorax 2007;62:10 847

  • Ambulatory continuous positive airway pressure without polysomnography in patients with a high probability of obstructive sleep apnoea

    • Veronica Smith
    Thorax 2007;62:10 860

  • Pleurodesis with large-particle talc poudrage is safe in malignant pleural effusion

    • Marwan Najib
    Thorax 2007;62:10 897

  • Sepsis is increasing in the general population and ITU care may be underutilised

    • A Parsons
    Thorax 2007;62:10 910

  • Asbestos and man-made vitreous fibres may not currently contribute to the burden of lung cancer

    • S Mandal
    Thorax 2007;62:10 926

Sleep-disordered breathing

  • Mechanisms used to restore ventilation after partial upper airway collapse during sleep in humans

    • Amy S Jordan,
    • Andrew Wellman,
    • Raphael C Heinzer,
    • Yu-Lun Lo,
    • Karen Schory,
    • Louise Dover,
    • Shiva Gautam,
    • Atul Malhotra,
    • David P White
    Thorax 2007;62:10 861-867 Published Online First: 5 April 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070300

  • Alterations in upper airway cross-sectional area in response to lower body positive pressure in healthy subjects

    • Satomi Shiota,
    • Clodagh M Ryan,
    • Kuo-Liang Chiu,
    • Pimon Ruttanaumpawan,
    • James Haight,
    • Michael Arzt,
    • John S Floras,
    • Christopher Chan,
    • T Douglas Bradley
    Thorax 2007;62:10 868-872 Published Online First: 18 April 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.071183

Environmental exposure

  • Traffic exposure and lung function in adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study

    • Haidong Kan,
    • Gerardo Heiss,
    • Kathryn M Rose,
    • Eric Whitsel,
    • Fred Lurmann,
    • Stephanie J London
    Thorax 2007;62:10 873-879 Published Online First: 18 April 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073015

Acute lung injury

  • Raised protein levels and altered cellular expression of factor VII activating protease (FSAP) in the lungs of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

    • Malgorzata Wygrecka,
    • Philipp Markart,
    • Ludger Fink,
    • Andreas Guenther,
    • Klaus T Preissner
    Thorax 2007;62:10 880-888 Published Online First: 4 May 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.069658

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Biomass fuels are the probable risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural South China

    • Shengming Liu,
    • Yumin Zhou,
    • Xiaoping Wang,
    • Dali Wang,
    • Jiachun Lu,
    • Jingping Zheng,
    • Nanshan Zhong,
    • Pixin Ran
    Thorax 2007;62:10 889-897 Published Online First: 4 May 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.061457

Smoking

  • Weekly versus basic smoking cessation support in primary care: a randomised controlled trial

    • Paul Aveyard,
    • Karen Brown,
    • Cas Saunders,
    • Avril Alexander,
    • Elaine Johnstone,
    • Marcus R Munafò,
    • Mike Murphy
    Thorax 2007;62:10 898-903 Published Online First: 4 May 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.071837

Review series

  • Challenges in pulmonary fibrosis · 4: Smoking-induced diffuse interstitial lung diseases

    • Athol U Wells,
    • Andrew G Nicholson,
    • David M Hansell
    Thorax 2007;62:10 904-910 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.031021

Review

  • A systematic review of commercial serological antibody detection tests for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

    • Karen R Steingart,
    • Megan Henry,
    • Suman Laal,
    • Philip C Hopewell,
    • Andrew Ramsay,
    • Dick Menzies,
    • Jane Cunningham,
    • Karin Weldingh,
    • Madhukar Pai
    Thorax 2007;62:10 911-918 Published Online First: 3 August 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.075754

Case Report

  • Central hypoventilation with PHOX2B expansion mutation presenting in adulthood

    • S Barratt,
    • A H Kendrick,
    • F Buchanan,
    • A T Whittle
    Thorax 2007;62:10 919-920 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.068908

Letters

  • Which children with persistent cough should be regarded as persistent bacterial bronchitis?

    • Arzu Bakirtas,
    • Ipek Turktas
    1. Commentator:
      • D Donnelly,
      • A Critchlow,
      • and M L Everard
    Thorax 2007;62:10 921-922

  • Outcomes in children treated for persistent bacterial bronchitis

    • Catherine Byrnes,
    • Elizabeth Edwards
    1. Commentator:
      • D Donnelly,
      • A Critchlow,
      • and M L Everard
    Thorax 2007;62:10 922-923

  • HIV-related TB and adverse drug events

    • Chi Chiu Leung,
    • Chi Kuen Chan,
    • Cheuk Ming Tam
    1. Commentator:
      • R A M Breen,
      • R F Miller,
      • and M C I Lipman
    Thorax 2007;62:10 923-924

  • Diagnosis of COPD

    • Emanuela Falaschetti,
    • Maureen P Swanney,
    • Robert O Crapo,
    • John L Hankinson,
    • Robert L Jensen,
    • Ole F Pedersen,
    • Philip H Quanjer,
    • Gregg L Ruppel,
    • Jan P Schouten
    1. Commentator:
      • Lion Shahab,
      • Martin J Jarvis,
      • John Britton,
      • and Robert West
    Thorax 2007;62:10 924-925

  • Reducing door-to-antibiotic time in community acquired pneumonia

    • Andrew Hardy,
    • Paul Whittaker,
    • Andrew Bastauros,
    • Neil Srinivasan,
    • Mark Elliott
    Thorax 2007;62:10 925

  • Is childhood immunisation associated with atopic disease from age 7 to 32 years?

    • R M Bernsen,
    • J C van der Wouden
    1. Commentator:
      • S C Dharmage,
      • M Matheson,
      • K Nakajima,
      • J B Carlin,
      • C Wharton,
      • M A Jenkins,
      • G Giles,
      • J Hopper,
      • E H Walters,
      • and M Abramson
    Thorax 2007;62:10 925-926

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