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March 2007, Volume 62, Issue 3

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  1. Editorials
  2. Airwaves
  3. Miscellanea
  4. BTS Guidelines
  5. Asthma
  6. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  7. Cancer
  8. Pneumonia
  9. Environmental exposure
  10. Epidemiology
  11. Case Report
  12. Letters
  13. Images in Thorax
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Editorials

  • Non-eosinophilic asthma and the innate immune response

    • Ian D Pavord
    Thorax 2007;62:3 193-194 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.065805

  • Applying the results of randomised control trials on asthma

    • Ian Town
    Thorax 2007;62:3 195-196 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070623

  • Looking for a bit of co-action?

    • John D Blakey
    Thorax 2007;62:3 196-197 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070649

  • What is (and what is not) a COPD exacerbation: thoughts from the new GOLD guidelines

    • J R Hurst,
    • J A Wedzicha
    Thorax 2007;62:3 198-199 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.077883

Airwaves

Miscellanea

  • Evidence-based recommendations on the investigation of acute pulmonary embolism

    • S Cowman
    Thorax 2007;62:3 199

  • Severe asthma in the workplace

    • S Saeed
    Thorax 2007;62:3 218

  • Detecting PE in COPD

    • Vinod Aiyappan
    Thorax 2007;62:3 247

  • New combination therapy improves survival in non-small cell lung cancer

    • Vinod Aiyappan
    Thorax 2007;62:3 259

  • Inducible bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue and the pathogenesis of rheumatoid lung

    • R Condliffe
    Thorax 2007;62:3 276-277

BTS Guidelines

  • Intermediate care—Hospital-at-Home in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: British Thoracic Society guideline

    Thorax 2007;62:3 200-210 Published Online First: 7 November 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.064931

Asthma

  • Innate immune activation in neutrophilic asthma and bronchiectasis

    • Jodie L Simpson,
    • Terry V Grissell,
    • Jeroen Douwes,
    • Rodney J Scott,
    • Michael J Boyle,
    • Peter G Gibson
    Thorax 2007;62:3 211-218 Published Online First: 14 July 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.061358

  • External validity of randomised controlled trials in asthma: to whom do the results of the trials apply?

    • Justin Travers,
    • Suzanne Marsh,
    • Mathew Williams,
    • Mark Weatherall,
    • Brent Caldwell,
    • Philippa Shirtcliffe,
    • Sarah Aldington,
    • Richard Beasley
    Thorax 2007;62:3 219-223 Published Online First: 14 November 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.066837

  • Genome-wide linkage analysis of pulmonary function in families of children with asthma in Costa Rica

    • Craig P Hersh,
    • Manuel E Soto-Quirós,
    • Lydiana Avila,
    • Stephen L Lake,
    • Catherine Liang,
    • Eduardo Fournier,
    • Mitzi Spesny,
    • Jody S Sylvia,
    • Ross Lazarus,
    • Thomas Hudson,
    • Andrei Verner,
    • Barbara J Klanderman,
    • Nelson B Freimer,
    • Edwin K Silverman,
    • Juan C Celedón
    Thorax 2007;62:3 224-230 Published Online First: 10 November 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067934

  • Asthma is associated with preterm birth but not with small for gestational age status among a population-based cohort of Medicaid-enrolled children <10 years of age

    • Bradford D Gessner,
    • Marc-Andre R Chimonas
    Thorax 2007;62:3 231-236 Published Online First: 13 October 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2005.053363

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the older adult: what defines abnormal lung function?

    • David M Mannino,
    • A Sonia Buist,
    • William M Vollmer
    Thorax 2007;62:3 237-241 Published Online First: 7 November 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.068379

  • A disintegrin and metalloprotease 33 and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease pathophysiology

    • Margot M E Gosman,
    • H Marike Boezen,
    • Cleo C van Diemen,
    • Jiska B Snoeck-Stroband,
    • Thérèse S Lapperre,
    • Pieter S Hiemstra,
    • Nick H T ten Hacken,
    • Jan Stolk,
    • Dirkje S Postma
    Thorax 2007;62:3 242-247 Published Online First: 7 November 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.060988

Cancer

  • Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia: an under-recognised spectrum of disease

    • Susan J Davies,
    • John R Gosney,
    • David M Hansell,
    • Athol U Wells,
    • Roland M du Bois,
    • Margaret M Burke,
    • Mary N Sheppard,
    • Andrew G Nicholson
    Thorax 2007;62:3 248-252 Published Online First: 10 November 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.063065

Pneumonia

  • The CURB65 pneumonia severity score outperforms generic sepsis and early warning scores in predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia

    • Gavin Barlow,
    • Dilip Nathwani,
    • Peter Davey
    Thorax 2007;62:3 253-259 Published Online First: 23 August 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067371

Environmental exposure

  • Airway hyperresponsiveness and risk of chest symptoms in an occupational model

    • K Boutet,
    • J-L Malo,
    • H Ghezzo,
    • D Gautrin
    Thorax 2007;62:3 260-264 Published Online First: 7 August 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2005.056333

Epidemiology

  • Multilocus analysis of atopy in Korean children using multifactor-dimensionality reduction

    • Heung-Woo Park,
    • Eun-Soon Shin,
    • Jong-Eun Lee,
    • Hyouk-Soo Kwon,
    • Eunyoung Chun,
    • Sun-Sin Kim,
    • Yoon-Seok Chang,
    • Yoon-Keun Kim,
    • Kyung-Up Min,
    • You-Young Kim,
    • Sang-Heon Cho
    Thorax 2007;62:3 265-269 Published Online First: 22 November 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.065482

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

    • Kazunori Nakajima,
    • Shyamali C Dharmage,
    • John B Carlin,
    • Cathryn L Wharton,
    • Mark A Jenkins,
    • Graham G Giles,
    • Michael J Abramson,
    • E Haydn Walters,
    • John L Hopper
    Thorax 2007;62:3 270-275 Published Online First: 7 November 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.062547

Case Report

  • Successful treatment of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with recombinant anti-IgE antibody

    • Cornelis K van der Ent,
    • Hans Hoekstra,
    • Ger T Rijkers
    Thorax 2007;62:3 276-277 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.035519

Letters

  • Response to: Bacterial co-infection and the interpretation of immunological data from BAL fluid specimens in severe RSV bronchiolitis (Thorax 2006;61:1098)

    • K Thorburn
    Thorax 2007;62:3 278

  • Assessing fitness to fly in young infants and children

    • G L Hall,
    • M Verheggen,
    • S M Stick
    Thorax 2007;62:3 278-279 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.071118

  • Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 and innate immunity in neutrophilic asthma and idiopathic bronchiectasis

    • C Reynolds,
    • L Ozerovitch,
    • R Wilsen,
    • D Altmann,
    • R Boyton
    Thorax 2007;62:3 279

Images in Thorax

  • Left-ventricle leiomyosarcoma: imaging by multislices computed tomography with retrospective electrocardiogram-gated reconstruction

    • C P M Jayle,
    • L P Christiaens,
    • P Ardilouze,
    • S Franco,
    • P J Corbi
    Thorax 2007;62:3 280 doi:10.1136/thx.2005.054700

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