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August 2008, Volume 63, Issue 8

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  1. Editorials
  2. Airwaves
  3. Lung alert
  4. Asthma
  5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  6. Respiratory infection
  7. Paediatrics
  8. Smoking
  9. Cystic fibrosis
  10. Review series
  11. Pulmonary puzzle
  12. Case Report
  13. Letters
  14. Correction
  15. Images in Thorax
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Editorials

  • Life in slow motion: quantifying physical activity in COPD

    • Mike Morgan
    Thorax 2008;63:8 663-664 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.093492

  • CRB-65 for the assessment of pneumonia severity: who could ask for more?

    • Santiago Ewig,
    • Tobias Welte
    Thorax 2008;63:8 665-666 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.099028

  • The place of varenicline in smoking cessation treatment

    • Paul Aveyard
    Thorax 2008;63:8 666-668 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.096081

  • Lung transplant and cystic fibrosis: what’s new from the UK and France?

    • Peadar G Noone
    Thorax 2008;63:8 668-670 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.099622

Airwaves

Lung alert

  • Gene modulation and severity of lung disease in cystic fibrosis

    • A Pillai
    Thorax 2008;63:8 670

  • IL6 and dendritic cells in allergic asthma

    • C E Fletcher
    Thorax 2008;63:8 731

  • Early routine follow-up chest radiographs for pneumonia are not useful

    • J Sembatya
    Thorax 2008;63:8 737

Asthma

  • Weight loss and asthma: a systematic review

    • I U Eneli,
    • T Skybo,
    • C A Camargo, Jr
    Thorax 2008;63:8 671-676 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.086470

  • The leucotriene receptor antagonist montelukast and the risk of Churg-Strauss syndrome: a case–crossover study

    • T Hauser,
    • A Mahr,
    • C Metzler,
    • J Coste,
    • R Sommerstein,
    • W L Gross,
    • L Guillevin,
    • B Hellmich
    Thorax 2008;63:8 677-682 Published Online First: 14 February 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.087825

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Lower limb activity and its determinants in COPD

    • P P Walker,
    • A Burnett,
    • P W Flavahan,
    • P M A Calverley
    Thorax 2008;63:8 683-689 Published Online First: 16 May 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.087130

Respiratory infection

  • Influenza-like illness in residential care homes: a study of the incidence, aetiological agents, natural history and health resource utilisation

    • D S Hui,
    • J Woo,
    • E Hui,
    • A Foo,
    • M Ip,
    • K-W To,
    • E S C Cheuk,
    • W-Y Lam,
    • A Sham,
    • P K S Chan
    Thorax 2008;63:8 690-697 Published Online First: 4 February 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.090951

  • Systolic blood pressure is superior to other haemodynamic predictors of outcome in community acquired pneumonia

    • J D Chalmers,
    • A Singanayagam,
    • A T Hill
    Thorax 2008;63:8 698-702 Published Online First: 20 May 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.095562

Paediatrics

  • Bronchial response pattern of antigen presenting cells and regulatory T cells in children less than 2 years of age

    • I Heier,
    • K Malmström,
    • A S Pelkonen,
    • L P Malmberg,
    • M Kajosaari,
    • M Turpeinen,
    • H Lindahl,
    • P Brandtzaeg,
    • F L Jahnsen,
    • M J Mäkelä
    Thorax 2008;63:8 703-709 Published Online First: 4 February 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082974

  • Ambient air pollution triggers wheezing symptoms in infants

    • Z J Andersen,
    • S Loft,
    • M Ketzel,
    • M Stage,
    • T Scheike,
    • M N Hermansen,
    • H Bisgaard
    Thorax 2008;63:8 710-716 Published Online First: 11 February 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.085480

Smoking

  • Varenicline versus transdermal nicotine patch for smoking cessation: results from a randomised open-label trial

    • H-J Aubin,
    • A Bobak,
    • J R Britton,
    • C Oncken,
    • C B Billing, Jr,
    • J Gong,
    • K E Williams,
    • K R Reeves
    Thorax 2008;63:8 717-724 Published Online First: 8 February 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.090647
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Cystic fibrosis

  • Outcomes of lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis in a large UK cohort

    • G Meachery,
    • A De Soyza,
    • A Nicholson,
    • G Parry,
    • A Hasan,
    • K Tocewicz,
    • T Pillay,
    • S Clark,
    • J L Lordan,
    • S Schueler,
    • A J Fisher,
    • J H Dark,
    • F K Gould,
    • P A Corris
    Thorax 2008;63:8 725-731 Published Online First: 16 May 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.092056

  • Clinical outcome following lung transplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis colonised with Burkholderia cepacia complex: results from two French centres

    • V Boussaud,
    • R Guillemain,
    • D Grenet,
    • N Coley,
    • R Souilamas,
    • P Bonnette,
    • M Stern
    Thorax 2008;63:8 732-737 Published Online First: 11 April 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.089458

Review series

  • Obesity and the lung: 2 · Obesity and sleep-disordered breathing

    • F Crummy,
    • A J Piper,
    • M T Naughton
    Thorax 2008;63:8 738-746 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.086843

Pulmonary puzzle

  • Bilateral nodular pulmonary infiltrates in an immunocompromised host

    • H A Ali,
    • M Walkenstein
    Thorax 2008;63:8 746 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.090100

  • Pulmonary puzzle

    Thorax 2008;63:8 753 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.90100a

Case Report

  • Apparent response to anti-IgE therapy in two patients with refractory “forme fruste” of Churg–Strauss syndrome

    • S Pabst,
    • V Tiyerili,
    • C Grohé
    Thorax 2008;63:8 747-748 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.076513

Letters

  • Thalidomide inhibits the intractable cough of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    • M R Horton,
    • S K Danoff,
    • N Lechtzin
    Thorax 2008;63:8 749 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.098699

  • Counting, analysing and reporting exacerbations of COPD in randomised controlled trials

    • J Vestbo
    Thorax 2008;63:8 749-750

  • Author’s reply

    • S D Aaron
    Thorax 2008;63:8 750

  • IL1 may be elevated but is it all bad in ARDS?

    • D R Thickett,
    • G D Perkins
    Thorax 2008;63:8 750-751

  • Authors’ reply

    • J A Frank,
    • J Francois-Pittet,
    • M A Matthay
    Thorax 2008;63:8 751

  • Pre-cessation varenicline treatment vs post-cessation NRT: an uneven playing field

    • J E Rose
    Thorax 2008;63:8 751-752

  • Authors’ reply

    • H-J Aubin,
    • A Bobak,
    • J R Britton,
    • C Oncken,
    • C B Billing, Jr,
    • J Gong,
    • K E Williams,
    • K R Reeves
    Thorax 2008;63:8 752

  • Clinically significant outcomes in smoking cessation

    • T Hillman,
    • K Rajakulasingam,
    • A Bhowmik
    Thorax 2008;63:8 752

  • Authors’ reply

    • H-J Aubin,
    • A Bobak,
    • J R Britton,
    • C Oncken,
    • C B Billing, Jr,
    • J Gong,
    • K E Williams,
    • K R Reeves
    Thorax 2008;63:8 752-753

Correction

  • Correction

    Thorax 2008;63:8 753 doi:10.1136/thorax.57.10.847corr1

Images in Thorax

  • Bronchial cast formation associated with loss of immunoglobulin and calcium

    • C Herzmann,
    • V Jansen,
    • J Lichey
    Thorax 2008;63:8 754 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.077396

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