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Airwaves

  • Airwaves

    Thorax 2009;64:10 i doi:10.1136/thx.2009.126532

Editorials

  • Haemoptysis with a normal chest radiograph: how concerned should we be?

    • Gene L Colice
    Thorax 2009;64:10 829-830 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.113191

  • Blood glucose: of emerging importance in COPD exacerbations

    • Emma H Baker,
    • Derek Bell
    Thorax 2009;64:10 830-832 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.118638

  • Identification of those at risk after acute pulmonary embolism

    • Andrew J Fisher,
    • Paul A Corris
    Thorax 2009;64:10 832-833 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.114009

Sleep-disordered breathing

  • Obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with diabetes in sleepy subjects

    • P E Ronksley,
    • B R Hemmelgarn,
    • S J Heitman,
    • P J Hanly,
    • P D Faris,
    • H Quan,
    • W H Tsai
    Thorax 2009;64:10 834-839 Published Online First: 12 August 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.115105

Tuberculosis

  • Highly discordant T cell responses in individuals with recent exposure to household tuberculosis

    • A C Hesseling,
    • A M Mandalakas,
    • H L Kirchner,
    • N N Chegou,
    • B J Marais,
    • K Stanley,
    • X Zhu,
    • G Black,
    • N Beyers,
    • G Walzl
    Thorax 2009;64:10 840-846 Published Online First: 5 August 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.085340

  • Quantitative lung T cell responses aid the rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

    • K Dheda,
    • R N van Zyl-Smit,
    • R Meldau,
    • S Meldau,
    • G Symons,
    • H Khalfey,
    • N Govender,
    • V Rosu,
    • L A Sechi,
    • A Maredza,
    • P Semple,
    • A Whitelaw,
    • H Wainwright,
    • M Badri,
    • R Dawson,
    • E D Bateman,
    • A Zumla
    Thorax 2009;64:10 847-853 Published Online First: 9 July 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.116376

Lung cancer

  • Is investigation of patients with haemoptysis and normal chest radiograph justified?

    • M Thirumaran,
    • R Sundar,
    • I M Sutcliffe,
    • D C Currie
    Thorax 2009;64:10 854-856 Published Online First: 19 May 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.108795
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Hyperglycaemia as a predictor of outcome during non-invasive ventilation in decompensated COPD

    • B Chakrabarti,
    • R M Angus,
    • S Agarwal,
    • S Lane,
    • P M A Calverley
    Thorax 2009;64:10 857-862 Published Online First: 18 May 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.106989

  • Prevalence of COPD in Spain: impact of undiagnosed COPD on quality of life and daily life activities

    • M Miravitlles,
    • J B Soriano,
    • F García-Río,
    • L Muñoz,
    • E Duran-Tauleria,
    • G Sanchez,
    • V Sobradillo,
    • J Ancochea
    Thorax 2009;64:10 863-868 Published Online First: 23 June 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.115725

Miscellanea

  • Pulmonary puzzle: Cough, confusion and flaccid paralysis in a 46-year old man with left apical consolidation and ring-enhancing lesions on cerebral imaging

    • M G Jones,
    • S De Mel,
    • N J Cortes,
    • R J Kurukulaaratchy,
    • K M A O’Reilly
    Thorax 2009;64:10 862 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.116293

  • Lung alert: WISP-1, a novel target for treatment of pulmonary fibrosis

    • A Singanayagam
    Thorax 2009;64:10 875 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.121020

  • Lung alert: Cetuximab: a new hope for advanced NSCLC

    • S Karmali
    Thorax 2009;64:10 907 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.121012

  • Lung alert: Esomeprazole does not improve asthma control

    • J Alagaratnam
    Thorax 2009;64:10 915

Pulmonary embolism

  • Natriuretic peptides and troponins in pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis

    • J-C Lega,
    • Y Lacasse,
    • L Lakhal,
    • S Provencher
    Thorax 2009;64:10 869-875 Published Online First: 11 June 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.110965

Cystic fibrosis

  • The spectrum of structural abnormalities on CT scans from patients with CF with severe advanced lung disease

    • M Loeve,
    • P Th W van Hal,
    • P Robinson,
    • P A de Jong,
    • M H Lequin,
    • W C Hop,
    • T J Williams,
    • G D Nossent,
    • H A Tiddens
    Thorax 2009;64:10 876-882 Published Online First: 18 June 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.110908

Interstitial lung disease

  • Pulmonary vascular resistance predicts early mortality in patients with diffuse fibrotic lung disease and suspected pulmonary hypertension

    • T J Corte,
    • S J Wort,
    • M A Gatzoulis,
    • P Macdonald,
    • D M Hansell,
    • A U Wells
    Thorax 2009;64:10 883-888 Published Online First: 21 June 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.112847

Asthma

  • Obesity, waist size and prevalence of current asthma in the California Teachers Study cohort

    • J Von Behren,
    • M Lipsett,
    • P L Horn-Ross,
    • R J Delfino,
    • F Gilliland,
    • R McConnell,
    • L Bernstein,
    • C A Clarke,
    • P Reynolds
    Thorax 2009;64:10 889-893 Published Online First: 25 August 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.114579

Epidemiology

  • Chronic bronchitis before age 50 years predicts incident airflow limitation and mortality risk

    • S Guerra,
    • D L Sherrill,
    • C Venker,
    • C M Ceccato,
    • M Halonen,
    • F D Martinez
    Thorax 2009;64:10 894-900 Published Online First: 5 July 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.110619

Respiratory infection

  • Association between mycobacterial genotypes and disease progression in Mycobacterium avium pulmonary infection

    • T Kikuchi,
    • A Watanabe,
    • K Gomi,
    • T Sakakibara,
    • K Nishimori,
    • H Daito,
    • S Fujimura,
    • R Tazawa,
    • A Inoue,
    • M Ebina,
    • Y Tokue,
    • M Kaku,
    • T Nukiwa
    Thorax 2009;64:10 901-907 Published Online First: 23 June 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.114603

Case Report

  • Rosai-Dorfman disease of the lung

    • A Ali,
    • D Mackay
    Thorax 2009;64:10 908-909 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105718

Review

  • Palliation of dyspnoea in advanced COPD: revisiting a role for opioids

    • G Rocker,
    • R Horton,
    • D Currow,
    • D Goodridge,
    • J Young,
    • S Booth
    Thorax 2009;64:10 910-915 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.116699

PostScript

  • Letter: Prognosis of patients with COPD admitted to the ICU

    • J M Añón,
    • A García de Lorenzo
    Thorax 2009;64:10 916 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.116509

  • Letter: Authors’ reply

    • M Wildman,
    • C Sanderson
    Thorax 2009;64:10 916-917 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.122390

  • Letter: Iloprost-induced rash

    • R S Finn,
    • L Beckert,
    • R Troughton
    Thorax 2009;64:10 917-918 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.116111

  • Letter: Hepatotoxicity and antituberculosis therapy: time to revise UK guidance?

    • N F Walker,
    • M Kliner,
    • D Turner,
    • S Bhagani,
    • I Cropley,
    • S Hopkins,
    • M Lipman
    Thorax 2009;64:10 918 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.115469

Images in Thorax

  • Thoracic endometriosis: rare presentation as a solitary pulmonary nodule with eccentric cavitations

    • C-H Lee,
    • Y-C Huang,
    • S-F Huang,
    • Y-K Wu,
    • K-T Kuo
    Thorax 2009;64:10 919-920 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.111294

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