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Editorials

  • Airwaves

    Thorax 2009;64:7 i

  • Domiciliary non-invasive ventilation in stable COPD?

    • Mark W Elliott
    Thorax 2009;64:7 553-556 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.113423

  • Biomarkers and community-acquired pneumonia

    • Jeremy S Brown
    Thorax 2009;64:7 556-558 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.110254

  • Breast feeding and childhood asthma

    • Wendy H Oddy
    Thorax 2009;64:7 558-559 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105130

  • Nutritional effects on asthma aetiology and progression

    • Patricia A Cassano
    Thorax 2009;64:7 560 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.112011

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Nocturnal non-invasive nasal ventilation in stable hypercapnic COPD: a randomised controlled trial

    • R D McEvoy,
    • R J Pierce,
    • D Hillman,
    • A Esterman,
    • E E Ellis,
    • P G Catcheside,
    • F J O’Donoghue,
    • D J Barnes,
    • R R Grunstein
    Thorax 2009;64:7 561-566 Published Online First: 12 February 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.108274

COPD

  • Influenza but not pneumococcal vaccination protects against all-cause mortality in patients with COPD

    • S Schembri,
    • S Morant,
    • J H Winter,
    • T M MacDonald
    Thorax 2009;64:7 567-572 Published Online First: 24 March 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.106286

Lung alert

  • A new vaccine to reduce the incidence of pneumococcal pneumonia?

    • A Collins
    Thorax 2009;64:7 572

  • Safety and effectiveness of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD

    • A Dushianthan
    Thorax 2009;64:7 619

  • Paediatric respiratory syncytial virus infections: rates and risk factors for hospitalisation

    • R Ahmed
    Thorax 2009;64:7 630

  • Financial incentives for smoking cessation

    • D Shrikrishna
    Thorax 2009;64:7 639

Environmental exposure

  • Traffic-related air pollution in relation to respiratory symptoms, allergic sensitisation and lung function in schoolchildren

    • M Rosenlund,
    • F Forastiere,
    • D Porta,
    • M De Sario,
    • C Badaloni,
    • C A Perucci
    Thorax 2009;64:7 573-580 Published Online First: 13 October 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.094953

Pulmonary puzzle

  • Beware the pregnant woman with breathlessness

    • A Higton,
    • C Whale,
    • M Musk,
    • E Gabbay
    Thorax 2009;64:7 580 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105353

  • ANSWER

    Thorax 2009;64:7 586 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105353a

Sleep-disordered breathing

  • Effects of CPAP on oxidative stress and nitrate efficiency in sleep apnoea: a randomised trial

    • A Alonso-Fernández,
    • F García-Río,
    • M A Arias,
    • Á Hernanz,
    • M de la Peña,
    • J Piérola,
    • A Barceló,
    • E López-Collazo,
    • A Agustí
    Thorax 2009;64:7 581-586 Published Online First: 15 December 2008 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.100537

Respiratory infection

  • Biomarkers improve mortality prediction by prognostic scales in community-acquired pneumonia

    • R Menéndez,
    • R Martínez,
    • S Reyes,
    • J Mensa,
    • X Filella,
    • M A Marcos,
    • A Martínez,
    • C Esquinas,
    • P Ramirez,
    • A Torres
    Thorax 2009;64:7 587-591 Published Online First: 8 January 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105312

  • Risk factors for complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema on presentation to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia

    • J D Chalmers,
    • A Singanayagam,
    • M P Murray,
    • C Scally,
    • A Fawzi,
    • A T Hill
    Thorax 2009;64:7 592-597 Published Online First: 8 January 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105080

  • Validation and clinical implications of the IDSA/ATS minor criteria for severe community-acquired pneumonia

    • J Phua,
    • K C See,
    • Y H Chan,
    • L S Widjaja,
    • N W Aung,
    • W J Ngerng,
    • T K Lim
    Thorax 2009;64:7 598-603 Published Online First: 21 April 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.113795

Asthma

  • Breast feeding, parental allergy and asthma in children followed for 8 years. The PIAMA birth cohort study

    • S Scholtens,
    • A H Wijga,
    • B Brunekreef,
    • M Kerkhof,
    • M O Hoekstra,
    • J Gerritsen,
    • R Aalberse,
    • J C de Jongste,
    • H A Smit
    Thorax 2009;64:7 604-609 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.094938

  • Association between antioxidant vitamins and asthma outcome measures: systematic review and meta-analysis

    • S Allen,
    • J R Britton,
    • J A Leonardi-Bee
    Thorax 2009;64:7 610-619 Published Online First: 30 April 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.101469

  • The PHF11 gene is not associated with asthma or asthma phenotypes in two independent populations

    • J McClenaghan,
    • N M Warrington,
    • E F Jamrozik,
    • J Hui,
    • J P Beilby,
    • J Hansen,
    • N H de Klerk,
    • A L James,
    • A W Musk,
    • L J Palmer
    Thorax 2009;64:7 620-625 Published Online First: 21 April 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.108985

Interstitial lung disease

  • Exercise peripheral oxygen saturation (Spo2) accurately reflects arterial oxygen saturation (Sao2) and predicts mortality in systemic sclerosis

    • J J Swigris,
    • X Zhou,
    • F S Wamboldt,
    • R du Bois,
    • R Keith,
    • A Fischer,
    • G P Cosgrove,
    • S K Frankel,
    • D Curran-Everett,
    • K K Brown
    Thorax 2009;64:7 626-630 Published Online First: 8 April 2009 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.111393

Review

  • Systemic inflammation: a key factor in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome?

    • S Ryan,
    • C T Taylor,
    • W T McNicholas
    Thorax 2009;64:7 631-636 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105577

Case Report

  • A case of small cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy followed by photodynamic therapy

    • J E Lee,
    • H S Park,
    • S S Jung,
    • S Y Kim,
    • J O Kim
    Thorax 2009;64:7 637-639 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.112912

Letters

  • Obesity in patients with COPD, an undervalued problem?

    • L van den Bemt,
    • C A M van Wayenburg,
    • I J M Smeele,
    • T R J Schermer
    Thorax 2009;64:7 640 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.111716

  • Authors’ reply

    • F M E Franssen,
    • A M W J Schols
    Thorax 2009;64:7 640-641

  • Validation of two activity monitors in patients with COPD

    • D Langer,
    • R Gosselink,
    • R Sena,
    • C Burtin,
    • M Decramer,
    • T Troosters
    Thorax 2009;64:7 641-642 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.112102

  • Epoprostenol use in a National Pulmonary Hypertension Centre from 1997 to 2007

    • A C Church,
    • D Sanabria,
    • A Peacock,
    • M Johnson
    Thorax 2009;64:7 642 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.110643

  • Do all occupational respiratory sensitisers follow the united airways disease model?

    • M J Seed,
    • M Carder,
    • M Gittins,
    • R M Agius
    Thorax 2009;64:7 642-643

Correction

Images in Thorax

  • A woman in her mid 30s with a dry cough and breathlessness

    • H K Ramadan,
    • C I Mackinlay,
    • A G Nicholson
    Thorax 2009;64:7 644 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.107243

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