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Airwaves

  • Airwaves

    • Wisia Wedzicha
    Thorax 2010;65:6 i doi:10.1136/thx.2010.142398

Editorials

  • Diagnosing COPD in non-smokers: splitting not lumping

    • Edwin R Chilvers,
    • David A Lomas
    Thorax 2010;65:6 465-466 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.128421

  • Clinical networks for ILD: casting light on diffuse lung shadows

    • Nicholas K Harrison,
    • Norman Johnson,
    • Margaret Wilsher
    Thorax 2010;65:6 466-468 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.122135

  • New options for bronchodilator treatment in COPD

    • P M A Calverley
    Thorax 2010;65:6 468-469 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.130211

  • Respiratory disease in 2010: looking to the past will prepare us for the future

    • David M Mannino
    Thorax 2010;65:6 469-471 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.137570

  • Impact of the 2009 influenza pandemic

    • J Dunning,
    • P J M Openshaw
    Thorax 2010;65:6 471-472 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.133728

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Efficacy of a new once-daily long-acting inhaled β2-agonist indacaterol versus twice-daily formoterol in COPD

    • Ronald Dahl,
    • Kian Fan Chung,
    • Roland Buhl,
    • Helgo Magnussen,
    • Vladimir Nonikov,
    • Damon Jack,
    • Patricia Bleasdale,
    • Roger Owen,
    • Mark Higgins,
    • Benjamin Kramer
    Thorax 2010;65:6 473-479 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.125435

  • Gender differences in COPD: are women more susceptible to smoking effects than men?

    • Inga-Cecilie Sørheim,
    • Ane Johannessen,
    • Amund Gulsvik,
    • Per S Bakke,
    • Edwin K Silverman,
    • Dawn L DeMeo
    Thorax 2010;65:6 480-485 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.122002

  • Measurement properties of the SenseWear armband in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • Kylie Hill,
    • Thomas E Dolmage,
    • Lynda Woon,
    • Roger Goldstein,
    • Dina Brooks
    Thorax 2010;65:6 486-491 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.128702

  • Case finding for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a model for optimising a targeted approach

    • Rachel E Jordan,
    • Kin-bong Hubert Lam,
    • Kar Keung Cheng,
    • Martin R Miller,
    • Jennifer L Marsh,
    • Jon G Ayres,
    • David Fitzmaurice,
    • Peymané Adab
    Thorax 2010;65:6 492-498 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.129395

Epidemiology

  • Morbidity and mortality associated with the restrictive spirometric pattern: a longitudinal study

    • Stefano Guerra,
    • Duane L Sherrill,
    • Claire Venker,
    • Christina M Ceccato,
    • Marilyn Halonen,
    • Fernando D Martinez
    Thorax 2010;65:6 499-504 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.126052
    Editor's Choice

Respiratory infection

  • Clinical characteristics of fatalities due to influenza A (H1N1) virus in Mexico

    • Germán Fajardo-Dolci,
    • Rafael Gutierrez-Vega,
    • Heberto Arboleya-Casanova,
    • Aremis Villalobos,
    • Kate S Wilson,
    • Sandra G García,
    • Julio Sotelo,
    • José A Córdova Villalobos,
    • Claudia Díaz-Olavarrieta
    Thorax 2010;65:6 505-509 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.126953

  • Outcomes of adults hospitalised with severe influenza

    • N Lee,
    • K W Choi,
    • P K S Chan,
    • D S C Hui,
    • G C Y Lui,
    • B C K Wong,
    • R Y K Wong,
    • W Y Sin,
    • W M Hui,
    • K L K Ngai,
    • C S Cockram,
    • R W M Lai,
    • J J Y Sung
    Thorax 2010;65:6 510-515 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.130799

Asthma

  • Effect of diet on asthma and allergic sensitisation in the International Study on Allergies and Asthma in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two

    • Gabriele Nagel,
    • Gudrun Weinmayr,
    • Andrea Kleiner,
    • Luis Garcia-Marcos,
    • David P Strachan,
    • the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group
    Thorax 2010;65:6 516-522 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.128256

Sleep-disordered breathing

  • Nocturnal intermittent hypoxia and C reactive protein among middle-aged community residents: a cross-sectional survey

    • Isao Muraki,
    • Takeshi Tanigawa,
    • Kazumasa Yamagishi,
    • Susumu Sakurai,
    • Tetsuya Ohira,
    • Hironori Imano,
    • Akihiko Kitamura,
    • Masahiko Kiyama,
    • Shinichi Sato,
    • Takashi Shimamoto,
    • Masamitsu Konishi,
    • Hiroyasu Iso,
    • for the CIRCS Investigators
    Thorax 2010;65:6 523-527 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.128744

Environmental exposure

  • A prospective study of respiratory symptoms associated with chronic arsenic exposure in Bangladesh: findings from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS)

    • Faruque Parvez,
    • Yu Chen,
    • Paul W Brandt-Rauf,
    • Vesna Slavkovich,
    • Tariqul Islam,
    • Alauddin Ahmed,
    • Maria Argos,
    • Rabiul Hassan,
    • Mahbub Yunus,
    • Syed E Haque,
    • Olgica Balac,
    • Joseph H Graziano,
    • Habibul Ahsan
    Thorax 2010;65:6 528-533 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.119347

Lung cancer

  • Learning curves for endobronchial ultrasound using cusum analysis

    • S V Kemp,
    • S H El Batrawy,
    • R N Harrison,
    • K Skwarski,
    • M Munavvar,
    • A Roselli,
    • K Cusworth,
    • P L Shah
    Thorax 2010;65:6 534-538 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.127274

Cystic fibrosis

  • Measurement of nasal potential difference in young children with an equivocal sweat test following newborn screening for cystic fibrosis

    • Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus,
    • Emmanuelle Girodon,
    • Delphine Roussel,
    • Eric Deneuville,
    • Stéphanie Bui,
    • Frédéric Huet,
    • Marcel Guillot,
    • Rola Aboutaam,
    • Michel Renouil,
    • Anne Munck,
    • Marie des Georges,
    • Albert Iron,
    • Christel Thauvin-Robinet,
    • Isabelle Fajac,
    • Gerard Lenoir,
    • Michel Roussey,
    • Aleksander Edelman
    Thorax 2010;65:6 539-544 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.123422

Case report

  • The use of abatacept in debilitating cavitating lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis, bronchocentric granulomatosis and aspergillosis

    • K Neff,
    • J Stack,
    • S Harney,
    • M Henry
    Thorax 2010;65:6 545-546 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.128710

Review

  • Ca2+ homeostasis and structural and functional remodelling of airway smooth muscle in asthma

    • Katharina Mahn,
    • Oluwaseun O Ojo,
    • Gianna Chadwick,
    • Philip I Aaronson,
    • Jeremy P T Ward,
    • Tak H Lee
    Thorax 2010;65:6 547-552 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.129296

PostScript

  • Letter: Efficacy of nebulised colomycin in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis colonised with Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • R Dhar,
    • G A Anwar,
    • S C Bourke,
    • L Doherty,
    • P Middleton,
    • C Ward,
    • R M Rutherford
    Thorax 2010;65:6 553 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.112284

  • Maternal smoking during pregnancy decreases Wnt signalling in neonatal mice

    • M J Blacquière,
    • W Timens,
    • A van den Berg,
    • M Geerlings,
    • D S Postma,
    • M N Hylkema
    Thorax 2010;65:6 553-554 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.120154

  • Circulating endothelial stem cells are not decreased in pulmonary emphysema or COPD

    • G Caramori,
    • G M Rigolin,
    • F Mazzoni,
    • S Leprotti,
    • P Campioni,
    • A Papi
    Thorax 2010;65:6 554-555 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.121640

Miscellanea

  • IL-23 and allergic airway inflammation

    • Charlotte Addy
    Thorax 2010;65:6 485 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.141101

  • MMP12 and reduced risk of COPD

    • A Pillai
    Thorax 2010;65:6 538 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.141085

Images in Thorax

  • Massive thymic hyperplasia presenting with respiratory insufficiency in a 2-year-old child

    • Gilberto Szarf,
    • Thais Caldara Mussi de Andrade,
    • Renato de Oliveira,
    • Luiz Hiroshi Ota,
    • Henrique M Lederman
    Thorax 2010;65:6 555-556 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.123125

Guidelines

  • Guidelines for the prevention and management of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in adult patients with chronic kidney disease

    • Prepared by members of the Guideline Group on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee and Joint Tuberculosis Committee,
    • Heather Milburn,
    • Neil Ashman,
    • Peter Davies,
    • Sarah Doffman,
    • Francis Drobniewski,
    • Saye Khoo,
    • Peter Ormerod,
    • Marlies Ostermann,
    • Catherine Snelson
    Thorax 2010;65:6 559-570 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.133173

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