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September 2010, Volume 65, Issue 9

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  1. Airwaves
  2. Editorials
  3. Respiratory infection
  4. Asthma
  5. Lung transplantation
  6. Thoracic surgery
  7. Paediatrics
  8. Sleep-disordered breathing
  9. Case report
  10. Review
  11. PostScript
  12. Miscellanea
  13. Images in Thorax
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Airwaves

  • Airwaves

    • Wisia Wedzicha
    Thorax 2010;65:9 i doi:10.1136/thx.2010.148627

Editorials

  • Thorax 2010: celebrating the success of an international respiratory journal

    • Jadwiga A Wedzicha,
    • Sebastian L Johnston
    Thorax 2010;65:9 755-756 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.146662
    Editor's Choice

  • Diagnosing lung cancer earlier in the UK

    • Richard B Hubbard,
    • David R Baldwin
    Thorax 2010;65:9 756-758 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.145961

  • Asthma: improved understanding and insights into the challenges of achieving asthma control

    • G Ian Town,
    • J Mark Fitzgerald
    Thorax 2010;65:9 758-759 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.146274

  • The genetics of obstructive lung disease: big is beautiful

    • Ian P Hall,
    • David A Lomas
    Thorax 2010;65:9 760-761 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.147173

  • Waking up to sleep-disordered breathing

    • J A Fleetham
    Thorax 2010;65:9 762-763 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.144931

  • Travelling in time with COPD

    • J R Hurst,
    • P M A Calverley
    Thorax 2010;65:9 763-765 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.146811

  • Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in patients with stable hypercapnic COPD: light at the end of the tunnel?

    • Bernd Schönhofer
    Thorax 2010;65:9 765-767 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.145276

  • Lung Alerts: promoting education and encouraging new authors

    • Angshu Bhowmik,
    • Jenni Quint
    Thorax 2010;65:9 767-768 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.146100

Respiratory infection

  • Impact of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV7) programme on childhood hospital admissions for bacterial pneumonia and empyema in England: national time-trends study, 1997–2008

    • Elizabeth Koshy,
    • Joanna Murray,
    • Alex Bottle,
    • Mike Sharland,
    • Sonia Saxena
    Thorax 2010;65:9 770-774 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.137802

Asthma

  • Quantitative analysis of high-resolution computed tomography scans in severe asthma subphenotypes

    • Sumit Gupta,
    • Salman Siddiqui,
    • Pranab Haldar,
    • James J Entwisle,
    • Dean Mawby,
    • Andrew J Wardlaw,
    • Peter Bradding,
    • Ian D Pavord,
    • Ruth H Green,
    • Christopher E Brightling
    Thorax 2010;65:9 775-781 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.136374
    Open Access

  • Increased levels of osteopontin in sputum supernatant in severe refractory asthma

    • Vasiliki Delimpoura,
    • Petros Bakakos,
    • Eleni Tseliou,
    • Vasiliki Bessa,
    • Georgios Hillas,
    • Davina C M Simoes,
    • Spyros Papiris,
    • Stelios Loukides
    Thorax 2010;65:9 782-786 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.138552

  • Refractory asthma in the UK: cross-sectional findings from a UK multicentre registry

    • Liam G Heaney,
    • Chris E Brightling,
    • Andrew Menzies-Gow,
    • Michael Stevenson,
    • Rob M Niven,
    • on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Difficult Asthma Network
    Thorax 2010;65:9 787-794 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.137414
    Open Access

  • Bronchial reactivity indices are determinants of health-related quality of life in patients with stable asthma

    • Carolina Cisneros,
    • Francisco García-Río,
    • Delia Romera,
    • Carlos Villasante,
    • Rosa Girón,
    • Julio Ancochea
    Thorax 2010;65:9 795-800 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.137844

  • Prediction of asthma in symptomatic preschool children using exhaled nitric oxide, Rint and specific IgE

    • Daan Caudri,
    • Alet H Wijga,
    • Maarten O Hoekstra,
    • Marjan Kerkhof,
    • Gerard H Koppelman,
    • Bert Brunekreef,
    • Henriette A Smit,
    • Johan C de Jongste
    Thorax 2010;65:9 801-807 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.126912

Lung transplantation

  • Breathing pattern and chest wall volumes during exercise in patients with cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis and COPD before and after lung transplantation

    • H Wilkens,
    • B Weingard,
    • A Lo Mauro,
    • E Schena,
    • A Pedotti,
    • G W Sybrecht,
    • A Aliverti
    Thorax 2010;65:9 808-814 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.131409

Thoracic surgery

  • Postoperative pulmonary complications following thoracic surgery: are there any modifiable risk factors?

    • P Agostini,
    • H Cieslik,
    • S Rathinam,
    • E Bishay,
    • M S Kalkat,
    • P B Rajesh,
    • R S Steyn,
    • S Singh,
    • B Naidu
    Thorax 2010;65:9 815-818 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.123083

Paediatrics

  • Validation of a parent-proxy quality of life questionnaire for paediatric chronic cough (PC-QOL)

    • Peter A Newcombe,
    • Jeanie K Sheffield,
    • Elizabeth F Juniper,
    • Helen L Petsky,
    • Carol Willis,
    • Anne B Chang
    Thorax 2010;65:9 819-823 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.133868

  • The effects of sleeping position on ventilatory responses to carbon dioxide in premature infants

    • Adam P R Smith,
    • Tolulope Saiki,
    • Simon Hannam,
    • Gerrard F Rafferty,
    • Anne Greenough
    Thorax 2010;65:9 824-828 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.127837

Sleep-disordered breathing

  • Predictors of long-term compliance with continuous positive airway pressure

    • Malcolm Kohler,
    • Debbie Smith,
    • Victoria Tippett,
    • John R Stradling
    Thorax 2010;65:9 829-832 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.135848

Case report

  • Diagnosis of pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis by CT-guided core biopsy of lung: a report of three cases

    • Sanjay Mukhopadhyay,
    • Shea M Eckardt,
    • Ernest M Scalzetti
    Thorax 2010;65:9 833-835 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.135459

Review

  • Treatment of COPD: the sooner the better?

    • Marc Decramer,
    • Christopher B Cooper
    Thorax 2010;65:9 837-841 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.133355

PostScript

  • Letter: Bronchoalveolar lavage immunodiagnosis for tuberculosis suspects in Europe and Africa

    • Christoph Lange,
    • Aik Bossink,
    • Ralf Eberhardt,
    • Delia Goletti,
    • Claudia Jafari,
    • Irene Latorre,
    • Detlef Kirsten,
    • Monica Losi,
    • Giovanni B Migliori,
    • Giovanni Sotgiu
    Thorax 2010;65:9 842 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.124958

  • Letter: Authors' response

    • Richard N van Zyl-Smit,
    • Richard Meldau,
    • Keertan Dheda
    Thorax 2010;65:9 842-843 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.126185

  • Letter: Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and exercise testing in an international rugby union team

    • E C Falvey,
    • C McCarthy,
    • T M O'Connor,
    • F Shanahan,
    • M G Molloy,
    • B J Plant
    Thorax 2010;65:9 843-844 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.122598

  • Correction

    Thorax 2010;65:9 844 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.122291corr1

  • Correction

    Thorax 2010;65:9 844 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.124776corr1

  • Correction

    Thorax 2010;65:9 844 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.133108corr1

  • Correction

    Thorax 2010;65:9 844 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.130716corr1

  • Correction

    Thorax 2010;65:9 844 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.127274corr1

Miscellanea

  • A 21-year-old male with right chest pain, dyspnoea on exertion and bloody pleural effusion

    • Xu Zhi,
    • Zhang Qiao,
    • Wang Changzheng,
    • Wu Guoming,
    • Wang Guansong,
    • Yao Wei
    Thorax 2010;65:9 769 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.137992

  • Can procalcitonin have a role in reducing antibiotic selective pressure?

    • S Pomfret
    Thorax 2010;65:9 800 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.145516

  • Maternal vitamin A supplementation improves lung function in offspring

    • C Dardis
    Thorax 2010;65:9 807 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.145524

  • Immunoglobulin G2 subclass deficiency and H1N1

    • B Kathiresan
    Thorax 2010;65:9 823 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.145649

Images in Thorax

  • Unexpected identification of bilateral masses in an asymptomatic heavy smoker

    • Elisa Garlassi,
    • Giulio Rossi,
    • Andrea Bedini,
    • Luca Richeldi
    Thorax 2010;65:9 846 Published Online First: 29 July 2010 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.130500

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