Thorax: 66 (12)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (17 November, 2011) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Editorials

Will recording of lung function fluctuation open the door to internet-guided treatment of asthma? (19 August, 2011) Free
Maciej Kupczyk, Sven-Erik Dahlén
The challenges of quality improvement reports and the urgent need for more of them (19 August, 2011) Free
Kieran McIntyre, Kaveh G Shojania
LUCADA: a valuable resource but there are questions it cannot answer (13 September, 2011) Free
Tom Treasure, Gunnar Hillerdal, Martin Utley
Urbanisation, asthma and allergies (22 September, 2011)
M Innes Asher
Another new tool for the diagnostic bronchoscopist (7 October, 2011) Free
Robert C Rintoul, Mark G Slade

Airway biology

Original article:
EP₄ receptor as a new target for bronchodilator therapy
(23 May, 2011)
James Buckley, Mark A Birrell, Sarah A Maher, Anthony T Nials, Deborah L Clarke, Maria G Belvisi

Asthma

Original article: Associations between fluctuations in lung function and asthma control in two populations with differing asthma severity (20 May, 2011) Free
Cindy Thamrin, Regula Nydegger, Georgette Stern, Pascal Chanez, Sally E Wenzel, Rosemary A Watt, Susan FitzPatrick, D Robin Taylor, Urs Frey

Asthma and the environment

Original article: Urbanisation is associated with prevalence of childhood asthma in diverse, small rural communities in Ecuador (8 August, 2011)
Alejandro Rodriguez, Maritza Vaca, Gisela Oviedo, Silvia Erazo, Martha E Chico, Carlos Teles, Mauricio L Barreto, Laura C Rodrigues, Philip J Cooper
Original article: Effect of urbanisation on asthma, allergy and airways inflammation in a developing country setting (5 July, 2011) Free
Colin L Robinson, Lauren M Baumann, Karina Romero, Juan M Combe, Alfonso Gomez, Robert H Gilman, Lilia Cabrera, Guillermo Gonzalvez, Nadia N Hansel, Robert A Wise, Kathleen C Barnes, Patrick N Breysse, William Checkley

Epidemiology

Original article: Longitudinal associations of socioeconomic position in childhood and adulthood with decline in lung function over 20 years: results from a population-based cohort of British men (22 July, 2011) Free
Sheena E Ramsay, Peter H Whincup, Lucy T Lennon, Richard W Morris, S G Wannamethee
Original article: Pulmonary function impairment measured by pulmonary function tests in long-term survivors of childhood cancer (29 July, 2011) Free
Renée L Mulder, Nienke M Thönissen, Helena J H van der Pal, Paul Bresser, Wessel Hanselaar, Caro C E Koning, Foppe Oldenburger, Hugo A Heij, Huib N Caron, Leontien C M Kremer

Lung cancer

Original article: Virtual bronchoscopic navigation combined with endobronchial ultrasound to diagnose small peripheral pulmonary lesions: a randomised trial (11 July, 2011)
Takashi Ishida, Fumihiro Asano, Koichi Yamazaki, Naofumi Shinagawa, Satoshi Oizumi, Hiroshi Moriya, Mitsuru Munakata, Masaharu Nishimura, for the Virtual Navigation in Japan (V-NINJA) trial group
Original article: Inequalities in outcomes for non-small cell lung cancer: the influence of clinical characteristics and features of the local lung cancer service (23 July, 2011) Free
Anna L Rich, Laila J Tata, Catherine M Free, Rosamund A Stanley, Michael D Peake, David R Baldwin, Richard B Hubbard

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Identification of FGF7 as a novel susceptibility locus for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (15 September, 2011) Free
John M Brehm, Koichi Hagiwara, Yohannes Tesfaigzi, Shannon Bruse, Thomas J Mariani, Soumyaroop Bhattacharya, Nadia Boutaoui, John P Ziniti, Manuel E Soto-Quiros, Lydiana Avila, Michael H Cho, Blanca Himes, Augusto A Litonjua, Francine Jacobson, Per Bakke, Amund Gulsvik, Wayne H Anderson, David A Lomas, Erick Forno, Soma Datta, Edwin K Silverman, Juan C Celedón

PostScript

Letter to the Editor: Authors' response (12 October, 2011) Free
Wei Shen Lim, Thomas Bewick, Puja Myles, Sonia Greenwood, Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam, Stephen Brett, Malcolm G Semple, Peter J Openshaw, Barbara Bannister, Robert C Read, Bruce Taylor, Jim McMenamin, Joanne E Enstone, Karl G Nicholson, and Influenza Clinical Information Network (FLU-CIN)
Letter to the Editor: H1N1 influenza pneumonia and bacterial coinfection (12 October, 2011) Free
Esther Calbo, Alejandro Robles, Anna Sangil, Susana Benet, Maria Eugenia Viladot, Vanesa Pascual, Bienvenido Barreiro
Letter to the Editor: PET–CT in lung cancer: data discrepancies (15 July, 2011) Free
Jose M Paredes, Jayesh Mehta
Letter to the Editor: Authors' response (15 July, 2011) Free
Barbara M Fischer, Jann Mortensen, Liselotte Højgaard
Correspondence: Severity scales in community-acquired pneumonia: what matters apart from death? (21 December, 2010) Free
Kirsty Challen
Correspondence: Authors' response (21 December, 2010) Free
James D Chalmers, Aran Singanayagam, Adam T Hill
Correspondence: Exit of leucocytes across the alveolar epithelium worsens lung injury (20 April, 2011) Free
Joanna C Porter
Correspondence: Authors' response (20 April, 2011) Free
Carl G Persson, Lena Uller
Correspondence: Can cells other than Th17 lymphocytes be important sources of IL-17 in the lungs? (15 March, 2011) Free
Malcolm Brodlie, James Lordan, Christopher Ward
Correspondence: Authors' response (15 March, 2011) Free
Monica Facco, Anna Cabrelle, Carlo Agostini
Correspondence: Intrapulmonary shunting associated with sildenafil treatment in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (2 February, 2011) Free
Pablo F Castro, Douglas Greig, Hugo E Verdejo, Iván Godoy, Samuel Córdova, Marcela P Ferrada, Robert C Bourge
Correspondence: Risk stratification in pulmonary embolism: an algorithmic tool approach (23 February, 2011) Free
N Ahmad, K Srinivasan, H Moudgil
Correspondence: Authors' response (23 February, 2011) Free
David Jiménez
Correspondence: Authors' response (23 February, 2011) Free
Antonio Vitarelli

Chest clinic

Obituary

Obituary: In memoriam: Frederick E Hargreave (1938–2011) (13 October, 2011) Free
Paul M O'Byrne, Parameswaran Nair, Peter J Sterk

Pulmonary puzzle

Pulmonary puzzle: Pulmonary and cutaneous nodules in an immunocompromised patient (6 October, 2011) Free
Panagiotis J Vlachostergios, Spiros Karamagkiolis, Konstantinos Karamitsos

Guideline update

Guideline update: British guidelines on the management of asthma: what's new for 2011? (27 June, 2011) Free
Steve Turner, James Paton, Bernard Higgins, Graham Douglas

Opinion

Opinion: A story of success: continuous quality improvement in cystic fibrosis care in the USA (3 August, 2011) Free
Bradley S Quon, Christopher H Goss

Case report

Case report: Sarcoidosis complicating treatment with natalizumab for Crohn's disease (13 January, 2011) Free
C A Parisinos, C W Lees, W A H Wallace, J Satsangi

Images in Thorax

Images in Thorax: Coral broncholith associated with cystic bronchiectasis (19 May, 2011) Free
Toru Kadowaki, Shuichi Yano, Toshikazu Ikeda

Miscellanea

Journal club:
Does the addition of high-dose vitamin D₃ reduce the period of time required for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis?
(28 March, 2011) Free
Jessica Reed
Journal club: Palliative care in severe COPD: how and when? (31 March, 2011) Free
Anna Moore
Journal club: The increasing importance of innate antimicrobials (31 July, 2011) Free
A Loughnan

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December 2011 - Volume 66 - 12

Airwaves

Editorials

Airway biology

Asthma

Asthma and the environment

Epidemiology

Lung cancer

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

PostScript

Chest clinic

Obituary

Pulmonary puzzle

Guideline update

Opinion

Case report

Images in Thorax

Miscellanea

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Table of contents

December 2011 - Volume 66 - 12

Airwaves

Editorials

Airway biology

Asthma

Asthma and the environment

Epidemiology

Lung cancer

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

PostScript

Chest clinic

Obituary

Pulmonary puzzle

Guideline update

Opinion

Case report

Images in Thorax

Miscellanea

Issue Information