Thorax: 66 (9)

Airwaves

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

Editorials

CT in COPD: just a pretty picture or really worth a thousand words (or dollars)? (14 May, 2011) Free
Don D Sin, Jonathon Leipsic, S F Paul Man
Every breath you take (14 May, 2011) Free
Allan R Glanville
Asthma protection with bacteria - science or fiction? (20 May, 2011) Free
Harald Renz
Cardiovascular mechanisms of death in severe COPD exacerbation: time to think and act beyond guidelines (8 June, 2011) Free
Leonardo M Fabbri, Bianca Beghé, Alvar Agusti

Lung transplantation

The impact of traffic air pollution on bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and mortality after lung transplantation (23 March, 2011) Free
Tim S Nawrot, Robin Vos, Lotte Jacobs, Stijn E Verleden, Shana Wauters, Veerle Mertens, Christophe Dooms, Peter H Hoet, Dirk E Van Raemdonck, Christel Faes, Lieven J Dupont, Benoit Nemery, Geert M Verleden, Bart M Vanaudenaerde

Airway biology

Bacterial-induced protection against allergic inflammation through a multicomponent immunoregulatory mechanism (21 March, 2011) Free
Chiara Nembrini, Anke Sichelstiel, Jan Kisielow, Michael Kurrer, Manfred Kopf, Benjamin J Marsland

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Biochemical markers of cardiac dysfunction predict mortality in acute exacerbations of COPD (7 April, 2011) Free
Catherina L Chang, Scott C Robinson, Graham D Mills, Glenda D Sullivan, Noel C Karalus, John D McLachlan, Robert J Hancox
Increased platelet activation in patients with stable and acute exacerbation of COPD (20 April, 2011) Free
John D Maclay, David A McAllister, Shonna Johnston, Jennifer Raftis, Catherine McGuinnes, Andrew Deans, David E Newby, Nicholas L Mills, William MacNee
Elevated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T is associated with increased mortality after acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (8 June, 2011) Free
A D Høiseth, A Neukamm, B D Karlsson, T Omland, P H Brekke, V Søyseth

Smoking

CT-quantified emphysema in male heavy smokers: association with lung function decline (7 April, 2011) Free
Firdaus A A Mohamed Hoesein, Bartjan de Hoop, Pieter Zanen, Hester Gietema, Cas L J J Kruitwagen, Bram van Ginneken, Ivana Isgum, Christian Mol, Rob J van Klaveren, Akkelies E Dijkstra, Harry J M Groen, H Marike Boezen, Dirkje S Postma, Mathias Prokop, Jan-Willem J Lammers

Respiratory infection

PAI-1 is an essential component of the pulmonary host response during Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in mice
(18 July, 2011) Free
Arnaud Goolaerts, Mathieu Lafargue, Yuanlin Song, Byron Miyazawa, Mehrdad Arjomandi, Michel Carlès, Jérémie Roux, Marybeth Howard, Dale A Parks, Karen E Iles, Jean-François Pittet

Sleep-disordered breathing

Effect of weight loss on upper airway size and facial fat in men with obstructive sleep apnoea (15 June, 2011) Free
Kate Sutherland, Richard W W Lee, Craig L Phillips, George Dungan, Brendon J Yee, John S Magnussen, Ronald R Grunstein, Peter A Cistulli

Asthma

Non-invasive phenotyping using exhaled volatile organic compounds in asthma (11 July, 2011) Free
Baharudin Ibrahim, Maria Basanta, Paul Cadden, Dave Singh, David Douce, Ashley Woodcock, Stephen J Fowler

Pulmonary vasculature

Use of non-invasive haemodynamic measurements to detect treatment response in precapillary pulmonary hypertension (23 June, 2011) Free
Wai-Ting Nicola Lee, Aileen Brown, Andrew John Peacock, Martin Keith Johnson

Review

Management of severe community-acquired pneumonia of children in developing and developed countries (21 October, 2010) Free
Nicola Principi, Susanna Esposito

PostScript

Letter to the Editor: Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage: determinants of yield and impact on management in immunosuppressed patients (13 September, 2010) Free
Robert Matthew Kottmann, Jennifer Kelly, Elizabeth Lyda, Michael Gurell, Jennifer Stalica, Wayne Ormsby, Karoline Moon, David Trawick, Patricia J Sime
Letter to the Editor: British Thoracic Society survey of knowledge of healthcare professionals managing patients with acute hypercapnic exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring non-invasive ventilation (11 October, 2010) Free
E Ballard, L McDonnell, S Keilty, A C Davidson, N Hart
Letter to the Editor: Efficacy of omalizumab in the treatment of nasal polyps (25 November, 2010) Free
María del Carmen Vennera, César Picado, Joaquim Mullol, Isam Alobid, Manuel Bernal-Sprekelsen
Letter to the Editor: Outcomes following non-invasive ventilation for hypercapnic exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (9 December, 2010) Free
Iain Murray, Ed Paterson, Gillian Thain, Graeme P Currie
Correspondence: Comment on: Morbidity and mortality associated with the restrictive spirometric pattern: a longitudinal study (22 October, 2010) Free
Simone Scarlata, Claudio Pedone, Filippo L Fimognari, Vincenzo Bellia, Francesco Forastiere, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi
Correspondence: Authors' response (22 October, 2010) Free
Stefano Guerra, Fernando D Martinez
Correspondence: Validity of using Hospital Episode Statistics data on monitoring disease trends (2 December, 2010) Free
Mohamed A Elemraid, Kerry Pollard, Matthew F Thomas, Andrew R Gennery, Katherine M Eastham, Stephen P Rushton, Fiona Hampton, Pauline Singleton, Russell Gorton, David A Spencer, Julia E Clark
Correspondence: Authors' response (2 December, 2010) Free
Elizabeth Koshy, Joanna Murray, Alex Bottle, Mike Sharland, Sonia Saxena
Correspondence: Ultrasound performs better than radiographs (30 December, 2010) Free
Eustachio Agricola, Charlotte Arbelot, Michael Blaivas, Belaid Bouhemad, Roberto Copetti, Anthony Dean, Scott Dulchavsky, Mahmoud Elbarbary, Luna Gargani, Richard Hoppmann, Andrew W Kirkpatrick, Daniel Lichtenstein, Andrew Liteplo, Gebhard Mathis, Lawrence Melniker, Luca Neri, Vicki E Noble, Tomislav Petrovic, Angelika Reissig, Jean Jacques Rouby, Armin Seibel, Gino Soldati, Enrico Storti, James W Tsung, Gabriele Via, Giovanni Volpicelli
Correspondence: Authors' response (30 December, 2010) Free
Tom Havelock, Richard Teoh, Diane Laws, Nick Maskell, Fergus Gleeson

Chest clinic

Pulmonary puzzle

Pulmonary puzzle: Pulmonary cystic lesion in a trauma patient (11 July, 2011) Free
Kei Kunimasa, Toru Hashimoto, Yasushi Fukuda, Tadashi Ishida

Guideline update

Guideline update: Managing passengers with stable respiratory disease planning air travel: British Thoracic Society recommendations (31 July, 2011) Free
Dinesh Shrikrishna, Robina K Coker

Basic science for the Chest Physician

Basic science for the chest physician: Innate helper cells: a novel cell type essential in the initiation of asthma? (15 June, 2011) Free
Sejal Saglani

Case based discussion

Case based discussion: A[H1N1] flu and refractory hypoxaemia: Is extracorporeal lung support the holy grail? (22 April, 2011) Free
T V Veenith, M Rana, A Ercole, K Gunning, R Mahroof

Image in Thorax

Images in Thorax: Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (6 May, 2011) Free
Francesco Giallauria, Gabriele Giallauria

Miscellanea

Journal club: SOX9 upregulation in lung adenocarcinoma (3 November, 2010) Free
L McKinlay
Journal club: Targeted oxygen therapy in the prehospital management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (10 February, 2011) Free
William M Ricketts
Journal club: Combined use of transoesophageal and transbronchial ultrasonography may lead to fewer unnecessary thoracotomies while staging NSCLC (28 March, 2011) Free
Samrat Bose

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September 2011 - Volume 66 - 9

Airwaves

Editorials

Lung transplantation

Airway biology

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Smoking

Respiratory infection

Sleep-disordered breathing

Asthma

Pulmonary vasculature

Review

PostScript

Chest clinic

Pulmonary puzzle

Guideline update

Basic science for the Chest Physician

Case based discussion

Image in Thorax

Miscellanea

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Table of contents

September 2011 - Volume 66 - 9

Airwaves

Editorials

Lung transplantation

Airway biology

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Smoking

Respiratory infection

Sleep-disordered breathing

Asthma

Pulmonary vasculature

Review

PostScript

Chest clinic

Pulmonary puzzle

Guideline update

Basic science for the Chest Physician

Case based discussion

Image in Thorax

Miscellanea

Issue Information