Editorials

	Palliative care for patients with non-malignant end stage respiratory disease K M HILL and M F MUERS Thorax 2000; 55: 979-981. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.979 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Management of malignant pleural effusions G ANTUNES and E NEVILLE Thorax 2000; 55: 981-983. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.981 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Obtaining tissue from the mediastinum: endoscopic ultrasound guided transoesophageal biopsy S A ROBERTS Thorax 2000; 55: 983-985. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.983 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Annual report

	Annual report October 1999 to September 2000 J BRITTON and A J KNOX Thorax 2000; 55: 986. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.986 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Smoking cessation update

	Smoking cessation guidelines for health professionals: an update Robert West, Ann McNeill, and Martin Raw Thorax 2000; 55: 987-999. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.987 [Abstract] [Full text] [Correction] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

	How well do we care for patients with end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? A comparison of palliative care and quality of life in COPD and lung cancer J M Gore, C J Brophy, and M A Greenstone Thorax 2000; 55: 1000-1006. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1000 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Case-control study of severe life threatening asthma (SLTA) in adults: demographics, health care, and management of the acute attack J Kolbe, W Fergusson, M Vamos, and J Garrett Thorax 2000; 55: 1007-1015. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1007 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Hyperventilation and asymptomatic chronic asthma C A Osborne, B J O'Connor, A Lewis, V Kanabar, and W N Gardner Thorax 2000; 55: 1016-1022. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1016 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Association of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis with the interleukin 8 gene region in UK families J Hull, A Thomson, and D Kwiatkowski Thorax 2000; 55: 1023-1027. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1023 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Capsaicin induced cough in cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis M J Doherty, R Mister, M G Pearson, and P M A Calverley Thorax 2000; 55: 1028-1032. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1028 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Treatment of severe nosocomial pneumonia: a prospective randomised comparison of intravenous ciprofloxacin with imipenem/cilastatin A Torres, T T Bauer, C León-Gil, F Castillo, F Alvarez-Lerma, A Martínez-Pellús, S R Leal-Noval, P Nadal, M Palomar, J Blanquer, and F Ros Thorax 2000; 55: 1033-1039. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1033 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	A national confidential enquiry into community acquired pneumonia deaths in young adults in England and Wales J C G Simpson, J T Macfarlane, J Watson, and M A Woodhead Thorax 2000; 55: 1040-1045. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1040 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Decreased plasma levels of nitric oxide derivatives in obstructive sleep apnoea: response to CPAP therapy R Schulz, D Schmidt, A Blum, X Lopes-Ribeiro, C Lücke, K Mayer, H Olschewski, W Seeger, and F Grimminger Thorax 2000; 55: 1046-1051. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1046 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Clinical experience of lymphangioleiomyomatosis in the UK S R Johnson and A E Tattersfield Thorax 2000; 55: 1052-1057. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1052 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Transforming growth factor 2 (TGF2) produces effective pleurodesis in sheep with no systemic complications Y C G Lee, K B Lane, R E Parker, D S Ayo, J T Rogers, R W Diters, P J Thompson, and R W Light Thorax 2000; 55: 1058-1062. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1058 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review series

	Paediatric origins of adult lung diseases 4: Tobacco related lung diseases begin in childhood P N Le Souëf Thorax 2000; 55: 1063-1067. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1063 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

	Primary pulmonary botryomycosis: a late complication of foreign body aspiration J M Tuggey, H S R Hosker, and P DaCosta Thorax 2000; 55: 1068-1069. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1068 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

	Spacer devices in asthma ROGER BUCHDAHL, SIMON WARD, and ALISON SUMMERFIELD Thorax 2000; 55: 1070. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1070 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Intravenous montelukast S D SINGH and D J ALLEN Thorax 2000; 55: 1070. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1070a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Pseudomonas infection in CF ROB ROSEBY, JOHN MASSIE, and S ELBORN Thorax 2000; 55: 1070. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1070b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

	Asthma in the Workplace. 2nd Edition Thorax 2000; 55: 1071. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.12.1071 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]