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February 2000 (Volume 55, Number 2). [Index by author]

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Editorials

Role of atrial septostomy in the treatment of pulmonary vascular disease
R J BARST
Thorax 2000; 55: 95-96. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.95 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

Emergency pre-hospital management of patients admitted with acute asthma
A J Simpson, S P Matusiewicz, P H Brown, I A McCall, J A Innes, A P Greening, and G K Crompton
Thorax 2000; 55: 97-101. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.97 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Diet, lung function, and lung function decline in a cohort of 2512 middle aged men
Barbara K Butland, Ann M Fehily, and Peter C Elwood
Thorax 2000; 55: 102-108. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.102 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Use of nitric oxide inhalation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Kumar Ashutosh, Kishor Phadke, Jody Fragale Jackson, and David Steele
Thorax 2000; 55: 109-113. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.109 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Relation of sputum inflammatory markers to symptoms and lung function changes in COPD exacerbations
Angshu Bhowmik, Terence A R Seemungal, Raymond J Sapsford, and Jadwiga A Wedzicha
Thorax 2000; 55: 114-120. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.114 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Genetic susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Koreans: combined analysis of polymorphic genotypes for microsomal epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1
Jae-Joon Yim, Gye Young Park, Choon-Taek Lee, Young Whan Kim, Sung Koo Han, Young-Soo Shim, and Chul-Gyu Yoo
Thorax 2000; 55: 121-125. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.121 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Effect of oral mexiletine on the cough response to capsaicin and tartaric acid
Masaki Fujimura, Yumie Kamio, Shigeharu Myou, and Takuma Hashimoto
Thorax 2000; 55: 126-128. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.126 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tuberculosis diagnosed during pregnancy: a prospective study from London
Martin Llewelyn, Ian Cropley, Robert J Wilkinson, and Robert N Davidson
Thorax 2000; 55: 129-132. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.129 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in whole blood: a prospective clinical study
M L L Lorente, M Falguera, A Nogués, A Ruiz González, M T Merino, and M Rubio Caballero
Thorax 2000; 55: 133-137. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.133 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Increase in exhaled carbon monoxide during exacerbations of cystic fibrosis
Julio D Antuni, Sergei A Kharitonov, Derralynn Hughes, Margaret E Hodson, and Peter J Barnes
Thorax 2000; 55: 138-142. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.138 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Adult familial cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis in the United Kingdom
Richard P Marshall, Anna Puddicombe, William O C Cookson, and Geoffrey J Laurent
Thorax 2000; 55: 143-146. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.143 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Role of E-selectin in bleomycin induced lung fibrosis in mice
Arata Azuma, Satoru Takahashi, Masato Nose, Kimi Araki, Masatake Araki, Takuo Takahashi, Mayumi Hirose, Hiroto Kawashima, Masayuki Miyasaka, and Shoji Kudoh
Thorax 2000; 55: 147-152. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.147 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review series

Issues at the interface between primary and secondary care in the management of common respiratory disease $bullet$ 6: Do hospital physicians have a role in reducing antibiotic prescribing in the community?
John Macfarlane, W F Holmes, and Rosamund Macfarlane
Thorax 2000; 55: 153-158. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.153 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rare diseases $bullet$ 7: Pleuropulmonary manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus
Michael P Keane and Joseph P Lynch, III
Thorax 2000; 55: 159-166. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.159 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

Alveolar haemorrhage in a case of high altitude pulmonary oedema
Colin K Grissom, Kurt H Albertine, and Mark R Elstad
Thorax 2000; 55: 167-169. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.167 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Xanthoma disseminatum with respiratory tract involvement and fatal outcome
Christopher W H Davies, Pauline Marren, Mark C Juniper, Winifred Gray, Fenella Wojnorowska, and Malcolm K Benson
Thorax 2000; 55: 170-172. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.170 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

Silica dust and lung cancer
X BAUR, U LATZA, K-H JÖCKEL;, and K ULM
Thorax 2000; 55: 172. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.172 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Re-estimated equations for 5th percentiles of lung function variables
O BRÄNDLI, C SCHINDLER, PH LEUENBERGER, X BAUR, P DEGENS, N KÜNZLI, R KELLER, and A P PERRUCHOUD
Thorax 2000; 55: 172. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.172a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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	Role of atrial septostomy in the treatment of pulmonary vascular disease R J BARST Thorax 2000; 55: 95-96. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.95 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency pre-hospital management of patients admitted with acute asthma A J Simpson, S P Matusiewicz, P H Brown, I A McCall, J A Innes, A P Greening, and G K Crompton Thorax 2000; 55: 97-101. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.97 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diet, lung function, and lung function decline in a cohort of 2512 middle aged men Barbara K Butland, Ann M Fehily, and Peter C Elwood Thorax 2000; 55: 102-108. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.102 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of nitric oxide inhalation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Kumar Ashutosh, Kishor Phadke, Jody Fragale Jackson, and David Steele Thorax 2000; 55: 109-113. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.109 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relation of sputum inflammatory markers to symptoms and lung function changes in COPD exacerbations Angshu Bhowmik, Terence A R Seemungal, Raymond J Sapsford, and Jadwiga A Wedzicha Thorax 2000; 55: 114-120. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.114 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Genetic susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Koreans: combined analysis of polymorphic genotypes for microsomal epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 Jae-Joon Yim, Gye Young Park, Choon-Taek Lee, Young Whan Kim, Sung Koo Han, Young-Soo Shim, and Chul-Gyu Yoo Thorax 2000; 55: 121-125. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.121 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of oral mexiletine on the cough response to capsaicin and tartaric acid Masaki Fujimura, Yumie Kamio, Shigeharu Myou, and Takuma Hashimoto Thorax 2000; 55: 126-128. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.126 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tuberculosis diagnosed during pregnancy: a prospective study from London Martin Llewelyn, Ian Cropley, Robert J Wilkinson, and Robert N Davidson Thorax 2000; 55: 129-132. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.129 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in whole blood: a prospective clinical study M L L Lorente, M Falguera, A Nogués, A Ruiz González, M T Merino, and M Rubio Caballero Thorax 2000; 55: 133-137. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.133 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Increase in exhaled carbon monoxide during exacerbations of cystic fibrosis Julio D Antuni, Sergei A Kharitonov, Derralynn Hughes, Margaret E Hodson, and Peter J Barnes Thorax 2000; 55: 138-142. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.138 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adult familial cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis in the United Kingdom Richard P Marshall, Anna Puddicombe, William O C Cookson, and Geoffrey J Laurent Thorax 2000; 55: 143-146. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.143 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Role of E-selectin in bleomycin induced lung fibrosis in mice Arata Azuma, Satoru Takahashi, Masato Nose, Kimi Araki, Masatake Araki, Takuo Takahashi, Mayumi Hirose, Hiroto Kawashima, Masayuki Miyasaka, and Shoji Kudoh Thorax 2000; 55: 147-152. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.147 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Issues at the interface between primary and secondary care in the management of common respiratory disease $bullet$ 6: Do hospital physicians have a role in reducing antibiotic prescribing in the community? John Macfarlane, W F Holmes, and Rosamund Macfarlane Thorax 2000; 55: 153-158. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.153 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rare diseases $bullet$ 7: Pleuropulmonary manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus Michael P Keane and Joseph P Lynch, III Thorax 2000; 55: 159-166. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.159 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alveolar haemorrhage in a case of high altitude pulmonary oedema Colin K Grissom, Kurt H Albertine, and Mark R Elstad Thorax 2000; 55: 167-169. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.167 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Xanthoma disseminatum with respiratory tract involvement and fatal outcome Christopher W H Davies, Pauline Marren, Mark C Juniper, Winifred Gray, Fenella Wojnorowska, and Malcolm K Benson Thorax 2000; 55: 170-172. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.170 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Silica dust and lung cancer X BAUR, U LATZA, K-H JÖCKEL;, and K ULM Thorax 2000; 55: 172. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.172 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Re-estimated equations for 5th percentiles of lung function variables O BRÄNDLI, C SCHINDLER, PH LEUENBERGER, X BAUR, P DEGENS, N KÜNZLI, R KELLER, and A P PERRUCHOUD Thorax 2000; 55: 172. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.2.172a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]