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January 2003 (Volume 58, Number 1). [Index by author]

		Editorials BTS guidelines Asthma Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Lung cancer Interstitial lung disease Respiratory muscles Respiratory infections Bronchiectasis Review series Case reports Letters to the editor Lung alerts Book reviews

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Editorials

New year: new editors
J A Wedzicha, S L Johnston, and D M Mitchell
Thorax 2003; 58: 1-2. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BTS guidelines

British Thoracic Society guidelines on respiratory aspects of fitness for diving
Thorax 2003; 58: 3-13. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.3 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Asthma

Comparison of atopic cough with cough variant asthma: is atopic cough a precursor of asthma?
M Fujimura, H Ogawa, Y Nishizawa, and K Nishi
Thorax 2003; 58: 14-18. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.14 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cough receptor sensitivity to capsaicin does not change after allergen bronchoprovocation in allergic asthma
H Minoguchi, K Minoguchi, A Tanaka, H Matsuo, N Kihara, and M Adachi
Thorax 2003; 58: 19-22. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.19 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sputum T lymphocytes in asthma, COPD and healthy subjects have the phenotype of activated intraepithelial T cells (CD69+ CD103+)
M J Leckie, G R Jenkins, J Khan, S J Smith, C Walker, P J Barnes, and T T Hansel
Thorax 2003; 58: 23-29. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.23 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Self-management of asthma in general practice, asthma control and quality of life: a randomised controlled trial
B P A Thoonen, T R J Schermer, G van den Boom, J Molema, H Folgering, R P Akkermans, R Grol, C van Weel, and C P van Schayck
Thorax 2003; 58: 30-36. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.30 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory viruses in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring hospitalisation: a case-control study
G Rohde, A Wiethege, I Borg, M Kauth, T T Bauer, A Gillissen, A Bufe, and G Schultze-Werninghaus
Thorax 2003; 58: 37-42. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.37 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Inhaled short acting ß agonist use in COPD and the risk of acute myocardial infarction
S Suissa, T Assimes, and P Ernst
Thorax 2003; 58: 43-46. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.43 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lung cancer

Prospective use of serial questionnaires to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in suspected lung cancer
G J Herder, H van Tinteren, E F Comans, O S Hoekstra, G J Teule, P E Postmus, U Joshi, and E F Smit
Thorax 2003; 58: 47-51. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.47 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Interstitial lung disease

High serum concentrations of surfactant protein A in usual interstitial pneumonia compared with non-specific interstitial pneumonia
H Ishii, H Mukae, J Kadota, H Kaida, T Nagata, K Abe, S Matsukura, and S Kohno
Thorax 2003; 58: 52-57. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.52 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Respiratory muscles

Can diaphragmatic contractility be assessed by airway twitch pressure in mechanically ventilated patients?
S E Cattapan, F Laghi, and M J Tobin
Thorax 2003; 58: 58-62. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.58 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Respiratory infections

Reduced interferon- ${gamma}$ release in patients recovered from Legionnaires' disease
K D Lettinga, S Weijer, P Speelman, J M Prins, T van der Poll, and A Verbon
Thorax 2003; 58: 63-67. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.63 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bronchiectasis

Comparison of exhaled and nasal nitric oxide and exhaled carbon monoxide levels in bronchiectatic patients with and without primary ciliary dyskinesia
I Horváth, S Loukides, T Wodehouse, E Csiszér, P J Cole, S A Kharitonov, and P J Barnes
Thorax 2003; 58: 68-72. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.68 [Abstract] [Full text] [Corrected Figure 1] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review series

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 6: The aetiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
A J White, S Gompertz, and R A Stockley
Thorax 2003; 58: 73-80. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.73 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The pulmonary physician in critical care • 12: Acute severe asthma in the intensive care unit
P Phipps and C S Garrard
Thorax 2003; 58: 81-88. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.81 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

Catamenial haemoptysis and clomiphene citrate therapy
B Hope-Gill and B V Prathibha
Thorax 2003; 58: 89-90. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.89 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

DOT for all patients with smear-positive pulmonary TB in London?
R D Barker, J Glyn-Jones, and G Bothamley
Thorax 2003; 58: 91. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.91 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Guidelines on prevention of venous thromboembolism during long haul flights
C Campbell, C F J Rayner, and R K Coker
Thorax 2003; 58: 91-92. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.91-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Endotoxin: does it have a role in prevention of lung cancer
J H Lange
Thorax 2003; 58: 92-93. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.92 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

High incidence of cystic fibrosis in children born in Italy to Albanian immigrants
F Festini, G Taccetti, M L Cioni, T Repetto, and M de Martino
Thorax 2003; 58: 93. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.93 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Urokinase in the treatment of childhood empyema
S C Sit, G Cohen, A Jaffe, A H Thomson, and J Hull
Thorax 2003; 58: 93-94. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.93-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lung alerts

Magnesium sulphate added to standard treatment in acute severe asthma causes significantly higher FEV₁ % predicted at 4 hours
T A R Seemungal
Thorax 2003; 58: 13. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The difficulty in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
T M A Wilkinson
Thorax 2003; 58: 29. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.29 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Decreases in air pollutants may lead to lower cardiopulmonary mortality
A Bhowmik
Thorax 2003; 58: 36. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.36 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Traffic related air pollutants shorten life expectancy
A Bhowmik
Thorax 2003; 58: 57. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.57 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Thrombolysis for submassive pulmonary embolism
T A R Seemungal
Thorax 2003; 58: 72. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.72 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

Childhood Respiratory Infections: Scientific Editor: Rosalind L Smyth. UK: Oxford University Press, 2002. £42.50. ISBN 0 1985 1624 X
P D Sly
Thorax 2003; 58: 94. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinicians’ Guide to Sleep Medicine: N J Douglas. UK: Arnold, 2002. £29.99, paperback. ISBN 0 340 74205 4
M Chandri
Thorax 2003; 58: 94. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.94-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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	New year: new editors J A Wedzicha, S L Johnston, and D M Mitchell Thorax 2003; 58: 1-2. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	British Thoracic Society guidelines on respiratory aspects of fitness for diving Thorax 2003; 58: 3-13. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.3 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of atopic cough with cough variant asthma: is atopic cough a precursor of asthma? M Fujimura, H Ogawa, Y Nishizawa, and K Nishi Thorax 2003; 58: 14-18. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.14 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cough receptor sensitivity to capsaicin does not change after allergen bronchoprovocation in allergic asthma H Minoguchi, K Minoguchi, A Tanaka, H Matsuo, N Kihara, and M Adachi Thorax 2003; 58: 19-22. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.19 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sputum T lymphocytes in asthma, COPD and healthy subjects have the phenotype of activated intraepithelial T cells (CD69+ CD103+) M J Leckie, G R Jenkins, J Khan, S J Smith, C Walker, P J Barnes, and T T Hansel Thorax 2003; 58: 23-29. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.23 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self-management of asthma in general practice, asthma control and quality of life: a randomised controlled trial B P A Thoonen, T R J Schermer, G van den Boom, J Molema, H Folgering, R P Akkermans, R Grol, C van Weel, and C P van Schayck Thorax 2003; 58: 30-36. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.30 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Respiratory viruses in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring hospitalisation: a case-control study G Rohde, A Wiethege, I Borg, M Kauth, T T Bauer, A Gillissen, A Bufe, and G Schultze-Werninghaus Thorax 2003; 58: 37-42. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.37 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inhaled short acting ß agonist use in COPD and the risk of acute myocardial infarction S Suissa, T Assimes, and P Ernst Thorax 2003; 58: 43-46. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.43 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prospective use of serial questionnaires to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in suspected lung cancer G J Herder, H van Tinteren, E F Comans, O S Hoekstra, G J Teule, P E Postmus, U Joshi, and E F Smit Thorax 2003; 58: 47-51. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.47 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	High serum concentrations of surfactant protein A in usual interstitial pneumonia compared with non-specific interstitial pneumonia H Ishii, H Mukae, J Kadota, H Kaida, T Nagata, K Abe, S Matsukura, and S Kohno Thorax 2003; 58: 52-57. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.52 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Can diaphragmatic contractility be assessed by airway twitch pressure in mechanically ventilated patients? S E Cattapan, F Laghi, and M J Tobin Thorax 2003; 58: 58-62. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.58 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reduced interferon- ${gamma}$ release in patients recovered from Legionnaires' disease K D Lettinga, S Weijer, P Speelman, J M Prins, T van der Poll, and A Verbon Thorax 2003; 58: 63-67. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.63 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of exhaled and nasal nitric oxide and exhaled carbon monoxide levels in bronchiectatic patients with and without primary ciliary dyskinesia I Horváth, S Loukides, T Wodehouse, E Csiszér, P J Cole, S A Kharitonov, and P J Barnes Thorax 2003; 58: 68-72. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.68 [Abstract] [Full text] [Corrected Figure 1] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 6: The aetiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease A J White, S Gompertz, and R A Stockley Thorax 2003; 58: 73-80. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.73 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The pulmonary physician in critical care • 12: Acute severe asthma in the intensive care unit P Phipps and C S Garrard Thorax 2003; 58: 81-88. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.81 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Catamenial haemoptysis and clomiphene citrate therapy B Hope-Gill and B V Prathibha Thorax 2003; 58: 89-90. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.89 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	DOT for all patients with smear-positive pulmonary TB in London? R D Barker, J Glyn-Jones, and G Bothamley Thorax 2003; 58: 91. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.91 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Guidelines on prevention of venous thromboembolism during long haul flights C Campbell, C F J Rayner, and R K Coker Thorax 2003; 58: 91-92. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.91-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endotoxin: does it have a role in prevention of lung cancer J H Lange Thorax 2003; 58: 92-93. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.92 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	High incidence of cystic fibrosis in children born in Italy to Albanian immigrants F Festini, G Taccetti, M L Cioni, T Repetto, and M de Martino Thorax 2003; 58: 93. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.93 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Urokinase in the treatment of childhood empyema S C Sit, G Cohen, A Jaffe, A H Thomson, and J Hull Thorax 2003; 58: 93-94. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.93-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Magnesium sulphate added to standard treatment in acute severe asthma causes significantly higher FEV₁ % predicted at 4 hours T A R Seemungal Thorax 2003; 58: 13. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The difficulty in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism T M A Wilkinson Thorax 2003; 58: 29. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.29 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Decreases in air pollutants may lead to lower cardiopulmonary mortality A Bhowmik Thorax 2003; 58: 36. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.36 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Traffic related air pollutants shorten life expectancy A Bhowmik Thorax 2003; 58: 57. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.57 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thrombolysis for submassive pulmonary embolism T A R Seemungal Thorax 2003; 58: 72. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.72 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood Respiratory Infections: Scientific Editor: Rosalind L Smyth. UK: Oxford University Press, 2002. £42.50. ISBN 0 1985 1624 X P D Sly Thorax 2003; 58: 94. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinicians’ Guide to Sleep Medicine: N J Douglas. UK: Arnold, 2002. £29.99, paperback. ISBN 0 340 74205 4 M Chandri Thorax 2003; 58: 94. doi:10.1136/thorax.58.1.94-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]