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August 2005 (Volume 60, Number 8). [Index by author]

		Airwaves Editorials Images in Thorax Asthma Respiratory infection Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Pulmonary hypertension Sleep disordered breathing Paediatric lung disease Interstitial lung disease Cystic fibrosis Occasional reviews Case reports Letters to the editor Lung alerts

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Airwaves

Airwaves
Wisia Wedzicha
Thorax 2005; 60: 617. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

TIMP-1 in asthma: guilty by association
S R Johnson
Thorax 2005; 60: 617-618. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.036475 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Impact of changes in the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission criteria for asthma
L-P Boulet
Thorax 2005; 60: 618-620. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.040840 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Surfactant and lung inflammation
K B M Reid, H Clark, and N Palaniyar
Thorax 2005; 60: 620-622. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.036699 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Images in Thorax

Gossypiboma in a man with persistent cough
M J Rijken, A J van Overbeeke, and G H A Staaks
Thorax 2005; 60: 708. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.035659 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Asthma

A novel tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) polymorphism associated with asthma in Australian women
F Lose, P J Thompson, D Duffy, G A Stewart, and M-A Kedda
Thorax 2005; 60: 623-628. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.026930 [Abstract] [Full text] [Web-only figure] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Impact of changes in the IOC-MC asthma criteria: a British perspective
J W Dickinson, G P Whyte, A K McConnell, and M G Harries
Thorax 2005; 60: 629-632. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.037499 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Asthma and incident cardiovascular disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
J G Schanen, C Iribarren, E Shahar, N M Punjabi, S S Rich, P D Sorlie, and A R Folsom
Thorax 2005; 60: 633-638. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.026484 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Small airways function and molecular markers in exhaled air in mild asthma
S Battaglia, H den Hertog, M C Timmers, S P G Lazeroms, A M Vignola, K F Rabe, V Bellia, P S Hiemstra, and P J Sterk
Thorax 2005; 60: 639-644. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.035279 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Respiratory infection

Comparison between pathogen directed antibiotic treatment and empirical broad spectrum antibiotic treatment in patients with community acquired pneumonia: a prospective randomised study
M M van der Eerden, F Vlaspolder, C S de Graaff, T Groot, W Bronsveld, H M Jansen, and W G Boersma
Thorax 2005; 60: 672-678. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.030411 [Abstract] [Full text] [Web-only appendices] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Genotypic variation in Pneumocystis jirovecii isolates in Britain
R F Miller, A R Lindley, A Copas, H E Ambrose, R J O Davies, and A E Wakefield
Thorax 2005; 60: 679-682. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.039818 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Biological dust exposure in the workplace is a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
M C Matheson, G Benke, J Raven, M R Sim, H Kromhout, R Vermeulen, D P Johns, E H Walters, and M J Abramson
Thorax 2005; 60: 645-651. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.035170 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pulmonary hypertension

Phosphodiesterase type 5 and high altitude pulmonary hypertension
A A Aldashev, B K Kojonazarov, T A Amatov, T M Sooronbaev, M M Mirrakhimov, N W Morrell, J Wharton, and M R Wilkins
Thorax 2005; 60: 683-687. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.041954 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sleep disordered breathing

Regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) during sleep apnoea treatment
R Staats, P Stoll, D Zingler, J C Virchow, and M Lommatzsch
Thorax 2005; 60: 688-692. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.038208 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Paediatric lung disease

A new method for objective identification and measurement of airway lumen in paediatric flexible videobronchoscopy
I B Masters, M M Eastburn, R Wootton, R S Ware, P W Francis, P V Zimmerman, and A B Chang
Thorax 2005; 60: 652-658. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.034421 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Interstitial lung disease

Chronic bird fancier’s lung: histopathological and clinical correlation. An application of the 2002 ATS/ERS consensus classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
Y Ohtani, S Saiki, M Kitaichi, Y Usui, N Inase, U Costabel, and Y Yoshizawa
Thorax 2005; 60: 665-671. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.027326 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cystic fibrosis

Neutrophil cell death, activation and bacterial infection in cystic fibrosis
A P Watt, J Courtney, J Moore, M Ennis, and J S Elborn
Thorax 2005; 60: 659-664. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.038240 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Occasional reviews

Focus on antioxidant enzymes and antioxidant strategies in smoking related airway diseases
V L Kinnula
Thorax 2005; 60: 693-700. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.037473 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

Dendriform pulmonary ossification in patient with rare earth pneumoconiosis
H K Yoon, H S Moon, S H Park, J S Song, Y Lim, and N Kohyama
Thorax 2005; 60: 701-703. doi:10.1136/thx.2003.006270 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

Comorbidity in elderly NSCLC patients
K Miyazaki, N Kikuchi, H Satoh, K Sekizawa, M L G Janssen-Heijnen, and J W W Coebergh
Thorax 2005; 60: 704. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.039057 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Neutrophilic inflammation in childhood bronchial asthma
K Yasui, N Kobayashi, T Yamazaki, K Koike, K Fukushima, S Taniuchi, and Y Kobayashi
Thorax 2005; 60: 704-705. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.043075 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Protein C in pneumonia
G Choi, M J Schultz, M Levi, T van der Poll, J L Millo, and C S Garrard
Thorax 2005; 60: 705-706. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.037341 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Surgery for difficult persistent asthma
G P Currie and G S Devereux
Thorax 2005; 60: 706. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.044552 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Is there a relationship between Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain type and TB paradoxical reaction?
F M R Perrin, R A M Breen, M C I Lipman, R J Shorten, S H Gillespie, and T D McHugh
Thorax 2005; 60: 706-707. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.044321 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bosentan in inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
R Hughes, P George, J Parameshwar, F Cafferty, J Dunning, N W Morrell, and J Pepke-Zaba
Thorax 2005; 60: 707. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.046961 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lung alerts

N-Acetylcysteine and disease progression in COPD
K Satkunam
Thorax 2005; 60: 622. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Multislice CT scans and D-dimer assays may be the most practical strategy for diagnosing PE
Z Ahmed
Thorax 2005; 60: 644. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Premedication with zolpidem may reduce poor quality polysomnography
P Bhatia
Thorax 2005; 60: 703. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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	Airwaves Wisia Wedzicha Thorax 2005; 60: 617. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	TIMP-1 in asthma: guilty by association S R Johnson Thorax 2005; 60: 617-618. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.036475 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Impact of changes in the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission criteria for asthma L-P Boulet Thorax 2005; 60: 618-620. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.040840 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surfactant and lung inflammation K B M Reid, H Clark, and N Palaniyar Thorax 2005; 60: 620-622. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.036699 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gossypiboma in a man with persistent cough M J Rijken, A J van Overbeeke, and G H A Staaks Thorax 2005; 60: 708. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.035659 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A novel tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) polymorphism associated with asthma in Australian women F Lose, P J Thompson, D Duffy, G A Stewart, and M-A Kedda Thorax 2005; 60: 623-628. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.026930 [Abstract] [Full text] [Web-only figure] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Impact of changes in the IOC-MC asthma criteria: a British perspective J W Dickinson, G P Whyte, A K McConnell, and M G Harries Thorax 2005; 60: 629-632. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.037499 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma and incident cardiovascular disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study J G Schanen, C Iribarren, E Shahar, N M Punjabi, S S Rich, P D Sorlie, and A R Folsom Thorax 2005; 60: 633-638. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.026484 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Small airways function and molecular markers in exhaled air in mild asthma S Battaglia, H den Hertog, M C Timmers, S P G Lazeroms, A M Vignola, K F Rabe, V Bellia, P S Hiemstra, and P J Sterk Thorax 2005; 60: 639-644. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.035279 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison between pathogen directed antibiotic treatment and empirical broad spectrum antibiotic treatment in patients with community acquired pneumonia: a prospective randomised study M M van der Eerden, F Vlaspolder, C S de Graaff, T Groot, W Bronsveld, H M Jansen, and W G Boersma Thorax 2005; 60: 672-678. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.030411 [Abstract] [Full text] [Web-only appendices] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	*Genotypic variation in Pneumocystis jirovecii* isolates in Britain** R F Miller, A R Lindley, A Copas, H E Ambrose, R J O Davies, and A E Wakefield Thorax 2005; 60: 679-682. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.039818 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Biological dust exposure in the workplace is a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease M C Matheson, G Benke, J Raven, M R Sim, H Kromhout, R Vermeulen, D P Johns, E H Walters, and M J Abramson Thorax 2005; 60: 645-651. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.035170 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Phosphodiesterase type 5 and high altitude pulmonary hypertension A A Aldashev, B K Kojonazarov, T A Amatov, T M Sooronbaev, M M Mirrakhimov, N W Morrell, J Wharton, and M R Wilkins Thorax 2005; 60: 683-687. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.041954 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) during sleep apnoea treatment R Staats, P Stoll, D Zingler, J C Virchow, and M Lommatzsch Thorax 2005; 60: 688-692. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.038208 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A new method for objective identification and measurement of airway lumen in paediatric flexible videobronchoscopy I B Masters, M M Eastburn, R Wootton, R S Ware, P W Francis, P V Zimmerman, and A B Chang Thorax 2005; 60: 652-658. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.034421 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic bird fancier’s lung: histopathological and clinical correlation. An application of the 2002 ATS/ERS consensus classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias Y Ohtani, S Saiki, M Kitaichi, Y Usui, N Inase, U Costabel, and Y Yoshizawa Thorax 2005; 60: 665-671. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.027326 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neutrophil cell death, activation and bacterial infection in cystic fibrosis A P Watt, J Courtney, J Moore, M Ennis, and J S Elborn Thorax 2005; 60: 659-664. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.038240 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Focus on antioxidant enzymes and antioxidant strategies in smoking related airway diseases V L Kinnula Thorax 2005; 60: 693-700. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.037473 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dendriform pulmonary ossification in patient with rare earth pneumoconiosis H K Yoon, H S Moon, S H Park, J S Song, Y Lim, and N Kohyama Thorax 2005; 60: 701-703. doi:10.1136/thx.2003.006270 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comorbidity in elderly NSCLC patients K Miyazaki, N Kikuchi, H Satoh, K Sekizawa, M L G Janssen-Heijnen, and J W W Coebergh Thorax 2005; 60: 704. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.039057 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neutrophilic inflammation in childhood bronchial asthma K Yasui, N Kobayashi, T Yamazaki, K Koike, K Fukushima, S Taniuchi, and Y Kobayashi Thorax 2005; 60: 704-705. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.043075 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Protein C in pneumonia G Choi, M J Schultz, M Levi, T van der Poll, J L Millo, and C S Garrard Thorax 2005; 60: 705-706. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.037341 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgery for difficult persistent asthma G P Currie and G S Devereux Thorax 2005; 60: 706. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.044552 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	*Is there a relationship between Mycobacterium tuberculosis* strain type and TB paradoxical reaction?** F M R Perrin, R A M Breen, M C I Lipman, R J Shorten, S H Gillespie, and T D McHugh Thorax 2005; 60: 706-707. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.044321 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bosentan in inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension R Hughes, P George, J Parameshwar, F Cafferty, J Dunning, N W Morrell, and J Pepke-Zaba Thorax 2005; 60: 707. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.046961 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	N-Acetylcysteine and disease progression in COPD K Satkunam Thorax 2005; 60: 622. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multislice CT scans and D-dimer assays may be the most practical strategy for diagnosing PE Z Ahmed Thorax 2005; 60: 644. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Premedication with zolpidem may reduce poor quality polysomnography P Bhatia Thorax 2005; 60: 703. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]