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June 2007 (Volume 62, Number 6). [Index by author]

		Airwaves Editorials Images in Thorax Asthma Mechanical ventilation Pulmonary embolism Sleep disordered breathing Paediatric lung disease Cystic fibrosis Epidemiology Review series Case reports Letters Lung alerts Miscellanea Corrections

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Airwaves

Airwaves
Wisia Wedzicha
Thorax 2007; 62: 465. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

The laws of attraction: chemokines, neutrophils and eosinophils in severe exacerbations of asthma
Graziella Turato, Simonetta Baraldo, Renzo Zuin, and Marina Saetta
Thorax 2007; 62: 465-466. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070656 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dietary supplements and asthma: another one bites the dust
Johanna Feary and John Britton
Thorax 2007; 62: 466-468. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073866 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gastro-oesophageal reflux and tachykinins in asthma and chronic cough
Alyn H Morice
Thorax 2007; 62: 468-469. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070607 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Systemic inflammation and progression of COPD
Jørgen Vestbo
Thorax 2007; 62: 469-470. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.077792 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Unsuspected pulmonary embolism on CT scanning: yet another headache for clinicians?
Sujal R Desai
Thorax 2007; 62: 470-472. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067884 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Acute renal failure in people with cystic fibrosis
Kevin W Southern
Thorax 2007; 62: 472-473. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.072355 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Changes to letters in Thorax
J R Hurst and J A Wedzicha
Thorax 2007; 62: 474. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082685 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Images in Thorax

¹⁸F-FDG PET scan as follow-up tool for sarcoidosis with symptomatic cardiac conduction disturbances requiring a pacemaker
S Györik, L Ceriani, A Menafoglio, A Gallino, and R Wyttenbach
Thorax 2007; 62: 560. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070805 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Asthma

Bronchial mucosal inflammation and upregulation of CXC chemoattractants and receptors in severe exacerbations of asthma
Yusheng Qiu, Jie Zhu, Venkata Bandi, Kay K Guntupalli, and Peter K Jeffery
Thorax 2007; 62: 475-482. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 18 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.066670

Randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial of selenium supplementation in adult asthma
Seif O Shaheen, Roger B Newson, Margaret P Rayman, Angela P-L Wong, Michael K Tumilty, Joanna M Phillips, James F Potts, Frank J Kelly, Patrick T White, and Peter G J Burney
Thorax 2007; 62: 483-490. [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendix] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 18 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.071563

Increased tachykinin levels in induced sputum from asthmatic and cough patients with acid reflux
Robert N Patterson, Brian T Johnston, Joy E S Ardill, Liam G Heaney, and Lorcan P A McGarvey
Thorax 2007; 62: 491-495. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.063982

Pharmacy Asthma Care Program (PACP) improves outcomes for patients in the community
Carol Armour, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Martha Brillant, Debbie Burton, Lynne Emmerton, Ines Krass, Bandana Saini, Lorraine Smith, and Kay Stewart
Thorax 2007; 62: 496-592. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.064709

Relationship of asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis with obesity, exercise and Mediterranean diet in Spanish schoolchildren
Luis Garcia-Marcos, Izaskun Miner Canflanca, Jose Batlles Garrido, Angel Lopez-Silvarrey Varela, Gloria Garcia-Hernandez, Francisco Guillen Grima, Carlos Gonzalez-Diaz, Ignacio Carvajal-Urueña, Alberto Arnedo-Pena, Rosa M Busquets-Monge, Maria Morales Suarez-Varela, and Alfredo Blanco-Quiros
Thorax 2007; 62: 503-508. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.060020

Mechanical ventilation

Role of the renin-angiotensin system in ventilator-induced lung injury: an in vivo study in a rat model
Jih-Shuin Jerng, Yu-Chiao Hsu, Huey-Dong Wu, Hong-Zhen Pan, Hao-Chien Wang, Chia-Tung Shun, Chong-Jen Yu, and Pan-Chyr Yang
Thorax 2007; 62: 527-535. [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendices] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 18 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.061945

Pulmonary embolism

Prospective evaluation of unsuspected pulmonary embolism on contrast enhanced multidetector CT (MDCT) scanning
Gillian Ritchie, Simon McGurk, Catriona McCreath, Catriona Graham, and John T Murchison
Thorax 2007; 62: 536-540. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 8 December 2006. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.062299

Sleep disordered breathing

Cardiovascular risk markers in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and correlation with obesity
Silke Ryan, Geraldine M Nolan, Evelyn Hannigan, Sean Cunningham, Cormac Taylor, and Walter T McNicholas
Thorax 2007; 62: 509-514. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.066720

Paediatric lung disease

Respiratory function in healthy young children using forced oscillations
Graham L Hall, Peter D Sly, Takayoshi Fukushima, Merci M Kusel, Peter J Franklin, Friedrich Horak, Jr, Hilary Patterson, Catherine Gangell, and Stephen M Stick
Thorax 2007; 62: 521-526. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067835

Cystic fibrosis

Survey of acute renal failure in patients with cystic fibrosis in the UK
Carol Bertenshaw, Alan R Watson, Sarah Lewis, and Alan Smyth
Thorax 2007; 62: 541-545. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 18 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067595

Epidemiology

Systemic inflammation and decline in lung function in a general population: a prospective study
Andrew W Fogarty, Stuart Jones, John R Britton, Sarah A Lewis, and Tricia M McKeever
Thorax 2007; 62: 515-520. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.066969

Review series

Challenges in pulmonary fibrosis · 1: Use of high resolution CT scanning of the lung for the evaluation of patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
Michael B Gotway, Michelle M Freemer, and Talmadge E King, Jr
Thorax 2007; 62: 546-553. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.040022 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

Pseudomembranous colitis in four patients with cystic fibrosis following lung transplantation
B Yates, D M Murphy, A J Fisher, F K Gould, J L Lordan, J H Dark, and P A Corris
Thorax 2007; 62: 554-556. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
Published Online First: 6 April 2006. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.048652

Letters

Lung cancer in HIV infected patients
Jacques Cadranel and Charles Mayaud
Thorax 2007; 62: 557. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Safety and tolerability of three consecutive bronchoscopies after allergen challenge in volunteers with mild asthma
H H Kariyawasam, M Aizen, A Barry Kay, and D S Robinson
Thorax 2007; 62: 557-558. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073775 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Macrophage enrichment from induced sputum
Liv I B Sikkeland, Johny Kongerud, Astrid M Stangeland, Terje Haug, and Neil E Alexis
Thorax 2007; 62: 558-559. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073544 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis—presence of receptor tyrosine kinases and the angiogenesis factor VEGF-A as potential therapeutic targets
Henrik Watz, Knut Engels, Siegfried Loeschke, Michael Amthor, Detlef Kirsten, and Helgo Magnussen
Thorax 2007; 62: 559. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.071811 [Extract] [Full text] [web only table] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lung alerts

Using molecular markers as a means of predicting prognosis and outcomes in the treatment of lung cancer
Jenny Cosgrove
Thorax 2007; 62: 535. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bronchial thermoplasty may improve asthma control up to 12 months after treatment
Neil Ward
Thorax 2007; 62: 556. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellanea

Respiratory disease in the ophthalmology department
J K Quint, A Elsheikh, B Yung, J Samuel, and D K Mukherjee
Thorax 2007; 62: 520. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082578 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Answer
Thorax 2007; 62: 526. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082578a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

Corrections
Thorax 2007; 62: 474. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.58313corr1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections
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	Airwaves Wisia Wedzicha Thorax 2007; 62: 465. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The laws of attraction: chemokines, neutrophils and eosinophils in severe exacerbations of asthma Graziella Turato, Simonetta Baraldo, Renzo Zuin, and Marina Saetta Thorax 2007; 62: 465-466. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070656 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dietary supplements and asthma: another one bites the dust Johanna Feary and John Britton Thorax 2007; 62: 466-468. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073866 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gastro-oesophageal reflux and tachykinins in asthma and chronic cough Alyn H Morice Thorax 2007; 62: 468-469. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070607 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Systemic inflammation and progression of COPD Jørgen Vestbo Thorax 2007; 62: 469-470. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.077792 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unsuspected pulmonary embolism on CT scanning: yet another headache for clinicians? Sujal R Desai Thorax 2007; 62: 470-472. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067884 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute renal failure in people with cystic fibrosis Kevin W Southern Thorax 2007; 62: 472-473. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.072355 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Changes to letters in Thorax J R Hurst and J A Wedzicha Thorax 2007; 62: 474. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082685 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	¹⁸F-FDG PET scan as follow-up tool for sarcoidosis with symptomatic cardiac conduction disturbances requiring a pacemaker S Györik, L Ceriani, A Menafoglio, A Gallino, and R Wyttenbach Thorax 2007; 62: 560. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070805 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bronchial mucosal inflammation and upregulation of CXC chemoattractants and receptors in severe exacerbations of asthma Yusheng Qiu, Jie Zhu, Venkata Bandi, Kay K Guntupalli, and Peter K Jeffery Thorax 2007; 62: 475-482. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 18 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.066670

	Randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial of selenium supplementation in adult asthma Seif O Shaheen, Roger B Newson, Margaret P Rayman, Angela P-L Wong, Michael K Tumilty, Joanna M Phillips, James F Potts, Frank J Kelly, Patrick T White, and Peter G J Burney Thorax 2007; 62: 483-490. [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendix] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 18 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.071563

	Increased tachykinin levels in induced sputum from asthmatic and cough patients with acid reflux Robert N Patterson, Brian T Johnston, Joy E S Ardill, Liam G Heaney, and Lorcan P A McGarvey Thorax 2007; 62: 491-495. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.063982

	Pharmacy Asthma Care Program (PACP) improves outcomes for patients in the community Carol Armour, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Martha Brillant, Debbie Burton, Lynne Emmerton, Ines Krass, Bandana Saini, Lorraine Smith, and Kay Stewart Thorax 2007; 62: 496-592. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.064709

	Relationship of asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis with obesity, exercise and Mediterranean diet in Spanish schoolchildren Luis Garcia-Marcos, Izaskun Miner Canflanca, Jose Batlles Garrido, Angel Lopez-Silvarrey Varela, Gloria Garcia-Hernandez, Francisco Guillen Grima, Carlos Gonzalez-Diaz, Ignacio Carvajal-Urueña, Alberto Arnedo-Pena, Rosa M Busquets-Monge, Maria Morales Suarez-Varela, and Alfredo Blanco-Quiros Thorax 2007; 62: 503-508. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.060020

	Role of the renin-angiotensin system in ventilator-induced lung injury: an in vivo study in a rat model Jih-Shuin Jerng, Yu-Chiao Hsu, Huey-Dong Wu, Hong-Zhen Pan, Hao-Chien Wang, Chia-Tung Shun, Chong-Jen Yu, and Pan-Chyr Yang Thorax 2007; 62: 527-535. [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendices] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 18 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.061945

	Prospective evaluation of unsuspected pulmonary embolism on contrast enhanced multidetector CT (MDCT) scanning Gillian Ritchie, Simon McGurk, Catriona McCreath, Catriona Graham, and John T Murchison Thorax 2007; 62: 536-540. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 8 December 2006. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.062299

	Cardiovascular risk markers in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and correlation with obesity Silke Ryan, Geraldine M Nolan, Evelyn Hannigan, Sean Cunningham, Cormac Taylor, and Walter T McNicholas Thorax 2007; 62: 509-514. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.066720

	Respiratory function in healthy young children using forced oscillations Graham L Hall, Peter D Sly, Takayoshi Fukushima, Merci M Kusel, Peter J Franklin, Friedrich Horak, Jr, Hilary Patterson, Catherine Gangell, and Stephen M Stick Thorax 2007; 62: 521-526. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067835

	Survey of acute renal failure in patients with cystic fibrosis in the UK Carol Bertenshaw, Alan R Watson, Sarah Lewis, and Alan Smyth Thorax 2007; 62: 541-545. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 18 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067595

	Systemic inflammation and decline in lung function in a general population: a prospective study Andrew W Fogarty, Stuart Jones, John R Britton, Sarah A Lewis, and Tricia M McKeever Thorax 2007; 62: 515-520. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 24 January 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.066969

	Challenges in pulmonary fibrosis · 1: Use of high resolution CT scanning of the lung for the evaluation of patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonias Michael B Gotway, Michelle M Freemer, and Talmadge E King, Jr Thorax 2007; 62: 546-553. doi:10.1136/thx.2004.040022 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pseudomembranous colitis in four patients with cystic fibrosis following lung transplantation B Yates, D M Murphy, A J Fisher, F K Gould, J L Lordan, J H Dark, and P A Corris Thorax 2007; 62: 554-556. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Published Online First: 6 April 2006. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.048652

	Lung cancer in HIV infected patients Jacques Cadranel and Charles Mayaud Thorax 2007; 62: 557. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Safety and tolerability of three consecutive bronchoscopies after allergen challenge in volunteers with mild asthma H H Kariyawasam, M Aizen, A Barry Kay, and D S Robinson Thorax 2007; 62: 557-558. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073775 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Macrophage enrichment from induced sputum Liv I B Sikkeland, Johny Kongerud, Astrid M Stangeland, Terje Haug, and Neil E Alexis Thorax 2007; 62: 558-559. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073544 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lymphangioleiomyomatosis—presence of receptor tyrosine kinases and the angiogenesis factor VEGF-A as potential therapeutic targets Henrik Watz, Knut Engels, Siegfried Loeschke, Michael Amthor, Detlef Kirsten, and Helgo Magnussen Thorax 2007; 62: 559. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.071811 [Extract] [Full text] [web only table] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Using molecular markers as a means of predicting prognosis and outcomes in the treatment of lung cancer Jenny Cosgrove Thorax 2007; 62: 535. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bronchial thermoplasty may improve asthma control up to 12 months after treatment Neil Ward Thorax 2007; 62: 556. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Respiratory disease in the ophthalmology department J K Quint, A Elsheikh, B Yung, J Samuel, and D K Mukherjee Thorax 2007; 62: 520. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082578 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Answer Thorax 2007; 62: 526. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082578a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Corrections Thorax 2007; 62: 474. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.58313corr1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Corrections Thorax 2007; 62: 474. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.073080corr1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]