Airwaves:

Airwaves

Wisia Wedzicha

Thorax 2008; 63: i.

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Editorials:

Leukotriene receptor antagonist therapy and Churg–Strauss syndrome: culprit or innocent bystander?

Richard Beasley, Susan Bibby, and Mark Weatherall

Thorax 2008; 63: 847-849. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.093971

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A breath of fresh air for acute oxygen treatment

Peter Calverley

Thorax 2008; 63: 849-850. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105148

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Recent advances in exacerbations of COPD

Terence Seemungal, Annemarie Sykes, and and the ICEAD Contributors

Thorax 2008; 63: 850-852. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.099127

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Role of thrombolysis in haemodynamically stable patients with pulmonary embolism

Alaistair Proudfoot, Dan Melley, and Pallav L Shah

Thorax 2008; 63: 853-854. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103077

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Images in Thorax:

Iatrogenic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm: images from different modalities

A S McQueen, L Mitchell, M Muller, G MacGowan, and P Corris

Thorax 2008; 63: 938. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.085324

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Asthma:

Association between asthma and serum adiponectin concentration in women

A Sood, X Cui, C Qualls, W S Beckett, M D Gross, M W Steffes, L J Smith, and D R Jacobs, Jr

Thorax 2008; 63: 877-882.
Published Online First: 4 April 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.090803

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Churg–Strauss syndrome and leukotriene antagonist use: a respiratory perspective

N Nathani, M A Little, H Kunst, D Wilson, and D R Thickett

Thorax 2008; 63: 883-888.
Published Online First: 20 May 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.093955

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:

Respiratory muscle unloading improves leg muscle oxygenation during exercise in patients with COPD

A Borghi-Silva, C C Oliveira, C Carrascosa, J Maia, D C Berton, F Queiroga, Jr, E M Ferreira, D R Almeida, L E Nery, and J A Neder

Thorax 2008; 63: 910-915.
Published Online First: 20 May 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.090167

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Altered Nrf2/Keap1-Bach1 equilibrium in pulmonary emphysema

D Goven, A Boutten, V Leçon-Malas, J Marchal-Sommé, N Amara, B Crestani, M Fournier, G Lesèche, P Soler, J Boczkowski, and M Bonay

Thorax 2008; 63: 916-924.
Published Online First: 17 June 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.091181

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Lung cancer:

Effectiveness of third-generation chemotherapy on the survival of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in Norway: a national study

C von Plessen, T-E Strand, T Wentzel-Larsen, E Omenaas, N Wilking, S Sundstrøm, and S Sörenson

Thorax 2008; 63: 866-871.
Published Online First: 4 April 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.093237

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Randomised, placebo controlled trial of nebulised furosemide for breathlessness in patients with cancer

A Wilcock, A Walton, C Manderson, L Feathers, B El Khoury, M Lewis, A Chauhan, P Howard, S Bell, J Frisby, and A Tattersfield

Thorax 2008; 63: 872-875.
Published Online First: 11 April 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.091538

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Sarcoidosis:

Heredity in sarcoidosis: a registry-based twin study

A Sverrild, V Backer, K O Kyvik, J Kaprio, N Milman, C B Svendsen, and S F Thomsen

Thorax 2008; 63: 894-896.
Published Online First: 5 June 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.094060

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Sleep-disordered breathing:

Predictors of blood pressure fall with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)

G V Robinson, B A Langford, D M Smith, and J R Stradling

Thorax 2008; 63: 855-859.
Published Online First: 3 April 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.088096

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Cost-effectiveness of using continuous positive airway pressure in the treatment of severe obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome in the UK

J F Guest, M T Helter, A Morga, and J R Stradling

Thorax 2008; 63: 860-865.
Published Online First: 11 April 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.086454

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Acute lung injury:

Angiopoietin-2, permeability oedema, occurrence and severity of ALI/ARDS in septic and non-septic critically ill patients

M van der Heijden, G P van Nieuw Amerongen, P Koolwijk, V W M van Hinsbergh, and A B J Groeneveld

Thorax 2008; 63: 903-909.
Published Online First: 17 June 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.087387

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Paediatric lung disease:

Role of routine computed tomography in paediatric pleural empyema

A Jaffe, A D Calder, C M Owens, S Stanojevic, and S Sonnappa

Thorax 2008; 63: 897-902.
Published Online First: 20 May 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.094250

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Respiratory physiology:

Prediction equations for single breath diffusing capacity (Tlco) in a middle aged caucasian population

B R Thompson, D P Johns, M Bailey, J Raven, E H Walters, and M J Abramson

Thorax 2008; 63: 889-893.
Published Online First: 4 April 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.091959

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Review series:

Obesity and the lung: 3 · Obesity, respiration and intensive care

A Malhotra and D Hillman

Thorax 2008; 63: 925-931. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.086835

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Case report:

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease presenting with recurrent pulmonary oedema and the use of nitric oxide to predict response to sildenafil

B C Creagh-Brown, A G Nicholson, R Showkathali, J S R Gibbs, and L S G E Howard

Thorax 2008; 63: 933-934. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.088831

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PostScript:

Factors influencing delay in initiating antiretroviral therapy among HIV infected patients coinfected with tuberculosis

D Chilton, S G Edwards, P Pellegrino, and R F Miller

Thorax 2008; 63: 935-936. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.104232

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Renal impairment following aminoglycoside therapy in cystic fibrosis

A Tai

Thorax 2008; 63: 936.

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Authors’ response

A Smyth, C Bertenshaw, S Lewis, I Choonara, and A Watson

Thorax 2008; 63: 936-937.

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Bronchial asthma on Mount Kilimanjaro is not a disadvantage

S Stokes, N Kalson, M Earl, H Frost, A G Whitehead, I Tyrrell-Marsh, and A Davies

Thorax 2008; 63: 936-937. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102327

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Miscellanea:

When is it too EARLY to start bosentan in pulmonary arterial hypertension?

F Magdy

Thorax 2008; 63: 865.

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A patient with bronchiectasis presented with progressive dyspnoea and an unresolved right lower lung infiltrate

P-Y Lin, C-J Yu, M Yao, S-C Ku, L-N Lee, and P-C Yang

Thorax 2008; 63: 876. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.091736

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A novel approach to preventing adolescent smoking in schools

N Varun

Thorax 2008; 63: 882.

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Mechanism of secondary bacterial infection following viral pulmonary infection (the viral-bacterial synergy)

Bhagi Jayaraman

Thorax 2008; 63: 896.

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ANSWER

Thorax 2008; 63: 932. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.091736a

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