Airwaves:

Airwaves

Wisia Wedzicha

Thorax 2009; 64: i.

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Editorials:

Stage I NSCLC: elucidating the prognostic factors

DuyKhanh Pham and David H Harpole

Thorax 2009; 64: 185-186. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105965

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Azithromycin therapy for neutrophilic airways disease: myth or magic?

Saad F Idris, Edwin R Chilvers, Charles Haworth, Damian McKeon, and Alison M Condliffe

Thorax 2009; 64: 186-189. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103192

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Respiratory applications of telemedicine

Christopher B Cooper

Thorax 2009; 64: 189-191. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.104810

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Images in Thorax:

Is this really pneumothorax?

M P Singh, J Armstrong, M A Murphy, J Coucher, and B Ong

Thorax 2009; 64: 276. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.094375

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Asthma:

Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) P1, GSTM1, exercise, ozone and asthma incidence in school children

T Islam, K Berhane, R McConnell, W J Gauderman, E Avol, J M Peters, and F D Gilliland

Thorax 2009; 64: 197-202.
Published Online First: 6 November 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.099366

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Lung function and clinical risk factors for asthma in infants and young children with recurrent wheeze

L M Borrego, J Stocks, P Leiria-Pinto, I Peralta, A M Romeira, N Neuparth, J E Rosado-Pinto, and A-F Hoo

Thorax 2009; 64: 203-209.
Published Online First: 13 November 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.099903

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:

Plasma markers of inflammation and incidence of hospitalisations for COPD: results from a population-based cohort study

G Engström, N Segelstorm, M Ekberg-Aronsson, P M Nilsson, F Lindgärde, and C-G Löfdahl

Thorax 2009; 64: 211-215.
Published Online First: 6 November 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102079

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Evaluation of acute bronchodilator reversibility in patients with symptoms of GOLD stage I COPD

D E O’Donnell, P Laveneziana, J Ora, K A Webb, Y-M Lam, and D Ofir

Thorax 2009; 64: 216-223.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103598

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Lung cancer:

Post-recurrence survival in completely resected stage I non-small cell lung cancer with local recurrence

J-J Hung, W-H Hsu, C-C Hsieh, B-S Huang, M-H Huang, J-S Liu, and Y-C Wu

Thorax 2009; 64: 192-196. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.094912

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Paediatric lung disease:

Cardiac remodelling and dysfunction in children with obstructive sleep apnoea: a community based study

J Y S Chan, A M Li, C-T Au, A F C Lo, S-K Ng, V J Abdullah, C Ho, C-M Yu, T-F Fok, and Y-K Wing

Thorax 2009; 64: 233-239.
Published Online First: 13 November 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.094904

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Association of prematurity, lung disease and body size with lung volume and ventilation inhomogeneity in unsedated neonates: a multicentre study

G Hülskamp, S Lum, J Stocks, A Wade, A F Hoo, K Costeloe, J Hawdon, K Deeptha, and J J Pillow

Thorax 2009; 64: 240-245.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.101758

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Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in childhood: longitudinal growth and lung function

C M Bastardo, S Sonnappa, S Stanojevic, A Navarro, P Mondejar Lopez, A Jaffe, and A Bush

Thorax 2009; 64: 246-251.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.100958

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Induced sputum in the diagnosis of childhood community-acquired pneumonia

E Lahti, V Peltola, M Waris, R Virkki, K Rantakokko-Jalava, J Jalava, E Eerola, and O Ruuskanen

Thorax 2009; 64: 252-257.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.099051

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Bronchoscopy:

Randomised controlled trial of the effect of standard and detailed risk disclosure prior to bronchoscopy on peri-procedure anxiety and satisfaction

M Uzbeck, C Quinn, I Saleem, P Cotter, J J Gilmartin, and S T O’Keeffe

Thorax 2009; 64: 224-227.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.101220

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Epidemiology:

Associations between birth weight, early childhood weight gain and adult lung function

R J Hancox, R Poulton, J M Greene, C R McLachlan, M S Pearce, and M R Sears

Thorax 2009; 64: 228-232.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103978

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Reviews:

Blood pleurodesis for the medical management of pneumothorax

S Rinaldi, T Felton, and A Bentley

Thorax 2009; 64: 258-260. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.089664

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Risk assessment in asthma and COPD: a potential role for biomarkers?

D R Taylor

Thorax 2009; 64: 261-264. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.098640

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Case report:

Stabilisation of chronic flail chest: a novel approach of surgical fixation and osteogenesis

I E Konstantinov, P Saxena, and D J Wood

Thorax 2009; 64: 265-266. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102541

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PostScript:

Risk of tuberculosis in close contacts of patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis: a nationwide cohort

A Attamna, D Chemtob, S Attamna, A Fraser, E Rorman, M Paul, and L Leibovici

Thorax 2009; 64: 271. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.100974

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Aminoglycoside ototoxicity susceptibility in cystic fibrosis

S A Mulrennan, J Helm, R Bright Thomas, M Dodd, A Jones, and K Webb

Thorax 2009; 64: 271-272. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103010

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Anti-IgE in Churg–Strauss syndrome

P Giavina-Bianchi, M Giavina-Bianchi, R C Agondi, and J Kalil

Thorax 2009; 64: 272.

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Authors’ reply

C Grohé and S Pabst

Thorax 2009; 64: 272-273.

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Ventilation-perfusion scans in children treated for empyema

R C Mew, A Jaffe, L Biassoni, and S Sonnappa

Thorax 2009; 64: 273. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.107516

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Pleurodesis by talc poudrage under simple medical thoracoscopy: an international opinion

J M Tschopp, J M Schnyder, P Astoul, M Noppen, M Froudarakis, C T Bolliger, S Gasparini, G F Tassi, F Rodriguez-Panadero, R Loddenkemper, Y Aelony, and J P Janssen

Thorax 2009; 64: 273-274.

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Authors’ reply

H E Davies, Y C G Lee, and R J O Davies

Thorax 2009; 64: 274.

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Progressive diffuse pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis improved by cladribine chemotherapy

R Lazor, B Etienne-Mastroianni, C Khouatra, A Tazi, V Cottin, and J-F Cordier

Thorax 2009; 64: 274-275. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.108944

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Miscellanea:

Severe episodic dyspnoea and abnormal flow-volume loop

C Bucca, B Culla, S Asioli, F Rabbia, A Milan, G Limerutti, and G Guida

Thorax 2009; 64: 210. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.100024

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ANSWER

Thorax 2009; 64: 264. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.100024a

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Nicotine clearance: genetic and environmental influences

S Sturney

Thorax 2009; 64: 267.

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Mutations in the LKBI tumour suppressor gene linked to non-small cell lung cancer in Caucasians

R Curley

Thorax 2009; 64: 267.

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PF-3512676 may enhance the clinical activity of taxane/platinum chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

A Osman

Thorax 2009; 64: 267-268.

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Functional limitations of COPD

H Surchi

Thorax 2009; 64: 268.

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Influenza vaccine may not protect elderly subjects from pneumonia

N Biswas

Thorax 2009; 64: 268.

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Two for one influenza immunisation: mothers and infants

R J P José

Thorax 2009; 64: 269.

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LTA-T for malignant pleural effusions

J Wall

Thorax 2009; 64: 269.

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Rhinitis predicts asthma

O Mikulich

Thorax 2009; 64: 269-270.

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