Thorax: 69 (12)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (11 November, 2014) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Editorials

Nebulised hypertonic saline in bronchiolitis: take it with a pinch of salt (11 November, 2014) Free
Steve Cunningham, Stefan Achim Unger
The International Depression Epidemiological Study (TIDES): unfinished business? (11 November, 2014) Free
A Kevin Webb, Mandy Bryon
Is CPAP effective in reducing blood pressure in minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnoea? (1 August, 2014) Free
Jean-Louis Pépin, Jean-François Timsit, Renaud Tamisier, Patrick Lévy

HOT off the breath

The WISDOM of inhaled corticosteroids in COPD (16 October, 2014) Free
David M G Halpin, Jennifer K Quint

Bronchiectasis

Original article: Inhaled mannitol for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a randomised, controlled trial (21 September, 2014) Free
Diana Bilton, Gregory Tino, Alan F Barker, Daniel C Chambers, Anthony De Soyza, Lieven J A Dupont, Conor O'Dochartaigh, Eric H J van Haren, Luis Otero Vidal, Tobias Welte, Howard G Fox, Jian Wu, Brett Charlton

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Role of transient receptor potential and pannexin channels in cigarette smoke-triggered ATP release in the lung (9 October, 2014) Free
Matthew Baxter, Suffwan Eltom, Bilel Dekkak, Liang Yew-Booth, Eric D Dubuis, Sarah A Maher, Maria G Belvisi, Mark A Birrell

Cystic fibrosis

Original article: Prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with cystic fibrosis and parent caregivers: results of The International Depression Epidemiological Study across nine countries (21 September, 2014) Free
Alexandra L Quittner, Lutz Goldbeck, Janice Abbott, Alistair Duff, Patrick Lambrecht, Amparo Solé, Marijke M Tibosch, Agneta Bergsten Brucefors, Hasan Yüksel, Paola Catastini, Laura Blackwell, Dave Barker

Lung cancer

Original article: Predicting survival in malignant pleural effusion: development and validation of the LENT prognostic score (6 August, 2014)
Amelia O Clive, Brennan C Kahan, Clare E Hooper, Rahul Bhatnagar, Anna J Morley, Natalie Zahan-Evans, Oliver J Bintcliffe, Rogier C Boshuizen, Edward T H Fysh, Claire L Tobin, Andrew R L Medford, John E Harvey, Michel M van den Heuvel, Y C Gary Lee, Nick A Maskell

Paediatric lung disease

Original article: SABRE: a multicentre randomised control trial of nebulised hypertonic saline in infants hospitalised with acute bronchiolitis (11 November, 2014)
Mark L Everard, Daniel Hind, Kelechi Ugonna, Jennifer Freeman, Mike Bradburn, Cindy L Cooper, Elizabeth Cross, Chin Maguire, Hannah Cantrill, John Alexander, Paul S McNamara

Respiratory research

Original article: Inhaled corticosteroids modulate the (+)insert smooth muscle myosin heavy chain in the equine asthmatic airways (9 September, 2014) Free
Roxane Boivin, Amandine Vargas, Josiane Lefebvre-Lavoie, Anne-Marie Lauzon, Jean-Pierre Lavoie
Original article: Pulmonary venous hypertension and mechanical strain stimulate monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 release and structural remodelling of the lung in human and rodent chronic heart failure models (15 September, 2014) Free
John E S Park, Alexander R Lyon, Dongmin Shao, Lauren R Hector, Hua Xu, Peter O'Gara, Liao Pinhu, Rachel C Chambers, S John Wort, Mark J D Griffiths

Sleep

Original article: Effect of CPAP on blood pressure in patients with minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnoea: a meta-analysis using individual patient data from four randomised controlled trials (19 June, 2014)
Daniel J Bratton, John R Stradling, Ferran Barbé, Malcolm Kohler

Review

Improving care for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the UK: a round table discussion (21 October, 2014) Free
David R Thickett, Clare Kendall, Lisa G Spencer, Nick Screaton, William A Wallace, Hilary Pinnock, Julia Bott, Lucy Pigram, Sarah Watson, Ann B Millar

Research letter

Characterisation of an OCS-dependent severe asthma population treated with mepolizumab (16 May, 2014) Free
C M Prazma, S Wenzel, N Barnes, J A Douglass, B F Hartley, H Ortega

PostScript

Correspondence: Domiciliary long-term non-invasive ventilation in COPD: should we select subgroups with a better likelihood to respond to NIV in subsequent randomised controlled trials? (1 August, 2014) Free
Jean-Christian Borel, Christophe Pison, Jean-François Timsit, Jean-Louis Pepin
Correspondence: Response to: Domiciliary long term non-invasive ventilation in COPD: should we select subgroups with a better likelihood to respond to NIV in subsequent randomised controlled trials? (13 August, 2014) Free
F M Struik, P J Wijkstra
Correspondence: A response to the LENT score (22 September, 2014) Free
James Murray, Richard Turner, Graham H Bothamley, Angshu Bhowmik
Correspondence:
Authors’ response to Murray et al
(24 September, 2014) Free
Amelia O Clive, Brennan C Kahan, Nick A Maskell
Correspondence: Comparison of spirometric thresholds in diagnosing smoking-related airflow obstruction (2 September, 2014) Free
Martin R Miller
Correspondence: Spirometric thresholds and biased interpretation of test results (2 September, 2014) Free
Philip H Quanjer, Sanja Stanojevic, Bruce R Thompson
Correspondence: Comparison of spirometric thresholds in diagnosing smoking-related airflow obstruction: authors’ response (9 September, 2014) Free
Surya P Bhatt, George R Washko, Mark T Dransfield, Jessica C Sieren, John D Newell, Eric A Hoffman

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: Essential medicines for COPD and asthma in low and middle-income countries (3 March, 2014) Free
Yaser T Bazargani, Anthonious de Boer, Hubert G M Leufkens, Aukje K Mantel-Teeuwisse
Audit, research and guideline update: Obtaining real-world evidence: the Salford Lung Study (6 March, 2014)
John P New, Nawar Diar Bakerly, David Leather, Ashley Woodcock

Pulmonary puzzles

Pulmonary puzzles: I hear the heartbeat, or things that go bump-bump in the night… (26 September, 2014) Free
Laurence Drake
Pulmonary puzzles: A very strange tail (21 October, 2014) Free
Ambika Talwar, Anne McGown, Tracy Langham, Muhammad Abid, John Pilling

Case based discussion

Case based discussions: Central cyanosis on a psychiatric unit treated at the Salford Royal Hospital (25 July, 2014) Free
Darren Green, Peter Barry, Heather D Green

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: Piero della Francesca's coral pendants: the hidden bronchial anatomy (1 April, 2014) Free
Vincenzo Ambrogi

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot that the other lot got (11 November, 2014) Free
Kathryn Prior

Miscellanea

Journal club: Riociguat, a novel therapy for pulmonary hypertension? (12 November, 2013) Free
Sarah-Jane Bailey

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December 2014 - Volume 69 - 12

Airwaves

Editorials

HOT off the breath

Bronchiectasis

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Lung cancer

Paediatric lung disease

Respiratory research

Sleep

Review

Research letter

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Pulmonary puzzles

Case based discussion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

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Table of contents

December 2014 - Volume 69 - 12

Airwaves

Editorials

HOT off the breath

Bronchiectasis

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Lung cancer

Paediatric lung disease

Respiratory research

Sleep

Review

Research letter

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Pulmonary puzzles

Case based discussion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

Issue Information