Airwaves:

Airwaves

Wisia Wedzicha

Thorax 2009; 64: i. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.128652

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Editorials:

Furthering our understanding of pathogen transmission in cystic fibrosis

Lisa Saiman

Thorax 2009; 64: 921-922. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.119495

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Medication adherence in COPD: what have we learned?

MeiLan K Han

Thorax 2009; 64: 922-923. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.121806

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Airways disease: just nosing around?

Glenis K Scadding and Harsha H Kariyawasam

Thorax 2009; 64: 923-925. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.125047

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Images in Thorax:

A suspicious clot

P Lee, F-K Cheah, J Huang, D Poon, and C-M Loo

Thorax 2009; 64: 1011. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.111211

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Dual energy CT pulmonary angiography: findings in a patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

E T D Hoey, S K B Agrawal, V Ganesh, D Gopalan, and N J Screaton

Thorax 2009; 64: 1012. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.112128

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Respiratory infection:

Mortality from infectious pneumonia in metal workers: a comparison with deaths from asthma in occupations exposed to respiratory sensitisers

K T Palmer, P Cullinan, S Rice, T Brown, and D Coggon

Thorax 2009; 64: 983-986.
Published Online First: 23 August 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.114280

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Stability in community-acquired pneumonia: one step forward with markers?

R Menéndez, R Martinez, S Reyes, J Mensa, E Polverino, X Filella, C Esquinas, A Martinez, P Ramirez, and A Torres

Thorax 2009; 64: 987-992.
Published Online First: 16 September 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.118612

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:

Adherence to inhaled therapy, mortality and hospital admission in COPD

J Vestbo, J A Anderson, P M A Calverley, B Celli, G T Ferguson, C Jenkins, K Knobil, L R Willits, J C Yates, and P W Jones

Thorax 2009; 64: 939-943.
Published Online First: 23 August 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.113662

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Prediction of the rate of decline in FEV₁ in smokers using quantitative computed tomography

R Yuan, J C Hogg, P D Paré, D D Sin, J C Wong, Y Nakano, A M McWilliams, S Lam, and H O Coxson

Thorax 2009; 64: 944-949.
Published Online First: 3 September 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.112433

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Development, dimensions, reliability and validity of the novel Manchester COPD fatigue scale

K Al-shair, U Kolsum, P Berry, J Smith, A Caress, D Singh, and J Vestbo

Thorax 2009; 64: 950-955.
Published Online First: 30 August 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.118109

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(Cost)-effectiveness of self-treatment of exacerbations on the severity of exacerbations in patients with COPD: the COPE II study

T Effing, H Kerstjens, P van der Valk, G Zielhuis, and J van der Palen

Thorax 2009; 64: 956-962.
Published Online First: 6 September 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.112243

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COPD and cancer mortality: the influence of statins

Y R B M van Gestel, S E Hoeks, D D Sin, V Hüzeir, H Stam, F W Mertens, R T van Domburg, J J Bax, and D Poldermans

Thorax 2009; 64: 963-967.
Published Online First: 30 August 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.116731

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Association of increased CCL5 and CXCL7 chemokine expression with neutrophil activation in severe stable COPD

A Di Stefano, G Caramori, I Gnemmi, M Contoli, L Bristot, A Capelli, F L M Ricciardolo, F Magno, S Ennio D’Anna, A Zanini, M Carbone, F Sabatini, C Usai, P Brun, K F Chung, P J Barnes, A Papi, I M Adcock, and B Balbi

Thorax 2009; 64: 968-975.
Published Online First: 23 August 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.113647

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Chronic cough:

The effect of mindfulness meditation on cough reflex sensitivity

E C Young, C Brammer, E Owen, N Brown, J Lowe, C Johnson, R Calam, S Jones, A Woodcock, and J A Smith

Thorax 2009; 64: 993-998.
Published Online First: 12 August 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.116723

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Acute lung injury:

Hypercapnic acidosis attenuates pulmonary epithelial wound repair by an NF-B dependent mechanism

D O’Toole, P Hassett, M Contreras, B D Higgins, S T W McKeown, D F McAuley, T O’Brien, and J G Laffey

Thorax 2009; 64: 976-982.
Published Online First: 16 July 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.110304

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Cystic fibrosis:

Cough-generated aerosols of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other Gram-negative bacteria from patients with cystic fibrosis

C E Wainwright, M W France, P O’Rourke, S Anuj, T J Kidd, M D Nissen, T P Sloots, C Coulter, Z Ristovski, M Hargreaves, B R Rose, C Harbour, S C Bell, and K P Fennelly

Thorax 2009; 64: 926-931.
Published Online First: 1 July 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.112466

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Sweat gland bioelectrics differ in cystic fibrosis: a new concept for potential diagnosis and assessment of CFTR function in cystic fibrosis

T Gonska, W Ip, D Turner, W S Han, J Rose, P Durie, and P Quinton

Thorax 2009; 64: 932-938.
Published Online First: 3 September 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.115295

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Review series:

Upper airway · 1: Allergic rhinitis and asthma: united disease through epithelial cells

A Bourdin, D Gras, I Vachier, and P Chanez

Thorax 2009; 64: 999-1004. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.112862

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PostScript:

Thoracic ultrasound in malignant pleural effusion: a real world perspective

A R L Medford and J J Entwisle

Thorax 2009; 64: 1005. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.116319

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Authors’ reply

N R Qureshi, N M Rahman, and F V Gleeson

Thorax 2009; 64: 1005. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.120063

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Longitudinal changes in gastro-oesophageal reflux from 3 months to 6 months after lung transplantation

A G N Robertson, C Ward, J P Pearson, T Small, J Lordan, A J Fisher, A J Bredenoord, J Dark, S M Griffin, and P A Corris

Thorax 2009; 64: 1005-1007. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.117879

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Attitudes of patients towards a hospital-based rehabilitation service for obesity hypoventilation syndrome

K E Jordan, M Ali, and J M Shneerson

Thorax 2009; 64: 1007. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.120808

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Merkel cell polyomavirus is prevalent in a subset of small cell lung cancer: a study of 31 patients

C Andres, S Ihrler, U Puchta, and M J Flaig

Thorax 2009; 64: 1007-1008. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.117911

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Assessment of gender differences in health status with the Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ)

S S Birring and I D Pavord

Thorax 2009; 64: 1008-1009. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.119776

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Airway epithelial cells as guardians of immune homeostasis?

M Brodlie, K Eger, C M U Hilkens, and C Ward

Thorax 2009; 64: 1009. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.120121

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Are patients on treatment for pulmonary TB who stop expectorating sputum genuinely culture negative?

F M R Perrin, R A M Breen, T D McHugh, S H Gillespie, and M C I Lipman

Thorax 2009; 64: 1009-1010. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.115915

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Miscellanea:

The sst1 locus controls granuloma necrosis in tuberculosis

M Almond

Thorax 2009; 64: 949. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.122879

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Epinephrine and dexamethasone reduce hospital admission in children with bronchiolitis

P Terezinha Fiandeiro

Thorax 2009; 64: 975. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.123273

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Pharmacological manipulation of antituberculous therapies to improve treatment efficacy and compliance with ethionamide

N Stolagiewicz

Thorax 2009; 64: 998. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.123265

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Diarylquinoline TMC207 as potential new therapy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

E Tevendale

Thorax 2009; 64: 1004. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.122887

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