Table of contents

Original articles

• Choosing the surgical mortality threshold for high risk patients with stage Ia non-small cell lung cancer: insights from decision analysis (1 January, 2002)

  J Dowie, M Wildman
• Practice, efficacy and cost of staging suspected non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study in two Dutch hospitals (1 January, 2002)

  G J M Herder, P Verboom, E F Smit, P C M van Velthoven, J H A M van den Bergh, C D Colder, I van Mansom, J C van Mourik, P E Postmus, G J J Teule, O S Hoekstra
• Bacterial colonisation in patients with bronchiectasis: microbiological pattern and risk factors (1 January, 2002)

  J Angrill, C Agustí, R de Celis, A Rañó, J Gonzalez, T Solé, A Xaubet, R Rodriguez-Roisin, A Torres
• Clinical and cost effectiveness of paclitaxel, docetaxel, gemcitabine, and vinorelbine in non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review (1 January, 2002)

  A Clegg, D A Scott, P Hewitson, M Sidhu, N Waugh
• Acute respiratory failure secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treated in the intensive care unit: a long term follow up study (1 January, 2002)

  D Breen, T Churches, F Hawker, P J Torzillo
• The incremental shuttle walking test in elderly people with chronic airflow limitation (1 January, 2002)

  C A E Dyer, S J Singh, R A Stockley, A J Sinclair, S L Hill
• Parental education and guided self-management of asthma and wheezing in the pre-school child: a randomised controlled trial (1 January, 2002)

  C A Stevens, L J Wesseldine, J M Couriel, A J Dyer, L M Osman, M Silverman
• Screening for tuberculosis: the port of arrival scheme compared with screening in general practice and the homeless (1 January, 2002)

  G H Bothamley, J P Rowan, C J Griffiths, M Beeks, M McDonald, E Beasley, C van den Bosch, G Feder
• Non-invasive proportional assist and pressure support ventilation in patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic respiratory failure (1 January, 2002)

  A Serra, G Polese, C Braggion, A Rossi
• Distribution and function of the peptide transporter PEPT2 in normal and cystic fibrosis human lung (1 January, 2002)

  D A Groneberg, P R Eynott, F Döring, Q Thai Dinh, T Oates, P J Barnes, K F Chung, H Daniel, A Fischer
• β₂ adrenoceptor promoter polymorphisms: extended haplotypes and functional effects in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

  (1 January, 2002)

  B Lipworth, G H Koppelman, A P Wheatley, I Le Jeune, W Coutie, H Meurs, H F Kauffman, D S Postma, I P Hall
• Stimulation of the BK_Ca channel in cultured smooth muscle cells of human trachea by magnolol

  (1 January, 2002)

  S-N Wu, C-C Chen, H-F Li, Y-K Lo, S-A Chen, H-T Chiang