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Table of contents

January 2003 - Volume 58 - 1

Thorax: 58 (1)

Editorial

New year: new editors (1 January, 2003)
J A Wedzicha, S L Johnston, D M Mitchell

BTS guidelines

British Thoracic Society guidelines on respiratory aspects of fitness for diving (1 January, 2003)

LUNG ALERT

Magnesium sulphate added to standard treatment in acute severe asthma causes significantly higher FEV₁ % predicted at 4 hours
(1 January, 2003)
T A R Seemungal
The difficulty in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (1 January, 2003)
T M A Wilkinson
Decreases in air pollutants may lead to lower cardiopulmonary mortality (1 January, 2003)
A Bhowmik
Traffic related air pollutants shorten life expectancy (1 January, 2003)
A Bhowmik
Thrombolysis for submassive pulmonary embolism (1 January, 2003)
T A R Seemungal

Asthma

Comparison of atopic cough with cough variant asthma: is atopic cough a precursor of asthma? (1 January, 2003)
M Fujimura, H Ogawa, Y Nishizawa, K Nishi
Cough receptor sensitivity to capsaicin does not change after allergen bronchoprovocation in allergic asthma (1 January, 2003)
H Minoguchi, K Minoguchi, A Tanaka, H Matsuo, N Kihara, M Adachi
Sputum T lymphocytes in asthma, COPD and healthy subjects have the phenotype of activated intraepithelial T cells (CD69+ CD103+) (1 January, 2003)
M J Leckie, G R Jenkins, J Khan, S J Smith, C Walker, P J Barnes, T T Hansel
Self-management of asthma in general practice, asthma control and quality of life: a randomised controlled trial (1 January, 2003)
B P A Thoonen, T R J Schermer, G van den Boom, J Molema, H Folgering, R P Akkermans, R Grol, C van Weel, C P van Schayck

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory viruses in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring hospitalisation: a case-control study (1 January, 2003)
G Rohde, A Wiethege, I Borg, M Kauth, T T Bauer, A Gillissen, A Bufe, G Schultze-Werninghaus
Inhaled short acting β agonist use in COPD and the risk of acute myocardial infarction (1 January, 2003)
S Suissa, T Assimes, P Ernst

Lung cancer

Prospective use of serial questionnaires to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in suspected lung cancer
(1 January, 2003)
G J Herder, H van Tinteren, E F Comans, O S Hoekstra, G J Teule, P E Postmus, U Joshi, E F Smit

Interstitial lung disease

High serum concentrations of surfactant protein A in usual interstitial pneumonia compared with non-specific interstitial pneumonia (1 January, 2003)
H Ishii, H Mukae, J Kadota, H Kaida, T Nagata, K Abe, S Matsukura, S Kohno

Respiratory muscles

Can diaphragmatic contractility be assessed by airway twitch pressure in mechanically ventilated patients? (1 January, 2003)
S E Cattapan, F Laghi, M J Tobin

Respiratory infections

Reduced interferon-γ release in patients recovered from Legionnaires' disease (1 January, 2003)
K D Lettinga, S Weijer, P Speelman, J M Prins, T van der Poll, A Verbon

Bronchiectasis

Comparison of exhaled and nasal nitric oxide and exhaled carbon monoxide levels in bronchiectatic patients with and without primary ciliary dyskinesia (1 January, 2003)
I Horváth, S Loukides, T Wodehouse, E Csiszér, P J Cole, S A Kharitonov, P J Barnes

Review series

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 6: The aetiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1 January, 2003)
A J White, S Gompertz, R A Stockley
The pulmonary physician in critical care • 12: Acute severe asthma in the intensive care unit (1 January, 2003)
P Phipps, C S Garrard

Case Report

Catamenial haemoptysis and clomiphene citrate therapy (1 January, 2003)
B Hope-Gill, B V Prathibha

Letters to the editor

DOT for all patients with smear-positive pulmonary TB in London? (1 January, 2003)
R D Barker, J Glyn-Jones, G Bothamley
Guidelines on prevention of venous thromboembolism during long haul flights (1 January, 2003)
C Campbell, C F J Rayner
Endotoxin: does it have a role in prevention of lung cancer (1 January, 2003)
J H Lange
High incidence of cystic fibrosis in children born in Italy to Albanian immigrants (1 January, 2003)
F Festini, G Taccetti, M L Cioni, T Repetto, M de Martino
Urokinase in the treatment of childhood empyema (1 January, 2003)
S C Sit, G Cohen, A Jaffe

Book reviews

Childhood Respiratory Infections (1 January, 2003)
P D Sly
Clinicians’ Guide to Sleep Medicine (1 January, 2003)
M Chandri

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