Thorax: 58 (4)

Editorials

Pulmonary hypertension in patients with COPD: NO treatment? (1 April, 2003)
J Pepke-Zaba, N W Morrell
Second line treatment for severe acute childhood asthma (1 April, 2003)
M South
Improving the care for patients with acute severe respiratory disease (1 April, 2003)
M W Elliott

Airwaves

Airwaves (1 April, 2003) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Controlled prospective randomised trial on the effects on pulmonary haemodynamics of the ambulatory long term use of nitric oxide and oxygen in patients with severe COPD (1 April, 2003)
K Vonbank, R Ziesche, T W Higenbottam, L Stiebellehner, V Petkov, P Schenk, P Germann, L H Block
Increased leukotriene B4 and 8-isoprostane in exhaled breath condensate of patients with exacerbations of COPD (1 April, 2003)
W A Biernacki, S A Kharitonov, P J Barnes
Correlation between change in pulmonary function and suppression of reactive nitrogen species production following steroid treatment in COPD (1 April, 2003)
H Sugiura, M Ichinose, S Yamagata, A Koarai, K Shirato, T Hattori

Miscellanea

Manufacturing defects in bronchoscopes can lead to nosocomial infections (1 April, 2003)
S Wharton
The cost of helical CT lung cancer screening is high (1 April, 2003)
M Wood
Pseudomonas infection caused by bronchoscope manufacturing defects: effective national recall procedures are needed (1 April, 2003)
Z Hall
Community based outpatient treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (1 April, 2003)
K Dheda
US mortality statistics: the increasing importance of influenza and the role of RSV (1 April, 2003)
Z Khaleeli
Montelukast and inhaled budesonide in mild to moderate asthma (1 April, 2003)

Asthma

Intravenous salbutamol bolus compared with an aminophylline infusion in children with severe asthma: a randomised controlled trial (1 April, 2003)
G Roberts, D Newsom, K Gomez, A Raffles, S Saglani, J Begent, P Lachman, K Sloper, R Buchdahl, A Habel
T cell cytokine profiles in childhood asthma (1 April, 2003)
V Brown, T J Warke, M D Shields, M Ennis
Individualised homeopathy as an adjunct in the treatment of childhood asthma: a randomised placebo controlled trial (1 April, 2003)
A White, P Slade, C Hunt, A Hart, E Ernst
Risk factors associated with the presence of irreversible airflow limitation and reduced transfer coefficient in patients with asthma after 26 years of follow up (1 April, 2003)
J M Vonk, H Jongepier, C I M Panhuysen, J P Schouten, E R Bleecker, D S Postma

Airway biology

VEGF regulates the proliferation of acid-exposed alveolar lining epithelial cells (1 April, 2003)
A Ohwada, Y Yoshioka, K Iwabuchi, I Nagaoka, T Dambara, Y Fukuchi
Functional analysis of cilia and ciliated epithelial ultrastructure in healthy children and young adults (1 April, 2003)
M A Chilvers, A Rutman, C O'Callaghan

Cough

Development of a symptom specific health status measure for patients with chronic cough: Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ) (1 April, 2003)
S S Birring, B Prudon, A J Carr, S J Singh, M D L Morgan, I D Pavord

Respiratory physiology

Repeatability of airway resistance measurements made using the interrupter technique (1 April, 2003)
E Y Chan, P D Bridge, I Dundas, C S Pao, M J R Healy, S A McKenzie

Short paper

Nuclear localisation of p65 in sputum macrophages but not in sputum neutrophils during COPD exacerbations (1 April, 2003)
G Caramori, M Romagnoli, P Casolari, C Bellettato, G Casoni, P Boschetto, K Fan Chung, P J Barnes, I M Adcock, A Ciaccia, L M Fabbri, A Papi

Review series

Lung cancer • 4: Chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer: the end of the beginning (1 April, 2003)
M Cullen
The pulmonary physician in critical care • Illustrative case 1: Cystic fibrosis (1 April, 2003)
S R Thomas
The pulmonary physician in critical care • Illustrative case 2: Interstitial lung disease (1 April, 2003)
A T Jones, R M Du Bois, A U Wells

Case Report

Successful treatment of empyema thoracis with human recombinant deoxyribonuclease (1 April, 2003)
G Simpson, D Roomes, B Reeves

Letters to the editor

Unusual lung consolidation in SLE (1 April, 2003)
A Nomura, Y Morishita, T Iijima, Y Ishii, H Satoh, T Sakamoto, Y Uchida, T Homma, M Ohtsuka, K Sekizawa
Atypical mycobacterial infection, starvation and effect of BCG vaccination on tuberculin skin test (1 April, 2003)
M-S Jalba
Improving surgical resection rates in lung cancer without a two stop service (1 April, 2003)
E F Bowen, J R Anderson, M E Roddie
Publication of complex dataset (1 April, 2003)
E H Walters
Successful treatment of BALT lymphoma with combined chemotherapy (1 April, 2003)
R Ali, F Özkalemkaş, T Özçelik, V Özkocaman, Ü Ozan, A Tunali, G Filiz, O Gözü
Obstructive sleep apnoea can directly cause death (1 April, 2003)
S Pearce, P Saunders
Pancoast’s syndrome as a result of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (1 April, 2003)
T W Marjanski, W Rzyman, J Skokowski

Book review

The Clinician’s Guide to Asthma (1 April, 2003)
C M Richardson

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April 2003 - Volume 58 - 4

Editorials

Airwaves

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Miscellanea

Asthma

Airway biology

Cough

Respiratory physiology

Short paper

Review series

Case Report

Letters to the editor

Book review

Issue Information

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Table of contents

April 2003 - Volume 58 - 4

Editorials

Airwaves

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Miscellanea

Asthma

Airway biology

Cough

Respiratory physiology

Short paper

Review series

Case Report

Letters to the editor

Book review

Issue Information