Thorax: 58 (7)

Editorials

Difficult asthma (1 July, 2003)
B D W Harrison
ACE in COPD: a therapeutic target? (1 July, 2003)
R Forth, H Montgomery
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): epidemiology, diagnosis and management (1 July, 2003)
G W K Wong, D S C Hui

Airwaves

Airwaves (1 July, 2003) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Asthma

Predictors of therapy resistant asthma: outcome of a systematic evaluation protocol (1 July, 2003)
L G Heaney, E Conway, C Kelly, B T Johnston, C English, M Stevenson, J Gamble
Association of consumption of products containing milk fat with reduced asthma risk in pre-school children: the PIAMA birth cohort study (1 July, 2003)
A H Wijga, H A Smit, M Kerkhof, J C de Jongste, J Gerritsen, H J Neijens, H C Boshuizen, B Brunekreef

LUNG ALERT

Influenza vaccination reduces risk of hospitalisation for heart disease and CVD in subjects aged ≥65 years (1 July, 2003)
B Yung
Contamination of rhinovirus stocks with poliovirus type 1 (1 July, 2003)
T Wilkinson
CT-guided pleural biopsy preferable to traditional Abram’s needle in diagnosing malignant pleural disease (1 July, 2003)
P Bhatia
Acetylcholine may be an autocrine growth factor for lung cancer (1 July, 2003)
A De-Soyza
The SARS epidemic: emergence of a new respiratory virus? (1 July, 2003)
T Seemungal
Mechanical ventilation may damage organs other than the lungs (1 July, 2003)
M K Johnson

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Effect of cilomilast (Ariflo) on TNF-α, IL-8, and GM-CSF release by airway cells of patients with COPD (1 July, 2003)
M Profita, G Chiappara, F Mirabella, R Di Giorgi, L Chimenti, G Costanzo, L Riccobono, V Bellia, J Bousquet, A M Vignola
Regular inhaled short acting β₂ agonists for the management of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis
(1 July, 2003)
F S F Ram, P Sestini
Exhaled leukotrienes and prostaglandins in COPD (1 July, 2003)
P Montuschi, S A Kharitonov, G Ciabattoni, P J Barnes

Respiratory infections

Time course of recovery of health status following an infective exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (1 July, 2003)
S Spencer, P W Jones
Asymptomatic carriage of Pneumocystis jiroveci in subjects undergoing bronchoscopy: a prospective study
(1 July, 2003)
N A Maskell, D J Waine, A Lindley, J C T Pepperell, A E Wakefield, R F Miller, R J O Davies

Airway biology

Role of the endothelium and nitric oxide synthases in modulating superoxide formation induced by endotoxin and cytokines in porcine pulmonary arteries (1 July, 2003)
S Muzaffar, J Y Jeremy, G D Angelini, K Stuart-Smith, N Shukla
Enhancement of acute lung injury related to bacterial endotoxin by components of diesel exhaust particles (1 July, 2003)
R Yanagisawa, H Takano, K Inoue, T Ichinose, K Sadakane, S Yoshino, K Yamaki, Y Kumagai, K Uchiyama, T Yoshikawa, M Morita

Cystic fibrosis

Expression of S100A12 (EN-RAGE) in cystic fibrosis (1 July, 2003)
D Foell, S Seeliger, T Vogl, H-G Koch, H Maschek, E Harms, C Sorg, J Roth

Tuberculosis

Epidemiology of tuberculosis on Gran Canaria: a 4 year population study using traditional and molecular approaches (1 July, 2003)
M J Pena, J A Caminero, M I Campos-Herrero, J C Rodríguez-Gallego, M I García-Laorden, P Cabrera, M J Torres, B Lafarga, F Rodríguez de Castro, S Samper, F Cañas, D A Enarson, C Martín

Smoking

Association of CYP2A6 deletion polymorphism with smoking habit and development of pulmonary emphysema
(1 July, 2003)
N Minematsu, H Nakamura, M Iwata, H Tateno, T Nakajima, S Takahashi, S Fujishima, K Yamaguchi

Short papers

Effects of captopril administration on pulmonary haemodynamics and tissue oxygenation during exercise in ACE gene subtypes in patients with COPD: a preliminary study (1 July, 2003)
H Kanazawa, K Hirata, J Yoshikawa
Rapid effect of inhaled steroids on nocturnal worsening of asthma (1 July, 2003)
G Frezza, J Terra-Filho, J A B Martinez, E O Vianna

Review series

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 10: Bullectomy, lung volume reduction surgery, and transplantation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1 July, 2003)
B F Meyers, G A Patterson
Lung cancer • 6: The case for limited surgical resection in non-small cell lung cancer (1 July, 2003)
D J Sugarbaker

Case Report

Oesophagopleural fistula as a novel cause of failed non-invasive ventilation (1 July, 2003)
J R Hurst, M I Polkey, P Goldstraw, B Yung

Letters to the editor

NIV at home: resource implications (1 July, 2003)
L Turner, B Cooper, L Watson, J Britton, S Wharton, W Kinnear
GM-CSF and proteinosis (1 July, 2003)
F Khanjari, H Watier, J Domenech, E Asquier, P Diot, K Nakata
Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity as refractory asthma (1 July, 2003)
N Kikuchi, A Nomura, Y Ishii, K Sekizawa, H Harada, K Ishii, T Wada
Impaired cough reflex in patients with recurrent pneumonia (1 July, 2003)
C M Barber, A D Curran, D Fishwick

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July 2003 - Volume 58 - 7

Editorials

Airwaves

Asthma

LUNG ALERT

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory infections

Airway biology

Cystic fibrosis

Tuberculosis

Smoking

Short papers

Review series

Case Report

Letters to the editor

Issue Information

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Table of contents

July 2003 - Volume 58 - 7

Editorials

Airwaves

Asthma

LUNG ALERT

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory infections

Airway biology

Cystic fibrosis

Tuberculosis

Smoking

Short papers

Review series

Case Report

Letters to the editor

Issue Information