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Table of contents

September 2003 - Volume 58 - 9

Thorax: 58 (9)

Editorials

Eat well to get well (28 August, 2003) Free
E F M Wouters
Peripheral muscle weakness in COPD: where does it come from? (28 August, 2003) Free
M I Polkey
Measurement of lung function in preschool children using the interrupter technique (28 August, 2003) Free
P D Sly, E Lombardi

Airwaves

Airwaves (28 August, 2003) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Nutritional enhancement of exercise performance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised controlled trial (28 August, 2003) Free
M C Steiner, R L Barton, S J Singh, M D L Morgan
Muscle force during an acute exacerbation in hospitalised patients with COPD and its relationship with CXCL8 and IGF-I (28 August, 2003) Free
M A Spruit, R Gosselink, T Troosters, A Kasran, G Gayan-Ramirez, P Bogaerts, R Bouillon, M Decramer

LUNG ALERT

Can limited pulmonary resection replace lobectomy for small sized lung cancer? (28 August, 2003) Free
T J Warke
Food allergy may predict life threatening asthma in children (28 August, 2003) Free
D Shaw
Radiofrequency ablation of lung cancer (28 August, 2003) Free
P Bhatia
Integrated PET-CT improves accuracy in staging of NSCLC compared with PET and CT alone (28 August, 2003) Free
K Ryanna
Exposure to nitrogen dioxide may be associated with severity of virus related asthma exacerbations (28 August, 2003) Free
G P Currie
Cinema smoking encourages the habit in adolescents (28 August, 2003) Free
A Rajasekaran

Asthma

Increased circulating 92 kDa matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9) activity in exacerbations of asthma (28 August, 2003) Free
Y Oshita, T Koga, T Kamimura, K Matsuo, T Rikimaru, H Aizawa

Respiratory physiology

Short and long term variability of the interrupter technique under field and standardised conditions in 3–6 year old children (28 August, 2003) Free
R M J Beelen, H A Smit, R T van Strien, L P Koopman, J E Brussee, B Brunekreef, J Gerritsen, P J F M Merkus

Interstitial lung disease

Short course dexamethasone treatment following injury inhibits bleomycin induced fibrosis in rats (28 August, 2003) Free
W A Dik, R J McAnulty, M A Versnel, B A E Naber, L J I Zimmermann, G J Laurent, S E Mutsaers

Airway biology

TGF-β₁ causes airway fibrosis and increased collagen I and III mRNA in mice
(28 August, 2003) Free
N J Kenyon, R W Ward, G McGrew, J A Last
Inhibition of MMP-9 expression by PPARγ activators in human bronchial epithelial cells (28 August, 2003) Free
M Hetzel, D Walcher, M Grüb, H Bach, V Hombach, N Marx

Lung cancer

Screening for lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials (28 August, 2003) Free
R L Manser, L B Irving, G Byrnes, M J Abramson, C A Stone, D A Campbell

Smoking

Lack of association of group specific component haplotypes with lung function in smokers (28 August, 2003) Free
I Kasuga, P D Paré, J Ruan, J E Connett, N R Anthonisen, A J Sandford

Cystic fibrosis

Survey of resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from UK patients with cystic fibrosis to six commonly prescribed antimicrobial agents
(28 August, 2003) Free
T L Pitt, M Sparrow, M Warner, M Stefanidou

Thoracic surgery

Atrial septostomy in the treatment of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (28 August, 2003) Free
F Reichenberger, J Pepke-Zaba, K McNeil, J Parameshwar, L M Shapiro

Short paper

Caffeine levels following treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (28 August, 2003) Free
G V Robinson, J C Pepperell, R J O Davies, J R Stradling

Review series

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 12: New treatments for COPD (28 August, 2003) Free
P J Barnes
Lung cancer • 8: Management of malignant mesothelioma (28 August, 2003) Free
C Parker, E Neville
The pulmonary physician in critical care • Illustrative case 7: Assessment and management of massive haemoptysis (28 August, 2003) Free
J L Lordan, A Gascoigne, P A Corris
The pulmonary physician in critical care • Illustrative case 8: Acute respiratory failure following lung resection (28 August, 2003) Free
E Beddow, P Goldstraw

Case Report

Eosinophilic “empyema” associated with crack cocaine use (28 August, 2003) Free
D H Strong, J Y Westcott, J A Biller, J L Morrison, R M Effros, J P Maloney

Letters to the editor

Usefulness of GOLD classification of COPD severity (28 August, 2003) Free
D Köhler, J Fischer, F Raschke, B Schönhofer
Sahaja yoga in asthma (28 August, 2003) Free
R Manocha
Homeopathy in childhood asthma (28 August, 2003) Free
A M Li, A Bush, N M Wilson

Book review

Statistics in Clinical Practice (28 August, 2003) Free
T Seemungal

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