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December 2004 - Volume 59 - 12

Thorax: 59 (12)

Editorials

Oxygen: the good, the bad, and the necessary… (24 November, 2004)
T Troosters
Non-invasive ventilation in acute exacerbations of COPD: what happens after hospital discharge? (24 November, 2004)
M W Elliott
Detecting early lung disease in cystic fibrosis: are current techniques sufficient? (24 November, 2004)
P D Sly, S Brennan
Getting grant applications funded: lessons from the past and advice for the future (24 November, 2004)
G J Laurent

airwaves

Airwaves (24 November, 2004) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Annual report

Thorax annual report: 1 October 2003 to 30 September 2004 (24 November, 2004)
J A Wedzicha, S L Johnston, D M Mitchell

Reviewers

Reviewers used between 1 October 2003 and 30 September 2004 (24 November, 2004)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Supplementary oxygen in healthy subjects and those with COPD increases oxidative stress and airway inflammation (24 November, 2004)
G E Carpagnano, S A Kharitonov, M P Foschino-Barbaro, O Resta, E Gramiccioni, P J Barnes
Readmission rates and life threatening events in COPD survivors treated with non-invasive ventilation for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (24 November, 2004)
C M Chu, V L Chan, A W N Lin, I W Y Wong, W S Leung, C K W Lai
Continuous and intermittent exercise responses in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (24 November, 2004)
S Sabapathy, R A Kingsley, D A Schneider, L Adams, N R Morris
Expression of ErbB receptors and mucins in the airways of long term current smokers (24 November, 2004)
R A O’Donnell, A Richter, J Ward, G Angco, A Mehta, K Rousseau, D M Swallow, S T Holgate, R Djukanovic, D E Davies, S J Wilson

Miscellanea

Adjunct prednisolone therapy does not improve survival in HIV-associated tuberculous pleurisy (24 November, 2004)
R Johns
Home environmental intervention benefits urban children with atopic asthma (24 November, 2004)
K S Srinivasan
Air pollution hampers teenagers’ lung development (24 November, 2004)
A Khan
The eosinophil in airway remodelling and hyperresponsiveness in asthma: participant or bystander? (24 November, 2004)
M Soth
The real impact of influenza? (24 November, 2004)
G Rohde

Asthma

Initial starting dose of inhaled corticosteroids in adults with asthma: a systematic review (24 November, 2004)
H Powell, P G Gibson
Asthma exacerbations in children immediately following stressful life events: a Cox’s hierarchical regression (24 November, 2004)
S Sandberg, S Järvenpää, A Penttinen, J Y Paton, D C McCann

Environmental exposure

Effects of asbestos and smoking on the levels and rates of change of lung function in a crocidolite exposed cohort in Western Australia (24 November, 2004)
H S Alfonso, L Fritschi, N H de Klerk, N Olsen, J Sleith, A W Musk

Airway biology

Protective role of metallothionein in acute lung injury induced by bacterial endotoxin (24 November, 2004)
H Takano, K Inoue, R Yanagisawa, M Sato, A Shimada, T Morita, M Sawada, K Nakamura, C Sanbongi, T Yoshikawa

Respiratory muscles

Respiratory muscle strength and the risk of incident cardiovascular events (24 November, 2004)
J van der Palen, T D Rea, T A Manolio, T Lumley, A B Newman, R P Tracy, P L Enright, B M Psaty

Cystic fibrosis

Multiple breath inert gas washout as a measure of ventilation distribution in children with cystic fibrosis (24 November, 2004)
P Aurora, P Gustafsson, A Bush, A Lindblad, C Oliver, C E Wallis, J Stocks
Individualised unsupervised exercise training in adults with cystic fibrosis: a 1 year randomised controlled trial (24 November, 2004)
A J Moorcroft, M E Dodd, J Morris, A K Webb

Respiratory infection

Inflammatory response associated with pulmonary complications in non-HIV immunocompromised patients (24 November, 2004)
C Agustí, A Rañó, M Rovira, X Filella, N Benito, A Moreno, A Torres

Review series

Sleep · 6: Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and hypertension (24 November, 2004)
G V Robinson, J R Stradling, R J O Davies

Case Report

Diffuse lung disease caused by cotton fibre inhalation but distinct from byssinosis (24 November, 2004)
H Kobayashi, S Kanoh, K Motoyoshi, S Aida

Letters to the editor

Isoniazid resistant TB and non-compliance (24 November, 2004)
R van Altena, D van Soolingen, T S van der Werf

Images in Thorax

B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the trachea mimicking COPD (24 November, 2004)
V Johnson, N J Burrows, N J Ali, G Cox

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