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Editorials

Tight glycaemic control in acute exacerbations of COPD (24 March, 2006)
S J Finney, T W Evans
The childhood asthma epidemic (24 March, 2006)
G Russell
Training in the operating theatre: is it safe? (24 March, 2006)
R Aggarwal, A Darzi
British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2005 (24 March, 2006)
T M A Wilkinson, R Baghai-Ravery, W R Perera

Airwaves

Airwaves (24 March, 2006) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Miscellanea

COPD in never smokers: a significant problem? (24 March, 2006)
S Grundy
Inhaled hypertonic saline, mechanisms, and improved lung function in cystic fibrosis (24 March, 2006)
A Gondker
Can acetylcysteine slow lung function decline in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? (24 March, 2006)
T Toma
Allergic disease may increase the risk of atherosclerosis (24 March, 2006)
E Suh
Inhaled cyclosporine may increase survival after lung transplantation (24 March, 2006)
A Sykes
Reliability of a pulmonary embolism management algorithm (24 March, 2006)
S Bari
Inhaled hypertonic saline reduces pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis (24 March, 2006)
A J Mackay
Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to metastatic angiosarcoma (24 March, 2006)
P P Agarwal, C J Dennie, F R Matzinger, R A Peterson, J M Seely

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Hyperglycaemia is associated with poor outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (31 January, 2006)
E H Baker, C H Janaway, B J Philips, A L Brennan, D L Baines, D M Wood, P W Jones
Increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in coke oven workers: interaction between occupational exposure and smoking (7 February, 2006)
Y Hu, B Chen, Z Yin, L Jia, Y Zhou, T Jin

Asthma

Asthma prevalence in 1973, 1988 and 2003 (5 January, 2006)
M L Burr, D Wat, C Evans, F D J Dunstan, I J M Doull
Association between leptin and asthma in adults (15 March, 2006)
A Sood, E S Ford, C A Camargo
Adding salmeterol to an inhaled corticosteroid: long term effects on bronchial inflammation in asthma (31 January, 2006)
J G Koopmans, R Lutter, H M Jansen, J S van der Zee
Enhanced upregulation of smooth muscle related transcripts by TGFβ₂ in asthmatic (myo) fibroblasts
(31 January, 2006)
J Wicks, H M Haitchi, S T Holgate, D E Davies, R M Powell

Epidemiology

Serum carotenoids, vitamins A and E, and 8 year lung function decline in a general population (24 March, 2006)
A Guénégou, B Leynaert, I Pin, G Le Moël, M Zureik, F Neukirch

Thoracic surgery

Effect of training on patient outcomes following lobectomy (31 January, 2006)
N Chaudhuri, A D Grayson, R Grainger, N K Mediratta, M H Carr, A S Soorae, R D Page

Lung cancer

Significance of non-calcified pulmonary nodules in patients with extrapulmonary cancers (7 February, 2006)
S Khokhar, A Vickers, M S Moore, S Mironov, D E Stover, M B Feinstein

Respiratory infection

Antibiotic treatment and factors influencing short and long term outcomes of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (31 January, 2006)
R Wilson, P Jones, T Schaberg, P Arvis, I Duprat-Lomon, P P Sagnier

Paediatric lung disease

Pre-flight testing of preterm infants with neonatal lung disease: a retrospective review (31 January, 2006)
K Udomittipong, S M Stick, M Verheggen, J Oostryck, P D Sly, G L Hall

Tuberculosis

Gender differentials of pulmonary tuberculosis transmission and reactivation in an endemic area (31 January, 2006) Free
M-E Jiménez-Corona, L García-García, K DeRiemer, L Ferreyra-Reyes, M Bobadilla-del-Valle, B Cano-Arellano, S Canizales-Quintero, A Martínez-Gamboa, P M Small, J Sifuentes-Osornio, A Ponce-de-León

Review series

COPD exacerbations · 3: Pathophysiology (24 March, 2006)
D E O’Donnell, C M Parker

Letters to the editor

Trends in sales of inhaled corticosteroids and asthma outcomes in Singapore (24 March, 2006)
D L Lim, S Ma, X S Wang, J Cutter, S K Chew, T K Lim, B W Lee
Non-invasive monitoring of CO₂ levels in patients using NIV for AECOPD
(24 March, 2006)
M Cox, R Kemp, S Anwar, V Athey, T Aung, E D Moloney
Per lesion analysis is misleading (24 March, 2006)
K-C Chang, C-C Leung, C-M Tam
A&E department: a missed opportunity for diagnosis of TB? (24 March, 2006)
A Smith, R F Miller, A Story, H L Booth

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April 2006 - Volume 61 - 4

Editorials

Airwaves

Miscellanea

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Asthma

Epidemiology

Thoracic surgery

Lung cancer

Respiratory infection

Paediatric lung disease

Tuberculosis

Review series

Letters to the editor

Issue Information

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Table of contents

April 2006 - Volume 61 - 4

Editorials

Airwaves

Miscellanea

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Asthma

Epidemiology

Thoracic surgery

Lung cancer

Respiratory infection

Paediatric lung disease

Tuberculosis

Review series

Letters to the editor

Issue Information