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Table of contents

May 2006 - Volume 61 - 5

Thorax: 61 (5)

Editorials

Coughs and wheezes spread diseases: but what about the environment? (28 April, 2006)
A Bush
Risk management of the home ventilator dependent patient (28 April, 2006)
A K Simonds
Collateral ventilation (28 April, 2006)
E J Cetti, A J Moore, D M Geddes
Got a match? Home oxygen therapy in current smokers (28 April, 2006)
Y Lacasse, J LaForge, F Maltais

Airwaves

Airwaves (28 April, 2006) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Miscellanea

Vitamin D3 and response to glucocorticoids in steroid resistant asthmatics (28 April, 2006)
S Kon
Non-invasive ventilation improves survival in patients with motor neuron disease (28 April, 2006)
A McKendrick
Is there a gold standard test for diagnosing exercise induced asthma in elite athletes? (28 April, 2006)
A Khan

Asthma

Study of modifiable risk factors for asthma exacerbations: virus infection and allergen exposure increase the risk of asthma hospital admissions in children (29 December, 2005)
C S Murray, G Poletti, T Kebadze, J Morris, A Woodcock, S L Johnston, A Custovic
Childhood asthma in South London: trends in prevalence and use of medical services 1991–2002 (31 January, 2006)
B K Butland, D P Strachan, E E Crawley-Boevey, H R Anderson
Dietary antioxidants and asthma in adults (7 February, 2006)
B D Patel, A A Welch, S A Bingham, R N Luben, N E Day, K-T Khaw, D A Lomas, N J Wareham

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Functional variants of antioxidant genes in smokers with COPD and in those with normal lung function (7 February, 2006)
R P Young, R Hopkins, P N Black, C Eddy, L Wu, G D Gamble, G D Mills, J E Garrett, T E Eaton, M I Rees

Assisted ventilation

Performance of mechanical ventilators at the patient’s home: a multicentre quality control study (7 February, 2006) Free
R Farré, D Navajas, E Prats, S Marti, R Guell, J M Montserrat, C Tebe, J Escarrabill

Epidemiology

Oral and inhaled corticosteroids and adrenal insufficiency: a case-control study (3 March, 2006)
K J Mortimer, L J Tata, C J P Smith, J West, T W Harrison, A E Tattersfield, R B Hubbard

Emphysema

Relation of interlobar collaterals to radiological heterogeneity in severe emphysema (7 February, 2006)
T Higuchi, A Reed, T Oto, L Holsworth, S Ellis, M J Bailey, T J Williams, G I Snell

Bronchiectasis

Longitudinal pulmonary function of childhood bronchiectasis and comparison with cystic fibrosis (7 February, 2006)
J Twiss, A W Stewart, C A Byrnes

Respiratory infection

A prospective comparison of severity scores for identifying patients with severe community acquired pneumonia: reconsidering what is meant by severe pneumonia (31 January, 2006)
K L Buising, K A Thursky, J F Black, L MacGregor, A C Street, M P Kennedy, G V Brown

Cystic fibrosis

Objective measurement of cough during pulmonary exacerbations in adults with cystic fibrosis (31 January, 2006)
J A Smith, E C Owen, A M Jones, M E Dodd, A K Webb, A Woodcock

Sleep disordered breathing

Continuous positive airway pressure reduces daytime sleepiness in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea: a meta-analysis (7 February, 2006)
N S Marshall, M Barnes, N Travier, A J Campbell, R J Pierce, R D McEvoy, A M Neill, P H Gander
Effect of increased lung volume on sleep disordered breathing in patients with sleep apnoea (20 February, 2006)
R C Heinzer, M L Stanchina, A Malhotra, A S Jordan, S R Patel, Y-L Lo, A Wellman, K Schory, L Dover, D P White

Review series

COPD exacerbations · 4: Prevention (28 April, 2006)
S Scott, P Walker, P M A Calverley

Occasional review

Inflammatory cells in the airways in COPD (28 April, 2006)
R O’Donnell, D Breen, S Wilson, R Djukanovic

Case Report

Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to pulmonary involvement by neoplastic plasma cells in multiple myeloma (28 April, 2006)
D B Marmor, J L Farber, J E Gottlieb

Letters to the editor

Compliance and reliability of electronic PEF monitoring in adolescents with asthma (28 April, 2006)
V van der Meer, E R V M Rikkers-Mutsaerts, P J Sterk, H A Thiadens, W J J Assendelft, J K Sont
Bronchiectasis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection (28 April, 2006)
W-J Koh, O J Kwon

Correction

CORRECTION (28 April, 2006) Free

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