Thorax: 63 (12)

Airwaves

Airwaves (19 November, 2008) Free

Editorials

Should we be using statistics to define disease? (19 November, 2008)
David M Mannino
COPD and biomarkers: the search goes on (19 November, 2008)
Gerard M Turino
RAGE: a biomarker for acute lung injury (19 November, 2008)
Mark J D Griffiths, Danny F McAuley
Thorax update: October 2007–September 2008 (19 November, 2008)
Jadwiga A Wedzicha, Sebastian L Johnston

Reviewers

Thorax reviewers 1 Oct 2007 to 30 Sept 2008 (19 November, 2008)

Epidemiology

Underestimation of airflow obstruction among young adults using FEV₁/FVC <70% as a fixed cut-off: a longitudinal evaluation of clinical and functional outcomes
(20 May, 2008)
I Cerveri, A G Corsico, S Accordini, R Niniano, E Ansaldo, J M Antó, N Künzli, C Janson, J Sunyer, D Jarvis, C Svanes, T Gislason, J Heinrich, J P Schouten, M Wjst, P Burney, R de Marco

Lung alert

Miscellanea

Revival of carbocisteine for prevention of COPD exacerbations (19 November, 2008)
P Parulekar, A Yavari
Six minute walk distance is a useful predictor of survival in lung transplant recipients (19 November, 2008)
V Ganagaram
A new theory for the pathogenesis of chronic lung disease? (19 November, 2008)
M Hill
Increasing incidence of pulmonary embolism (19 November, 2008)
J Mathew

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Using the lower limit of normal for the FEV₁/FVC ratio reduces the misclassification of airway obstruction
(11 September, 2008)
M P Swanney, G Ruppel, P L Enright, O F Pedersen, R O Crapo, M R Miller, R L Jensen, E Falaschetti, J P Schouten, J L Hankinson, J Stocks, P H Quanjer
Nocturnal non-invasive ventilation in addition to rehabilitation in hypercapnic patients with COPD (18 August, 2008)
M L Duiverman, J B Wempe, G Bladder, D F Jansen, H A M Kerstjens, J G Zijlstra, P J Wijkstra
Evaluation of serum CC-16 as a biomarker for COPD in the ECLIPSE cohort (29 August, 2008) Free
D A Lomas, E K Silverman, L D Edwards, B E Miller, H O Coxson, R Tal-Singer

Asthma

Association analysis identifies TLR7 and TLR8 as novel risk genes in asthma and related disorders
(5 August, 2008)
S Møller-Larsen, M Nyegaard, A Haagerup, J Vestbo, T A Kruse, A D Børglum
Effects of atorvastatin added to inhaled corticosteroids on lung function and sputum cell counts in atopic asthma (29 August, 2008)
E J Hothersall, R Chaudhuri, C McSharry, I Donnelly, J Lafferty, A D McMahon, C J Weir, J Meiklejohn, N Sattar, I McInnes, S Wood, N C Thomson
Increased levels of cysteinyl-leukotrienes in saliva, induced sputum, urine and blood from patients with aspirin-intolerant asthma (29 August, 2008)
F Gaber, K Daham, A Higashi, N Higashi, A Gülich, I Delin, A James, M Skedinger, P Gyllfors, M Nord, S-E Dahlén, M Kumlin, B Dahlén

Pulmonary puzzle

Miscellanea

Twins with severe recurrent chest infections (19 November, 2008)
F Minen, E Barbi, A Ventura, P Carrera, F Zennaro, P Chiodera
ANSWER (19 November, 2008)

Acute lung injury

Plasma receptor for advanced glycation end products and clinical outcomes in acute lung injury (19 June, 2008)
C S Calfee, L B Ware, M D Eisner, P E Parsons, B T Thompson, N Wickersham, M A Matthay, the NHLBI ARDS Network

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

Clinical course and prognosis of never-smokers with severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiZZ) (5 August, 2008)
H A Tanash, P M Nilsson, J-Å Nilsson, E Piitulainen

Lung cancer

Pulmonary tumours in the Netherlands: focus on temporal trends in histology and stage and on rare tumours (4 August, 2008)
W K de Jong, M Schaapveld, J L G Blaauwgeers, H J M Groen

Respiratory infection

Management of acute bronchiolitis: can evidence based guidelines alter clinical practice? (22 August, 2008)
J Barben, C E Kuehni, D Trachsel, J Hammer

Review series

Obesity and the lung: 5 · Obesity and COPD (19 November, 2008)
F M E Franssen, D E O’Donnell, G H Goossens, E E Blaak, A M W J Schols

Case Report

Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome and polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type 2 in a case of small cell lung cancer (19 November, 2008)
S Watanabe, J Tanaka, T Ohta, H Yoshizawa, F Gejyo

Letters

Histological appearances of putative montelukast related Churg–Strauss syndrome (19 November, 2008)
G P Currie, L McKinlay, K M Kerr
Optimal treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (19 November, 2008)
T M Maher, A U Wells
Authors’ reply (19 November, 2008)
T J Williams, J W Wilson

Images in Thorax

Intracardiac extension of lung cancer via the pulmonary vein (19 November, 2008)
M-T Lin, S-C Ku, M-Z Wu, C-J Yu

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Table of contents

December 2008 - Volume 63 - 12

Airwaves

Editorials

Reviewers

Epidemiology

Lung alert

Miscellanea

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Asthma

Pulmonary puzzle

Miscellanea

Acute lung injury

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

Lung cancer

Respiratory infection

Review series

Case Report

Letters

Images in Thorax

Issue Information

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Table of contents

December 2008 - Volume 63 - 12

Airwaves

Editorials

Reviewers

Epidemiology

Lung alert

Miscellanea

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Asthma

Pulmonary puzzle

Miscellanea

Acute lung injury

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

Lung cancer

Respiratory infection

Review series

Case Report

Letters

Images in Thorax

Issue Information