Thorax: 65 (11)

Airwaves

Airwaves (21 October, 2010) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Editorials

On the shoulders of (real) giants (21 October, 2010)
Ian D Pavord, Andrew Bush
Predicting mortality in the elderly with community-acquired pneumonia: should we design a new car or set a new ‘speed limit’? (21 October, 2010)
Veronica Brito, Michael S Niederman
Serotonin: a new start for an old friend? (11 October, 2010)
Aurélie Fabre, Bruno Crestani
Exosomes in lungs of patients with sarcoidosis: a contributor to immune pathogenesis or just another by-product of heightened immune activity? (11 October, 2010)
Ling-Pei Ho

Interstitial lung disease

Increased expression of 5-hydroxytryptamine_2A/B receptors in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a rationale for therapeutic intervention
(29 July, 2010) Free
Melanie Königshoff, Rio Dumitrascu, Sergey Udalov, Oana Veronica Amarie, Rudolf Reiter, Friedrich Grimminger, Werner Seeger, Ralph Theo Schermuly, Oliver Eickelberg

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Prevalence of major comorbidities in subjects with COPD and incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke: a comprehensive analysis using data from primary care (25 September, 2010)
Johanna R Feary, Laura C Rodrigues, Christopher J Smith, Richard B Hubbard, Jack E Gibson
Atrophy and hypertrophy signalling of the quadriceps and diaphragm in COPD (21 October, 2010)
Mariève Doucet, Annie Dubé, Denis R Joanisse, Richard Debigaré, Annie Michaud, Marie-Ève Paré, Rosaire Vaillancourt, Éric Fréchette, François Maltais

Respiratory infection

Comparison of clinical characteristics and performance of pneumonia severity score and CURB-65 among younger adults, elderly and very old subjects (21 October, 2010)
Jung-Hsiang Chen, Shy-Shin Chang, Jason J Liu, Rai-Chi Chan, Jiunn-Yih Wu, Wei-Chuan Wang, Si-Huei Lee, Chien-Chang Lee

Cystic fibrosis

Relative contribution of Prevotella intermedia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to lung pathology in airways of patients with cystic fibrosis
(29 September, 2010)
Martina Ulrich, Isabelle Beer, Peter Braitmaier, Michaela Dierkes, Florian Kummer, Bernhard Krismer, Ulrike Schumacher, Ute Gräpler-Mainka, Joachim Riethmüller, Peter Ø Jensen, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Niels Høiby, Gabriel Bellon, Gerd Döring
Value of serology in predicting Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in young children with cystic fibrosis
(1 October, 2010)
Tonia A Douglas, Siobhain Brennan, Luke Berry, Kaye Winfield, Claire E Wainwright, Keith Grimwood, Stephen M Stick, Peter D Sly, on behalf of the members of AREST CF and the ACFBAL Trial

Sleep disordered breathing

Epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome in Chinese children: a two-phase community study (21 October, 2010)
Albert M Li, Hung K So, Chun T Au, Crover Ho, Joseph Lau, Siu K Ng, Victor J Abdullah, Tai F Fok, Yun K Wing

Paediatric lung disease

Respiratory outcomes in early childhood following antenatal vitamin C and E supplementation (1 October, 2010)
Anne Greenough, Seif O Shaheen, Andrew Shennan, Paul T Seed, Lucilla Poston
International prevalence of recurrent wheezing during the first year of life: variability, treatment patterns and use of health resources (20 September, 2010)
Javier Mallol, Luis García-Marcos, Dirceu Solé, Paul Brand, the EISL Study Group

Tuberculosis

Excess lung function decline in gold miners following pulmonary tuberculosis (25 September, 2010)
J Ross, R I Ehrlich, E Hnizdo, N White, G J Churchyard

Sarcoidosis

Proinflammatory exosomes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with sarcoidosis (29 September, 2010)
Khaleda R Qazi, Patricia Torregrosa Paredes, Benita Dahlberg, Johan Grunewald, Anders Eklund, Susanne Gabrielsson

Case report

Therapeutic effectiveness of rituximab in a patient with unresponsive autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (20 September, 2010)
Anat Amital, Shlomo Dux, David Shitrit, Ofer Shpilberg, Mordechai R Kramer

PostScript

Letter: Does tidal exhaled nitric oxide reflect mucosal airway inflammation in infants? (29 September, 2010)
L Pekka Malmberg, Kristiina Malmström, Anne Kotaniemi-Syrjänen, Harry Lindahl, Merja Kajosaari, Markku Turpeinen, Tari Haahtela, Sejal Saglani, Andrew Bush, Peter K Jeffery, Anna S Pelkonen, Mika J Mäkelä

Miscellanea

Lung alert: Effect of mild emphysema on left heart function (29 September, 2010)
Brendan Mallia-Milanes
Persistent cough: an unusual cause (21 October, 2010)
Bethan Barker, Harmesh Moudgil, Gareth Slocombe, Koottalai Srinivasan

Images in Thorax

Tension pneumothorax mimicking giant emphysematous bullae (7 June, 2010)
Michel Gonzalez, Thorsten Krueger, Hans-Beat Ris, Jean Y Perentes
The atoll sign (6 September, 2010)
Simon L F Walsh, Benjamin J Roberton

Notice

Scadding-Morriston Davies joint fellowship in respiratory medicine 2011 (21 October, 2010)
Ian Campbell

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November 2010 - Volume 65 - 11

Airwaves

Editorials

Interstitial lung disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory infection

Cystic fibrosis

Sleep disordered breathing

Paediatric lung disease

Tuberculosis

Sarcoidosis

Case report

PostScript

Miscellanea

Images in Thorax

Notice

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Table of contents

November 2010 - Volume 65 - 11

Airwaves

Editorials

Interstitial lung disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory infection

Cystic fibrosis

Sleep disordered breathing

Paediatric lung disease

Tuberculosis

Sarcoidosis

Case report

PostScript

Miscellanea

Images in Thorax

Notice

Issue Information