Thorax: 65 (12)

Airwaves

Airwaves (18 November, 2010) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Editorials

Assessing airway inflammation (11 October, 2010)
D Robin Taylor, Douglas C Cowan
Respiratory syncytial virus and asthma: still no final answer (26 October, 2010)
Renato T Stein, Fernando D Martinez
Can telemedicine improve CPAP adherence? (26 October, 2010)
Mila Kwiatkowska, Najib Ayas
BCG vaccination: 90 years on and still so much to learn … (21 October, 2010)
Ajit Lalvani, Saranya Sridhar

Asthma

Original article: Exhaled nitric oxide thresholds associated with a sputum eosinophil count ≥3% in a cohort of unselected patients with asthma (29 July, 2010) Free
Florence N Schleich, Laurence Seidel, Jocelyne Sele, Maite Manise, Valerie Quaedvlieg, Alain Michils, Renaud Louis
Original article: Asthma and allergy patterns over 18 years after severe RSV bronchiolitis in the first year of life (27 June, 2010)
Nele Sigurs, Fatma Aljassim, Bengt Kjellman, Paul D Robinson, Fridrik Sigurbergsson, Ragnar Bjarnason, Per M Gustafsson
Original article: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine-induced regulatory T cells suppress the development of allergic airways disease (21 October, 2010)
Alison N Thorburn, Brendan J O'Sullivan, Ranjeny Thomas, Rakesh K Kumar, Paul S Foster, Peter G Gibson, Philip M Hansbro

Sleep-disordered breathing

Original article: A telemedicine intervention to improve adherence to continuous positive airway pressure: a randomised controlled trial (29 September, 2010)
David Sparrow, Mark Aloia, Deborah A DeMolles, Daniel J Gottlieb

Tuberculosis

Original article: Protective effect of BCG vaccination in a nursery outbreak in 2009: time to reconsider the vaccination threshold? (28 October, 2010)
J Eriksen, J Y Chow, V Mellis, B Whipp, S Walters, E Abrahamson, I Abubakar
Original article: BCG vaccination status may predict sputum conversion in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a new consideration for an old vaccine? (1 October, 2010)
Kidola Jeremiah, George PrayGod, Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Nyagosya Range, Aase B Andersen, Harleen M S Grewal, Henrik Friis

Acute lung injury

Original article: Adrenomedullin attenuates ventilator-induced lung injury in mice (22 October, 2010)
Holger Christian Müller, Martin Witzenrath, Thomas Tschernig, Birgitt Gutbier, Stefan Hippenstiel, Ansgar Santel, Norbert Suttorp, Simone Rosseau

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: QVA149 demonstrates superior bronchodilation compared with indacaterol or placebo in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (26 October, 2010)
Jan A van Noord, Roland Buhl, Craig LaForce, Carmen Martin, Francis Jones, Michael Dolker, Tim Overend

Lung cancer

Original article: Prognostic impact of intratumoral vascular invasion in non-small cell lung cancer patients (22 October, 2010)
Ryo Maeda, Junji Yoshida, Genichiro Ishii, Tomoyuki Hishida, Mitsuyo Nishimura, Kanji Nagai

Paediatric lung disease

Original article: Patterns of fetal and infant growth are related to atopy and wheezing disorders at age 3 years (18 October, 2010)
Katharine C Pike, Sarah R Crozier, Jane S A Lucas, Hazel M Inskip, Sian Robinson, The Southampton Women's Survey Study Group, Graham Roberts, Keith M Godfrey

Chronic cough

Original article: Long-term low-dose erythromycin in patients with unexplained chronic cough: a double-blind placebo controlled trial (21 October, 2010)
Nadia Yousaf, William Monteiro, Debbie Parker, Sergio Matos, Surinder Birring, Ian D Pavord

Review

Transepithelial exit of leucocytes: inflicting, reflecting or resolving airway inflammation? (4 August, 2010)
Carl Persson, Lena Uller

PostScript

Letter: Interleukin-5 inhibits glucocorticoid-mediated apoptosis in human eosinophils (30 August, 2010)
Sven Brode, Neda Farahi, Andrew S Cowburn, Jatinder K Juss, Alison M Condliffe, Edwin R Chilvers
Letter: Vigilance is also required for pulmonary tuberculosis in UK-born subjects (1 October, 2010)
Oscar M P Jolobe
Letter: Authors' reply (1 October, 2010)
Ibrahim Abubakar, Michelle E Kruijshaar
Correction (29 July, 2005) Free

Miscellanea

Lung alert: Utility of serum and sputum calprotectin as a biomarker for CF exacerbation (21 October, 2010)
Irfan Shafiq
Pulmonary puzzle: Eosinophilia, meningitis and pulmonary nodules in a young woman (1 October, 2010)
Paul E Pfeffer, Arjune Sen, Satya Das, Michael Sheaff, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, David E Simcock, Benjamin Turner
Lung alert: Step-up treatment for children with uncontrolled asthma (29 October, 2010)
Claire Chambers

Images in Thorax

Tracheo-bronchial involvement in Sweet syndrome (6 September, 2010)
Kazuya Tanimura, Hideo Kita, Yoshihiro Kanemitsu, Yoshinori Fuseya, Yuko Katayama

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December 2010 - Volume 65 - 12

Airwaves

Editorials

Asthma

Sleep-disordered breathing

Tuberculosis

Acute lung injury

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Lung cancer

Paediatric lung disease

Chronic cough

Review

PostScript

Miscellanea

Images in Thorax

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Table of contents

December 2010 - Volume 65 - 12

Airwaves

Editorials

Asthma

Sleep-disordered breathing

Tuberculosis

Acute lung injury

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Lung cancer

Paediatric lung disease

Chronic cough

Review

PostScript

Miscellanea

Images in Thorax

Issue Information