Thorax: 65 (2)

Airwaves

Airwaves (10 February, 2010) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Editorial

Prospective randomised study to compare empirical treatment versus targeted treatment on the basis of the urine antigen results in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia (10 February, 2010)
L Mandell
Stable breathing through deeper sleeping (10 February, 2010)
Julian Saboisky, Danny Eckert, Atul Malhotra
Skeletal muscle dysfunction: a ubiquitous outcome in chronic disease? (10 February, 2010)
James Nathan, Jonathan Fuld
Acetaminophen and Asthma (10 February, 2010)
Victoria W Persky

Respiratory infection

Prospective, randomised study to compare empirical treatment versus targeted treatment on the basis of the urine antigen results in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia (23 August, 2009)
M Falguera, A Ruiz-González, J A Schoenenberger, C Touzón, I Gázquez, C Galindo, J M Porcel

Lung alert

Seasonal predictive factors of acute respiratory tract infections in children (10 February, 2010)
Shelley A Srivastava

Sleep disordered breathing

Upper airway function and arousability to ventilatory challenge in slow wave versus stage 2 sleep in obstructive sleep apnoea (22 October, 2009)
Rajeev Ratnavadivel, Daniel Stadler, Samantha Windler, Jana Bradley, Denzil Paul, R Douglas McEvoy, Peter G Catcheside

Pulmonary vasculature

Peripheral muscle dysfunction in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (30 August, 2009) Free
Vincent Mainguy, François Maltais, Didier Saey, Philippe Gagnon, Simon Martel, Mathieu Simon, Steeve Provencher

Asthma

Prenatal acetaminophen exposure and risk of wheeze at age 5 years in an urban low-income cohort (22 October, 2009)
Matthew S Perzanowski, Rachel L Miller, Deliang Tang, David Ali, Robin S Garfinkel, Ginger L Chew, Inge F Goldstein, Frederica P Perera, R Graham Barr
Positionally cloned genes and age-specific effects in asthma and atopy: an international population-based cohort study (ECRHS) (8 December, 2009)
F Castro-Giner, R de Cid, J R Gonzalez, D Jarvis, J Heinrich, C Janson, E R Omenaas, M C Matheson, I Pin, J M Antó, M Wjst, X Estivill, M Kogevinas
Association between leukotriene receptor antagonist therapy and Churg-Strauss syndrome: an analysis of the FDA AERS database (10 February, 2010)
S Bibby, B Healy, R Steele, K Kumareswaran, H Nelson, R Beasley

Pulmonary puzzle

A 69-year-old smoker with mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy (10 February, 2010)
Y H Khor, D P Steinfort, M R Buchanan, D Gunawardana, P Antippa, L B Irving

Asthma

Role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in asthma risk and lung function growth during adolescence (8 December, 2009)
Talat Islam, Carrie Breton, Muhammad T Salam, Rob McConnell, Made Wenten, W James Gauderman, David Conti, David Van Den Berg, John M Peters, Frank D Gilliland
Birth weight and risk of asthma in 3–9-year-old twins: exploring the fetal origins hypothesis (8 December, 2009)
Karin Kindlund, Simon Francis Thomsen, Lone Graff Stensballe, Axel Skytthe, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Vibeke Backer, Hans Bisgaard

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Longitudinal change of prebronchodilator spirometric obstruction and health outcomes: results from the SAPALDIA cohort (8 December, 2009)
N M Probst-Hensch, I Curjuric, B Pierre-Olivier, U Ackermann-Liebrich, R W Bettschart, O Brändli, M Brutsche, L Burdet, M W Gerbase, B Knöpfli, N Künzli, M G Pons, C Schindler, J-M Tschopp, T Rochat, E W Russi
Interval versus continuous training in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease- a systematic review (8 December, 2009)
Marla K Beauchamp, Mika Nonoyama, Roger S Goldstein, Kylie Hill, Thomas E Dolmage, Sunita Mathur, Dina Brooks

Paediatrics

The EPICure study: maximal exercise and physical activity in school children born extremely preterm (8 December, 2009)
Liam Welsh, Jane Kirkby, Sooky Lum, Dolf Odendaal, Neil Marlow, Graham Derrick, Janet Stocks

Lung alert

Positive correlation between swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infection and severe respiratory disease (10 February, 2010)
N Kakkar

Interstitial lung disease

The 6 minute walk in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: longitudinal changes and minimum important difference (8 December, 2009)
Jeffrey J Swigris, Frederick S Wamboldt, Juergen Behr, Roland M du Bois, Talmadge E King, Ganesh Raghu, Kevin K Brown

Tuberculosis

Cost-effectiveness of the NICE guidelines for screening for latent tuberculosis infection: the QuantiFERON-TB Gold IGRA alone is more cost-effective for immigrants from high burden countries (8 December, 2009)
A B Hardy, R Varma, T Collyns, S J Moffitt, C Mullarkey, J P Watson

Review article

Upper airway.4: Sarcoidosis of the upper respiratory tract (SURT) (10 February, 2010)
Robert P Baughman, Elyse E Lower, Thomas Tami

Lung alert

Interferon gamma-1b does not improve survival for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (10 February, 2010)
Alex Mackay

Pulmonary puzzle

Pulmonary puzzle (10 February, 2010)

Images in Thorax

Acute chest pain caused by pericardial fat necrosis (10 February, 2010)
D A F van den Heuvel, H W van Es, G A Cirkel, W J W Bos

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February 2010 - Volume 65 - 2

Airwaves

Editorial

Respiratory infection

Lung alert

Sleep disordered breathing

Pulmonary vasculature

Asthma

Pulmonary puzzle

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Paediatrics

Lung alert

Interstitial lung disease

Tuberculosis

Review article

Lung alert

Pulmonary puzzle

Images in Thorax

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Table of contents

February 2010 - Volume 65 - 2

Airwaves

Editorial

Respiratory infection

Lung alert

Sleep disordered breathing

Pulmonary vasculature

Asthma

Pulmonary puzzle

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Paediatrics

Lung alert

Interstitial lung disease

Tuberculosis

Review article

Lung alert

Pulmonary puzzle

Images in Thorax

Issue Information