Thorax: 69 (10)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (12 September, 2014) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Editorials

Innate immunity in paediatric viral wheezers is virus specific and not interferon dependent (28 May, 2014) Free
Sejal Saglani
Setting the stage for CFTR modulator studies in infants (6 August, 2014) Free
Peter J F M Merkus
Upping the impact: to (not quite!) infinity and beyond (12 September, 2014) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

HOT off the breath

Statins as adjunct therapy in COPD: how do we cope after STATCOPE? (11 July, 2014) Free
Robert P Young, Raewyn J Hopkins, Alvar Agusti

Biomarkers of disease

Original article: Comparison of fibulin-3 and mesothelin as markers in malignant mesothelioma (18 July, 2014)
Jenette Creaney, Ian M Dick, Tarek M Meniawy, Su Lyn Leong, Justine S Leon, Yvonne Demelker, Amanda Segal, A W (Bill) Musk, Y C Gary Lee, Steven J Skates, Anna K Nowak, Bruce W S Robinson

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Sputum-to-serum hydrogen sulfide ratio in COPD (17 July, 2014) Free
Junpei Saito, Alex J Mackay, Christos Rossios, David Gibeon, Patricia Macedo, Rudy Sinharay, Pankaj K Bhavsar, Jadwiga A Wedzicha, Kian Fan Chung

Cystic fibrosis

Original article: Evolution of lung function during the first year of life in newborn screened cystic fibrosis infants (26 September, 2013)
The Thanh-Diem Nguyen, Lena P Thia, Ah-Fong Hoo, Andrew Bush, Paul Aurora, Angie Wade, Jane Chudleigh, Sooky Lum, Janet Stocks

Respiratory infection

Original article: Viral and host factors determine innate immune responses in airway epithelial cells from children with wheeze and atopy (7 May, 2014)
Kirsten M Spann, Engin Baturcam, Johanna Schagen, Carmen Jones, Claire P Straub, F Maxine Preston, Linping Chen, Simon Phipps, Peter D Sly, Emmanuelle Fantino
Original article: IL-27 controls sepsis-induced impairment of lung antibacterial host defence (29 July, 2014) Free
Ju Cao, Fang Xu, Shihui Lin, Zhixin Song, Lipin Zhang, Peng Luo, Huajian Xu, Dairong Li, Ke Zheng, Guosheng Ren, Yibing Yin

Sleep

Original article: A crossover randomised controlled trial of oral mandibular advancement devices for obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea (TOMADO) (17 July, 2014) Free
Timothy G Quinnell, Maxine Bennett, Jake Jordan, Abigail L Clutterbuck-James, Michael G Davies, Ian E Smith, Nicholas Oscroft, Marcus A Pittman, Malcolm Cameron, Rebecca Chadwick, Mary J Morrell, Matthew J Glover, Julia A Fox-Rushby, Linda D Sharples

Review

Pulmonary metastasectomy: what is the practice and where is the evidence for effectiveness? (9 January, 2014)
Tom Treasure, Mišel Milošević, Francesca Fiorentino, Fergus Macbeth

Research letters

Cardiovascular event rates in the MOSAIC trial: 2-year follow-up data (7 February, 2014) Free
C D Turnbull, S E Craig, M Kohler, D Nicoll, J Stradling
Community-based recruitment of patients with COPD into clinical research (4 March, 2014)
Simon E Brill, Ethaar El-Emir, James P Allinson, Gavin C Donaldson, Irwin Nazareth, Jadwiga A Wedzicha

PostScript

Correspondence: Efficacy of lower-limb muscle training modalities in severely dyspnoeic individuals with COPD and quadriceps muscle weakness: results from the DICES trial (9 May, 2014) Free
Emma Chaplin, Lorna Latimer
Correspondence: Efficacy of lower-limb muscle training modalities in severely dyspnoeic individuals with COPD and quadriceps muscle weakness: response from the authors (13 June, 2014) Free
Maurice J H Sillen, Frits M E Franssen, Jeannet M L Delbressine, Anouk W Vaes, Emiel F M Wouters, Martijn A Spruit
Correspondence: Particulate matter: short-term but high-impact exposure at public gathering in Germany (15 May, 2014) Free
Alexander Gerber, Maja Krause, David Groneberg
Correspondence: Rebuttal: ‘Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS): does the current definition need revisiting?’ (23 May, 2014) Free
Nicholas Hart, Swapna Mandal, Ari Manuel, Babak Mokhlesi, Jean-Louis Pepin, Amanda Piper, John Stradling

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: Incidence and risk factors for drug intolerance and association with incomplete treatment for tuberculosis: analysis of national case registers for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2001–2010 (12 December, 2013)
Catherine Smith, Ibrahim Abubakar, H Lucy Thomas, Laura Anderson, Marc Lipman, Mark Reacher
Audit, research and guideline update: Indwelling pleural catheters for non-malignant effusions: a multicentre review of practice (16 December, 2013) Free
Rahul Bhatnagar, Elaine D Reid, John P Corcoran, Jessamy D Bagenal, Sandra Pope, Amelia O Clive, Natalie Zahan-Evans, Peter O Froeschle, Douglas West, Najib M Rahman, Sumit Chatterji, Pasupathy R Sivasothy, Nick A Maskell

Basic science for the chest physician

Basic science for the chest physician: Delivery of genes into the CF airway (11 July, 2014) Free
Deborah R Gill, Stephen C Hyde

Pulmonary puzzles

Pulmonary puzzles: The leak and endobronchial peek (9 July, 2014) Free
Mohammed H AlShati

Case based discussions

Case based discussions: Case-based discussion from North Tyneside General Hospital: somatostatin analogues in yellow nail syndrome associated with recurrent pleural effusions (12 June, 2014) Free
Kristian G Brooks, Carlos Echevarria, David Cooper, Stephen C Bourke

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: Calcified pulmonary chondromas in Carney's triad (18 November, 2013) Free
Helmy Haja Mydin, Keith M Kerr, Owen Dempsey

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot that the other lot got (12 September, 2014) Free
Simon Rolin

Miscellanea

Journal club: Better survival after lung cancer surgery in high-volume hospitals (30 October, 2013) Free
Ulrik Sartipy
Journal club: Overdiagnosis of pulmonary emboli by CT pulmonary angiograms (21 October, 2013) Free
Uruj Hoda

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October 2014 - Volume 69 - 10

Airwaves

Editorials

HOT off the breath

Biomarkers of disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Respiratory infection

Sleep

Review

Research letters

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Basic science for the chest physician

Pulmonary puzzles

Case based discussions

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

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Table of contents

October 2014 - Volume 69 - 10

Airwaves

Editorials

HOT off the breath

Biomarkers of disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Respiratory infection

Sleep

Review

Research letters

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Basic science for the chest physician

Pulmonary puzzles

Case based discussions

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

Issue Information