Thorax: 69 (3)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (10 February, 2014) Free

Editorials

Coagulation disorders and the IPF puzzle (16 September, 2013)
David B Coultas
Idiopathic or connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: a case of HRCT mimicry (6 January, 2014)
Kevin R Flaherty, Dinesh Khanna

Interstitial lung disease

Original article: Presence of a prothrombotic state in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a population-based case–control study (3 September, 2013) Free
Vidya Navaratnam, Andrew W Fogarty, Tricia McKeever, Norma Thompson, Gisli Jenkins, Simon R Johnson, Gerard Dolan, Maruti Kumaran, Kate Pointon, Richard B Hubbard
Original article: Connective tissue disease related fibrotic lung disease: high resolution computed tomographic and pulmonary function indices as prognostic determinants (14 October, 2013)
Simon L F Walsh, Nicola Sverzellati, Anand Devaraj, Gregory J Keir, Athol U Wells, David M Hansell

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Increased ectodomain shedding of lung epithelial cell adhesion molecule 1 as a cause of increased alveolar cell apoptosis in emphysema (2 October, 2013)
Takahiro Mimae, Man Hagiyama, Takao Inoue, Azusa Yoneshige, Takashi Kato, Morihito Okada, Yoshinori Murakami, Akihiko Ito

Respiratory epidemiology

Original article: Hygiene, atopy and wheeze–eczema–rhinitis symptoms in schoolchildren from urban and rural Ecuador (8 October, 2013)
Philip J Cooper, Maritza Vaca, Alejandro Rodriguez, Martha E Chico, Darci N Santos, Laura C Rodrigues, Mauricio L Barreto

Asthma

Original article: Rhinovirus-induced interferon production is not deficient in well controlled asthma (14 October, 2013)
Annemarie Sykes, Jonathan Macintyre, Michael R Edwards, Ajerico del Rosario, Jennifer Haas, Vera Gielen, Onn Min Kon, Mark McHale, Sebastian L Johnston

Cystic fibrosis

Original article: Incidence and clinical impact of respiratory viruses in adults with cystic fibrosis (14 October, 2013)
William G Flight, Rowland J Bright-Thomas, Peter Tilston, Kenneth J Mutton, Malcolm Guiver, Julie Morris, A Kevin Webb, Andrew M Jones
Original article: Does extensive genotyping and nasal potential difference testing clarify the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis among patients with single-organ manifestations of cystic fibrosis? (21 October, 2013)
Chee Y Ooi, Annie Dupuis, Lynda Ellis, Keith Jarvi, Sheelagh Martin, Peter N Ray, Leslie Steele, Paul Kortan, Tanja Gonska, Ruslan Dorfman, Melinda Solomon, Julian Zielenski, Mary Corey, Elizabeth Tullis, Peter Durie

Lung cancer

Original article: EBUS-centred versus EUS-centred mediastinal staging in lung cancer: a randomised controlled trial (30 October, 2013)
Hyo Jae Kang, Bin Hwangbo, Geon-Kook Lee, Byung-Ho Nam, Hyun-Sung Lee, Moon Soo Kim, Jong Mog Lee, Jae Ill Zo, Hee Seok Lee, Ji-Youn Han
Original article: Survival of patients with small cell lung cancer undergoing lung resection in England, 1998–2009 (30 October, 2013)
Margreet Lüchtenborg, Sharma P Riaz, Eric Lim, Richard Page, David R Baldwin, Erik Jakobsen, Peter Vedsted, Mike Lind, Michael D Peake, Anders Mellemgaard, James Spicer, Loic Lang-Lazdunski, Henrik Møller

Sleep

Original article: Modafinil improves daytime sleepiness in patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea not using standard treatments: a randomised placebo-controlled crossover trial (28 November, 2013)
Julia L Chapman, Liora Kempler, Catherina L Chang, Shaun C Williams, Sheila Sivam, Keith K H Wong, Brendon J Yee, Ronald R Grunstein, Nathaniel S Marshall

Review

Current status of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with endobronchial valves (5 September, 2013)
Pallav L Shah, Felix J F Herth

Research letter

Cyclical caspofungin for chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in sarcoidosis (12 September, 2013)
Gregory J Keir, Benjamin Garfield, David M Hansell, Michael R Loebinger, Robert Wilson, Elisabetta A Renzoni, Athol U Wells, Toby M Maher

PostScript

Correspondence: Determining collateral ventilation during bronchoscopy: unanswered questions (16 December, 2013)
Wolfgang Gesierich, Konstantinos Samitas, Juergen Behr
Correspondence: Dynamic expiratory airway collapse and evaluation of collateral ventilation with Chartis (19 December, 2013)
Pallav L Shah, Felix J F Herth
Correspondence: A tale of two letters (23 January, 2014)
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: National BTS bronchiectasis audit 2012: is the quality standard being adhered to in adult secondary care? (22 July, 2013)
Adam T Hill, Chris Routh, Sally Welham

Basic science for the chest physician

Basic science for the chest physician: Interpretation of genetic variants (16 December, 2013)
Patrick R Sosnay, Garry R Cutting

Pulmonary puzzles

Pulmonary puzzles: Connect the dots: a rare case of spontaneous haemopneumothorax (25 October, 2013)
Natalie K Kozij, John Thenganatt

Case based discussions

Case based discussions: Practical phenotyping of difficult asthma (31 May, 2013)
Angela Thomas, Ruth H Green, Robert M Niven, Shiron Saha, Ian Hall, Liam G Heaney, Ian Sabroe

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis with lung involvement and malignant transformation (24 May, 2013)
En-Li Shiau, Ming-Feng Li, Jung-Hsiu Hsu, Ming-Ting Wu

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot that the other lot got (10 February, 2014)
Simon Rolin

Miscellanea

Journal club: Short-term use of clarithromycin in lower respiratory tract infections may increase long-term risk of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity (6 July, 2013)
Haider Al-Najjar
Journal club: A novel mechanism for MET and EGFR axis regulation in non-small cell lung cancer involving microRNA-27a and Sprouty2 (6 July, 2013)
Omair Shariq

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March 2014 - Volume 69 - 3

Airwaves

Editorials

Interstitial lung disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory epidemiology

Asthma

Cystic fibrosis

Lung cancer

Sleep

Review

Research letter

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

Corrections

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Table of contents

March 2014 - Volume 69 - 3

Airwaves

Editorials

Interstitial lung disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory epidemiology

Asthma

Cystic fibrosis

Lung cancer

Sleep

Review

Research letter

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

Corrections

Issue Information