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Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (8 July, 2014) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Editorials

Exacerbations in non-COPD patients: recognition? (1 May, 2014)
Gavin C Donaldson
Airborne dissemination of transmissible bacterial species in cystic fibrosis (4 June, 2014)
Andrew M Jones
Humidifiers: the use of biocides and lung disease (4 June, 2014)
C A C Pickering

Critical care

Original article: A cluster of lung injury associated with home humidifier use: clinical, radiological and pathological description of a new syndrome (28 January, 2014)
Sang-Bum Hong, Hwa Jung Kim, Jin Won Huh, Kyung-Hyun Do, Se Jin Jang, Joon Seon Song, Seong-Jin Choi, Yongju Heo, Yong-Bum Kim, Chae-Man Lim, Eun Jin Chae, Hanyi Lee, Miran Jung, Kyuhong Lee, Moo-Song Lee, Younsuck Koh, Korean Unknown Severe Respiratory Failure Collaborative, the Korean Study Group of Respiratory Failure

Respiratory epidemiology

Original article: A cluster of lung injury cases associated with home humidifier use: an epidemiological investigation (31 January, 2014)
Hwa Jung Kim, Moo-Song Lee, Sang-Bum Hong, Jin Won Huh, Kyung-Hyun Do, Se Jin Jang, Chae-Man Lim, Eun Jin Chae, Hanyi Lee, Miran Jung, Young-Joon Park, Ji-Hyuk Park, Geun-Yong Kwon, Jin Gwack, Seung-Ki Youn, Jun-Wook Kwon, Byung-Guk Yang, Byung-Yool Jun, Yangho Kim, Hae-Kwan Cheong, Byung Chul Chun, Heon Kim, Kyuhong Lee, Younsuck Koh
Original article: Exacerbation-like respiratory symptoms in individuals without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from a population-based study (4 April, 2014)
W C Tan, J Bourbeau, P Hernandez, K R Chapman, R Cowie, J M FitzGerald, D D Marciniuk, F Maltais, A S Buist, D E O'Donnell, D D Sin, S D Aaron, for the CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Coronary artery calcification is increased in patients with COPD and associated with increased morbidity and mortality (28 January, 2014)
Michelle C Williams, John T Murchison, Lisa D Edwards, Alvar Agustí, Per Bakke, Peter M A Calverley, Bartolome Celli, Harvey O Coxson, Courtney Crim, David A Lomas, Bruce E Miller, Steve Rennard, Edwin K Silverman, Ruth Tal-Singer, Jørgen Vestbo, Emiel Wouters, Julie C Yates, Edwin J R van Beek, David E Newby, William MacNee, for the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) investigators
Original article: Structure–function relationship in COPD revisited: an in vivo microscopy view (29 January, 2014)
Borja G Cosío, Hanaa Shafiek, Federico Fiorentino, Cristina Gómez, Meritxell López, Angel Rios, Ana Kersul, Bernardo Togores, Joan Palmer, Jaume Sauleda, Alvar Agustí
Original article: Determinants and outcomes of physical activity in patients with COPD: a systematic review (20 February, 2014)
Elena Gimeno-Santos, Anja Frei, Claudia Steurer-Stey, Jordi de Batlle, Roberto A Rabinovich, Yogini Raste, Nicholas S Hopkinson, Michael I Polkey, Hans van Remoortel, Thierry Troosters, Karoly Kulich, Niklas Karlsson, Milo A Puhan, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, on behalf of PROactive consortium

Cystic fibrosis

Original article:
Viability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cough aerosols generated by persons with cystic fibrosis
(17 April, 2014)
Luke D Knibbs, Graham R Johnson, Timothy J Kidd, Joyce Cheney, Keith Grimwood, Jacqueline A Kattenbelt, Peter K O'Rourke, Kay A Ramsay, Peter D Sly, Claire E Wainwright, Michelle E Wood, Lidia Morawska, Scott C Bell

Respiratory physiology

Original article: Pulmonary function, CT and echocardiographic abnormalities in sickle cell disease (28 March, 2014)
Alan Lunt, Sujal R Desai, Athol U Wells, David M Hansell, Sitali Mushemi, Narbeh Melikian, Ajay M Shah, Swee Lay Thein, Anne Greenough
Original article: Observational study of the effect of obesity on lung volumes (15 April, 2014)
Joerg Steier, Alan Lunt, Nicholas Hart, Michael I Polkey, John Moxham

Review

Epithelial–mesenchymal transition in lung development and disease: does it exist and is it important? (12 December, 2013)
Domokos Bartis, Nikica Mise, Rahul Y Mahida, Oliver Eickelberg, David R Thickett

Research letter

Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH): a new UK register (30 January, 2014)
Rebecca H Mason, Noeleen M Foley, Howard M Branley, Huzaifa I Adamali, Martin Hetzel, Toby M Maher, Jay Suntharalingam

PostScript

Correspondence: Importance of epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in COPD and asthma (19 May, 2014)
Sukhwinder Singh Sohal, Chris Ward, Eugene Haydn Walters
Correspondence: Authors’ response: Epithelial-mesenchymal Transition (EMT) is a common molecular programme in epithelial cells which can be triggered by injury (28 May, 2014)
Domokos Bartis, David R Thickett
Correspondence: Vitamin D and lung function (31 January, 2014)
R P Young, R J Hopkins
Correspondence: Authors’ response to Young and Hopkins: vitamin D and lung function (7 February, 2014)
Shoaib Afzal, Peter Lange, Stig E Bojesen, Jacob J Freiberg, Børge G Nordestgaard
Correspondence: Trainee concerns regarding the Specialty Certificate Examination: results of a British Thoracic Society national survey: MRCP (UK) response (21 February, 2014)
John Mucklow, Andrew Elder, Louise Wheaton, Jim MacFarlane, Adam Hill
Correspondence: Rhinovirus-induced interferon production in asthma (2 April, 2014)
Simonetta Baraldo, Marina Saetta, Angelo Barbato, Marco Contoli, Alberto Papi

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: The ‘anatomic shunt test’ in clinical practice; contemporary description of test and in-service evaluation (14 October, 2013)
Damien K Y Ming, Mehul S Patel, Nicholas S Hopkinson, Simon Ward, Michael I Polkey

Basic science for the chest physician

Basic science for the chest physician: It's a MALDI but it's a goodie: MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for microbial identification (29 April, 2014)
Paul Randell

Case based discussions

Case based discussions: Case-based discussion from the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust: a painful paradox (28 February, 2014)
Charles Sharp, Manish Powari, Ravik Mascarenhas, Alexander Spiers, Peter O Froeschle, Bipen D Patel, David A Silver, Toby M Maher, Michael A Gibbons

Opinion

Opinion: Don't let radiation scare trump patient care: 10 ways you can harm your patients by fear of radiation-induced cancer from diagnostic imaging (24 April, 2014)
Alan S Brody, R Paul Guillerman

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: Extrathoracic proof of intrathoracic trouble (29 July, 2013)
C Dickhoff, K J Hartemink, D J Slebos, P Symersky, A Vonk-Noordegraaf

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot that the other lot got (8 July, 2014)
Kathryn Prior

Miscellanea

Journal club: Dupilumab in persistent asthma with elevated eosinophil levels (18 September, 2013)
Ruksha Bhadresha
Journal club: Use of glucocorticoids and risk of venous thromboembolism (18 September, 2013)
Eva Wikström Jonsson
Journal club: Biomarkers for predicting COPD exacerbations (7 September, 2013)
Ruth Pais

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August 2014 - Volume 69 - 8

Airwaves

Editorials

Critical care

Respiratory epidemiology

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Respiratory physiology

Review

Research letter

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Basic science for the chest physician

Case based discussions

Opinion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

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Table of contents

August 2014 - Volume 69 - 8

Airwaves

Editorials

Critical care

Respiratory epidemiology

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Respiratory physiology

Review

Research letter

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Basic science for the chest physician

Case based discussions

Opinion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

Issue Information