Thorax: 70 (1)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (15 December, 2014) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Editorials

Dysregulated fibulin-5 expression and elastogenesis in COPD lungs: pyromaniac or fire fighter? (15 December, 2014) Free
Guy Brusselle
Traffic-related air pollution: an avoidable exposure to improve respiratory health (15 December, 2014) Free
Peter D Sly
Biomarkers to exclude the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (15 December, 2014) Free
Michael A Matthay
Not all wheeze is asthma: time for patients to exercise their rights (15 December, 2014) Free
J H Hull
Endotyping idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis should improve outcomes for all patients with progressive fibrotic lung disease (15 December, 2014) Free
Gisli Jenkins
Thorax: the lean and slippered Pantaloon years (15 December, 2014) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Bronchiectasis

Original article: Quality of Life Questionnaire-Bronchiectasis: final psychometric analyses and determination of minimal important difference scores (15 December, 2014) Free
Alexandra L Quittner, Anne E O'Donnell, Matthias A Salathe, Sandra A Lewis, Xiaoming Li, A Bruce Montgomery, Thomas G O'Riordan, Alan F Barker

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: A large lung gene expression study identifying fibulin-5 as a novel player in tissue repair in COPD (15 December, 2014) Free
Corry-Anke Brandsma, Maarten van den Berge, Dirkje S Postma, Marnix R Jonker, Sharon Brouwer, Peter D Paré, Don D Sin, Yohan Bossé, Michel Laviolette, Juha Karjalainen, Rudolf S N Fehrmann, David C Nickle, Ke Hao, Anita I R Spanjer, Wim Timens, Lude Franke
Original article: Statin use and exacerbations in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (15 December, 2014) Free
Truls S Ingebrigtsen, Jacob L Marott, Børge G Nordestgaard, Peter Lange, Jesper Hallas, Jørgen Vestbo

Critical care

Original article: Diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary host inflammatory mediators in the exclusion of ventilator-acquired pneumonia (15 December, 2014)
Thomas P Hellyer, Andrew Conway Morris, Daniel F McAuley, Timothy S Walsh, Niall H Anderson, Suveer Singh, Paul Dark, Alistair I Roy, Simon V Baudouin, Stephen E Wright, Gavin D Perkins, Kallirroi Kefala, Melinda Jeffels, Ronan McMullan, Cecilia M O'Kane, Craig Spencer, Shondipon Laha, Nicole Robin, Savita Gossain, Kate Gould, Marie-Hélène Ruchaud-Sparagano, Jonathan Scott, Emma M Browne, James G MacFarlane, Sarah Wiscombe, John D Widdrington, Ian Dimmick, Ian F Laurenson, Frans Nauwelaers, A John Simpson

Interstitial lung disease

Original article: Heterogeneous gene expression signatures correspond to distinct lung pathologies and biomarkers of disease severity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (15 December, 2014) Free
Daryle J DePianto, Sanjay Chandriani, Alexander R Abbas, Guiquan Jia, Elsa N N'Diaye, Patrick Caplazi, Steven E Kauder, Sabyasachi Biswas, Satyajit K Karnik, Connie Ha, Zora Modrusan, Michael A Matthay, Jasleen Kukreja, Harold R Collard, Jackson G Egen, Paul J Wolters, Joseph R Arron

Respiratory epidemiology

Original article: Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction in a general adolescent population (15 December, 2014) Free
Henrik Johansson, Katarina Norlander, Lars Berglund, Christer Janson, Andrei Malinovschi, Lennart Nordvall, Leif Nordang, Margareta Emtner
Original article: Intrauterine and early postnatal exposure to outdoor air pollution and lung function at preschool age (15 December, 2014) Free
Eva Morales, Raquel Garcia-Esteban, Oscar Asensio de la Cruz, Mikel Basterrechea, Aitana Lertxundi, Maria D Martinez López de Dicastillo, Carlos Zabaleta, Jordi Sunyer

Review

Respiratory microbiota: addressing clinical questions, informing clinical practice (15 December, 2014)
Geraint B Rogers, Dominick Shaw, Robyn L Marsh, Mary P Carroll, David J Serisier, Kenneth D Bruce

Research letters

Decreased glutathione and low catalase activity contribute to oxidative stress in children with α-1 antitrypsin deficiency (15 December, 2014) Free
Amparo Escribano, Mónica Amor, Sara Pastor, Silvia Castillo, Francisco Sanz, Pilar Codoñer-Franch, Francisco Dasí
Intrapulmonary vascular shunt pathways in alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (15 December, 2014) Free
Csaba Galambos, Sunder Sims-Lucas, Noorjahan Ali, Jason Gien, Megan K Dishop, Steven H Abman

PostScript

Correspondence: The 6-min walk test in patients with COPD: walk this way! (15 December, 2014) Free
Sally J Singh, Martijn A Spruit, Thierry Troosters, Anne E Holland
Correspondence: Authors’ response: what determines which 6MWT is conventional? (15 December, 2014) Free
Emmylou Beekman, Ilse Mesters, Rik Gosselink, Onno C P van Schayck, Rob A de Bie

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: Which intravenous bronchodilators are being administered to children presenting with acute severe wheeze in the UK and Ireland? (15 December, 2014) Free
I Morris, M D Lyttle, R O'Sullivan, N Sargant, I J M Doull, C V E Powell

Pulmonary puzzles

Pulmonary puzzles: A rapid change in a patient's chest radiograph appearances (15 December, 2014) Free
Joseph Hutton, Claire McBrien, Zafeiris Sardelis, Garrett McGann

Case based discussions

Case based discussions: Lesson of the month: rowing-induced laryngeal obstruction: a novel cause of exertional dyspnoea: characterised by direct laryngoscopy (15 December, 2014) Free
B Panchasara, C Nelson, R Niven, S Ward, J H Hull
Case based discussion: An adolescent with persistent cough, abdominal pain and refusal to walk from Salesi Children's Hospital (15 December, 2014) Free
Silvia Angeloni, Ines Carloni, Patrizia Osimani, Lucia Amici, Cecilia Lanza, Fernando Maria de Benedictis

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: A deadly web (15 December, 2014) Free
Alexandra M Nanzer, Simon Jordan, Simon Padley, Mark Griffiths, Matthew Hind

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot that the other lot got (15 December, 2014) Free
Candy Lee

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January 2015 - Volume 70 - 1

Airwaves

Editorials

Bronchiectasis

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Critical care

Interstitial lung disease

Respiratory epidemiology

Review

Research letters

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Pulmonary puzzles

Case based discussions

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Issue Information

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Table of contents

January 2015 - Volume 70 - 1

Airwaves

Editorials

Bronchiectasis

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Critical care

Interstitial lung disease

Respiratory epidemiology

Review

Research letters

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Pulmonary puzzles

Case based discussions

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Issue Information