Thorax: 70 (5)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (13 April, 2015) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Editorials

Reclaiming the name ‘bronchiectasis’ (19 March, 2015) Free
James D Chalmers, J Stuart Elborn
Are the antimicrobial properties of macrolides required for their therapeutic efficacy in chronic neutrophilic airway diseases? (13 April, 2015) Free
Guy G Brusselle
Ring in the new (13 April, 2015) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Biomarkers of disease

Original article: Lactate on emergency department arrival as a predictor of mortality and site-of-care in pneumonia patients: a cohort study (23 February, 2015) Free
Yun-Xia Chen, Chun-Sheng Li

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Targeted lung denervation for moderate to severe COPD: a pilot study (4 March, 2015)
Dirk-Jan Slebos, Karin Klooster, Coenraad F N Koegelenberg, Johan Theron, Dorothy Styen, Arschang Valipour, Martin Mayse, Chris T Bolliger
Original article: One-year change in health status and subsequent outcomes in COPD (17 March, 2015) Free
Sarah Wilke, Paul W Jones, H Müllerova, Jørgen Vestbo, Ruth Tal-Singer, Frits ME Franssen, Alvar Agusti, Per Bakke, Peter M Calverley, Harvey O Coxson, Courtney Crim, Lisa D Edwards, David A Lomas, William MacNee, Stephen I Rennard, Julie C Yates, Emiel FM Wouters, Martijn A Spruit

Critical care

Original article: A role for whey acidic protein four-disulfide-core 12 (WFDC12) in the regulation of the inflammatory response in the lung (13 March, 2015) Free
Arlene M A Glasgow, Donna M Small, Aaron Scott, Denise T McLean, Nicolas Camper, Umar Hamid, Shauna Hegarty, Dhruv Parekh, Cecilia O'Kane, Fionnuala T Lundy, Paul McNally, J Stuart Elborn, Danny F McAuley, Sinéad Weldon, Clifford C Taggart

Environmental exposure

Original article: Does household use of biomass fuel cause lung cancer? A systematic review and evaluation of the evidence for the GBD 2010 study (10 March, 2015) Free
Nigel Bruce, Mukesh Dherani, Rui Liu, H Dean Hosgood, Amir Sapkota, Kirk R Smith, Kurt Straif, Qing Lan, Daniel Pope

Lung transplantation

Original article: A randomised controlled trial of azithromycin therapy in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) post lung transplantation (24 February, 2015)
Paul A Corris, Victoria A Ryan, Therese Small, James Lordan, Andrew J Fisher, Gerard Meachery, Gail Johnson, Chris Ward

Respiratory research

Double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of bolus-dose vitamin D₃ supplementation in adults with asthma (ViDiAs)
(27 February, 2015) Free
Adrian R Martineau, Beverley D MacLaughlin, Richard L Hooper, Neil C Barnes, David A Jolliffe, Claire L Greiller, Kate Kilpin, David McLaughlin, Gareth Fletcher, Charles A Mein, Mimoza Hoti, Robert Walton, Jonathan Grigg, Peter M Timms, Raj K Rajakulasingam, Angshu Bhowmik, Marion Rowe, Timothy R Venton, Aklak B Choudhury, David E Simcock, Zia Sadique, William R Monteiro, Christopher J Corrigan, Catherine M Hawrylowicz, Christopher J Griffiths
Original article: Macrolide therapy suppresses key features of experimental steroid-sensitive and steroid-insensitive asthma (6 March, 2015) Free
Ama-Tawiah Essilfie, Jay C Horvat, Richard Y Kim, Jemma R Mayall, James W Pinkerton, Emma L Beckett, Malcolm R Starkey, Jodie L Simpson, Paul S Foster, Peter G Gibson, Philip M Hansbro

Thoracic surgery

Original article: Long-term follow-up after first-line bronchoscopic therapy in patients with bronchial carcinoids (16 March, 2015) Free
Hes A P Brokx, Marinus A Paul, Pieter E Postmus, Thomas G Sutedja

Reviews

Research in progress—electronic patient records: a new era (10 December, 2014) Free
D Peckham, P Whitaker, H White
Translating the transcriptome into tools for the early detection and prevention of lung cancer (27 January, 2015) Free
Yaron B Gesthalter, Jessica Vick, Katrina Steiling, Avrum Spira
Accelerated ageing of the lung in COPD: new concepts (4 March, 2015) Free
Nicolas Mercado, Kazuhiro Ito, Peter J Barnes

Postscript

Response to: ‘On the TIDES study’, by Quittner et al
(28 January, 2015) Free
Mandy Bryon, A Kevin Webb
Correspondence: Letter to the editor: authors’ response (30 January, 2015) Free
Alexandra L Quittner, Dave Barker, Lutz Goldbeck, Alistair Duff, Janice Abbott

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: Oxygen for relief of dyspnoea in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who would not qualify for home oxygen: a systematic review and meta-analysis (3 December, 2014) Free
Hope E Uronis, Magnus P Ekström, David C Currow, Douglas C McCrory, Gregory P Samsa, Amy P Abernethy
Audit, research and guideline update: Variability in clinicians’ opinions regarding fitness to drive in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) (19 November, 2014) Free
A Dwarakanath, M Twiddy, D Ghosh, S L Jamson, P D Baxter, M W Elliott,
Audit, research and guideline update: Prevalence of smoking among patients treated in NHS hospitals in England in 2010/2011: a national audit (10 November, 2014) Free
L Szatkowski, R Murray, R Hubbard, S Agrawal, Y Huang, J Britton

Basic science for the chest physician

Basic science for the chest physician: Non-coding RNA as lung disease biomarkers (30 December, 2014) Free
Sebastian F Vencken, Catherine M Greene, Paul J McKiernan

Case based discussion

Case based discussion: A 63-year-old man with a recurrent right-sided pleural effusion (8 January, 2015) Free
John P Corcoran, Emma L Culver, Ioannis Psallidas, Robert J Hallifax, Susan J Davies, Adrian C Bateman, Eleanor Barnes, Najib M Rahman

Opinion

Opinion: The INPULSIS enigma: exacerbations in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (9 December, 2014) Free
Samy Suissa, Pierre Ernst

Pulmonary puzzles

Pulmonary puzzles: Acute respiratory distress syndrome or pulmonary oedema? (10 March, 2015) Free
Yi-Ting Chen, Wei-Kai Wu, Yung-Hsiang Hsu

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: Dendriform pulmonary ossification visualised by scanning acoustic microscope (6 March, 2015) Free
Yutaro Nakamura, Katsutoshi Miura, Ryoji Yasumizu, Masaki Sato, Takafumi Suda

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot that the others got (13 April, 2015) Free
Janice Higginson

Miscellanea

Journal club: MesoVATS: video-assisted thoracic surgery partial pleurectomy versus talc pleurodesis (8 January, 2015) Free
M M Brown

Correction

Correction (13 April, 2015) Free

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May 2015 - Volume 70 - 5

Airwaves

Editorials

Biomarkers of disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Critical care

Environmental exposure

Lung transplantation

Respiratory research

Thoracic surgery

Reviews

Postscript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Basic science for the chest physician

Case based discussion

Opinion

Pulmonary puzzles

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

Correction

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Table of contents

May 2015 - Volume 70 - 5

Airwaves

Editorials

Biomarkers of disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Critical care

Environmental exposure

Lung transplantation

Respiratory research

Thoracic surgery

Reviews

Postscript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Basic science for the chest physician

Case based discussion

Opinion

Pulmonary puzzles

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

Correction

Issue Information