Thorax: 71 (2)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (14 January, 2016) Free
Nicholas Hart, Gisli Jenkins, Alan Smyth

Editorials

Suppression of lung growth by environmental toxins (30 December, 2015)
Jonathan Grigg
Optimising treatment of CF pulmonary exacerbation: a tough nut to crack (14 January, 2016)
Sonya L Heltshe, Christopher H Goss
Lung cancer screening: what we can learn from UKLS? (14 January, 2016)
M Ruparel, S M Janes
Untangling the protease web in COPD: metalloproteinases in the silent zone (14 January, 2016)
Simon R Johnson

HOT off the breath

Upfront combination therapy: does the AMBITION study herald a new era in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension? (23 November, 2015)
Steven D Nathan, Paul A Corris

Biomarkers of disease

Original article: Effects of CPAP therapy withdrawal on exhaled breath pattern in obstructive sleep apnoea (15 December, 2015)
Esther I Schwarz, Pablo Martinez-Lozano Sinues, Lukas Bregy, Thomas Gaisl, Diego Garcia Gomez, Martin T Gaugg, Yannick Suter, Nina Stebler, Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner, Konrad E Bloch, John R Stradling, Renato Zenobi, Malcolm Kohler

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Blood eosinophils and inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting β-2 agonist efficacy in COPD (19 November, 2015)
Ian D Pavord, Sally Lettis, Nicholas Locantore, Steve Pascoe, Paul W Jones, Jadwiga A Wedzicha, Neil C Barnes
Original article: Relationship between pulmonary matrix metalloproteinases and quantitative CT markers of small airways disease and emphysema in COPD (8 December, 2015)
Kristoffer Ostridge, Nicholas Williams, Viktoriya Kim, Michael Bennett, Stephen Harden, Lindsay Welch, Simon Bourne, Ngaire A Coombs, Paul T Elkington, Karl J Staples, Tom MA Wilkinson
Original article: Validation of the DECAF score to predict hospital mortality in acute exacerbations of COPD (14 January, 2016)
C Echevarria, J Steer, K Heslop-Marshall, SC Stenton, PM Hickey, R Hughes, M Wijesinghe, RN Harrison, N Steen, AJ Simpson, GJ Gibson, SC Bourke

Cystic fibrosis

Original article: A randomised trial of hypertonic saline during hospitalisation for exacerbation of cystic fibrosis (14 January, 2016) Free
Ruth L Dentice, Mark R Elkins, Peter G Middleton, Jennifer R Bishop, Peter A B Wark, Douglas J Dorahy, Christopher J Harmer, Honghua Hu, Peter T P Bye

Environmental exposure

Original article: Decreased lung function in 7-year-old children with early-life organophosphate exposure (3 December, 2015)
Rachel Raanan, John R Balmes, Kim G Harley, Robert B Gunier, Sheryl Magzamen, Asa Bradman, Brenda Eskenazi
Original article: Urbanisation but not biomass fuel smoke exposure is associated with asthma prevalence in four resource-limited settings (23 December, 2015)
Chelsea Gaviola, Catherine H Miele, Robert A Wise, Robert H Gilman, Devan Jaganath, J Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Nadia N Hansel, William Checkley

Lung cancer

Original article: UK Lung Cancer RCT Pilot Screening Trial: baseline findings from the screening arm provide evidence for the potential implementation of lung cancer screening (8 December, 2015)
J K Field, S W Duffy, D R Baldwin, D K Whynes, A Devaraj, K E Brain, T Eisen, J Gosney, B A Green, J A Holemans, T Kavanagh, K M Kerr, M Ledson, K J Lifford, F E McRonald, A Nair, R D Page, M K B Parmar, D M Rassl, R C Rintoul, N J Screaton, N J Wald, D Weller, P R Williamson, G Yadegarfar, D M Hansell

Thoracic surgery

Original article: Long-term impact of developing a postoperative pulmonary complication after lung surgery (14 January, 2016)
Sebastian T Lugg, Paula J Agostini, Theofano Tikka, Amy Kerr, Kerry Adams, Ehab Bishay, Maninder S Kalkat, Richard S Steyn, Pala B Rajesh, David R Thickett, Babu Naidu

Review

Diagnostic procedures for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC): recommendations of the European Expert Group (3 November, 2015)
Manfred Dietel, Lukas Bubendorf, Anne-Marie C Dingemans, Christophe Dooms, Göran Elmberger, Rosa Calero García, Keith M Kerr, Eric Lim, Fernando López-Ríos, Erik Thunnissen, Paul E Van Schil, Maximilian von Laffert

PostScript

Correspondence: Response to: ‘Lumacaftor/ivacaftor for patients homozygous for Phe508del-CFTR: should we curb our enthusiasm?’ by Jones and Barry (27 October, 2015)
J Stuart Elborn, Bonnie Ramsey, Claire Wainwright, Michael Boyle

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: Research in progress: Medical Research Council United Kingdom Refractory Asthma Stratification Programme (RASP-UK) (23 July, 2015)
Liam G Heaney, Ratko Djukanovic, Ashley Woodcock, Samantha Walker, John G Matthews, Ian D Pavord, Peter Bradding, Robert Niven, Chris E Brightling, Rekha Chaudhuri, Joseph R Arron, David F Choy, Douglas Cowan, Adel Mansur, Andrew Menzies-Gow, Ian Adcock, Kian F Chung, Chris Corrigan, Peter Coyle, Timothy Harrison, Sebastian Johnston, Peter Howarth, James Lordan, Ian Sabroe, Jeannette Bigler, Dirk Smith, Matthew Catley, Richard May, Lisa Pierre, Chris Stevenson, Glenn Crater, Frank Keane, Richard W Costello, Val Hudson, David Supple, Tim Hardman
Audit, research and guideline update: Ambulatory percutaneous lung biopsy with early discharge and Heimlich valve management of iatrogenic pneumothorax: more for less (14 July, 2015)
A N Tavare, D D Creer, S Khan, R Vancheeswaran, S S Hare

Case based discussions

Case based discussions: Occam's razor or Hickam's dictum? Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis* (23 December, 2015)
Scott R Henderson, Anand Shah, Susan J Copley, H Terence Cook, CD Pusey, Alan D Salama, Philip W Ind

Opinion

Opinion: Specialised commissioning for severe asthma: oxymoron or opportunity? (25 November, 2015)
Binita Kane, Sophie Cramb, Val Hudson, Louise Fleming, Clare Murray, John D Blakey

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: Pseudoaneurysm of the pulmonary artery with massive haemoptysis due to an invasive pulmonary mucormycosis (18 September, 2015)
Alberto Lopez-Pastorini, Aris Koryllos, Michael Brockmann, Wolfram Windisch, Erich Stoelben

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot that the other lot got (14 January, 2016)
Candy Lee

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February 2016 - Volume 71 - 2

Airwaves

Editorials

HOT off the breath

Biomarkers of disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Environmental exposure

Lung cancer

Thoracic surgery

Review

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Case based discussions

Opinion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Issue Information

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Table of contents

February 2016 - Volume 71 - 2

Airwaves

Editorials

HOT off the breath

Biomarkers of disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Environmental exposure

Lung cancer

Thoracic surgery

Review

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Case based discussions

Opinion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Issue Information