Thorax: 71 (5)

Airwaves

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

Editorials

Chimney stove intervention – ready for scale up? CON (10 March, 2016)
Kevin Mortimer
Chimney stove intervention – ready for scale up? PRO (10 March, 2016) Free
Andrew Bush
Reporting data on long-term follow-up of critical care trials (7 April, 2016)
May Hua, Hannah Wunsch
Respiratory muscle wasting in the ICU: is it time to protect the diaphragm? (14 April, 2016)
Theodoros Vassilakopoulos
Study the past to divine the future. Confucius' wisdom doesn't work for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (11 April, 2016)
Martin Kolb, Gisli Jenkins, Luca Richeldi

Critical care

Original article: One-year outcomes of rosuvastatin versus placebo in sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome: prospective follow-up of SAILS randomised trial (2 March, 2016)
Victor D Dinglas, Ramona O Hopkins, Amy W Wozniak, Catherine L Hough, Peter E Morris, James C Jackson, Pedro A Mendez-Tellez, O Joseph Bienvenu, E Wesley Ely, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Dale M Needham

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Understanding the impact of second-hand smoke exposure on clinical outcomes in participants with COPD in the SPIROMICS cohort (9 March, 2016)
Nirupama Putcha, R Graham Barr, Meilan K Han, Prescott G Woodruff, Eugene R Bleecker, Richard E Kanner, Fernando J Martinez, Benjamin M Smith, Donald P Tashkin, Russell P Bowler, Mark D Eisner, Stephen I Rennard, Robert A Wise, Nadia N Hansel, for the SPIROMICS Investigators

Environmental exposure

Original article: Lung function in woodsmoke-exposed Guatemalan children following a chimney stove intervention (10 March, 2016) Free
Amy P Heinzerling, Michael J Guarnieri, Jennifer K Mann, Janet V Diaz, Lisa M Thompson, Anaite Diaz, Nigel G Bruce, Kirk R Smith, John R Balmes

Interstitial lung disease

Original article: Effect of continued treatment with pirfenidone following clinically meaningful declines in forced vital capacity: analysis of data from three phase 3 trials in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (11 March, 2016)
Steven D Nathan, Carlo Albera, Williamson Z Bradford, Ulrich Costabel, Roland M du Bois, Elizabeth A Fagan, Robert S Fishman, Ian Glaspole, Marilyn K Glassberg, Kenneth F Glasscock, Talmadge E King, Lisa Lancaster, David J Lederer, Zhengning Lin, Carlos A Pereira, Jeffrey J Swigris, Dominique Valeyre, Paul W Noble, Athol U Wells

Respiratory research

Original article: Prolonged controlled mechanical ventilation in humans triggers myofibrillar contractile dysfunction and myofilament protein loss in the diaphragm (31 March, 2016)
Sabah N A Hussain, Anabelle S Cornachione, Céline Guichon, Auday Al Khunaizi, Felipe de Souza Leite, Basil J Petrof, Mahroo Mofarrahi, Nikolay Moroz, Benoit de Varennes, Peter Goldberg, Dilson E Rassier

Smoking

Original article: Proactive tobacco treatment offering free nicotine replacement therapy and telephone counselling for socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers: a randomised clinical trial (1 March, 2016)
Steven S Fu, Michelle van Ryn, David Nelson, Diana J Burgess, Janet L Thomas, Jessie Saul, Barbara Clothier, John A Nyman, Patrick Hammett, Anne M Joseph

Reviews

Advancing clinical development pathways for new CFTR modulators in cystic fibrosis (22 February, 2016)
Nicole Mayer-Hamblett, Michael Boyle, Donald VanDevanter
The pulmonary endothelium in acute respiratory distress syndrome: insights and therapeutic opportunities (11 March, 2016)
Fraser R Millar, Charlotte Summers, Mark J Griffiths, Mark R Toshner, Alastair G Proudfoot

Research letters

Higher cough flow is associated with lower risk of pneumonia in acute stroke (1 February, 2016)
Stefan T Kulnik, Surinder S Birring, John Hodsoll, John Moxham, Gerrard F Rafferty, Lalit Kalra
Lung clearance index response in patients with CF with class III CFTR mutations (4 March, 2016)
Mica Kane, Tanja Gonska, Renee Jensen, Julie Avolio, Michelle Klingel, Sanja Stanojevic, Felix Ratjen

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: The presence or severity of pulmonary hypertension does not affect outcomes for single-lung transplantation (30 November, 2015)
Walker A Julliard, Keith C Meyer, Nilto C De Oliveira, Satoru Osaki, Richard C Cornwell, David A Sonetti, James D Maloney

Pulmonary puzzles

Pulmonary puzzles: Breathlessness in an ex-miner: an unusual consideration (12 February, 2016)
Amanda T Goodwin, Jillian Wall, Smitha Rajaram, Khaled Amsha, David G Kiely

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: Metastatic pulmonary calcification: ‘crazy paving’ pattern (23 December, 2015)
Kay Por Yip
Images in thorax: Giant air-inflated hydatid cyst of the lung mimicking massive pneumothorax (18 January, 2016)
Dania Nachira, Marco Chiappetta, Maria Teresa Congedo, Maria Letizia Vita, Stefano Margaritora

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot that the other lot got (14 April, 2016)
Kathryn Prior

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May 2016 - Volume 71 - 5

Airwaves

Editorials

Critical care

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Environmental exposure

Interstitial lung disease

Respiratory research

Smoking

Reviews

Research letters

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Pulmonary puzzles

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

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Table of contents

May 2016 - Volume 71 - 5

Airwaves

Editorials

Critical care

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Environmental exposure

Interstitial lung disease

Respiratory research

Smoking

Reviews

Research letters

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Pulmonary puzzles

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Issue Information