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Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (15 October, 2019) Free

Editorials

What have we learnt from studies on the association between urbanisation and asthma prevalence? (18 September, 2019)
William Checkley
Air pollution exposure and interstitial lung diseases: have we identified all the harmful environmental exposures? (15 October, 2019)
Maribel Casas
The heterogeneity of prolonged ICU hospitalisations (18 September, 2019)
Elizabeth Marie Viglianti, Jacqueline M Kruser, Theodore Iwashyna
Household air pollution-related lung disease: protecting the children (15 October, 2019)
Peter P Moschovis, Patricia L Hibberd

Asthma

Original research: Urbanisation and asthma in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the urban–rural differences in asthma prevalence (5 July, 2019)
Alejandro Rodriguez, Elizabeth Brickley, Laura Rodrigues, Rebecca Alice Normansell, Mauricio Barreto, Philip J Cooper

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original research: Ambient heat and hospitalisation for COPD in Brazil: a nationwide case-crossover study (13 September, 2019)
Qi Zhao, Shanshan Li, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Rongbin Xu, Rachel R Huxley, Michael J Abramson, Yuming Guo

Critical care

Original research: Five-year mortality and morbidity impact of prolonged versus brief ICU stay: a propensity score matched cohort study (3 September, 2019)
Greet Hermans, Nathalie Van Aerde, Philippe Meersseman, Helena Van Mechelen, Yves Debaveye, Alexander Wilmer, Jan Gunst, Michael Paul Casaer, Jasperina Dubois, Pieter Wouters, Rik Gosselink, Greet Van den Berghe
Original research: Predicting risk of unplanned hospital readmission in survivors of critical illness: a population-level cohort study (5 April, 2018)
Nazir I Lone, Robert Lee, Lisa Salisbury, Eddie Donaghy, Pamela Ramsay, Janice Rattray, Timothy S Walsh

Environmental exposure

Original research: Effect modifiers of lung function and daily air pollutant variability in a panel of schoolchildren (18 September, 2019) Free
Graciela Mentz, Thomas G Robins, Stuart Batterman, Rajen N Naidoo
Original research: Ambient air pollution exposure and risk and progression of interstitial lung abnormalities: the Framingham Heart Study (7 August, 2019)
Mary B Rice, Wenyuan Li, Joel Schwartz, Qian Di, Itai Kloog, Petros Koutrakis, Diane R Gold, Robert W Hallowell, Chunyi Zhang, George O'Connor, George R Washko, Gary M Hunninghake, Murray A Mittleman

Paediatric lung disease

Original research: Lung health and exposure to air pollution in Malawian children (CAPS): a cross-sectional study (29 August, 2019)
Sarah Rylance, Rebecca Nightingale, Andrew Naunje, Frank Mbalume, Chris Jewell, John R Balmes, Jonathan Grigg, Kevin Mortimer

Respiratory epidemiology

Original research: Cost saving of switching to equivalent inhalers and its effect on health outcomes (5 August, 2019)
Chloe I Bloom, Ian Douglas, Jack Olney, Grainne D'Ancona, Liam Smeeth, Jennifer K Quint

State of the art review

From skeletal muscle weakness to functional outcomes following critical illness: a translational biology perspective (20 August, 2019)
Jane Batt, Margaret S Herridge, Claudia C dos Santos

Brief communications

Growth differentiation factor-15 as a biomarker of strength and recovery in survivors of acute respiratory failure (18 September, 2019)
Brian J Rosenberg, Michio Hirano, Catarina M Quinzii, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Dale M Needham, David J Lederer, Matthew R Baldwin
Endocrine responses during CPAP withdrawal in obstructive sleep apnoea: data from two randomised controlled trials (29 August, 2019)
Sira Thiel, Sarah R Haile, Mirko Peitzsch, Esther I Schwarz, Noriane A Sievi, Salome Kurth, Felix Beuschlein, Malcolm Kohler, Thomas Gaisl

Chest clinic

Image in Thorax

Images in Thorax: Normalisation of MRI ventilation heterogeneity in severe asthma by dupilumab (8 July, 2019)
Sarah Svenningsen, Ehsan Ahmed Haider, Rachel L Eddy, Grace Parraga, Parameswaran Nair

Pulmonary puzzles

Pulmonary puzzle: Bilateral pulmonary nodules in a patient with extensive autoimmune disease (5 August, 2019)
Sachin Patel, Wael Nasser, Rumi Khan, Luis Herrera

Journal club summaries

Journal club: What’s hot that the other lot got (15 October, 2019)
Brintha Selvarajah

Electronic page

Aromatic solvents: the not so sweet side (8 July, 2019)
Johanna Feary

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November 2019 - Volume 74 - 11

Airwaves

Editorials

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Critical care

Environmental exposure

Paediatric lung disease

Respiratory epidemiology

State of the art review

Brief communications

Chest clinic

Image in Thorax

Pulmonary puzzles

Journal club summaries

Electronic page

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Table of contents

November 2019 - Volume 74 - 11

Airwaves

Editorials

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Critical care

Environmental exposure

Paediatric lung disease

Respiratory epidemiology

State of the art review

Brief communications

Chest clinic

Image in Thorax

Pulmonary puzzles

Journal club summaries

Electronic page

Issue Information