Thorax: 76 (5)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (16 April, 2021) Free
The Triumvirate

Editorials

Vitamin D and bacterial pneumonias: the question of causality (2 March, 2021)
Richard James Allen
Rejuvenating old lungs: Ain’t no tonic like a drop of retinoic (21 January, 2021)
Reinoud Gosens, John-Poul Ng-Blichfeldt
Task shifting: a common-sense approach in children with asthma? (4 February, 2021)
Warren Lenney

Commentary

COVID-19 and ‘basal’ exacerbation frequency in COPD (22 December, 2020)
Daryl O Cheng, John R Hurst

Asthma

Original research: An enhanced care package to improve asthma management in Malawian children: a randomised controlled trial (21 January, 2021)
Sarah Rylance, Beatrice Chinoko, Bright Mnesa, Chris Jewell, Jonathan Grigg, Kevin Mortimer
Original research: Grandmaternal smoking, asthma and lung function in the offspring: the Lifelines cohort study (4 February, 2021)
Gillian M Mahon, Gerard H Koppelman, Judith M Vonk

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original research: DNA methylation is associated with airflow obstruction in patients living with HIV (18 December, 2020)
Ana I Hernandez Cordero, Chen Xi Yang, Maen Obeidat, Julia Yang, Julie MacIsaac, Lisa McEwen, David Lin, Michael Kobor, Richard Novak, Fleur Hudson, Hartwig Klinker, Nila Dharan, SF Paul Man, Don D Sin, Ken Kunisaki, Janice Leung

Interstitial lung disease

Original research: Pretreatment of aged mice with retinoic acid supports alveolar regeneration via upregulation of reciprocal PDGFA signalling (21 January, 2021)
Jason J Gokey, John Snowball, Jenna Green, Marion Waltamath, Jillian J Spinney, Katharine E Black, Lida P Hariri, Yan Xu, Anne Karina Perl

Respiratory infection

Original research: Low vitamin D and risk of bacterial pneumonias: Mendelian randomisation studies in two population-based cohorts (27 October, 2020) Free
Yunus Çolak, Børge G Nordestgaard, Shoaib Afzal
Original research: Renin-angiotensin system blocker and outcomes of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis (27 January, 2021)
Hyun Woo Lee, Chang-Hwan Yoon, Eun Jin Jang, Chang-Hoon Lee
Original research: Assessing the impact of the 13 valent pneumococcal vaccine on childhood empyema in Australia (27 January, 2021)
Roxanne Strachan, Nusrat Homaira, Sean Beggs, Mejbah U Bhuiyan, Gwendolyn L Gilbert, Stephen B Lambert, Kristine Macartney, Helen Marshall, Andrew C Martin, Gabrielle B McCallum, Angela McCullagh, Tim McDonald, Peter McIntyre, Shahin Oftadeh, Sarath Ranganathan, Sadasivam Suresh, Claire E Wainwright, Angela Wilson, Melanie Wong, Thomas Snelling, Adam Jaffé

Tuberculosis

Original research: Recurrent TB: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence rates and the proportions of relapses and reinfections (5 February, 2021)
Victor Vega, Sharon Rodríguez, Patrick Van der Stuyft, Carlos Seas, Larissa Otero

Brief communications

Early-life risk factors for reversible and irreversible airflow limitation in young adults: findings from the BAMSE birth cohort (12 November, 2020)
Gang Wang, Inger Kull, Anna Bergström, Jenny Hallberg, Petra Um Bergström, Stefano Guerra, Goran Pershagen, Olena Gruzieva, Marianne van Hage, Antonios Georgelis, Christer Janson, Anders Lindén, Erik Melén
COPD-derived fibroblasts secrete higher levels of senescence-associated secretory phenotype proteins (3 December, 2020)
Roy R Woldhuis, Irene H Heijink, Maarten van den Berge, Wim Timens, Brian G G Oliver, Maaike de Vries, Corry-Anke Brandsma
COVID-19 public health measures: a reduction in hospital admissions for COPD exacerbations (3 December, 2020)
Jing Yuan Tan, Edwin Philip Conceicao, Liang En Wee, Xiang Ying Jean Sim, Indumathi Venkatachalam

State of the art review

Breathomics for the clinician: the use of volatile organic compounds in respiratory diseases (7 January, 2021)
Wadah Ibrahim, Liesl Carr, Rebecca Cordell, Michael J Wilde, Dahlia Salman, Paul S Monks, Paul Thomas, Chris E Brightling, Salman Siddiqui, Neil J Greening

Case based discussions

Female patient with recurrent chest infections and non-resolving consolidation (2 December, 2020)
Eihab O Bedawi, Thomas Moore, Gareth D Turner, Mark McCole, Fergus V Gleeson, Najib M Rahman

Images in Thorax

Third left pulmonary lobe (23 November, 2020)
Liang Zeng, Qinqin Xu, Nong Yang, Analyn Lizaso, Yongchang Zhang

Journal club

Journal club (16 April, 2021) Free
Fathimath Farah Shiham

Electronic page

Correction: Upper respiratory viral load in asymptomatic individuals and mildly symptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection
(16 April, 2021)

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May 2021 - Volume 76 - 5

Airwaves

Editorials

Commentary

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Interstitial lung disease

Respiratory infection

Tuberculosis

Brief communications

State of the art review

Case based discussions

Images in Thorax

Journal club

Electronic page

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Table of contents

May 2021 - Volume 76 - 5

Airwaves

Editorials

Commentary

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Interstitial lung disease

Respiratory infection

Tuberculosis

Brief communications

State of the art review

Case based discussions

Images in Thorax

Journal club

Electronic page

Issue Information