| | Editorials Inhaled corticosteroids in COPD: a light at the end of the tunnel? J Wedzicha and T Seemungal PMCID: PMC1747277 Non-invasive mechanical ventilation: when to start for what benefit? B Fauroux and F Lofaso PMCID: PMC1747262 Improving survival in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: revisiting the "kingdom of the near-dead" S Mehta and G Shoemaker PMCID: PMC1747259 Pulmonary hypertension after splenectomy: a consequence of loss of the splenic filter or is there something more? A Peacock PMCID: PMC1747269 Paediatric respiratory mortality: past triumphs, future challenges G Russell PMCID: PMC1747274 Thorax Annual Report October 2004–September 2005 J Wedzicha, E Howard, S Johnston, and D Mitchell PMCID: PMC1747257 Airwaves Thorax. 2005 December; 60(12): 977. doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.awdec.PMCID: PMC1747264 Reviewers Reviewers 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2005 PMCID: PMC1747267 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Inhaled corticosteroids and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease D Sin, L Wu, J Anderson, N Anthonisen, A Buist, P Burge, P Calverley, J Connett, B Lindmark, R Pauwels, D Postma, J Soriano, W Szafranski, and J Vestbo PMCID: PMC1747271 Decreased expression of TGF-ß type II receptor in bronchial glands of smokers with COPD S Baraldo, E Bazzan, G Turato, F Calabrese, B Beghe, A Papi, P Maestrelli, L Fabbri, R Zuin, and M Saetta PMCID: PMC1747268 Asthma The Coping with Asthma Study: a randomised controlled trial of a home based, nurse led psychoeducational intervention for adults at risk of adverse asthma outcomes J Smith, S Mildenhall, M Noble, L Shepstone, M Koutantji, M Mugford, and B Harrison PMCID: PMC1747261 Tumour necrosis factor (TNFα) as a novel therapeutic target in symptomatic corticosteroid dependent asthma P Howarth, K Babu, H Arshad, L Lau, M Buckley, W McConnell, P Beckett, A Al, A Chauhan, S Wilson, A Reynolds, D Davies, and S Holgate PMCID: PMC1747263 Mechanical Ventilation Randomised controlled trial of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for nocturnal hypoventilation in neuromuscular and chest wall disease patients with daytime normocapnia S Ward, M Chatwin, S Heather, and A Simonds PMCID: PMC1747266 Pulmonary Hypertension Survival in patients with class III idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with first line oral bosentan compared with an historical cohort of patients started on intravenous epoprostenol O Sitbon, V McLaughlin, D Badesch, R Barst, C Black, N Galie, M Humbert, M Rainisio, L Rubin, and G Simonneau PMCID: PMC1747276 Splenectomy and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension X Jais, V Ioos, C Jardim, O Sitbon, F Parent, A Hamid, E Fadel, P Dartevelle, G Simonneau, and M Humbert PMCID: PMC1747270 Paediatric Lung Disease Trends in deaths from respiratory illness in children in England and Wales from 1968 to 2000 J Panickar, S Dodd, R Smyth, and J Couriel PMCID: PMC1747255 Prospective study of healthcare utilisation and respiratory morbidity due to RSV infection in prematurely born infants S Broughton, A Roberts, G Fox, E Pollina, M Zuckerman, S Chaudhry, and A Greenough PMCID: PMC1747273 Bronchiectasis Non-tuberculous mycobacteria in patients with bronchiectasis M Wickremasinghe, L Ozerovitch, G Davies, T Wodehouse, M Chadwick, S Abdallah, P Shah, and R Wilson PMCID: PMC1747265 Environmental Exposure Childhood exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and chronic respiratory symptoms in non-smoking adults: The Singapore Chinese Health Study G David, W Koh, H Lee, M Yu, and S London PMCID: PMC1414787 Lung Cancer What are the clinical features of lung cancer before the diagnosis is made? A population based case-control study W Hamilton, T Peters, A Round, and D Sharp PMCID: PMC1747254 Case Report Tension pneumothorax complicating autologous "blood patch" pleurodesis P Williams and R Laing PMCID: PMC1747275 Miscellanea Correlation between carbon dioxide retention during exercise and the rate of decline of FEV1 in cystic fibrosis D Wat PMCID: PMC1747256 A serum marker for the activity of pulmonary fibrosis in patients with systemic sclerosis A Gerratt PMCID: PMC1747260 Smoking reduction may lead to decreased lung cancer risk D Rogers PMCID: PMC1747278 Images in THORAX Home nebulisers can affect the colour of domestic gas flames B O'Driscoll, C Downes, and J Neill PMCID: PMC1747258 Journal Matter Original table of contents page |
