| | Editorials Palliative care for patients with non-malignant end stage
respiratory disease K HILL and M MUERS Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 979–981. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.979.PMCID: PMC1745662 Management of malignant pleural effusions G ANTUNES and E NEVILLE Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 981–983. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.981.PMCID: PMC1745659 Obtaining tissue from the mediastinum: endoscopic
ultrasound guided transoesophageal biopsy S ROBERTS Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 983–985. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.983.PMCID: PMC1745666 Annual Report Annual report October 1999 to September
2000 J BRITTON and A KNOX Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 986. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.986.PMCID: PMC1745652 Smoking Cessation Update Smoking cessation guidelines for health professionals: an update R. West, A. McNeill, and M. Raw Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 987–999. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.987.PMCID: PMC1745657 Original Articles How well do we care for patients with end stage chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? A comparison of palliative care
and quality of life in COPD and lung cancer J Gore, C Brophy, and M Greenstone Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1000–1006. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1000.PMCID: PMC1745647 Case-control study of severe life threatening asthma (SLTA) in
adults: demographics, health care, and management of the acute attack J Kolbe, W Fergusson, M Vamos, and J Garrett Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1007–1015. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1007.PMCID: PMC1745649 Hyperventilation and asymptomatic chronic asthma C Osborne, B O'Connor, A Lewis, V Kanabar, and W Gardner Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1016–1022. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1016.PMCID: PMC1745650 Association of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis with the
interleukin 8 gene region in UK families J Hull, A Thomson, and D Kwiatkowski Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1023–1027. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1023.PMCID: PMC1745668 Capsaicin induced cough in cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis M Doherty, R Mister, M Pearson, and P Calverley Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1028–1032. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1028.PMCID: PMC1745664 Treatment of severe nosocomial pneumonia: a prospective
randomised comparison of intravenous ciprofloxacin with
imipenem/cilastatin A Torres, T Bauer, C Leon-Gil, F Castillo, F Alvarez-Lerma, A Martinez-Pellus, S Leal-Noval, P Nadal, M Palomar, J Blanquer, and F Ros Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1033–1039. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1033.PMCID: PMC1745648 A national confidential enquiry into community acquired pneumonia
deaths in young adults in England and Wales J Simpson, J Macfarlane, J Watson, and M Woodhead Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1040–1045. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1040.PMCID: PMC1745667 Decreased plasma levels of nitric oxide derivatives in
obstructive sleep apnoea: response to CPAP therapy R Schulz, D Schmidt, A Blum, X Lopes-Ribeiro, C Lucke, K Mayer, H Olschewski, W Seeger, and F Grimminger Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1046–1051. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1046.PMCID: PMC1745665 Clinical experience of lymphangioleiomyomatosis in the UK S Johnson and A Tattersfield Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1052–1057. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1052.PMCID: PMC1745654 Transforming growth factor β2 (TGFβ2)
produces effective pleurodesis in sheep with no systemic complications Y Lee, K Lane, R Parker, D Ayo, J Rogers, R Diters, P Thompson, and R Light Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1058–1062. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1058.PMCID: PMC1745651 Review Series Tobacco related lung diseases begin in childhood P N Le Souef Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1063–1067. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1063.PMCID: PMC1745663 Case Report Primary pulmonary botryomycosis: a late complication of foreign
body aspiration J Tuggey, H Hosker, and P DaCosta Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1068–1069. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1068.PMCID: PMC1745658 Letters to the Editor Spacer devices in asthma R. BUCHDAHL, S. WARD, and A. SUMMERFIELD Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1070. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1070.PMCID: PMC1745656 Intravenous montelukast S SINGH and D ALLEN Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1070. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1070a.PMCID: PMC1745655 Pseudomonas infection in CF R. ROSEBY, J. MASSIE, and S ELBORN Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1070–1071. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1070b.PMCID: PMC1745661 Book Review Asthma in the Workplace. 2nd Edition Thorax. 2000 December; 55(12): 1071. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1071.PMCID: PMC1745660 Journal Matter Original table of contents page |