| | Editorial New year: new editors J Wedzicha, S Johnston, and D Mitchell PMCID: PMC1746443 BTS Guideline British Thoracic Society guidelines on respiratory aspects of fitness for diving PMCID: PMC1746450 Lung Alerts Magnesium sulphate added to standard treatment in acute severe asthma causes significantly higher FEV1 % predicted at 4 hours T Seemungal PMCID: PMC1746459 The difficulty in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism T Wilkinson PMCID: PMC1746463 Decreases in air pollutants may lead to lower cardiopulmonary mortality A Bhowmik PMCID: PMC1746451 Traffic related air pollutants shorten life expectancy A Bhowmik PMCID: PMC1746471 Thrombolysis for submassive pulmonary embolism T Seemungal PMCID: PMC1746456 Asthma Comparison of atopic cough with cough variant asthma: is atopic cough a precursor of asthma? M Fujimura, H Ogawa, Y Nishizawa, and K Nishi PMCID: PMC1746464 Cough receptor sensitivity to capsaicin does not change after allergen bronchoprovocation in allergic asthma H Minoguchi, K Minoguchi, A Tanaka, H Matsuo, N Kihara, and M Adachi PMCID: PMC1746455 Sputum T lymphocytes in asthma, COPD and healthy subjects have the phenotype of activated intraepithelial T cells (CD69+ CD103+) M Leckie, G Jenkins, J Khan, S Smith, C Walker, P Barnes, and T Hansel PMCID: PMC1746466 Self-management of asthma in general practice, asthma control and quality of life: a randomised controlled trial B Thoonen, T Schermer, G van den Boom, J Molema, H Folgering, R Akkermans, R Grol, C van Weel, and C P van Schayck PMCID: PMC1746452 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Respiratory viruses in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring hospitalisation: a case-control study G Rohde, A Wiethege, I Borg, M Kauth, T Bauer, A Gillissen, A Bufe, and G Schultze-Werningh... PMCID: PMC1746460 Inhaled short acting ß agonist use in COPD and the risk of acute myocardial infarction S Suissa, T Assimes, and P Ernst PMCID: PMC1746445 Lung Cancer Prospective use of serial questionnaires to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in suspected lung cancer G Herder, H van Tinteren, E Comans, O Hoekstra, G Teule, P Postmus, U Joshi, and E Smit PMCID: PMC1746467 Interstitial Lung Disease High serum concentrations of surfactant protein A in usual interstitial pneumonia compared with non-specific interstitial pneumonia H Ishii, H Mukae, J Kadota, H Kaida, T Nagata, K Abe, S Matsukura, and S Kohno PMCID: PMC1746446 Respiratory Muscle Can diaphragmatic contractility be assessed by airway twitch pressure in mechanically ventilated patients? S Cattapan, F Laghi, and M Tobin PMCID: PMC1746444 Respiratory Infection Reduced interferon-γ release in patients recovered from Legionnaires' disease K Lettinga, S Weijer, P Speelman, J Prins, T van der Poll, and A Verbon PMCID: PMC1746454 Bronchiectasis Comparison of exhaled and nasal nitric oxide and exhaled carbon monoxide levels in bronchiectatic patients with and without primary ciliary dyskinesia I Horvath, S Loukides, T Wodehouse, E Csiszer, P Cole, S Kharitonov, and P Barnes PMCID: PMC1746449 Review Series Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 6: The aetiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease A White, S Gompertz, and R Stockley PMCID: PMC1746462 The pulmonary physician in critical care • 12: Acute severe asthma in the intensive care unit P Phipps and C Garrard PMCID: PMC1746457 Case Report Catamenial haemoptysis and clomiphene citrate therapy B Hope-Gill and B Prathibha PMCID: PMC1746468 Letters to the Editor DOT for all patients with smear-positive pulmonary TB in London? R Barker, J Glyn-Jones, and G Bothamley PMCID: PMC1746465 Guidelines on prevention of venous thromboembolism during long haul flights C Campbell, C Rayner, and R Coker PMCID: PMC1746470 Endotoxin: does it have a role in prevention of lung cancer J Lange PMCID: PMC1746469 High incidence of cystic fibrosis in children born in Italy to Albanian immigrants F Festini, G Taccetti, M Cioni, T Repetto, and M de Martino PMCID: PMC1746442 Urokinase in the treatment of childhood empyema S Sit, G Cohen, A Jaffe, A Thomson, and J Hull PMCID: PMC1746448 Book Reviews Childhood Respiratory Infections P Sly PMCID: PMC1746447 Clinicians' Guide to Sleep Medicine M Chandri PMCID: PMC1746453 Journal Matter Original table of contents page |
