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Editorials

Responses to steroids and bronchodilators in COPD in the ISOLDE trial: the fat lady sings on (28 July, 2003)
N J Gross
Breathing exercises and asthma (28 July, 2003)
M Thomas
Where is SARS now? (28 July, 2003)
P J M Openshaw
Closing the NETT on lung volume reduction surgery (28 July, 2003)
P M A Calverley

Airwaves

Airwaves (28 July, 2003) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

LUNG ALERT

A new test for latent tuberculosis infection? (28 July, 2003)
K Dheda
Prophylactic itraconazole may decrease the rate of invasive fungal infection in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients (28 July, 2003)
S Doffman
Anti-CD44 antibodies decrease airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness in a murine model of allergic disease (28 July, 2003)
K Ryanna
Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine (28 July, 2003)
D J Powrie
Lung volume reduction surgery for severe emphysema increases exercise capacity but not does not affect mortality (28 July, 2003)
P Lawson
Obstructive sleep apnoea with hypoxaemia leads to hepatic dysfunction (28 July, 2003)
J Quint

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Prednisolone response in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from the ISOLDE study (28 July, 2003)
P S Burge, P M A Calverley, P W Jones, S Spencer, J A Anderson
Bronchodilator reversibility testing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (28 July, 2003)
P M A Calverley, P S Burge, S Spencer, J A Anderson, P W Jones
Non-volitional assessment of skeletal muscle strength in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (28 July, 2003)
W D-C Man, M G G Soliman, D Nikoletou, M L Harris, G F Rafferty, N Mustfa, M I Polkey, J Moxham
Oxygen supplementation before or after submaximal exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (28 July, 2003)
K Nandi, A A Smith, A Crawford, K D MacRae, R Garrod, W A Seed, C M Roberts

Asthma

Effect of two breathing exercises (Buteyko and pranayama) in asthma: a randomised controlled trial (28 July, 2003)
S Cooper, J Oborne, S Newton, V Harrison, J Thompson Coon, S Lewis, A Tattersfield

Respiratory infection

Resolution of bronchial inflammation is related to bacterial eradication following treatment of exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (28 July, 2003)
A J White, S Gompertz, D L Bayley, S L Hill, C O’Brien, I Unsal, R A Stockley
Short term outcome and risk factors for adverse clinical outcomes in adults with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (28 July, 2003)
J W M Chan, C K Ng, Y H Chan, T Y W Mok, S Lee, S Y Y Chu, W L Law, M P Lee, P C K Li

Lung cancer

Lung cancer patterns of care in south western Sydney, Australia (28 July, 2003)
S K Vinod, G P Delaney, A E Bauman, M B Barton

Epidemiology

Impaired lung function and serum leptin in men and women with normal body weight: a population based study (28 July, 2003)
D D Sin, S F P Man

Cough

Abnormal oesophageal motility in patients with chronic cough (28 July, 2003)
J A Kastelik, A E Redington, I Aziz, G K Buckton, C M Smith, M Dakkak, A H Morice

Smoking

Polymorphisms in the β₂ adrenergic receptor and bronchodilator response, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and rate of decline in lung function in smokers
(28 July, 2003)
L Joos, T D Weir, J E Connett, N R Anthonisen, R Woods, P D Paré, A J Sandford

Short paper

Short term effects of airborne pollen concentrations on asthma epidemic (28 July, 2003)
A Tobías, I Galán, J R Banegas, E Aránguez

Review series

Lung cancer • 7: Management of lung cancer in elderly patients (28 July, 2003)
R Booton, M Jones, N Thatcher
The pulmonary physician in critical care • Illustrative case 5: HIV associated pneumonia (28 July, 2003)
R J Boyton, D M Mitchell, O M Kon
The pulmonary physician in critical care • Illustrative case 6: Acute chest syndrome of sickle cell anaemia (28 July, 2003)
V Mak, S C Davies
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 11: Fitness to fly with COPD (28 July, 2003)
A O C Johnson

Case Report

Intratracheal cocaine induced myocardial infarction: an unusual complication of fibreoptic bronchoscopy (28 July, 2003)
S Osula, P Stockton, M M Abdelaziz, M J Walshaw

Letters to the editor

Transoesophageal echocardiography and lung cancer staging (28 July, 2003)
J M Maskill, A Rother, S Seevanayagam
Asthma guidelines (28 July, 2003)
S Allen, M Connolly, C Dyer, M Gosney
Self-management of asthma in general practice (28 July, 2003)
J C van der Wouden, R D W van Bentveld, B Fu, K S ter Meulen, P A Muller
Bronchoscopy in patients with suspected PCP: supine or sitting? (28 July, 2003)
P Vijayanand, M Woodhead
Atopic cough: little evidence to support a new clinical entity (28 July, 2003)
L McGarvey, A H Morice

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August 2003 - Volume 58 - 8

Editorials

Airwaves

LUNG ALERT

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Asthma

Respiratory infection

Lung cancer

Epidemiology

Cough

Smoking

Short paper

Review series

Case Report

Letters to the editor

Issue Information

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Table of contents

August 2003 - Volume 58 - 8

Editorials

Airwaves

LUNG ALERT

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Asthma

Respiratory infection

Lung cancer

Epidemiology

Cough

Smoking

Short paper

Review series

Case Report

Letters to the editor

Issue Information