Thorax: 73 (3)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (14 February, 2018) Free
The Triumvirate

Editorials

Hindsight and moving the needle forwards on rehabilitation trial design (14 November, 2017)
Bronwen Connolly, Linda Denehy
Cytokine diagnosis of pleural TB: will it stand the test of time? (20 December, 2017) Free
Marc Tebruegge, Paul T Elkington
Countrywide demonstration of adult protection derived from infant immunisation (9 January, 2018)
Carlos G Grijalva

Guideline highlights

Introducing the new BTS guideline: the investigation and management of pleural malignant mesothelioma (14 February, 2018)
Ian Woolhouse, Nick A Maskell

Critical care

Original Article: Intensive versus standard physical rehabilitation therapy in the critically ill (EPICC): a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial (5 August, 2017)
Stephen E Wright, Kirsty Thomas, Gillian Watson, Catherine Baker, Andrew Bryant, Thomas J Chadwick, Jing Shen, Ruth Wood, Jennifer Wilkinson, Leigh Mansfield, Victoria Stafford, Clare Wade, Julie Furneval, Andrea Henderson, Keith Hugill, Philip Howard, Alistair Roy, Stephen Bonner, Simon Baudouin
Original Article: Advance care planning for patients with chronic respiratory diseases: a systematic review of preferences and practices (6 November, 2017)
Lea J Jabbarian, Marieke Zwakman, Agnes van der Heide, Marijke C Kars, Daisy J A Janssen, Johannes J van Delden, Judith A C Rietjens, Ida J Korfage

Interstitial lung disease

Original Article: International management platform for children’s interstitial lung disease (chILD-EU) (22 October, 2017) Free
Matthias Griese, Elias Seidl, Meike Hengst, Simone Reu, Hans Rock, Gisela Anthony, Nural Kiper, Nagehan Emiralioğlu, Deborah Snijders, Lutz Goldbeck, Reiner Leidl, Julia Ley-Zaporozhan, Ingrid Krüger-Stollfuss, Birgit Kammer, Traudl Wesselak, Claudia Eismann, Andrea Schams, Doerthe Neuner, Morag MacLean, Andrew G Nicholson, McCann Lauren, Annick Clement, Ralph Epaud, Jacques de Blic, Michael Ashworth, Paul Aurora, Alistair Calder, Martin Wetzke, Matthias Kappler, Steve Cunningham, Nicolaus Schwerk, Andy Bush

Pleural disease

Original Article: Diagnostic accuracy of interleukin 27 for tuberculous pleural effusion: two prospective studies and one meta-analysis (26 August, 2017) Free
Wen Wang, Qiong Zhou, Kan Zhai, Yao Wang, Jing-Yuan Liu, Xiao-Juan Wang, Zhen Wang, Jian-Chu Zhang, Zhao-Hui Tong, Huan-Zhong Shi

Pulmonary vasculature

Original Article: High circulating angiopoietin-2 levels exacerbate pulmonary inflammation but not vascular leak or mortality in endotoxin-induced lung injury in mice (25 September, 2017)
Kenny Schlosser, Mohamad Taha, Yupu Deng, Lauralyn A McIntyre, Shirley H J Mei, Duncan J Stewart

Respiratory epidemiology

Original Article: Population-level impact of infant 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on adult pneumonia hospitalisations in Finland (7 October, 2017)
Omar Okasha, Hanna Rinta-Kokko, Arto A Palmu, Esa Ruokokoski, Jukka Jokinen, J Pekka Nuorti

State of the art review

Familial pneumothorax: towards precision medicine (28 December, 2017)
Rachel M Scott, Elizabeth P Henske, Benjamin Raby, Philip M Boone, Rosemary A Rusk, Stefan J Marciniak

Research letters

Screening contacts of patients with extrapulmonary TB for latent TB infection (11 May, 2017) Free
Anna Humphreys, Aula Abbara, Sion Williams, Laurence John, Tumena Corrah, Alastair McGregor, Robert N Davidson
Raw milk consumption and other early-life farm exposures and adult pulmonary function in the Agricultural Lung Health Study (8 July, 2017)
Annah B Wyss, John S House, Jane A Hoppin, Marie Richards, John L Hankinson, Stuart Long, Paul K Henneberger, Laura E Beane Freeman, Dale P Sandler, Elizabeth Long O’Connell, Christie Barker Cummings, David M Umbach, Stephanie J London
Smoking, telomere length and lung function decline: a longitudinal population-based study (19 July, 2017)
Pascal Andujar, Dominique Courbon, Emilie Bizard, Elisabeth Marcos, Serge Adnot, Laurent Boyer, Pascal Demoly, Debbie Jarvis, Catherine Neukirch, Isabelle Pin, Gabriel Thabut, Jorge Boczkowski, Bénédicte Leynaert
Predictors of mortality in Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) (19 July, 2017)
Ki-Ho Hong, Jae-Phil Choi, Seon-Hui Hong, Jeewon Lee, Ji-Soo Kwon, Sun-Mi Kim, Se Yoon Park, Ji-Young Rhee, Baek-Nam Kim, Hee Jung Choi, Eui-Cheol Shin, Hyunjoo Pai, Su-Hyung Park, Sung-Han Kim

Chest clinic

Case based discussions

Case based discussions: Early metastasis detected in patients with multifocal pulmonary ground-glass opacities (GGOs) (22 October, 2017)
Ruoyan Li, Xiao Li, Ruidong Xue, Fan Yang, Shaodong Wang, Yanmeng Li, Danhua Shen, Kunkun Sun, Kezhong Chen, Wenhan Weng, Fan Bai, Jun Wang

Research and guideline updates

Research and Guideline updates: Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma: a look at the key differences between BTS/SIGN and NICE (3 January, 2018) Free
John White, James Y Paton, Robert Niven, Hilary Pinnock

Images in Thorax

Images in Thorax: Rare adult presentation of fixed airways obstruction: remember aortic arch abnormalities (11 August, 2017)
Juwhan Choi, Kyung Hoon Min, Sung Yong Lee, Kyung Ho Kang, Jae Jeong Shim
Images in Thorax: Subpleural cystic change in a patient with multiple rib exostoses (9 October, 2017)
Maria Tsakok, Dinesh Addala, Clare Bradley, Alistair Moore, Fergus Gleeson

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What’s hot that the other lot got (14 February, 2018)
Freddy Frost

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March 2018 - Volume 73 - 3

Airwaves

Editorials

Guideline highlights

Critical care

Interstitial lung disease

Pleural disease

Pulmonary vasculature

Respiratory epidemiology

State of the art review

Research letters

Chest clinic

Case based discussions

Research and guideline updates

Images in Thorax

Journal club summaries

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Table of contents

March 2018 - Volume 73 - 3

Airwaves

Editorials

Guideline highlights

Critical care

Interstitial lung disease

Pleural disease

Pulmonary vasculature

Respiratory epidemiology

State of the art review

Research letters

Chest clinic

Case based discussions

Research and guideline updates

Images in Thorax

Journal club summaries

Issue Information