FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
159 | |
EDITORIAL |
161 | Phil Thompson
Editor-in-Chief |
GUEST EDITORIAL |
162 | Community-acquired pneumonia: An Asia-Pacific perspective
Chong-Kin Liam, Yong-Kek Pang, Shyamala Poosparajah, Keong-Tiong Chua |
INVITED REVIEW SERIES: LUNG CANCER |
165 | Imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer
Rodney J HICKS, Eddie LAU, Naveed Z ALAM, Robert Y CHEN |
173 | Staging and diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer: Invasive modalities
Kazuhiro YASUFUKU, Takehiko FUJISAWA |
REVIEW ARTICLE |
184 | Respirology year-in-review 2006: Basic science
Philip J THOMPSON, Fan CHUNG |
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
191 | Increased surfactant protein-D and foamy macrophages in smoking-induced mouse emphysema
Noriyuki HIRAMA, Yoko SHIBATA, Kazuhisa OTAKE, Jun-ichi MACHIYA, Toshihiro WADA, Sumito INOUE, Shuichi ABE, Noriaki TAKABATAKE, Makoto SATA, Isao KUBOTA |
202 | NRAMP1 and TNF-α polymorphisms and susceptibility to tuberculosis in Thais
Sasijit VEJBAESYA, Nitipatana CHIERAKUL, Panpimon LUANGTRAKOOL, Chutima SERMDUANGPRATEEP |
207 | Decreased invasiveness via two methods of thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer, compared with open thoracotomy
Michihiko TAJIRI, Takamitsu MAEHARA, Haruhiko NAKAYAMA, Kazuhiro SAKAMOTO |
212 | Asthma management and outcomes in Australia: A nation-wide telephone interview survey
Guy B MARKS, Michael J ABRAMSON, Christine R JENKINS, Peter KENNY, Craig M MELLIS, Richard E RUFFIN, Rod STOSIC, Brett G TOELLE, David H WILSON, Wei XUAN |
220 | Reattendance at hospital for asthma in two Australian states, 2000-2003
Patricia K CORRELL, Wei XUAN, Margaret WILLIAMSON, Vijaya SUNDARARAJAN, Clare RINGLAND, Guy B MARKS |
227 | Assessment of impairment in health-related quality of life in patients with difficult asthma: Psychometric performance of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire
Salah ABURUZ, Jacqui GAMBLE, Liam G HEANEY |
234 | Analysis of pleural effusions in acute pulmonary embolism: Radiological and pleural fluid data from 230 patients
Jose M PORCEL, Ana B MADRONERO, Marina PARDINA, Manuel VIVES, Aureli ESQUERDA, Richard W LIGHT |
240 | Impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on respiratory status and quality of life in newly diagnosed patients with lung cancer
Anant MOHAN, Charu MOHAN, Ashutosh K PATHAK, Ravinder M PANDEY, Randeep GULERIA |
248 | Correlates of erectile dysfunction in moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
Fisun KARADAG, Hatice OZCAN, Aslihan B KARUL, Emel CEYLAN, Orhan CILDAG |
254 | Epidemiology, clinical characteristics and antimicrobial resistance patterns of community-acquired pneumonia in 1702 hospitalized children in Singapore
Wen C CHIANG, Oon H TEOH, Chia Y CHONG, Anne GOH, Jenny PL TANG, Oh M CHAY |
262 | Costs of investigating and managing non-residents with possible tuberculosis: New Zealand experience of an international problem
Andrew D BURNS, Adrian C HARRISON |
267 | Role of pleural viscosity in the differential diagnosis of exudative pleural
-effusion
Ozkan YETKIN, Ibrahim TEK, Funda YETKIN, Numan NUMANOGLU |
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS |
272 | Nasal polyps and the severity of asthma
Erkan CEYLAN, Mehmet GENCER, Imran SAN |
277 | Bronchial washing yield before and after forceps biopsy in patients with endoscopically visible lung cancers
Hee Seok LEE, Sung Youn KWON, Deog Kyeom KIM, Ho Il YOON, Sang-Min LEE, Jae Ho LEE, Choon-Taek LEE, Hee Sun CHUNG, Sung Koo HAN, YoungSoo SHIM, Jae Joon YIM |
283 | Bacterial infection and risk factors in outpatients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A 2-year prospective study
Omer S ALAMOUDI |
TECHNICAL REPORTS |
288 | Description of a new technique: Management of pleural effusion with a Cystofix catheter
Dalokay KILIC, Alper FINDIKCIOGLU, Ahmet HATIPOGLU |
291 | Total lung capacity: Single breath methane dilution versus plethysmography in normals
Gene R PESOLA, Robert T MAGARI, Samuel DARTEY-HAYFORD, Vinette COELHO-D'COSTA, Vernon M CHINCHILLI |
CASE REPORTS |
295 | Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation of Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound
Chih-Hsi KUO, Chun-Hua WANG, Han-Pin KUO |
299 | Endobronchial ultrasound for detection of tracheomalacia from chronic compression by vascular ring
Pyng LEE, Su-Ying LOW, Han-Lim LIEW, Diana TAN, Philip ENG |
302 | Histological diagnosis of mediastinal lymph node metastases from renal cell carcinoma by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration
Takahiro NAKAJIMA, Kazuhiro YASUFUKU, Matthew WONG, Akira IYODA, Makoto SUZUKI, Yasuo SEKINE, Kiyoshi SHIBUYA, Kenzo HIROSHIMA, Toshihiko IIZASA, Takehiko FUJISAWA |
304 | Ultrasonographic evaluation of the diaphragm in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Yasuko YOSHIOKA, Akihiko OHWADA, Mitsuaki SEKIYA, Fumiyuki TAKAHASHI, Jun UEKI, Yoshinosuke FUKUCHI |
308 | Histological diagnosis of spinal chondrosarcoma by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration
Takahiro NAKAJIMA, Kazuhiro YASUFUKU, Makoto SUZUKI, Yasuo SEKINE, Kiyoshi SHIBUYA, Kenzo HIROSHIMA, Takehiko FUJISAWA |
SCIENTIFIC LETTER |
311 | Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteraemia in non-HIV tuberculosis reactivation patients
Ali MERT, Cengiz SEYHAN, Resat OZARAS, Sedat ALTIN |