OBITUARY |
383 | Farewell Peter Nigel Black FRACP
Phillippa Poole, John Kolbe, James Paxton, Zoë Raos |
EDITORIAL |
385 | Defining the role of exhaled nitric oxide measurements in COPD
Jack F Dummer, D R Taylor |
PRO/CON DEBATE |
387 | Anti-angiogenesis drugs in lung cancer
Siow Ming LEE, Paul BAAS, Heather WAKELEE |
THINK TANK REVIEW |
393 | Thoracic imaging
David M HANSELL, Phillip M BOISELLE, Jonathan GOLDIN, Hans-Ulrik KAUCZOR, David A LYNCH, John R MAYO, Edward F PATZ JR |
INVITED REVIEW SERIES: COMPLICATIONS IN LUNG PROCEDURES |
401 | Interventional radiology of the thorax
Mark DUNCAN, Nevin WIJESEKERA, Simon PADLEY |
INVITED REVIEW SERIES: TUBERCULOSIS |
413 | Drug-resistant tuberculosis: Past, present, future
Chen-Yuan CHIANG, Rosella CENTIS, Giovanni Battista MIGLIORI |
433 |
The immunology of tuberculosis: From bench to bedside
Keertan DHEDA, Stephan K SCHWANDER, Bingdong ZHU, Richard N van ZYL-SMIT, Ying ZHANG |
451 | Update on tuberculous pleural effusion
Richard W LIGHT |
REVIEW |
459 | Targeting abnormal airway vascularity as a therapeutical strategy in asthma
Hee Sun PARK, Sun Young KIM, So Ri KIM, Yong Chul LEE |
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
472 | Relationship between exhaled nitric oxide and treatment response in COPD patients with exacerbations
Balazs ANTUS, Imre BARTA, Ildiko HORVATH, Eszter CSISZER |
478 | Local inflammation occurs before systemic inflammation in patients with COPD
Zhihui HE, Yan CHEN, Ping CHEN, Guobao WU, Shan CAI |
485 | Changes in the highest frequency of breath sounds without wheezing during methacholine inhalation challenge in children
Chizu HABUKAWA, Katsumi MURAKAMI, Hiroyuki MOCHIZUKI, Satoru TAKAMI, Reiko MURAMATSU, Hiromi TADAKI, Satomi HAGIWARA, Takahisa MIZUNO, Hirokazu ARAKAWA, Yukio NAGASAKA |
491 | Endobronchial foreign bodies in Vietnamese adults are related to eating habits
Lan Huu NGUYEN, Dung Huy NGUYEN, Thach Ngoc TRAN, Phung Tran NGUYEN, Quy Hoang THI, Yossef AELONY, Jean Paul Daniel HOMASSON |
495 | 'Lung age' predicts post-operative complications and survival in lung cancer patients
Tomohiro HARUKI, Hiroshige NAKAMURA, Yuji TANIGUCHI, Ken MIWA, Yoshin ADACHI, Shinji FUJIOKA |
501 | Prognostic value of survivin, X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein and second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases expression in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients
Ping CHEN, Jian LI, Li-Ping GE, Chun-Hua DAI, Xiao-Qin LI |
510 | Mannitol and AMP do not induce bronchoconstriction in eosinophilic bronchitis: Further evidence for dissociation between airway inflammation and bronchial hyperresponsiveness
Amisha SINGAPURI, Sue MCKENNA, Chris E BRIGHTLING, Peter BRADDING |
516 | Surgical mask placement over N95 filtering facepiece respirators: Physiological effects on healthcare workers
Raymond J ROBERGE, Aitor COCA, W Jon WILLIAMS, Andrew J PALMIERO, Jeffrey B POWELL |
522 | CCL22 is involved in the recruitment of CD4+CD25high T cells into tuberculous pleural effusions
Cong WU, Qiong ZHOU, Xue-Jun QIN, Shou-Ming QIN, Huan-Zhong SHI |
530 | Serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-1 and their ratio are associated with impaired lung function in the elderly: A population-based study
Inga S ÓLAFSDÓTTIR, Christer JANSON, Lars LIND, Johannes HULTHE, María GUNNBJÖRNSDÓTTIR, Johan SUNDSTRÖM |
536 | Prevalence of viral infection detected by PCR and RT-PCR in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD: A systematic review
Anant MOHAN, Subhash CHANDRA, Dipti AGARWAL, Randeep GULERIA, Shobha BROOR, Bharti GAUR, Ravindra Mohan PANDEY |
543 | The long-term impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome on pulmonary function, exercise capacity and health status
Jenny C NGAI, Fanny W KO, Susanna S NG, Kin-Wang TO, Mabel TONG, David S HUI |
SHORT COMMUNICATION |
551 | Effective aerosol delivery during high-frequency ventilation in neonatal pigs
Beena G SOOD, Yimin SHEN, Zahid LATIF, Bob GALLI, Elizabeth J DAWE, E Mark HAACKE |
TECHNICAL REPORT |
556 | Airline policies for passengers with obstructive sleep apnoea who require in-flight continuous positive airways pressure
Jacqueline WALKER, Paul T KELLY, Lutz BECKERT |
YEAR IN REVIEW |
562 | Year in review 2009: Respiratory infections, tuberculosis, pleural diseases and lung cancer
Stephen G SPIRO, Michael NIEDERMAN, Wing W YEW, José M PORCEL |
CASE REPORTS |
573 | Sauna lung: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to Exophiala jeanselmei
Wei-Chen HUANG, Yin-Hsiu LU, Zih-Gong LIN, Wen-Lin SU |
576 | Successful percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy in a haemodynamically unstable patient with massive pulmonary embolism
Mateo PORRES-AGUILAR, Oscar C MUNOZ, Paola ALVAREZ, Emilio GONZALEZ-AYALA |