EDITORIALS |
1017 | Systemic corticosteroid and reactivation of chronic hepatitis B (Abstract)
Ching-Lung Lai and Man-Fung Yuen |
1019 | Effecting positive outcomes through positive pressure ventilation in COPD (Abstract)
Jacques Rizkallah and Don D Sin |
PRO/CON DEBATE |
1021 | Allergy is an important factor in asthma exacerbation: A Pro/Con Debate (Abstract)
Adnan CUSTOVIC, Angela SIMPSON, Philip G BARDIN and Peter LE SOUËF |
INVITED REVIEW SERIES: HOW TO SET UP PULMONARY SUBSPECIALTY SERVICES |
1028 | Setting up a specialist pleural disease service (Abstract)
Clare E HOOPER, Y C Gary LEE and Nick A MASKELL |
INVITED REVIEWS |
1037 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Host defence in lung diseases (Abstract)
Bryan J WILLIAMS, Joanne DEHNBOSTEL and Timothy S BLACKWELL |
1057 | Pneumococci: immunology of the innate host response (Abstract)
Gavin K PATERSON and Carlos J ORIHUELA |
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
1064 | The effect and mechanism of action of carbocysteine on airway bacterial load in rats chronically exposed to cigarette smoke (Abstract)
Li SUN, Lifeng TANG, Yan XU, Shouqin WANG, Yaming LI and Jian |
1072 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the absence of chronic bronchitis in China (Abstract)
Ming LU, Wanzhen YAO, Nanshan ZHONG, Yumin ZHOU, Chen WANG, Ping CHEN, Jian KANG, Shaoguang HUANG, Baoyuan CHEN, Changzheng WANG, Diantao NI, Xiaoping WANG, Dali WANG, Shengming LIU, Jiachun LU, Ning SHEN and Pixin RAN |
1079 | Effect of unilateral endobronchial valve insertion on pulmonary ventilation and perfusion: A pilot study (Abstract)
Steven C S CHUNG, Matthew J PETERS, Stephanie CHEN, Louise EMMETT and Alvin J ING |
1084 | Five-year outcome in COPD patients after their first episode of acute exacerbation treated with non-invasive ventilation (Abstract)
Li Ping CHUNG, Peta WINSHIP, Scott PHUNG, Fiona LAKE and Grant WATERER |
1092 | Risk of hepatitis B virus reactivation in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treated with corticosteroids (Abstract)
Tae-Wan KIM, Mi-Na KIM, Jae-Woo KWON, Kyung-Mook KIM, Sae-Hoon KIM, Won KIM, Heung-Woo PARK, Yoon-Seok CHANG, Sang-Heon CHO, Kyung-Up MIN and You-Young KIM |
1098 | Effects of changing reference values and definition of the normal range on interpretation of spirometry (Abstract)
Danny J BRAZZALE, Allyson L UPWARD and Jeffrey J PRETTO |
1104 | The opening interrupter technique for respiratory resistance measurements in children (Abstract)
Monique OSWALD-MAMMOSSER, Anne CHARLOUX, Irina ENACHE and Evelyne LONSDORFER-WOLF |
1111 | Osteopontin levels are elevated in patients with eosinophilic pneumonia (Abstract)
Takuya UENO, Eishi MIYAZAKI, Masaru ANDO, Shin-ichi NUREKI and Toshihide KUMAMOTO |
1122 | Obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with risk factors comprising the metabolic syndrome (Abstract)
Toshiki AKAHOSHI, Akihito UEMATSU, Tsuneto AKASHIBA, Kenichi NAGAOKA, Kouji KIYOFUJI, Seiji KAWAHARA, Tomohiro HATTORI, Yoshitaka KANEITA, Takayuki YOSHIZAWA, Noriaki TAKAHASHI, Makoto UCHIYAMA and Shu HASHIMOTO |
1127 | An alternative 1-day smear microscopy protocol for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (Abstract)
Jagdish RAWAT, Debasis BISWAS, Girish SINDHWANI and Victor MASIH |
1131 | High MW hyaluronan inhibits smoke inhalation-induced lung injury and improves survival (Abstract)
Pei-ming HUANG, Olga SYRKINA, Lunyin YU, Rejmon DEDAJ, Hang ZHAO, Aviva SHIEDLIN, Yung-yang LIU, Hari GARG, Deborah A QUINN and Charles A HALES |
CASE REPORTS |
1140 | Tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenitis that evolved into pulmonary tuberculosis following transbronchial needle aspiration (Abstract)
Mario GOMEZ, L W PRESTON CHURCH and Marc A JUDSON |
1141 | Endoscopic lung volume reduction effectively treats acute respiratory failure secondary to bullous emphysema (Abstract)
Paul SEXTON, Jeffrey E GARRETT, Nigel RANKIN and Graeme ANDERSON |