EDITORIALS |
723 | Primum non nocere: Safety in clinical trials for IPF (Abstract)
Joyce S Lee & Harold R Collard |
INVITED REVIEW SERIES: CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES |
725 | Bronchial brushings for investigating airway inflammation and remodelling (Abstract)
KEVIN LOOI, ERIKA N SUTANTO, BALARKA BANERJEE, LUKE GARRATT, KAK-MING LING, CLARA J FOO, STEPHEN M STICK & ANTHONY KICIC |
INVITED REVIEW SERIES: PLEURAL DISEASE |
738 | Pleural controversy: Close needle pleural biopsy or thoracoscopy—Which first? (Abstract)
COENRAAD F N KOEGELENBERG & ANDREAS H DIACON |
747 | Pleural controversy: Pleurodesis versus indwelling pleural catheters for malignant effusions (Abstract)
PAUL MACEACHERN & ALAIN TREMBLAY |
INVITED REVIEW SERIES: RESPIRATORY HEALTH ISSUES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION |
755 | Respiratory disorders in the Middle East: A review (Abstract)
ABDELKARIM WANESS, YASER ABU EL-SAMEED, BASSAM MAHBOUB, MOHAMMED NOSHI, HAMDAN AL-JAHDALI, MAYANK VATS & ATUL C MEHTA |
767 | Asbestos use and asbestos-related diseases in Asia: Past, present and future (Abstract)
GIANG VINH LE, KEN TAKAHASHI, EUN-KEE PARK, VANYA DELGERMAA, CHULHO OAK, AHMAD MUNIR QURESHI & SYED MOHAMED ALJUNID |
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
776 | An investigator-driven study of everolimus in surgical lung biopsy confirmed idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (Abstract)
MONIQUE A MALOUF, PETER HOPKINS, GREGORY SNELL & ALLAN R GLANVILLE |
784 | Comparison of high-dose salmeterol/fluticasone and moderate-dose salmeterol/fluticasone plus low-dose mometasone in patients with severe persistent asthma (Abstract)
KAZUYOSHI KURASHIMA, NAHO KAGIYAMA, NOBORU TAKAYANAGI & YUTAKA SUGITA |
790 | Lack of association between the P2X7 receptor A1513C polymorphism and susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis: A meta-analysis (Abstract)
XIWEN WANG, HUAPING XIAO, HAIBING LAN, CHEN MAO & QING CHEN |
796 | Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α polymorphisms are associated with genetic aberrations in lung cancer (Abstract)
ANDIKA C PUTRA, KEIJI TANIMOTO, MARINA ARIFIN & KEIKO HIYAMA |
803 | Effect of spirometry and medical review on asthma control in patients in general practice: A randomized controlled trial (Abstract)
SIAO MING OEI, FRANCIS C K THIEN, ROSA L SCHATTNER, NABIL D SULAIMAN, KATE BIRCH, PAM SIMPSON, ELEONORA A DEL COLLE, ROSALIE A ARONI, RORY WOLFE & MICHAEL J ABRAMSON |
811 | Exhaled nitric oxide and exhaled breath condensate pH as predictors of sputum cell counts in optimally treated asthmatic smokers (Abstract)
GEORGIOS HILLAS, KONSTANTINOS KOSTIKAS, KONSTANTINOS MANTZOURANIS, VASSILIKI BESSA, KONSTANTINA KONTOGIANNI, GEORGIA PAPADAKI, SPYROS PAPIRIS, MANOS ALCHANATIS, STELIOS LOUKIDES & PETROS BAKAKOS |
819 | Procalcitonin guidance for reduction of antibiotic use in low-risk outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia (Abstract)
WEI LONG, XINGQI DENG, YU ZHANG, GANG LU, JUAN XIE & JIANGUO |
825 | Efficacy of tiotropium in COPD patients from Asia: A subgroup analysis from the UPLIFT trial (Abstract)
YOSHINOSUKE FUKUCHI, LENORA FERNANDEZ, HAN-PIN KUO, AZIAH MAHAYIDDIN, BARTOLOME CELLI, MARC DECRAMER, STEVEN KESTEN, DACHENG LIU & DONALD TASHKIN |
836 | Clinical significance of normal chest radiographs among HIV-seropositive patients with suspected tuberculosis in Uganda (Abstract)
SAMUEL D YOO, ADITHYA CATTAMANCHI, SASKIA DEN BOON, WILLIAM WORODRIA, HARRIET KISEMBO, LAURENCE HUANG & J LUCIAN DAVIS |
842 | Neurocognitive impairment in Chinese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome (Abstract)
RUI CHEN, KANG-PING XIONG, JUAN-YING HUANG, YI-XIN LIAN, FA JIN, ZHEN-HUA LI, MIN-YAN ZHAO & CHUN-FENG |
849 | Reversibility of impaired nasal mucociliary clearance in smokers following a smoking cessation programme (Abstract)
ERCY MARA CIPULO RAMOS, ALESSANDRA CHOQUETA DE TOLEDO, RAFAELLA FAGUNDES XAVIER, LUCIANA CRISTINA FOSCO, RODOLFO PAULA VIEIRA, DIONEI RAMOS & JOSÉ ROBERTO |
856 | Clinical features of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) in a Japanese community hospital: Comparisons among nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP), HCAP other than NHAP, and community-acquired pneumonia (Abstract)
KENJI UMEKI, ISSEI TOKIMATSU, CHIE YASUDA, ATSUKO IWATA, DAISUKE YOSHIOKA, HIROSHI ISHII, RYO SHIRAI, KENJI KISHI, KAZUFUMI HIRAMATSU, BUNROKU MATSUMOTO & JUN-ICHI KADOTA |
862 | Comparison of alveolar nitric oxide concentrations using two different methods for assessing small airways obstruction in asthma (Abstract)
DAIKI KOBAYASHI, YOSHIHIRO TOCHINO, HIROSHI KANAZAWA, YUKIKAZU ICHIMARU, SHIGENORI KYOH, KAZUHISA ASAI & KAZUTO HIRATA |
CORRESPONDENCE |
869 | Reference values for spirometry: The way forward for our patients (Abstract)
Sanja Stanojevic & Graham L Hall |