| Page | FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
| 1 | |
| EDITORIAL |
| 3 | Phil Thompson
Editor-in-Chief |
| INVITED REVIEW SERIES: PLEURAL DISEASES |
| 4 | The management of pleural space infections
Stephen J Chapman, Robert JO Davies |
| 12 | Pathogenesis of pleural infection
Chadi A Hage, Kamal Abdul Mohammed, Veena B Antony |
| REVIEW ARTICLE |
| 16 | Inflammation in allergic asthma: Initiating events, immunological response and risk factors
Manuel AR Ferreira |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| 25 | The influence of dexamethasone on the proliferation and apoptosis of pulmonary inflammatory cells in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats
Hui-ping Li, Xia Li, Guo-jun He, Xiang-hua Yi, Allen P Kaplan |
| 33 | Trace elements as a component of oxidative stress in COPD
Fisun Karadag, Orhan Cildag, Mustafa Altinisik, Leyla D Kozaci, Goksel Kiter, Cagatay Altun |
| 38 | The effects of antioxidants on exercise-induced lipid peroxidation in patients with COPD
Aysen Agacdiken, Ilknur Basyigit, Meltem Ozden, Fusun Yildiz, Dilek Ural, Hale Maral, Hasim Boyaci, Ahmet Ilgazli, Baki Komsuoglu |
| 43 | Intracellular glutathione in stretch-induced cytokine release from alveolar type-2 like cells
Behrouz Jafari, Bin Ouyang, Li-Fu Li, Charles A Hales, Deborah A Quinn |
| 54 | Sputum carcinoembryonic antigen, neuron-specific enolase and cytokeratin fragment 19 levels in lung cancer diagnosis
Ioannis Kalomenidis, Katerina Dimakou, Androniki Kolintza, Katerina Vlami, Manos Papadakis, Cristina Sotiropoulou, Dora Orphanidou, Charis Roussos, Spyros Papiris |
| 60 | Increased lung water without hypocapnia does not cause central sleep apnoea in a lamb model
Keith R Burgess, Norbert Berend |
| 66 | A simple C-reactive protein measurement for the differentiation between tuberculous and malignant pleural effusion
Nitipatana Chierakul, Apichart Kanitsap, Angkana Chaiprasert, Ronnachai Viriyataveekul |
| 70 | Determinants of BMI in patients with COPD
Fisun Karadag, Aslihan B Karul, Orhan Cildag, Cagatay Altun, Ozgur Gurgey |
| 76 | Prediction of the maximal voluntary ventilation in healthy adult Chinese subjects
Ai Ching Kor, Kian Chung Ong, Arul Earnest, Yee Tang Wang |
| 81 | Vasoactive mediators (VEGF and TNF-α) in patients with malignant and tuberculous pleural effusions
Enas A Hamed, Amira M El-Noweihi, Ashraf Z Mohamed, Azza Mahmoud |
| 87 | Impact of coping and socioeconomic factors on quality of life in adults with asthma
Robert J Adams, David Wilson, Brian J Smith, Richard E Ruffin |
| 96 | Randomized trial of yoga as a complementary therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis
Naveen K Visweswaraiah, Shirley Telles |
| 102 | The pulmonary and extra-pulmonary effects of high-dose formoterol in COPD: A
comparison with salbutamol
Alexandra Goldkorn, Patricia Diotto, Carl Burgess, Mark Weatherall, Shaun Holt, Richard Beasley, Robert Siebers |
| 109 | Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia in children caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Serological results of a prospective, population-based study in primary health care
Matti Korppi, Tarja Heiskanen-Kosma, Marjaana Kleemola |
| 115 | Pleural complications of pulmonary hydatid disease
Mustafa Kursat Ozvaran, Yesim Ersoy, Bahadir Uskul, Ethem Unver, Engin Yalcin, Reha Baran, Rodolfo C Morice |
| 120 | Hospital-acquired pneumonia in general wards of a Japanese tertiary hospital
Hideo Ohi, Katsunori Yanagihara, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Yoichi Hirakata, Kazunori Tomono, Jun-ichi Kadota, Takayoshi Tashiro, Shigeru Kohno |
| SHORT COMMUNICATIONS |
| 125 | Blunted effect of the Kv channel inhibitor on pulmonary circulation in Tibetan sheep: A model for studying hypoxia and pulmonary artery pressure regulation
Takeshi Ishizaki, Akio Sakai, Tomonori Koizumi, Zonghai Ruan, Zhan Gang Wang |
| 130 | Airways obstruction in survivors of thoracoplasty: Reversibility is greater in non-smokers
Terence M O'Connor, Deirdre M O'Riordan, Maria Stack, Charles P Bredin |
| CASE REPORTS |
| 134 | Pulmonary and cerebral oil embolism after hysterosalpingography with oil soluble contrast medium
Oguz Uzun, Serhat Findik, Murat Danaci, Didem Katar, Levent Erkan |
| 137 | Pancoast's syndrome in a patient with B-cell lymphoma diagnosed and confirmed with immunoglobulin gene rearrangement
Fumiyuki Takahashi, Akihiko Ohwada, Yoshie Higashihara, Yasuko Yoshioka, Toshimasa Uekusa, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Takashi Dambara, Yoshinosuke Fukuchi |
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
| 141 | Comment on findings of Hodge et al.
Ulrich Heininger |
| 142 | Failure of down-regulation of leucocyte l-selectin in patients with culture-proven Bordetella pertussis infection may infer increased patient morbidity
Greg Hodge |
