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| 1067 | FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
| 1067 | JOURNAL STATISTICS |
| EDITORIAL |
| 1068 | Geography and the aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia
Jeremy S Brown |
| INVITED REVIEW SERIES: PULMONARY FIBROSIS |
| 1072 | Treating IPF—all or nothing? A PRO-CON debate (Abstract)
Jügen BEHR, Martin KOLB, Gerard COX |
| 1082 | How useful is traditional herbal medicine for pulmonary fibrosis? (Abstract)
Jiao YANG, Ye CUI, Martin KOLB |
| INVITED REVIEW SERIES: COMPLICATIONS IN LUNG PROCEDURES |
| 1092 | ICU procedures of the critically ill (Abstract)
Ghee Chee PHUA, Momen M WAHIDI |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| 1098 | Role of 'atypical pathogens' among adult hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (Abstract)
Grace LUI, Margaret IP, Nelson LEE, Timothy H RAINER, Shin Y MAN, Clive S COCKRAM, Gregory E ANTONIO, Margaret H L NG, Michael H M CHAN, Shirley S L CHAU, Paulina MAK, Paul K S CHAN, Anil T AHUJA, Joseph J Y SUNG, David S C HUI |
| 1106 | Diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction in asthma with high resolution dynamic volume computerized tomography of the larynx (Abstract)
Peter W HOLMES, Kenneth K LAU, Marcus CROSSETT, Cathy LOW, Douglas BUCHANAN, Garun S HAMILTON, Philip G BARDIN |
| 1114 | Predictors of positive sputum cultures in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Abstract)
Angeliki M TSIMOGIANNI, Spyros A PAPIRIS, Sofia KANAVAKI, Georgios T STATHOPOULOS, Christina SOTIROPOULOU, Effrosyni D MANALI, Pinelopi MICHALOPOULOU, Charis ROUSSOS, Anastasia KOTANIDOU |
| 1121 | The effects of antifungal therapy on severe asthma with fungal sensitization and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (Abstract)
Alessandro C PASQUALOTTO, Georgina POWELL, Robert NIVEN, David W DENNING |
| 1128 | Predictive models for diagnosis of pleural effusions secondary to tuberculosis or cancer (Abstract)
Roberta K B SALES, Francisco S VARGAS, Vera Luiza CAPELOZZI, Mácia SEISCENTO, Eduardo H GENOFRE, Lisete R TEIXEIRA, Leila ANTONANGELO |
| 1134 | Plasma levels of retinoids, carotenoids and tocopherols in patients with mild obstructive sleep apnoea (Abstract)
Regina M DAY, Ismael A MATUS, Yuichiro J SUZUKI, Kyung-Jin YEUM, Jian QIN, Ah-Mee PARK, Vivek JAIN, Tunay KURU, Guangwen TANG |
| 1143 | A novel device (SD-101) with high accuracy for screening sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (Abstract)
Toshihiko AGATSUMA, Keisaku FUJIMOTO, Yoshimichi KOMATSU, Kazuhisa URUSHIHATA, Takayuki HONDA, Teruomi TSUKAHARA, Tetsuo NOMIYAMA |
| 1151 | Cough-reflex sensitivity to inhaled capsaicin in COPD associated with increased exacerbation frequency (Abstract)
Kunihiko TERADA, Shigeo MURO, Tadashi OHARA, Akane HARUNA, Satoshi MARUMO, Megumi KUDO, Emiko OGAWA, Yuma HOSHINO, Toyohiro HIRAI, Akio NIIMI, Michiaki MISHIMA |
| 1156 | Efficacy and safety of omalizumab in an Asian population with moderate-to-severe persistent asthma (Abstract)
Ken OHTA, Terumasa MIYAMOTO, Taro AMAGASAKI, Manabu YAMAMOTO |
| 1166 | Frequency of dosing and comparative doses of mometasone furoate: A meta-analysis (Abstract)
Kelli HART, Mark WEATHERALL, Philippa SHIRTCLIFFE, Richard BEASLEY |
| 1173 | Boost of mucosal secretory immunoglobulin A response by clarithromycin in paediatric influenza (Abstract)
Takako SAWABUCHI, Satoshi SUZUKI, Kazuhiro IWASE, Chika ITO, Dai MIZUNO, Hajime TOGARI, Isamu WATANABE, Sadiqur R TALUKDER, Junji CHIDA, Hiroshi KIDO |
| 1180 | Serum trace element levels in COPD patient: The relation between trace element supplementation and period of mechanical ventilation in a randomized controlled trial (Abstract)
May EL-ATTAR, Mohamed SAID, Gehan EL-ASSAL, Nirmeen A SABRY, Emad OMAR, Laila ASHOUR |
| 1188 | Monoclonal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor antibody reduces fluid volume in an experimental model of inflammatory pleural effusion (Abstract)
Sabrina C C RIBEIRO, Francisco S VARGAS, Leila ANTONANGELO, Evaldo MARCHI, Eduardo H GENOFRE, Milena M P ACENCIO, Lisete R TEIXEIRA |
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| 1194 | Differential mRNA expression of Toll-like receptors and their adaptors in pleural effusions (Abstract)
Liang-Che CHANG, Chung-Ching HUA, Chien-Ming CHU, Bor-Yiing CHIANG, Hung-Jie CHEN, Chung-Chieh YU |
| CASE REVIEW |
| 1200 | Severe community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia: An emerging highly lethal infectious disease in the Asia–Pacific (Abstract)
Catherine W M ONG, David C B LYE, Kay Leong KHOO, Gerald Seng Wee CHUA, Siang Fei YEOH, Yee Sin LEO, Paul Ananth TAMBYAH, Arlene Christine CHUA |
| CASE REPORTS |
| 1206 | Adult community-acquired pneumonia caused by macrolide resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Abstract)
Rie ISOZUMI, Hiroyuki YOSHIMINE, Miyuki MOROZUMI, Kimiko UBUKATA, Koya ARIYOSHI |
| 1208 | Ameloblastoma of the mandible with pulmonary metastases 45 years after initial diagnosis (Abstract)
Maria PAPAIOANNOU, Katerina MANIKA, Bassilis TSAOUSSIS, Angeliki CHEVA, Lazaros SICHLETIDIS, John KIOUMIS |
| 1212 | Anomalous isolated segmental pulmonary vein dilatation detected by computerized tomography of the chest (Abstract)
Hidetoshi MIYAKE, Hiroshi ORIBE |
| 1214 | Bacterial tracheobronchitis. A rare cause of adult airway stenosis (Abstract)
Toru KADOWAKI, Hironobu HAMADA, Ai FUJIWARA, Seigo MIYOSHI, Naohiko HAMAGUCHI, Ryoji ITO, Jitsuo HIGAKI |
