| EDITORIALS |
| 945 | Electronic cigarettes: 'Vaping' has unproven benefits and potential harm
David C L Lam, Arth Nana, Peter R Eastwood and on behalf of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR) |
| 948 | Staphylococcus aureus bio-products: New biological roles for a pleurodesis agent
(See article, page 1025)
Ioannis Psallidas & Georgios T Stathopoulos |
| 950 | Moving stem cell therapy to patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
(See article, page 1013)
Marilyn K Glassberg & Rebecca L Toonkel |
| INVITED REVIEW SERIES |
| Respiratory Disease: Using Lung Function Measurements to Greater Advantage |
| 952 | Respiratory disease and respiratory physiology: Putting lung function into perspective interstitial lung disease
(Watch the video introducing the Review Series on lung function testing)
Norbert Berend |
| 960 |
Asthma and respiratory physiology: Putting lung function into perspective
(Watch the video introducing the Review Series on lung function testing)
Giuseppe Francesco Sferrazza Papa, Giulia Michela Pellegrino & Riccardo Pellegrino |
| Update in Interventional Pulmonology |
| 970 |
Role of interventional pulmonology in the management of complicated parapneumonic pleural effusions and empyema
David P Breen & Cyrus Daneshvar |
| Modern Statistical Methods in Respiratory Medicine |
| 979 |
Correcting for the bias caused by exposure measurement error in epidemiological studies
Michael T Fahey, Andrew B Forbes & Alison M Hodge |
| REVIEWS |
| 985 | Characteristics of patients with yellow nail syndrome and pleural effusion
Luis Valdés, John T Huggins, Francisco Gude, Lucía Ferreiro, José M Álvarez-Dobaño, Antonio Golpe, María E Toubes, Francisco J González-Barcala, Esther San José & Steven A Sahn |
| 993 |
Is the incidence of malignancy increased in patients with sarcoidosis? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Patompong Ungprasert, Narat Srivali, Karn Wijarnpreecha, Charat Thongprayoon, Wisit Cheungpasitporn & Eric L Knight |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| COPD |
| 999 | Repeating pulmonary rehabilitation: Prevalence, predictors and outcomes
Hazel Heng, Annemarie L Lee & Anne E Holland |
| 1006 | Clinical COPD Questionnaire in patients with chronic respiratory disease
Jane L Canavan, Deniz Dilaver, Amy L Clark, Sarah E Jones, Claire M Nolan, Samantha S C Kon & William D-C Man |
| Interstitial Lung Disease |
| 1013 | A phase 1b study of placenta-derived mesenchymal stromal cells in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
(See Editorial, page 950)
Daniel C Chambers, Debra Enever, Nina Ilic, Lisa Sparks, Kylie Whitelaw, John Ayres, Stephanie T Yerkovich, Dalia Khalil, Kerry M Atkinson & Peter M A Hopkins |
| 1019 | The relationships among dyspnoea, health-related quality of life and psychological factors in sarcoidosis
Sally de Boer, John Kolbe & Margaret L Wilsher |
| Lung Cancer |
| 1025 |
A commercially available preparation of Staphylococcus aureus bio-products potently inhibits tumour growth in a murine model of mesothelioma
(See Editorial, page 948
Sally M Lansley, Julius F Varano della Vergiliana, Amanda L Cleaver, Shaohua H Ren, Amanda Segal, Ming Yan Xu & YC Gary Lee |
| 1034 |
Roles of Ki-67, p53, transforming growth factor-β and lysyl oxidase in the metastasis of lung cancer
Omer Araz, Elif Demirci, Elif Yilmazel Ucar, Muhammet Calik, Adem Karaman, Irmak Durur-Subasi, Ebru Orsal, Mahmut Subasi, Ferah Daloglu & Metin Akgun |
| Lung Function |
| 1040 |
Dependence of bronchoconstrictor and bronchodilator responses on thoracic gas compression volume
Riccardo Pellegrino, Andrea Antonelli, Emanuele Crimi, Carlo Gulotta, Roberto Torchio, Luca Dutto, Ole F Pedersen & Vito Brusasco |
| 1046 | Relationship between the baseline alveolar volume-to-total lung capacity ratio and airway responsiveness
David A Kaminsky, Anees Daud & David G Chapman |
| 1052 |
Prevalence and correlates of a 'knee' pattern on the maximal expiratory flow-volume loop in young adults
Hayden H Shin, Malcolm R Sears & Robert J Hancox |
| Rare Lung Diseases |
| 1059 | Clinical implications of initial peripheral eosinophilia in acute eosinophilic pneumonia
Byung Woo Jhun, Se Jin Kim, Kang Kim & Ji Eun Lee |
| Respiratory Infections |
| 1066 | Clinical course and prognostic factors of pulmonary aspergilloma
Jung-Kyu Lee, Yeon Joo Lee, Sung Soo Park, Jong Sun Park, Young-Jae Cho, Young Sik Park, Ho Il Yoon, Choon-Taek Lee & Jae Ho Lee |
| 1073 |
Does prolonged onset of symptoms have a prognostic significance in community-acquired pneumonia?
Francisco Sanz, Marcos I Restrepo, Estrella Fernández-Fabrellas, Ángela Cervera, María Luisa Briones, Laura Novella, María Carmen Aguar, Eusebi Chiner, Juan F Fernandez & José Blanquer |
| 1080 | Intratracheal co-administration of antioxidants and ceftriaxone reduces pulmonary injury and mortality rate in an experimental model of sepsis
Andre M Galvão, Marcela S O Wanderley, Roberto A Silva, Carlos A M Filho, Mário R Melo-Junior, Luciano A Silva, Emílio L Streck, Armele F Dornelas de Andrade, Maria B Souza Maia & Celia M M Barbosa de Castro |
| SCIENTIFIC LETTER |
| 1088 | Australian Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry: Vital lessons from a national prospective collaborative project
Yuben Moodley, Nicole Goh, Ian Glaspole, Sacha Macansh, E Haydn Walters, Sally Chapman, Peter Hopkins, Paul N Reynolds, Christopher Zappala, Wendy Cooper, Annabelle Mahar, Samantha Ellis, Samuel McCormack, William Darbishire, Richard Wood-Baker, Tamera J Corte & Australian IPF Registry Steering Committee |
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| 1092 | Forthcoming Meetings
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