Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 2 - Number: 6 - March 15, 2002

Outstanding

Do hospital physicians have a role in reducing antibiotic prescribing in the community?

Pleuropulmonary manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus

Relation of body mass index to asthma and atopy in children: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study III

Is the pleural fluid transudate or exudate? A revisit of the diagnostic criteria

Articles

Effect of oral mexiletine on the cough response to capsaicin and tartaric acid

Genetic susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Koreans: combined analysis of polymorphic genotypes for microsomal epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-transferase M1 and T2

Use of nitric oxide inhalation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Relation of sputum inflammatory markers to symptoms and lung function changes in COPD exacerbations

Emergency pre-hospital management of patients admitted with acute asthma

Diet, lung function, and lung function decline in a cohort of 2512 middle aged men

Tuberculosis diagnosed during pregnancy: a prospective study from London

Diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in whole blood: a prospective clinical study

Increase in exhaled carbon monoxide during exacerbations of cystic fibrosis

Adult familial cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis in the United Kingdom

Role of E-selectin in bleomycin induced lung fibrosis in mice

Cases Reports

Transtracheal air in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome

Lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis associated with common variable hypogammaglobulinaemia treated with cyclosporin A

Alveolar haemorrhage in a case of high altitude pulmonary oedema

Xanthoma disseminatum with respiratory tract involvement and fatal outcome

Perspectives

Role of atrial septostomy in the treatment of pulmonary vascular disease

In what way may race, ethnicity or culture influence asthma outcomes?

Reviews and Trials

Do hospital physicians have a role in reducing antibiotic prescribing in the community?

Pleuropulmonary manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus

Summary

Relation of body mass index to asthma and atopy in children: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study III

Body mass, fat percentage, and fat free mass as reference variables for lung function: effects on terms for age and sex

Can the increase in body mass index explain the rising trend in asthma in children?

Influence of age and disease severity on high resolution CT lung densitometry in asthma

Exhaled nitric oxide levels in non-allergic and allergic mono- or polysensitised children with asthma

Association of IL-1beta and IL-1 receptor antagonist haplotypes with rate of decline in lung function in smokers

Is the pleural fluid transudate or exudate? A revisit of the diagnostic criteria

Function and inhibition sensitivity of the N-terminal segment of surfactant protein B (SP-B1-25) in preterm rabbits

Predicting hypoxaemia during flights in children with cystic fibrosis

Health status measurement in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

X-linked dyskeratosis congenita: restrictive pulmonary disease and a novel mutation