Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 2 - Number: 13 - October 15, 2002

Outstanding

Respiratory diseases in pregnancy 2: Pneumonia and pregnancy

Assessment of airway neutrophils by sputum colour: correlation with airways inflammation

Pulmonary infiltrates in non-HIV immunocompromised patients: a diagnostic approach using non-invasive and bronchoscopic procedures

Sarcoidosis: old and new treatments

Articles

Study of community acquired pneumonia aetiology (SCAPA) in adults admitted to hospital: implications for management guidelines

Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia of the lung: a clinicopathological study of 118 cases including cases with multiple atypical adenomatous hyperplasia

Sputum induction as a research tool for sampling the airways of subjects with cystic fibrosis

Increasing prevalence of asthma diagnosis and symptoms in children is confined to mild symptoms

Effect of intravenous pamidronate on bone mineral density in adults with cystic fibrosis

Degranulation patterns of eosinophil granulocytes as determinants of eosinophil driven disease

Evidence for different subgroups of difficult asthma in children

Increased expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclo-oxygenase-2 in the airway epithelium of asthmatic subjects and regulation by corticosteroid treatment

Assessment of airway neutrophils by sputum colour: correlation with airways inflammation

Respiratory intensive care units in Italy: a national census and prospective cohort study

Pulmonary infiltrates in non-HIV immunocompromised patients: a diagnostic approach using non-invasive and bronchoscopic procedures

Pulmonary function in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a 25 year follow up after surgery or start of brace treatment

Enhanced inhibition of lymphocyte activation by Mycobacterium avium complex in human T lymphotrophic virus type I carriers

Cases Reports

Diaphragm strength in acute systemic lupus erythematosus in a patient with paradoxical abdominal motion and reduced lung volumes

Successful use of high dose rate brachytherapy for non-malignant bronchial obstruction

Perspectives and Editorial

The labyrinth of asthma phenotypes and exhaled NO

COX-2 expression in asthmatic airways: the story so far

Sarcoidosis: old and new treatments

Good respiratory practice in primary care

Reviews and Trials

Paediatric origins of adult lung disease 8: Long term sequelae of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (chronic lung disease of infancy)

Respiratory diseases in pregnancy: Introduction

Respiratory diseases in pregnancy 1: Asthma in pregnancy

Respiratory diseases in pregnancy 2: Pneumonia and pregnancy