Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 3 - Number: 23 - November 15, 2003

Outstanding

The Anarchy of Weaning Techniques

The Clinical Spectrum of Pulmonary Aspergillosis*

Cross infection of cystic fibrosis patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa

The Potentially Coercive Nature of Some Clinical Research Trial Acronyms*

Arway

Suppression of airway hyperresponsiveness induced by ovalbumin sensitisation and RSV infection with Y-27632, a Rho kinase inhibitor

Asthma

Early exposure to children in family and day care as related to adult asthma and hay fever: results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

Comparative epidemiology of atopic and non-atopic wheeze and diagnosed asthma in a national sample of English adults

Exposure to indoor combustion and adult asthma outcomes: environmental tobacco smoke, gas stoves, and woodsmoke

Cases Reports

Spread of an epidemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain from a patient with cystic fibrosis (CF) to non-CF relatives

Critical Care

The Clinical Spectrum of Pulmonary Aspergillosis*

Cystic Fibrosis

Increased treatment requirements of patients with cystic fibrosis who harbour a highly transmissible strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Airways in cystic fibrosis are acidified: detection by exhaled breath condensate

Matrix metalloproteases in BAL fluid of patients with cystic fibrosis and their modulation by treatment with dornase alpha

Bronchoscopic findings in children with non-cystic fibrosis chronic suppurative lung disease

Editorial

The Anarchy of Weaning Techniques

Editorial

Cross infection of cystic fibrosis patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Opioids for dyspnoea

Environmental and Occupational Lung Diseases

Spirometric Abnormalities Associated With Chronic Bronchitis, Asthma, and Airway Hyperresponsiveness Among Boiler maker Construction Workers*

Opinion/hypothesis

The Potentially Coercive Nature of Some Clinical Research Trial Acronyms*

Respiratory Insufficiency

Comparison of proportional assist ventilation and pressure support ventilation in chronic respiratory failure due to neuromuscular and chest wall deformity

Reviews

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 4: Imaging the lungs in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

The pulmonary physician in critical care • 10: Difficult weaning

Lung cancer • Introduction

Lung cancer • 1: Prevention of lung cancer

Sleep and Breathing

Symptomatic Gastroesophageal Reflux in Subjects With a Breathing Sleep Disorder*

Therapeutics

A systematic review of the use of opioids in the management of dyspnoea

Paracetamol use in pregnancy and wheezing in early childhood

Tobacco addiction

Tobacco smoking and pulmonary tuberculosis

Risk of hospital admission for COPD following smoking cessation and reduction: a Danish population study