Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 4 - Number: 28 - April 15, 2004

Outstanding

Relationship between exacerbation frequency and lung function decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A randomised trial of self-management planning for adult patients admitted to hospital with acute asthma

Role of Interleukin-10 in the Intracellular Sequestration of Human Leukocyte Antigen-DR in Monocytes during Septic Shock

Barking up the wrong tree? Use of polymerase chain reaction to diagnose syphilitic aortitis

Asthma

Polymorphisms in Toll-Like Receptor 4 Are Not Associated with Asthma or Atopy-related Phenotypes

Clara Cells

Secretoglobins SCGB3A1 and SCGB3A2 Define Secretory Cell Subsets in Mouse and Human Airways

Critical Care Ethics

Patient, Physician, and Family Member Understanding of Living Wills

Critical care pespective

Meta-Analysis of Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Trials Testing Low Tidal Volumes

Cystic Fibrosis

Histomorphometric Analysis of Bone Biopsies from the Iliac Crest of Adults with Cystic Fibrosis

Editorial

How do we choose a therapeutic regimen in cystic fibrosis?

Exercise

Ventilatory Efficiency during Exercise in Healthy Subjects

Lung Injury and Pulmonary Circulation

Aerosolized Linear Polyethylenimine-Nitric Oxide/Nucleophile Adduct Attenuates Endotoxin-induced Lung Injury in Sheep

Mucociliary Clearance

Montelukast Prevents Antigen-induced Mucociliary Dysfunction in Sheep

Occasional reviews

Difficult asthma in children

Original article

Effects of hypertonic saline, alternate day and daily rhDNase on healthcare use, costs and outcomes in children with cystic fibrosis

Relationship between exacerbation frequency and lung function decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Proportional assist ventilation as an aid to exercise training in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Interpretation of occupational peak flow records: level of agreement between expert clinicians and Oasys-2

Airway and systemic effects of hydrofluoroalkane fluticasone and beclomethasone in patients with asthma

A randomised trial of self-management planning for adult patients admitted to hospital with acute asthma

Analysis of induced sputum in adults with asthma: identification of subgroup with isolated sputum neutrophilia and poor response to inhaled corticosteroids

Regular use of inhaled corticosteroids and the long term prevention of hospitalisation for asthma

Involvement of vascular endothelial growth factor in exercise induced bronchoconstriction in asthmatic patients

Dose-dependent onset and cessation of action of inhaled budesonide on exhaled nitric oxide and symptoms in mild asthma

Apoptosis resistant bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid lymphocytes in sarcoidosis

Subepithelial vascular patterns in bronchial dysplasias using a high magnification bronchovideoscope

Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Three-Dimensional Characterization of Pathologic Lesions in Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Respiratory Muscles in COPD

Diaphragm Length during Tidal Breathing in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Inspiratory Muscle Training in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Structural Adaptation and Physiologic Outcomes

Sepsis

Role of Interleukin-10 in the Intracellular Sequestration of Human Leukocyte Antigen-DR in Monocytes during Septic Shock

Syphilitic aortitis

Barking up the wrong tree? Use of polymerase chain reaction to diagnose syphilitic aortitis