Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 5 - Number: 39 - March 15, 2005

Outstanding

Increase in urinary leukotriene LTE4 levels in acute asthma: correlation with airflow limitation

Nebulised salbutamol administered during sputum induction improves bronchoprotection in patients with asthma

Rapid and efficient clearance of airway tissue granulocytes through transepithelial migration

Diagnosing Asthma: Comparisons between Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurements and Conventional Tests

Airway Biology

Rapid and efficient clearance of airway tissue granulocytes through transepithelial migration

Asthma

Written action plans for asthma: an evidence-based review of the key components

Increase in urinary leukotriene LTE4 levels in acute asthma: correlation with airflow limitation

Fatty acid levels and risk of asthma in young adults

Nebulised salbutamol administered during sputum induction improves bronchoprotection in patients with asthma

Two functional variants of the superoxide dismutase genes in Finnish families with asthma

Asthma and Nitric Oxide

Diagnosing Asthma: Comparisons between Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurements and Conventional Tests

B. H. influenzae and COPD

Strain-specific Immune Response to Haemophilus influenzae in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Bronchiolitis Obliterans Prediction

The Predictive Value of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Stage 0-p

C. Host Defense and Klebsiella

Mouse Lysozyme M Is Important in Pulmonary Host Defense against Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection

Case report

Elimination of central sleep apnoea by mitral valvuloplasty: the role of feedback delay in periodic breathing

COPD

An international survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in young adults according to GOLD stages

Transforming growth factor-ß1 genotype and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic Fibrosis

Bone mineral density in Australian children, adolescents and adults with cystic fibrosis: a controlled cross sectional study

Nitric oxide synthase 1 as a potential modifier gene of decline in lung function in patients with cystic fibrosis

Editorial

Written asthma action plans

COPD in the ECRHS

New insights into oxygen sensing at a cellular level

1-Antitrypsin deficiency

Does the Presence of Antibodies Justify the Use of Antibiotics in Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis?

Lysozyme in Pulmonary Host Defense: New Tricks for an Old Dog

H. Pediatric Asthma: Flu Vaccine

Influenza Vaccination in Children with Asthma: Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-controlled Trial

Images in Thorax

Selective pulmonary fat aspiration complicating oesophageal achalasia

Lung cancer

BTS randomised feasibility study of active symptom control with or without chemotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma: ISRCTN 54469113

Maternal Smoking and Airways

Maternal and Personal Cigarette Smoking Synergize to Increase Airflow Limitation in Adults

Occasional Reviews

Oxidants and asthma

Primary Cilliary Dyskinesia

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: Diagnostic and Phenotypic Features

PRO/CON EDITORIALS

Pro: Greater Funding of Cell and Molecular Biology Has Delivered What Was Promised to Respiratory Medicine

Con: Greater Funding of Cell and Molecular Biology Has Not Delivered What Was Promised to Respiratory Medicine

Rebuttal from Dr. Lenfant

Rebuttal from Dr. Macklem

Pulmonary Hypertension

Sitaxsentan Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Review series

Sleep · 2: Pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome

1-Antitrypsin deficiency · 1: Epidemiology of 1-antitrypsin deficiency