Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 5 - Number: 41 - June 15, 2005

Outstanding

Treatment of Complicated Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion With Intrapleural Streptokinase in Children

Role of Flexible Bronchoscopy in Immunocompromised Patients With Lung Infiltrates

The Role of Transforming Growth Factor ß in Lung Development and Disease

Hemodynamic Response to Sildenafil, Nitric Oxide, and Iloprost in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

Bronchoscopy

Grading Airway Stenosis Down to the Segmental Level Using Virtual Bronchoscopy

Role of Flexible Bronchoscopy in Immunocompromised Patients With Lung Infiltrates

Interventional Bronchoscopy for Treatment of Tracheal Obstruction Secondary to Benign or Malignant Thyroid Disease

Images in Thorax

The Role of Transforming Growth Factor ß in Lung Development and Disease

laboratory and animal investigations

Increased Surfactant Protein-A Levels in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Increased Levels of Cell Death and Proliferation in Alveolar Wall Cells in Patients With Pulmonary Emphysema

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Canine Model of Predominantly Upper Lobe Emphysema: Advantages of New Surgical System

Pulmonary Responses to Selective Phosphodiesterase-5 and Phosphodiesterase-3 Inhibitors

minimally invasive techniques

New and Emerging Minimally Invasive Techniques for Lung Volume Reduction

occupational and environmental lung disease

Lung Function Among Workers in the Soft Tissue Paper-Producing Industry

Pneumoconiosis in Rush Mat Workers Exposed to Clay Dye "Sendo" Dust: Clinical, Radiologic, and Histopathologic Features in Seven Patients

Changing Patterns in Asbestos-Induced Lung Disease

Opinion/hypothesis

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia: Why Does the Heartbeat Synchronize With Respiratory Rhythm?

Nebulized Opioids Use in COPD

Pneumoniae

US Hospital Care for Patients With HIV Infection and Pneumonia: The Role of Public, Private, and Veterans Affairs Hospitals in the Early Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era

Vitamin E and Beta-Carotene Supplementation and Hospital-Treated Pneumonia Incidence in Male Smokers

Treatment of Complicated Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion With Intrapleural Streptokinase in Children

Pulmonary Hypertension

Effects of Epoprostenol on Right Ventricular Hypertrophy and Dilatation in Pulmonary Hypertension

Hemodynamic Response to Sildenafil, Nitric Oxide, and Iloprost in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

Review

Brain Natriuretic Peptide in the Management of Heart Failure: The Versatile Neurohormone

The Pulmonary Manifestations of Left Heart Failure

roentgenogram of the month

Bronchial Stricture and Hemoptysis in a Woman With Sickle Cell Anemia

Selected reports

Tracheobronchial Amyloidosis: A Case Report of Successful Treatment With External Beam Radiation Therapy

Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: An Unusual Case and a Review of the Literature

Toxicity of Food Drug and Cosmetic Blue No. 1 Dye in Critically Ill Patients

Special Report

Integrated Health System for Chronic Disease Management: Lessons Learned From France

Supplement

The Effects of Macrolides on Inflammatory Cells

Macrolides for the Treatment of Chronic Sinusitis, Asthma, and COPD

Effects of Subinhibitory Concentrations of Macrolide Antibiotics on Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Immunomodulatory Activity and Effectiveness of Macrolides in Chronic Airway Disease