Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 6 - Number: 49 - February 15, 2006

Outstanding

Do We Really Want To Know Why Only Some Smokers Get COPD?

Is Dressler Syndrome Dead?

Comparison of Breath-Enhanced to Breath-Actuated Nebulizers for Rate, Consistency, and Efficiency

Intrapleural Injection of Transforming Growth Factor-ß Antibody Inhibits Pleural Fibrosis in Empyema

Bronchoscopy

Ultrathin Bronchoscopic Barium Marking With Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation for Fluoroscopy-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Clinical investigations in critical care

Comparison of Breath-Enhanced to Breath-Actuated Nebulizers for Rate, Consistency, and Efficiency

Editorial

Do We Really Want To Know Why Only Some Smokers Get COPD?

ethics in cardiopulmonary medicine

Why Do Physicians Who Treat Lung Cancer Get Sued?

laboratory and animal investigations

In Vitro Exposure of Bacteria to Antimicrobial Impregnated-Central Venous Catheters Does Not Directly Lead to the Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance

Intrapleural Injection of Transforming Growth Factor-ß Antibody Inhibits Pleural Fibrosis in Empyema

Opinion/hyphotesis

Is Dressler Syndrome Dead?

Preliminary reports

Correlation Between Rapid Strip Test and the Quality of Sputum

pulmonary and critical care pearls

A 39-Year-Old Man With Anasarca

Reviews

Oral Purified Bacterial Extracts in Chronic Bronchitis and COPD: Systematic Review

Seeking a Home for a PET, Part 3: Emerging Applications of Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in the Management of Patients With Lung Cancer

Roentgenogram of the month

Dysphagia, Chest Pain, and Refractory Asthma in a 42-Year-Old Woman

Selected Report

Death During Polysomnography of a Patient With Cheyne-Stokes Respiration, Respiratory Acidosis, and Chronic Heart Failure

Coronary and Valve Angiodysplasia Unmasked by Eosinophilic Vasculitis and Endomyocarditis

Clozapine-Induced Hypersensitivity Myocarditis

Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Patient With Spinal Muscle Atrophy