Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 6 - Number: 59 - December 15, 2006

Outstanding

When should a long acting ß agonist be added to an inhaled corticosteroid?

Thoracentesis in Patients With Hematologic Malignancy: Yield and Safety

Pulmonary Vasculitis in Behçet Disease: A Cumulative Analysis

The Relationship Between Reduced Lung Function and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Population-Based Study and a Systematic Review of the Literature

Arway

Recovery of Potential Pathogens and Interfering Bacteria in the Nasopharynx of Smokers and Nonsmokers

Zinc Chloride (Smoke Bomb) Inhalation Lung Injury: Clinical Presentations, High-Resolution CT Findings, and Pulmonary Function Test Results

Asthma

The Incidence of Asthma in Young Adults

Treatment of ovalbumin-induced experimental allergic bronchitis in rats by inhaled inhibitor of secretory phospholipase A2

Bronchoscopy

Transbronchial Needle Aspirates: Comparison of Two Preparation Methods

Cardiology

Warfarin Maintenance Dosing Patterns in Clinical Practice: Implications for Safer Anticoagulation in the Elderly Population

COPD

Patterns of dynamic hyperinflation during exercise and recovery in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Survival of Chronic Hypercapnic COPD Patients Is Predicted by Smoking Habits, Comorbidity, and Hypoxemia

CPAP

Treatment Adherence and Outcomes in Flexible vs Standard Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy

Editorial

When should a long acting ß agonist be added to an inhaled corticosteroid?

Insterstitial lung diseases

Quadriceps Weakness Is Related to Exercise Capacity in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Lung alerts

Nitric oxide protects against airway hyperresponsiveness

Pleura

Thoracentesis in Patients With Hematologic Malignancy: Yield and Safety

Pulmonary function

Respiratory Complaints in Chinese: Cultural and Diagnostic Specificities

The Relationship Between Reduced Lung Function and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Population-Based Study and a Systematic Review of the Literature

Reviews

Pulmonary Vasculitis in Behçet Disease: A Cumulative Analysis

Selected reports

Silicone Embolism Syndrome: A Case Report, Review of the Literature, and Comparison With Fat Embolism Syndrome*

Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung Exclusively Localized Within the Left Descending Pulmonary Artery