Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 7 - Number: 71 - December 15, 2007

Outstanding

Unique Characteristics of Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

Different Angiogenic Activity in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

A 48-Year-Old Woman With Multiple Pulmonary Nodules and a Right Ventricular Mass

Diagnostic Usefulness of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Functional Consequences of Muscle Alterations in COPD and Chronic Heart Failure

Airway Biology

Small Airway Function Improvement after Smoking Cessation in Smokers without Airway Obstruction

American Thoracic Society documents

An Official ATS Statement: Hepatotoxicity of Antituberculosis Therapy

Asthma

Depressive Symptoms and Adherence to Asthma Therapy After Hospital Discharge

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the CCL1 Gene Predicts Acute Exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Alveolar Cell Senescence in Patients with Pulmonary Emphysema

COPD

Use of Inhaled Corticosteroids and the Risk of Fracture

Critical Care

A Multicenter Randomized Trial of Computer-driven Protocolized Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation

Agreement Between Quantitative Cultures of Postintubation Tracheal Aspiration and Plugged Telescoping Catheter, Protected Specimen Brush, or BAL for the Diagnosis of Nosocomial Pneumonia

Editorial

Biomass Fuels and Health: The Gap between Global Relevance and Research Activity

Did Lady Windermere Have Cystic Fibrosis?

Intersticial lung diseases

Unique Characteristics of Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

Different Angiogenic Activity in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Lung cancer

Association Between Lung Cancer Incidence and Family History of Lung Cancer: Data From a Large-Scale Population-Based Cohort Study, the JPHC Study

Postgraduate education corner

A Review of Pediatric Nonrespiratory Sleep Disorders

A 70-Year-Old Man With Migratory Pulmonary Infiltrates

Pulmonary and critical care pearls

A 48-Year-Old Woman With Multiple Pulmonary Nodules and a Right Ventricular Mass

Recent advances in thoracic medicine

Advances in Chemotherapy of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Selected Report

A 37-Year-Old Woman With Multiple Pulmonary Nodular Opacities and Hemoptysis

Special features

Diagnostic Usefulness of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Functional Consequences of Muscle Alterations in COPD and Chronic Heart Failure

Tuberculosis

Clinical and Molecular Analysis of Macrolide Resistance in Mycobacterium avium Complex Lung Disease