Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 8 - Number: 76 - June 15, 2008

Outstanding

Thoracic Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Usefulness of Bronchoscopic Microsampling To Detect the Pathogenic Bacteria of Respiratory Infection

The Association Between Body Mass Index and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Lung Injury

Waist-to-Hip Ratio Is Associated With Pulmonary Gas Exchange in the Morbidly Obese

Asthma and Allergy

The Chemokine Receptor D6 Has Opposing Effects on Allergic Inflammation and Airway Reactivity

The Confounding Effects of Thoracic Gas Compression on Measurement of Acute Bronchodilator Response

Critical care medicine

The Association Between Body Mass Index and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Lung Injury

Editorial

Spoilt for Choice?

The British 1958 Cohort: A Message for Obstetricians and Pediatricians

Update on the AJRCCM—2007

Inflammatory bowel diseases

Thoracic Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Lung function testing

Spirometric Criteria for Airway Obstruction: Use Percentage of FEV1/FVC Ratio Below the Fifth Percentile, Not < 70%

Spirometry in Early Childhood in Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Waist-to-Hip Ratio Is Associated With Pulmonary Gas Exchange in the Morbidly Obese

Lung infection

Usefulness of Bronchoscopic Microsampling To Detect the Pathogenic Bacteria of Respiratory Infection

Pulmonary perspective

Targeting the Networks that Underpin Contiguous Immunity in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Venous thromboembolism

The Natural Course of Hemodynamically Stable Pulmonary Embolism: Clinical Outcome and Risk Factors in a Large Prospective Cohort Study

Twice vs Three Times Daily Heparin Dosing for Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in the General Medical Population: A Metaanalysis