Thorax: 71 (1)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (16 December, 2015) Free
Nicholas Hart, Gisli Jenkins, Alan Smyth

Editorials

Mental health in cystic fibrosis: turning the tide (16 December, 2015) Free
Trudy Havermans, Doris Staab
What defines latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with autoimmune diseases?
(16 December, 2015) Free
Martina Sester, Beate Kampmann
Interstitial lung disease: time to rethink the snapshot diagnosis? (16 December, 2015) Free
Danielle Antin-Ozerkis, Martin Kolb

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: β-Blockers are associated with a reduction in COPD exacerbations (17 August, 2015) Free
Surya P Bhatt, James M Wells, Gregory L Kinney, George R Washko, Matthew Budoff, Young-il Kim, William C Bailey, Hrudaya Nath, John E Hokanson, Edwin K Silverman, James Crapo, Mark T Dransfield
Original article: Efficacy and safety of long-acting β-agonist/long-acting muscarinic antagonist combinations in COPD: a network meta-analysis (21 October, 2015) Free
Yuji Oba, Siva T Sarva, Sofia Dias

Cystic fibrosis

Original article: International Committee on Mental Health in Cystic Fibrosis: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and European Cystic Fibrosis Society consensus statements for screening and treating depression and anxiety (9 October, 2015)
Alexandra L Quittner, Janice Abbott, Anna M Georgiopoulos, Lutz Goldbeck, Beth Smith, Sarah E Hempstead, Bruce Marshall, Kathryn A Sabadosa, Stuart Elborn

Environmental exposure

Original article: Diesel exhaust augments allergen-induced lower airway inflammation in allergic individuals: a controlled human exposure study (16 November, 2015) Free
Chris Carlsten, Anders Blomberg, Mandy Pui, Thomas Sandstrom, Sze Wing Wong, Neil Alexis, Jeremy Hirota

Interstitial lung disease

Original article: Interobserver agreement for the ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT criteria for a UIP pattern on CT (19 November, 2015) Free
Simon L F Walsh, Lucio Calandriello, Nicola Sverzellati, Athol U Wells, David M Hansell

Respiratory research

Original article: Phosphoinositide 3-kinase-δ regulates fungus-induced allergic lung inflammation through endoplasmic reticulum stress (5 November, 2015)
Kyung Sun Lee, Jae Seok Jeong, So Ri Kim, Seong Ho Cho, Narasaiah Kolliputi, Yun Hee Ko, Kyung Bae Lee, Suk Chul Park, Hae Jin Park, Yong Chul Lee

Tuberculosis

Original article: Effect of immunosuppressive therapy on interferon γ release assay for latent tuberculosis screening in patients with autoimmune diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis (11 December, 2015) Free
Sunny H Wong, Qinyan Gao, Kelvin K F Tsoi, William K K Wu, Lai-shan Tam, Nelson Lee, Francis K L Chan, Justin C Y Wu, Joseph J Y Sung, Siew C Ng

Review

The molecular targets of approved treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension (28 July, 2015)
Marc Humbert, Hossein-Ardeschir Ghofrani

Research letters

Underweight as a risk factor for respiratory death in the Whitehall cohort study: exploring reverse causality using a 45-year follow-up (7 August, 2015)
Mika Kivimäki, Martin J Shipley, Joshua A Bell, Eric J Brunner, G David Batty, Archana Singh-Manoux
Handgrip weakness and mortality risk in COPD: a multicentre analysis (29 October, 2015) Free
Chris Burtin, Gerben ter Riet, Milo A Puhan, Benjamin Waschki, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Victor Pinto-Plata, Bartolome Celli, Henrik Watz, Martijn A Spruit

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: US Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and European Cystic Fibrosis Society consensus recommendations for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in individuals with cystic fibrosis: executive summary (16 December, 2015)
R Andres Floto, Kenneth N Olivier, Lisa Saiman, Charles L Daley, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Jerry A Nick, Peadar G Noone, Diana Bilton, Paul Corris, Ronald L Gibson, Sarah E Hempstead, Karsten Koetz, Kathryn A Sabadosa, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Alan R Smyth, Jakko van Ingen, Richard J Wallace, Kevin L Winthrop, Bruce C Marshall, Charles S Haworth
Audit, research and guideline update: Research in progress—LungSEARCH: a randomised controlled trial of surveillance for the early detection of lung cancer in a high-risk group (2 July, 2015)
Stephen G Spiro, Allan Hackshaw

Pulmonary puzzles

Pulmonary puzzles: An incidental pulmonary part-solid ground-glass nodule in a patient under anticoagulant therapy (9 November, 2015) Free
Jo-Yu Chen, Huang-Chun Lien, Jin-Shing Chen, Yeun-Chung Chang

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: Pulmonary metastasised extraskeletal osteosarcoma (7 September, 2015) Free
Eva M T Bots, Pieter J Wismans, Lennert Slobbe
Images in thorax:
¹⁸F-Misonidazole PET-CT scan detection of occult bone metastasis
(8 September, 2015) Free
Daniel R McGowan, Ruth E Macpherson, Kevin M Bradley, John D Fenwick, Fergus V Gleeson, Geoff S Higgins

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What’s hot that the other lot got (16 December, 2015) Free
Kathryn Prior

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January 2016 - Volume 71 - 1

Airwaves

Editorials

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Environmental exposure

Interstitial lung disease

Respiratory research

Tuberculosis

Review

Research letters

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Pulmonary puzzles

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

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Table of contents

January 2016 - Volume 71 - 1

Airwaves

Editorials

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Environmental exposure

Interstitial lung disease

Respiratory research

Tuberculosis

Review

Research letters

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Pulmonary puzzles

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Issue Information