Issue 1/2006
Content (27 Articles)
The relationship between stage 1 and 2 non-small cell lung cancer and lung function in men and women
Samir Malhotra, Stephen Lam, SF Paul Man, Wen Q Gan, Don D Sin
Can inhaled fluticasone alone or in combination with salmeterol reduce systemic inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? – study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [NCT00120978]
Don D Sin, SF Paul Man, Darcy D Marciniuk, Gordon Ford, Mark FitzGerald, Eric Wong, Ernest York, Rajesh R Mainra, Warren Ramesh, Lyle S Melenka, Eric Wilde, Robert L Cowie, Dave Williams, Roxanne Rousseau
Clearance of technetium-99m-DTPA and HRCT findings in the evaluation of patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Katerina M Antoniou, Katerina Malagari, Nikolaos Tzanakis, Kostas Perisinakis, Emmanouil K Symvoulakis, Nikolaos Karkavitsas, Nikolaos M Siafakas, Demosthenes Bouros
Airway sizes and proportions in children quantified by a video-bronchoscopic technique
Ian B Masters, Robert S Ware, Paul V Zimmerman, Brian Lovell, Richard Wootton, Paul V Francis, Anne B Chang
Smoking particles enhance endothelin A and endothelin B receptor-mediated contractions by enhancing translation in rat bronchi
Bengt W Granström, Cang-Bao Xu, Elisabeth Nilsson, Petter Vikman, Lars Edvinsson
Severe airway stenosis associated with Crohn's disease: Case report
Maria Plataki, Eleni Tzortzaki, Irene Lambiri, Elpida Giannikaki, Armin Ernst, Nikolaos M Siafakas
Spatial and temporal expression of surfactant proteins in hyperoxia-induced neonatal rat lung injury
Simone AJ ter Horst, Margot Fijlstra, Sujata Sengupta, Frans J Walther, Gerry TM Wagenaar
An adult cystic fibrosis patient presenting with persistent dyspnea: case report
Gary M Onady, Catherine L Farinet
Smoking, respiratory symptoms and likely asthma in young people: evidence from postal questionnaire surveys in the Wythenshawe Community Asthma Project (WYCAP)
Peter Frank, Julie Morris, Michelle Hazell, Mary Linehan, Timothy Frank
Patterns of inflammation and the use of reversibility testing in smokers with airway complaints
Niels H Chavannes, Juanita HJ Vernooy, Tjard RJ Schermer, Jan A Jacobs, Mieke A Dentener, Chris van Weel, Onno CP van Schayck, Emiel FM Wouters
Directly measured secondhand smoke exposure and COPD health outcomes
Mark D Eisner, John Balmes, Edward H Yelin, Patricia P Katz, S Katherine Hammond, Neal Benowitz, Paul D Blanc
Attitudes and actions of asthma patients on regular maintenance therapy: the INSPIRE study
Martyn R Partridge, Thys van der Molen, Sven-Erik Myrseth, William W Busse
Effects of equipment and technique on peak flow measurements
Thomas Bongers, B Ronan O'Driscoll
Risk factors and immunological pathways for asthma and other allergic diseases in children: background and methodology of a longitudinal study in a large urban center in Northeastern Brazil (Salvador-SCAALA study)
Mauricio L Barreto, Sergio S Cunha, Neuza Alcântara-Neves, Lain P Carvalho, Álvaro A Cruz, Renato T Stein, Bernd Genser, Philip J Cooper, Laura C Rodrigues
Quantifying serum antibody in bird fanciers' hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Charles McSharry, George M Dye, Tengku Ismail, Kenneth Anderson, Elizabeth M Spiers, Gavin Boyd
Dyspnea assessment and adverse events during sputum induction in COPD
Demosthenes Makris, Nikolaos Tzanakis, Joanna Moschandreas, Nikolaos M Siafakas
Ventilator associated pneumonia and transfusion, is there really an association? (the NAVTRA study)
David Yepes, Bladimir Gil, Olga Hernandez, Rodrigo Murillo, Marco Gonzalez, Juan Pablo Velasquez
Effect of heat and moisture exchanger (HME) positioning on inspiratory gas humidification
Daisuke Inui, Jun Oto, Masaji Nishimura
The effect of changing ventilator settings on indices of ventilation inhomogeneity in small ventilated lungs
G Schmalisch, H Proquitté, CC Roehr, RR Wauer
A novel mechanical lung model of pulmonary diseases to assist with teaching and training
J Geoffrey Chase, Toshinori Yuta, Kerry J Mulligan, Geoffrey M Shaw, Beverley Horn
Diagnostic accuracy of an integrated respiratory guideline in identifying patients with respiratory symptoms requiring screening for pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study
René G English, Max O Bachmann, Eric D Bateman, Merrick F Zwarenstein, Lara R Fairall, Angeni Bheekie, Bosielo P Majara, Carl Lombard, Robert Scherpbier, Salah Eddine Ottomani
Association between anemia and quality of life in a population sample of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Gokul Krishnan, Brydon J Grant, Paola C Muti, Archana Mishra, Heather M Ochs-Balcom, Jo L Freudenheim, Maurizio Trevisan, Holger J Schünemann
Risk factors for asthma and allergy associated with urban migration: background and methodology of a cross-sectional study in Afro-Ecuadorian school children in Northeastern Ecuador (Esmeraldas-SCAALA Study)
Philip J Cooper, Martha E Chico, Maritza G Vaca, Alejandro Rodriguez, Neuza M Alcântara-Neves, Bernd Genser, Lain Pontes de Carvalho, Renato T Stein, Alvaro A Cruz, Laura C Rodrigues, Mauricio L Barreto
Living with primary ciliary dyskinesia: a prospective qualitative study of knowledge sharing, symptom concealment, embarrassment, mistrust, and stigma
Simon Whalley, IC McManus
Pulmonary sarcoidosis associated with psoriasis vulgaris: coincidental occurrence or causal association? Case report
Melita Nikolopoulou, Stamatis Katsenos, Kostas Psathakis, Efstathios Rallis, Dimitrios Sampaziotis, Panagiotis Panagou, Kostas Tsintiris, Demosthenes Bouros
Clinical presentation and predictors of outcome in patients with severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring admission to intensive care unit
Alladi Mohan, Raya Premanand, Lebaka Narayana Reddy, Mangu H Rao, Surendra K Sharma, Ranjit Kamity, Srinivas Bollineni