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Reviews
Recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, 06 August 2009 Suhail Ahmad, Eiman Mokaddas pages 1777-1790 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (238 KB)
Spinal manipulation for asthma: A systematic review of randomised clinical trials, 31 July 2009 E. Ernst pages 1791-1795 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (161 KB)
Original Articles
The role of EBUS-TBNA for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis – comparisons with other bronchoscopic diagnostic modalities, 13 August 2009 Takahiro Nakajima, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Katsushi Kurosu, Yuichi Takiguchi, Taiki Fujiwara, Masako Chiyo, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Kenzo Hiroshima, Yukio Nakatani, Ichiro Yoshino pages 1796-1800 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (140 KB)
Potential diagnostic biomarkers in serum of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, 25 August 2009 Jianqiang Zhang, Ying Zhang, Ning Li, Zhihong Liu, Changming Xiong, Xinhai Ni, Yaoli Pu, Rutai Hui, Jianguo He, Jielin Pu pages 1801-1806 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (347 KB) | Add-Ons
Large scale questionnaire survey on respiratory health in Sweden: Effects of late- and non-response, 20 August 2009 Erik P. Rönmark, Linda Ekerljung, Jan Lötvall, Kjell Torén, Eva Rönmark, Bo Lundbäck pages 1807-1815 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (579 KB) | Add-Ons
Prognostic value of the 6min walk test in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, 17 August 2009 Steven D. Nathan, Oksana A. Shlobin, Erika Reese, Shahzad Ahmad, Margaret Fregoso, Chanda Athale, Scott D. Barnett pages 1816-1821 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (233 KB)
A simple and portable breathing circuit designed for ventilatory muscle endurance training (VMET), 13 August 2009 Dahlia Y. Balaban, Rosemary Regan, Alexandra Mardimae, Marat Slessarev, Jay S. Han, Greg D. Wells, James Duffin, Steve Iscoe, Joseph A. Fisher, David Preiss pages 1822-1827 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (322 KB)
Postcoital hemoptysis: Our experience and review of the literature, 17 August 2009 Leonardo Fuks, David Shitrit, Anat Amital, Benjamin D. Fox, Mordechai R. Kramer pages 1828-1831 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (124 KB)
Peak inspiratory flow through the Genuair® inhaler in patients with moderate or severe COPD, 03 August 2009 H. Magnussen, H. Watz, I. Zimmermann, S. Macht, R. Greguletz, M. Falques, D. Jarreta, E. Garcia Gil pages 1832-1837 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (339 KB)
Enhanced cost-benefit analysis of strategies for LTBI screening and INH chemoprevention in Germany, 17 August 2009 R. Diel, T. Schaberg, R. Loddenkemper, T. Welte, A. Nienhaus pages 1838-1853 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (559 KB)
Importance of ventilator mode in long-term noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, 06 August 2009 Tomomasa Tsuboi, Toru Oga, Kazuko Machida, Yuichi Chihara, Hisako Matsumoto, Akio Niimi, Kensuke Sumi, Motoharu Ohi, Michiaki Mishima, Kazuo Chin pages 1854-1861 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (212 KB)
Chest X-rays in COPD screening: Are they worthwhile?, 27 July 2009 G.M.F. Wallace, J.H. Winter, J.E. Winter, A. Taylor, T.W. Taylor, R.C. Cameron pages 1862-1865 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (125 KB) | Add-Ons
PTEN identified as important risk factor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 22 July 2009 H. Dean Hosgood, Idan Menashe, Xingzhou He, Stephen Chanock, Qing Lan pages 1866-1870 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (142 KB)
Is it possible to predict which patients with mild pneumonias will develop hypoxemia?, 21 July 2009 Francisco Sanz, Marcos I. Restrepo, Estrella Fernández, Maria Luisa Briones, Rafael Blanquer, Eric M. Mortensen, Eusebi Chiner, Jose Blanquer, NAC-CV Study Group pages 1871-1877 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (185 KB)
High sensitivity C-reactive protein: Its correlation with sputum cell counts in bronchial asthma, 19 October 2009 Mona Hashem Allam, Azza Farag Said, Ahmed Abd El Samie Omran, Dalia Mohammed Abd El-Reheim, Ahmed Hussein Kasem pages 1878-1884 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (254 KB)
Impairments in balance discriminate fallers from non-fallers in COPD, 10 July 2009 M.K. Beauchamp, K. Hill, R.S. Goldstein, T. Janaudis-Ferreira, D. Brooks pages 1885-1891 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (215 KB)
Nitric oxide diffusing capacity versus spirometry in the early diagnosis of emphysema in smokers, 08 July 2009 I. van der Lee, H.A. Gietema, P. Zanen, R.J. van Klaveren, M. Prokop, J.-W.J. Lammers, J.M.M. van den Bosch pages 1892-1897 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (267 KB)
Methacholine challenge – Comparison of an ATS protocol to a new rapid single concentration technique, 13 July 2009 Johannes Schulze, Martin Rosewich, Carsten Riemer, Melanie Dressler, Markus A. Rose, Stefan Zielen pages 1898-1903 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (236 KB)
Dietary habits of firstly admitted Spanish COPD patients, 29 June 2009 Jordi de Batlle, Isabelle Romieu, Josep M. Antó, Michelle Mendez, Esther Rodríguez, Eva Balcells, Antoni Ferrer, Joaquim Gea, Robert Rodriguez-Roisin, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, The PAC-COPD Study Group pages 1904-1910 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (161 KB)
Exercise induced dyspnea in the young. Larynx as the bottleneck of the airways, 28 September 2009 Ola Drange Røksund, Robert Christiaan Maat, John Helge Heimdal, Jan Olofsson, Britt Torunn Skadberg, Thomas Halvorsen pages 1911-1918 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (385 KB) | Add-Ons
IL-18 in induced sputum and airway hyperresponsiveness in mild asthmatics: Effect of smoking, 18 June 2009 Nikoletta Rovina, Efrossini Dima, Christina Gerassimou, Androniki Kollintza, Christina Gratziou, Charis Roussos pages 1919-1925 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (393 KB)
Military service-aggravated asthma improves at two-year follow-up, 22 June 2009 Irmeli Lindström, Pekka Koponen, Ritva Luukkonen, Paula Pallasaho, Paula Kauppi, Jari Latvala, Antti Karjalainen, Antti Lauerma pages 1926-1935 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (206 KB)
Nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated during the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, 03 July 2009 Hee-Jung Jun, Kyeongman Jeon, Sang-Won Um, O Jung Kwon, Nam Yong Lee, Won-Jung Koh pages 1936-1940 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (135 KB)
Hospitalisation days in patients with lung cancer in a general population, 18 June 2009 Knut Skaug, Geir Egil Eide, Amund Gulsvik pages 1941-1948 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (285 KB)
Serum high mobility group box protein 1 as a clinical marker for non-small cell lung cancer, 18 June 2009 Guan-Hong Shang, Chong-Qi Jia, Hui Tian, Wei Xiao, Yu Li, Ai-Hua Wang, Liang Dong, Dian-Jie Lin pages 1949-1953 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (288 KB)
Microrint pulmonary function testing in older adults with an intellectual disability, 27 July 2009 Katrien P.M. Pouls, Lianne E. Alsema, Hester van der Laan, Heleen M. Evenhuis, Corine Penning pages 1954-1959 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (292 KB)
Safety of budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy in asthma trials, 09 October 2009 Malcolm R. Sears, Finn Radner pages 1960-1968 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (293 KB) | Add-Ons
Letters to the Editor
On the superiority of BDP/FF HFA pMDI fixed combination over the free combination of BDP CFC pMDI and FF DPI, 10 September 2009 Alfredo García Arieta pages 1969-1970 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (99 KB)
Response to letter by A. García Arieta, 22 September 2009 Jean Bousquet pages 1971-1972 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (98 KB)
Corrigenda
Corrigendum to “Living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A survey of patients' knowledge and attitudes” [Respiratory Medicine 103 (2009) 1004–1012], 23 October 2009 Paul Hernandez, Meyer Balter, Jean Bourbeau, Rick Hodder page 1973 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (93 KB)
Erratum to “Retraction notice to “100 years of lung cancer”” [Respiratory Medicine 103 (8) (2009) 1244–1244] Michael Pirozynski page e1 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (87 KB)
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