European Respiratory Journal: 31 (5)

01 May 2008; volume 31, issue 5

Editorial

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Remodelling of peripheral lung tissue in COPD
J. C. Hogg, R. A. Pierce

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 913-914; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00026208 Published 30 April 2008
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Heart biomarkers as prognostic tools for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a step forward by the fatty acid-binding protein
S. E. Orfanos, S. Zakynthinos

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 915-917; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00031608 Published 30 April 2008
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A place for T_L,NO with T_L,CO?
C. Borland

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 918-919; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00025108 Published 30 April 2008
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Patient-centred asthma education in the emergency department: the case in favour
M. R. Partridge

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 920-921; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00027708 Published 30 April 2008
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Patient-centred asthma education in the emergency department: the case against
L. Halimi, P. Chanez

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 922-923; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00026308 Published 30 April 2008
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The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI): a new opportunity for scientific collaboration between academia and industry at the European level
N. Kamel, C. Compton, R. Middelveld, T. Higenbottam, S-E. Dahlén

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 924-926; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00033208 Published 30 April 2008

Perspective

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Methodological issues in therapeutic trials of COPD
S. Suissa, P. Ernst, K. L. Vandemheen, S. D. Aaron

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 927-933; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00098307 Published 30 April 2008

Original Articles: Bench to bedside: exhaled biomarkers

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Biomarker reproducibility in exhaled breath condensate collected with different condensers
P. P. Rosias, C. M. Robroeks, A. Kester, G. J. den Hartog, W. K. Wodzig, G. T. Rijkers, L. J. Zimmermann, C. P. van Schayck, Q. Jöbsis, E. Dompeling

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 934-942; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00073207 Published 30 April 2008
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Validation of assays for inflammatory mediators in exhaled breath condensate
D. L. Bayley, H. Abusriwil, A. Ahmad, R. A. Stockley

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 943-948; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00081707 Published 30 April 2008
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Extracellular purines are biomarkers of neutrophilic airway inflammation
C. R. Esther Jr, N. E. Alexis, M. L. Clas, E. R. Lazarowski, S. H. Donaldson, C. M. Pedrosa Ribeiro, C. G. Moore, S. D. Davis, R. C. Boucher

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 949-956; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00089807 Published 30 April 2008
Online supplement

Original Articles: Respiratory cell biology

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Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in the migration of differentiated leukaemic cells toward alveolar epithelial cells
W-H. Tsai, C-H. Shih, C-C. Lin, C-K. Ho, F-C. Hsu, H-C. Hsu

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 957-962; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00135707 Published 30 April 2008

Original Articles: Paediatric allergy and wheeze

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Dog ownership and contact during childhood and later allergy development
C-M. Chen, V. Morgenstern, W. Bischof, O. Herbarth, M. Borte, H. Behrendt, U. Krämer, A. von Berg, D. Berdel, C. P. Bauer, S. Koletzko, H-E. Wichmann, J. Heinrich, the Influences of Lifestyle Related Factors on the Human Immune System and Development of Allergies in Children (LISA) Study Group and the German Infant Nutrition Intervention Programme (GINI) Study Group

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 963-973; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00092807 Published 30 April 2008
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Distinguishing phenotypes of childhood wheeze and cough using latent class analysis
B. D. Spycher, M. Silverman, A. M. Brooke, C. E. Minder, C. E. Kuehni

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 974-981; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00153507 Published 30 April 2008
Online supplement

Original Articles: Asthma

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Budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy: impact on airway inflammation in asthma
M. R. Sears, L-P. Boulet, M. Laviolette, J. M. Fitzgerald, T. R. Bai, A. Kaplan, N. Smiljanic-Georgijev, J. S-M. Lee

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 982-989; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00104007 Published 30 April 2008
Supplementary data
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Standard versus patient-centred asthma education in the emergency department: a randomised study
S. Smith, C. Mitchell, S. Bowler

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 990-997; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00053107 Published 30 April 2008

Original Articles: COPD

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Changes in elastic fibres in the small airways and alveoli in COPD
P. N. Black, P. S. T. Ching, B. Beaumont, S. Ranasinghe, G. Taylor, M. J. Merrilees

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 998-1004; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00017207 Published 30 April 2008
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Tumour necrosis factor gene polymorphisms are associated with COPD
M. R. Gingo, L. J. Silveira, Y. E. Miller, A. L. Friedlander, G. P. Cosgrove, E. D. Chan, L. A. Maier, R. P. Bowler

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1005-1012; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00100307 Published 30 April 2008
Online supplement

Original Articles: Chronic cough

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The Leicester Cough Monitor: preliminary validation of an automated cough detection system in chronic cough
S. S. Birring, T. Fleming, S. Matos, A. A. Raj, D. H. Evans, I. D. Pavord

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1013-1018; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00057407 Published 30 April 2008

Original Articles: Critical care

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Metallic stent and flexible bronchoscopy without fluoroscopy for acute respiratory failure
S-M. Lin, T-Y. Lin, C-L. Chou, H-C. Chen, C-Y. Liu, C-H. Wang, H-C. Lin, C-T. Yu, K-Y. Lee, H-P. Kuo

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1019-1023; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00099507 Published 30 April 2008

Original Articles: Pulmonary hypertension

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Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein for risk assessment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
M. Lankeit, C. Dellas, A. Panzenböck, N. Skoro-Sajer, D. Bonderman, M. Olschewski, K. Schäfer, M. Puls, S. Konstantinides, I. M. Lang

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1024-1029; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00100407 Published 30 April 2008

Original Articles: Interstitial lung disease

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Decreased expression of haem oxygenase-1 by alveolar macrophages in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Q. Ye, Y. Dalavanga, N. Poulakis, S. U. Sixt, J. Guzman, U. Costabel

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1030-1036; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00125407 Published 30 April 2008

Original Articles: Bronchiolitis obliterans

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Pseudomonal airway colonisation: risk factor for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation?
R. Vos, B. M. Vanaudenaerde, N. Geudens, L. J. Dupont, D. E. Van Raemdonck, G. M. Verleden

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1037-1045; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00128607 Published 30 April 2008
Supplementary data

Original Articles: Sleep-disordered breathing

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Impairment of serum albumin antioxidant properties in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
P. Faure, R. Tamisier, J-P. Baguet, A. Favier, S. Halimi, P. Lévy, J-L. Pépin

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1046-1053; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00062707 Published 30 April 2008
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Obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with decreased insulin sensitivity in females
J. Theorell-Haglöw, C. Berne, C. Janson, E. Lindberg

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1054-1060; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00074907 Published 30 April 2008

Original Articles: Pneumonia

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Determinants of hospital costs in community-acquired pneumonia
S. Reyes, R. Martinez, J. M. Vallés, E. Cases, R. Menendez

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1061-1067; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00083107 Published 30 April 2008
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Antibacterial class is not obviously important in outpatient pneumonia: a meta-analysis
N. Maimon, C. Nopmaneejumruslers, T. K. Marras

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1068-1076; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00109007 Published 30 April 2008

Original Articles: Tuberculosis

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Standardised PCR-based molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis
C. Allix-Béguec, P. Supply, M. Wanlin, P. Bifani, M. Fauville-Dufaux

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1077-1084; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00053307 Published 30 April 2008
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Supervised and induced sputum among patients with smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis
K. C. Chang, C. C. Leung, W. W. Yew, C. M. Tam

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1085-1090; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00122907 Published 30 April 2008

Original Articles: Innovative pulmonary function

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European reference equations for CO and NO lung transfer
B. Aguilaniu, J. Maitre, S. Glénet, A. Gegout-Petit, H. Guénard

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1091-1097; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00063207 Published 30 April 2008

Review

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Novel tests for diagnosing tuberculous pleural effusion: what works and what does not?
A. Trajman, M. Pai, K. Dheda, R. van Zyl Smit, A. A. Zwerling, R. Joshi, S. Kalantri, P. Daley, D. Menzies

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1098-1106; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00147507 Published 30 April 2008

Series: Hypoxia: ERS Lung Science Conference

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Regulation of alveolar epithelial function by hypoxia
G. Zhou, L. A. Dada, J. I. Sznajder

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1107-1113; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00155507 Published 30 April 2008

Series: Comprehensive management of end-stage COPD

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Drugs (including oxygen) in severe COPD
P. Albert, P. M. A. Calverley

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1114-1124; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00116707 Published 30 April 2008

Case Study

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Comparison of imaging techniques in the diagnosis of bridging bronchus
W. Baden, J. Schaefer, M. Kumpf, N. Tzaribachev, T. Pantalitschka, A. Koitschev, G. Ziemer, J. Fuchs, M. Hofbeck

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1125-1131; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00045907 Published 30 April 2008
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Rapid diagnosis of pulmonary TB by BAL enzyme-linked immunospot assay in an immunocompromised host
A. Strassburg, C. Jafari, M. Ernst, W. Lotz, C. Lange

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1132-1135; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00083707 Published 30 April 2008

Correspondence

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Noninvasive ventilation in severe stable COPD: is it effective, and if so, in what way?
M. L. Duiverman, F. M. Struik, P. J. Wijkstra

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1136-1137; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00168207 Published 30 April 2008
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From the authors
M. A. Kolodziej, L. Jensen, B. Rowe, D. Sin

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1137; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00002708 Published 30 April 2008
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Is air travel safe for those with lung disease?
E. Marchand

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1137-1138; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00175407 Published 30 April 2008
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Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: possible role of antimicrobials administered via the respiratory tract
M. E. Falagas, I. I. Siempos

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1138-1139; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00172707 Published 30 April 2008
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Competitive swimmers with allergic asthma show a mixed type of airway inflammation
A. Moreira, L. Delgado, C. Palmares, C. Lopes, T. Jacinto, P. Rytilä, J. A. Silva, M. G. Castel-Branco, T. Haahtela

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1139-1141; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00175207 Published 30 April 2008
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia should stay separate
H. R. Collard, T. E. King Jr

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1141-1142; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00168607 Published 30 April 2008
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From the authors
T. M. Maher, A. U. Wells, G. J. Laurent

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1142-1143; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00002508 Published 30 April 2008
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Aqua jogging-induced pulmonary oedema
J. Regnard

European Respiratory Journal 31 (5) 1143; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00005508 Published 30 April 2008

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Editorial

Perspective

Original Articles: Bench to bedside: exhaled biomarkers

Original Articles: Respiratory cell biology

Original Articles: Paediatric allergy and wheeze

Original Articles: Asthma

Original Articles: COPD

Original Articles: Chronic cough

Original Articles: Critical care

Original Articles: Pulmonary hypertension

Original Articles: Interstitial lung disease

Original Articles: Bronchiolitis obliterans

Original Articles: Sleep-disordered breathing

Original Articles: Pneumonia

Original Articles: Tuberculosis

Original Articles: Innovative pulmonary function

Review

Series: Hypoxia: ERS Lung Science Conference

Series: Comprehensive management of end-stage COPD

Case Study

Correspondence

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