European Respiratory Topic

Volume 3 Number 1

July 1997
CONTENTS

EDITORIALS

Sleep apnoea and cardiovascular risk

1

Cough induced by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors: towards an alternative treatment?

1

Quality of asthma care

2

TOPICS

The threat of sleep apnoea treatment costs for public health funds: an evidence-based medicine approach

5

A rapid-acting mode of nicotine substitution: nasal spray

6

Can the longitudinal decline of spirometric values be predicted in smokers by an increased rate of sputum neutrophils?

7

Results of the lung health study: a 5 yr follow-up of smokers with early COPD

8

Predictive value of methacholine reactivity for the subsequent decline of lung function in smokers with early COPD

9

Home water and Legionnaires disease

10

Use (and misuse) of oxygen in a general medical ward

11

Ground-glass attenuation on computed tomography in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis as a marker of response to therapy

12

Respiratory mortality in 10 European and North American countries (1979&endash;1990)

13

Tracheostomy and airway infection

14

Corticosteroids in tuberculous pleurisy

15

Effects of upper respiratory tract infections in patients with cystic fibrosis

16

Intrapleural fibrinolytics: a chance to avoid decortication in refractory empyema thoracis

17

Pulmonary resection for lung cancer in octogenarians

18

Results of 150 consecutive bilateral lung volume reduction procedures in patients with severe emphysema

19

Long-term use of bronchodilators in COPD

20

Exercise reconditioning in COPD patients

21

Immunotherapy for perennial asthma in allergic children

22

Efficacy of nebulized budesonide in treatment of severe infantile asthma

23

Organization of asthma care: what difference does it make? A systematic review of the literature

24

Changes in bone markers in children with asthma during inhaled budesonide and nedocromile treatments

25

Parental and neonatal risk factors for atopy, airway hyperresponsiveness, and asthma

26

Occupational asthma due to latex in healthcare workers

27

CASE REPORT

Mucous gland bronchial adenoma masquerading as steroid-resistant asthma

28

HOW TO USE THIS ISSUE

Members of the editorial board have selected papers for their topicality from a wide range of journals and prepared the editorial comment. To read quickly through the issue, read the editorial comments highlighted on each page, assisted by the important messages. For a complete appraisal of individual papers then of course read the whole page.

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