European Respiratory Topic

Volume 4 Number 1

September 1998

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

New techniques in the imaging of pulmonary embolism: why and how spiral computed tomography will alter the diagnostic algorithms

1-5

TOPICS

Systematic review of randomized controlled trials of strategies to promote adherence to tuberculosis treatment

6

A trial of three regimens to prevent tuberculosis in Ugandan adults infected with the human immunodeficiency virus

7

Guidelines for managing patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia

8

Weaning from mechanical ventilation: protocol-directed versus physician-directed

9

A comparison of techniques used in the preoperative staging on non-small-cell lung cancer

10

Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with magnetic resonance angiography

11

Pleural effusions in the ICU

12

Sample size estimation in studies monitoring exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthmatic children

13

Physician-diagnosed asthma and drug utilization in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

14

Adult patients may outgrow their asthma

15

A comparison of beclomethasone versus salmeterol versus plcebo in children with mild asthma

16

Effect of long-term salmeterol treatment on exercise-induced asthma

17

Are antihistamines useful for the control of adult asthma?

18

Significance of the isolation of Candida species from respiratory samples in critically ill, non-neutropenic patients

19

The effect of changes in the consumption of macrolide antibiotics on erythromycin resistance in group A streptococci in Finland

20

The duration of oral anticoagulant therapy after a second episode of venous thromboembolism

21

Does a₁-antitrypsin augmentation slow the annual decline in FEV1 of patients with severe antitrypsin deficiency?

22

Efficacy of b₂-agonists in bronchiolitis: a reappraisal and meta-analysis

23

Use of inhaled corticosteroids and risk of cataracts

24

Cyclosporin A in the treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis

25

Prognostic value of hypercapnia in patients with chronic respiratory failure during long-term oxygen therapy

26

How can we help hopeless heavy smokers?

27

CASE REPORT

Large pulmonary arterial aneurysms as a presenting symptom of Behçet's disease: clinical and radiological response to steroid treatment

28-30

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.

Volumes

Systematic review of randomized controlled trials of strategies to promote adherence to tuberculosis treatment			6
A trial of three regimens to prevent tuberculosis in Ugandan adults infected with the human immunodeficiency virus			7
Guidelines for managing patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia			8
Weaning from mechanical ventilation: protocol-directed versus physician-directed			9
A comparison of techniques used in the preoperative staging on non-small-cell lung cancer			10
Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with magnetic resonance angiography			11
Pleural effusions in the ICU			12
Sample size estimation in studies monitoring exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthmatic children			13
Physician-diagnosed asthma and drug utilization in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey			14
Adult patients may outgrow their asthma			15
A comparison of beclomethasone versus salmeterol versus plcebo in children with mild asthma			16
Effect of long-term salmeterol treatment on exercise-induced asthma			17
Are antihistamines useful for the control of adult asthma?			18
Significance of the isolation of Candida species from respiratory samples in critically ill, non-neutropenic patients			19
The effect of changes in the consumption of macrolide antibiotics on erythromycin resistance in group A streptococci in Finland			20
The duration of oral anticoagulant therapy after a second episode of venous thromboembolism			21
Does a₁-antitrypsin augmentation slow the annual decline in FEV1 of patients with severe antitrypsin deficiency?			22
Efficacy of b₂-agonists in bronchiolitis: a reappraisal and meta-analysis			23
Use of inhaled corticosteroids and risk of cataracts			24
Cyclosporin A in the treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis			25
Prognostic value of hypercapnia in patients with chronic respiratory failure during long-term oxygen therapy			26
How can we help hopeless heavy smokers?			27

European Respiratory Topic Volume 4 Number 1 September 1998 CONTENTS

EDITORIAL New techniques in the imaging of pulmonary embolism: why and how spiral computed tomography will alter the diagnostic algorithms 1-5

CASE REPORT Large pulmonary arterial aneurysms as a presenting symptom of Behçet's disease: clinical and radiological response to steroid treatment 28-30

HOW TO USE THIS ISSUE

European Respiratory Topic

Volume 4 Number 1

September 1998

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

New techniques in the imaging of pulmonary embolism: why and how spiral computed tomography will alter the diagnostic algorithms

1-5

CASE REPORT

Large pulmonary arterial aneurysms as a presenting symptom of Behçet's disease: clinical and radiological response to steroid treatment

28-30