European Respiratory Topic

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Volume 5 Number 2

August1999

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CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

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How to become a pneumonologist in Europe

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TOPICS

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Asthma		A polymorphism in the 5' flanking region of the CD14 gene is associated with circulating soluble CD14 levels and with total serum immunoglobulin E							34
		Risk factors for near-fatal asthma							35
COPD		Association between corticosteroid use and vertebral fractures in older males with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease							36
Infections		Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by potentially drug-resistant bacteria							37
		Prediction of clinical severity and outcome of VAP: comparison of simplified acute physiology score with systemic inflammatory mediators							38
Tuberculosis		On the possible change of the radiological presentation of tuberculosis in the adult							39
		The absorption of individual antituberculosis agents is not usually impaired in AIDS patients							40
Respiratory failure		To transfuse or not to transfuse?							41
		Effect of spontaneous breathing trial duration on outcome of attempts to discontinue mechanical ventilation							42
		Tidal volume reduction in ARDS: plateau pressure around 25 versus 35 cmH2O							43
		Clinical correlates in acute lung injury: response to inhaled nitric oxide							44
Interstitial		Prognostic significance of histopathological subsets in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis							45
Thromboembolic		Enoxaparin and compression stockings in the prevention of venous thromboembolism after neurosurgery							46
Cancer		Frequency of thoracic radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy in limited small cell lung cancer							47
		Effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and dose intensification of V-ICE chemotherapy in small cell lung cancer							48
		Chemotherapy followed by hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy and surgery in non-small cell lung cancer							49
Sleep		The association between sleep apnoea and risk of road traffic accident							50
Surgery		Pulmonary satellite nodules: are the 1997 staging revisions appropriate?							51
		Long-term follow-up of a randomized trial in stage IIIa non-small cell lung cancer comparing perioperative chemotherapy and surgery with surgery alone							52
Epidemiology		Road traffic and adverse respiratory effects in children							53
Paediatrics		Aetiology of chilhood pneumonia: serological results of a prospective population-based study							54
		Changes in lung function between age 8 and 14 yrs in children with birth weight of less than 1,501 grams							55
		Bronchoalveolar cell profiles in children with asthma, infantile wheeze, chronic cough or cystic fibrosis							56
Smoking		Early and late weight gain following smoking cessation in the lung health study							57
		Smoking is associated with a doubling in the risk of Alzheimer's disease and of vascular dementia							58
Techniques		Localization of bronchial intraepithelial lesions by fluorescence bronchoscopy							59
		Lymph node staging in non-small cell lung cancer with FDG-PET scan: a prospective study							60
Questions for self-assessment									61
Answers									62

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