European Respiratory Topic

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Volume 5 Number 3

December 1999

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CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

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Who is pedagogue?

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TOPICS

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Asthma		Clinical control of asthma when using airway hyperresponsiveness as additional guide to long-term treatment							64
		Bone mineral density in perimenopausal females with asthma							65
COPD		Effect of systemic glucocorticoids on exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease							66
Infection		A randomized study assessing the systematic search for maxillary sinusitis in nasotracheally mechanically ventilated patients							67
Tuberculosis		Repeated tuberculin tests: a contribution to their interpretation							68
Respiratory failure		A comparison of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation and conventional mechanical ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure							69
		Noninvasive nasal ventilation in acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema							70
		Haemodynamic monitoring of PEEP effects: usefulness of arterial pulse pressure curve							71
		Effect of mechanical ventilation on inflammatory mediators in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome							72
		Hydrocortisone in hyperdynamic shock: new answers to old questions							73
Interstitial		Chloroquine therapy in advanced pulmonary sarocidosis							74
Thromboembolic		Travel as a risk factor for venous thromboembolic disease							75
		Frequency of pulmonary embolism in patients with low-probability lung scan and negative lower extremity ultrasound							76
Cancer		Thoracic radiotherapy in extensive-disease small-cell lung cancer							77
		Vinorelbine versus supportive care in elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer							78
		Adenovirus-mediated p53 gene transfer in advanced non-small cell lung cancer							79
Surgery		Treatment of early postpneumonectomy empyema by pleural space irrigation and antibiotic solution							80
Smoking		Effects of assignment to a smoking cessation intervention and changes in smoking habits on respiratory symptoms in smokers with early COPD							81
		Effect of cigar smoking on the risk of cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer in males							82
		Towards a more efficient smoking cessation aid through combination of nicotine and non-nicotine medication?							83
Paediatrics		Prevalence of various respiratory viruses in the middle ear during acute otitis media							84
		Respiratory syncytial virus in early life and risk of wheeze and allergy by age 13 yrs							85
		Association of fever and severe clinical course in bronchiolitis							86
		Persistent nocturnal cough: randomized controlled trial of high dose inhaled corticosteroid							87
Techniques		Clinical validity of helical CT being interpreted as negative for pulmonary embolism: implications for patient treatment							88
		A study of peripheral airway findings using an ultrathin bronchofibrescope and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid with diffuse panbronchiolitis							89
Case for diagnosis		Remote generalized convulsions in a patient with multiple fractures							90-92

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