Respirology

Invited Review Series: Air Pollution and Lung Health
Monitoring air pollution: Use of early warning systems for public health
Frank J. Kelly, et al. - Vol 17, Iss 1, 2012

Invited Review Series: Obesity and Respiratory Disorders
Obesity and obstructive sleep apnoea: Mechanisms for increased collapsibility of the passive pharyngeal airway
Shiroh Isono - Vol 17, Iss 1, 2012

Invited Review Series: Translating Research into Practice
Pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a renewed entity in 2011
Humam Kadara, et al. - Vol 17, Iss 1, 2012

Invited Review
Advance care planning in COPD
Kevin Patel, et al. - Vol 17, Iss 1, 2012

Original Article
Airway dimensions and pulmonary function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma
Kazuyoshi Kurashima, et al. - Vol 17, Iss 1, 2012

Original Article
Phenotypes of patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea as confirmed by cluster analysis
Simon A. Joosten, et al. - Vol 17, Iss 1, 2012

Original Article
Factors associated with long-term survival of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Etienne Giroux Leprieur, et al. - Vol 17, Iss 1, 2012

Original Article
Effects of oxygen on exertional dyspnoea and exercise performance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Keisuke Miki, et al. - Vol 17, Iss 1, 2012

Drinking Large Amounts of Soft Drinks Associated with Asthma and COPD
February, 2012
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Dust Storms Affect Subsequent Emergency Hospital Admissions
December, 2011
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Cough May Warn of Danger for Patients with Lung-Scarring Disease
October, 2011
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Heart Health Impacts Wellbeing of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
October, 2011
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Study Highlights Respiratory Disorders Prevalent in the Middle East
July, 2011
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Deaths and Major Morbidity from Asbestos-related Diseases in Asia Likely to Surge in Next 20 Years: ‘the Asian Asbestos Tsunami’ warning
June, 2011
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Natural Disasters Can Produce Major Lung Problems
March 29, 2011
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Fukuchi Award for the Best Original Paper published in Respirology between July 2010 and July 2011

Five-year outcome in COPD patients after their first episode of acute exacerbation treated with non-invasive ventilation

Li Ping CHUNG, Peta WINSHIP, Scott PHUNG, Fiona LAKE, Grant WATERER

The paper was selected by an international panel comprising of Prof Antonio Anzueto (University of Texas, San Antonio, USA), A/Prof Lutz Beckert (Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand), Prof John Mastronarde (Ohio State University, Columbus, USA), Prof Michiaki Mishima (APSR Education Committee, Kyoto, Japan) and Dr Christina Spengler (University of Zurich, Switserland), chaired by Prof Michael Niederman (Stony Brook University, New York, USA).

A virtual issue is a themed collection of previously published articles, selected for their high-quality content.

All articles in all virtual issues are available FREE online.

• -- Cutting Edge Technologies, February 2012
• -- Pleural Diseases, November 2011
• -- Think Tank Reviews, February 2011
• -- Pro/Con Debate, January 2011
• -- Tuberculosis, October 2010
• -- Complications in Lung Procedures, April 2010
• --Pulmonary Fibrosis, February 2010
• --Infectious Diseases, November 2009
• --Tobacco and Health, September 2009
• --Pleural Diseases, June 2009
• --Lung Cancer, May 2009

2011 Top Downloaded Papers

Genome-wide association studies for discovery of genes involved in asthma
LOUBNA AKHABIR, ANDREW J. SANDFORD

Year-in-review 2010: Asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis and airway biology
HELEN K. REDDEL, T. K. LIM, MICHIAKI MISHIMA, CLAIRE E. WAINWRIGHT, DARRYL A. KNIGHT

Pearls and myths in pleural fluid analysis
José M. PORCEL

The immunology of tuberculosis: From bench to bedside
Keertan DHEDA, Stephan K. SCHWANDER, Bingdong ZHU, Richard N. Van ZYL-SMIT, Ying ZHANG

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Host defence in lung diseases
Bryan J. WILLIAMS, Joanne DEHNBOSTEL, Timothy S. BLACKWELL

Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection: An update
Philip LOBUE, Dick MENZIES

Pathology of the pleura: What the pulmonologists need to know
PHILIP T. CAGLE, TIMOTHY CRAIG ALLEN

Top Cited Papers from 2010/11

Advances in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Christoph LANGE, Toru MORI

Lung cancer: Progress in diagnosis, staging and therapy
Stephen G. SPIRO, Nichole T. TANNER, Gerard A. SILVESTRI, Sam M. JANES, Eric LIM, Johan F. VANSTEENKISTE, Robert PIRKER

Polymorphisms in the transforming growth factor-β1 gene and the risk of asthma: A meta-analysis
Yonggang ZHANG, Jie ZHANG, Jin HUANG, Xiaobo LI, Chao HE, Can TIAN, Chunhong PENG, Liang GUO, Yuling XIAO, Hong FAN

Fractional exhaled nitric oxide in asthma: an update
Alessandra SANDRINI, D. Robin TAYLOR, Paul S. THOMAS, Deborah H. YATES

Public health management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in Australia: A failure!
Grant W. WATERER, David S. HUI, Christine R. JENKINS

Drug-resistant tuberculosis: Past, present, future
Chen-Yuan CHIANG, Rosella

Genetic susceptibility in tuberculosis
Jae-Joon YIM, Paramasivam SELVARAJ