Respiratory Disease in Practice



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Article title	Issue

Acute respiratory distress syndrome Caroline J Bateman FRCA Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia; Brian F Keogh FRCA Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal Brompton Hospital, London	17.4
Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency – uncharted territory Robert Stockley MD DSc FRCP Director, ADAPT, Lung Investigation Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston	16.1
Anaphylaxis William Egner, Consultant Immunologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield	18.2
Antibiotics and respiratory tract infections Anne H Thomson MD FRCP FRCPCH Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford	17.2
Antibiotics be used for respiratory tract infections in adults?, When should Philip Ind, Editor	17.2
Apnoea, Blood pressure and obstructive sleep Justin CT Pepperell MRCP DA Research Registrar; Robert Davies FRCP DM Consultant Physician, Osler Chest Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford	19.1
Apnoea, Driving and sleep Justin Pepperell MRCP DA Research Registrar; John Stradling MD FRCP Consultant/Director; Robert Davies DM FRCP Consultant, Osler Chest Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford	16.4
Asthma – will she grow out of it? Peter Helms MB PhD FRCP FRCPCH Professor of Child Health, University of Aberdeen Medical School	16.4
Asthma in children, Investigating cough-variant Caroline Pao MRCP Clinical Research Fellow; Sheila McKenzie MD FRCP Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Queen Elizabeth Children’s Service, Royal London Hospital	17.2
Asthma in older patients Lindsey Dow DM FRCP Consultant Senior Lecturer, Care of the Elderly, University of Bristol, Frenchay Hospital	15.4
Asthma management, A significant new guideline for Philip Ind, Editor	19.1
Asthma pipeline over the next ten years?, What’s in the Peter J Barnes DM DSc FRCP Professor and Head of Thoracic Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London	19.1
Asthma therapy, Antileukotriene drugs in Waldo Mattos MD Visiting Research Fellow; Sam Lim MB BS FRACP Clinical Research Fellow, National Heart and Lung Institute, London	15.4
Asthma, Chronic irritant exposures and Samuel C Stenton BSc MFOM FRCP Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Consultant Physician, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	18.3

BCG vaccination in the UK Peter DO Davies DM FRCP Director, Tuberculosis Research Unit, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool	18.4
Breathlessness, Causes of Andrew Cummin DM MRCP Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute London and Honorary Consultant, Charing Cross Hospital, London	16.1
Bronchiolitis, The prevention of acute viral Warren Lenney MD FRCP FRCPCH DCH Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician, Academic Dept of Child Health, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent	18.1
Bronchitis in lifelong non-smokers, Causes of chronic (obstructive) Stephen J Connellan FRCP Consultant Physician, Dept of Respiratory Medicine, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Wolverhampton University	17.4
Bronchodilator therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Stephen Iles MRCP BSc(Hons) Medical Registrar; Christopher Swinburn MD FRCP Consultant Physician, Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust, Musgrove Park, Taunton	18.1
Bronchoscopy Jonathan I Ferguson FRCS Senior House Officer; William S Walker FRCS Consultant Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	18.1

Ciliary dyskinesia, Primary Mark A Chilvers MRCP BSc Specialist Registrar; Christopher O’Callaghan BmedSci FRCPCH FRCP DM PhD Senior Lecturer, Department of Child Health, University of Leicester	17.4
Comment: The National Clinical Strategy – at last Philip W Ind, Editor	21.1
Commissioning for respiratory services in primary care: An overview of commissioning for respiratory services in primary care Linda Pearce DNursing MSc RN OHNC NPDip Respiratory Nurse Consultant and Clinical Lead for Suffolk COPD Services, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds	21.1
Conferences: Medical scientific meetings Philip Ind, Editor	17.1
Consent, The debate on Philip Ind, Editor	16.3
COPD ‘diagnostic lozenge’, The Dennis Shale BSc MD FRCP Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine	16.1
COPD and non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, Acute Salim PL Meghjee, Specialist Registrar, York District Hospital; Paul K Plant, Consultant Physician, Dept of Respiratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds	17.3
COPD guidelines – beneficial or irrelevant? John A Hughes MB ChB FRCP Consultant Physician, Chest Unit, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells	18.4
COPD guidelines – what effect have they had? Michael Rudolf MA MB FRCP Consultant Physician, Ealing Hospital, Chairman of the BTS COPD Consortium	17.2
COPD, Body composition in Abdullah Eid MB PhD Clinical Fellow, University of Wales College of Medicine; Alina Ionescu MD Clinical Fellow UWCM; Dennis Shale BSc MD FRCP Professor of Respiratory Medicine, UWCM, Cardiff	17.1
COPD, Home-based oxygen therapy for Tim Howes MBBS MA MRCPI MD Consultant Chest Physician, Thoracic Medicine; David Green BPharm MRPharm Community Liaison Pharmacist Colchester General Hospital	17.2
COPD, Non-invasive ventilation in Stephen Banham MD FRCP(Edin&Glas) Consultant Physician, Director Sleep Breathing Service, Glasgow Royal Infirmary	15.4
COPD, Oxygen therapy in acute exacerbations of Alan Fletcher MRCP FFAEM Specialist Registrar in Emergency Medicine and General Medicine, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield	20.1
COPD, Rehabilitation in severe Rachel Garrod MSc MCSP Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, St George’s Hospital, London	16.4
COPD, The role of oxygen in Rachel Garrod MSc MCSP Research Physiotherapist in Pulmonary Rehabilitation, The London Chest Hospital	16.3
COPD, The role of viruses in asthma and Terence Seemungal MSc MBBS MRCP Specialist Registrar in Chest and General Medicine and Honorary Research Fellow; Jadwiga A Wedzicha MA MD FRCP Professor Academic Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew’s and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London	18.4
COPD, Weight loss in Jo Congleton MA MRCP Consultant Respiratory Physician, Worthing General Hospital, West Sussex	16.3
COPD: Investigation and treatment of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease David MG Halpin MA DPhil FRCP Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter	21.1
Corticosteroids in Step 2 asthma therapy, Optimising the use of inhaled Philip Ind MA FRCP Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Physician, Hammersmith Hospital, London; Maria Hansson MSc Independent Medical Writer, Ely	20.2
Corticosteroids on bone, Effect of inhaled Nicola Peel DM FRCP Consultant in Metabolic Bone Medicine, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield	18.4
Corticosteroids, Concordance in asthma: optimising prescribing of inhaled Martin Duerden B Med Sci MRCGP Dip Ther DPH Senior Lecturer, Keele University, General Practitioner and Medical Director, Conwy Local Health Board; Stephanie Wolfe MSc RGN RNCT Dip Asthma and COPD Independent Respiratory Specialist Nurse, Primary Care and Regional Trainer NRTC, Director, Primary Research Ltd, Norwich	20.2
Cough and oesophageal reflux, Chronic Lorcan PA McGarvey MD MRCP Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine; Joe MacMahon MB FRCP Consultant Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Belfast City Hospital, N Ireland	17.4
Cough, Chronic Robert G Stirling MRCPI FRACP; Kian Fan Chung MD FRCP Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital and National Heart & Lung Institute, London	18.1
Cystic fibrosis – the way forward, Home therapies in Kathleen Liddle RGN Dip Adv Nurs Cystic Fibrosis Liaison Sister, Western General NHS Trust, Edinburgh	15.4
Cystic fibrosis, New approaches to future treatments for Daniel Peckham MRCP DM Consultant Respiratory Physician; Christine Etherington, Staff Grade, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Seacroft and St James’s University Hospitals, Leeds	17.4

Death decisions in respiratory failure, Life and Philip Ind, Editor	18.3
Diving and lung disease – principles and implications Graeme P Currie MD DCH MRCP Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen; David J Godden MD FRCPE FRCPG Director, Highlands and Islands Health Research Institute, University of Aberdeen, Inverness	20.1
Dyspnoea in end-stage respiratory disease, Palliating Fiona Hicks BmedSci FRCP Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	18.1

Emphysema, Lung reduction and the relief of severe Michael Davies MRCP Clinical Research Fellow, Duncan Geddes MD FRCP Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London	17.2
Epidemics: a review of 2004, Respiratory Philip Ind, Editor	20.1
Exercise testing in patients with lung disease, The role of Stanley B Pearson MA DPhil DM FRCP Consultant Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary	18.3

Hyperventilation Christopher Bass MA MD FRCPsych Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford	18.2

Infections, Vaccination against pneumococcal Wei Shen Lim MRCP Clinical Research Fellow; John Macfarlane DM FRCP MRCGP Consultant Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham City Hospital	16.3
Influenza vaccination in a semi-rural general practice David Eso MBBS DFFP DRCOG Senior House Officer (GP Trainee), Department of Psychiatry, South Tyneside District Hospital	16.4

Legionnaires’ disease, Community-acquired Wei Shen Lim MRCP Clinical Research Fellow; John Macfarlane DM FRCP MRCGP Consultant Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham City Hospital	17.1
Lung disease, Why we need a higher profile for Philip Ind, Editor	18.2
Lung function and other organ involvement Philip Ind, Editor	17.4
Lung function in primary care – are our patients coming to blows?, Open access Brendan Cooper MSc PhD CBiol MI Biol Consultant Clinical Scientist (Clinical Physiology), Lung Investigation Unit, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham	20.2

Mediastinoscopy in the management of lung cancer – a pivotal role, Cervical Jonathan I Ferguson FRCS Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge; William S Walker FRCS Consultant Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	19.1
Mesothelioma, Metastatic renal cell carcinoma mimicking a pleural Dev Banerjee MRCP Specialist Registrar; Himender K Makker MD MRCP Senior Registrar; Peter B Iles MD FRCP Consultant Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Investigation Unit, City Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham	17.3
Mycobacterial infections, Management of opportunist L Peter Ormerod MD DSc(Med) FRCP Consultant Physician, Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Professor of Medicine, Postgraduate School of Medicine and Health, University of Central Lancashire	19.1
Mycoplasma pneumoniae – are we on the verge of another epidemic? John Wort BA MRCP Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Transplant Medicine, The Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust	15.4

NICE Cinderella, A Rob Primhak MD FRCP MB BS Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Paediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Sheffield	17.3
Nitric oxide – what do we know?, Exhaled Ling-Pei Ho MB ChB MRCP Respiratory Specialist Registrar, Churchill Hospital, Oxford	16.1

Occupational respiratory illness, Assessing David Fishwick MB ChB MRCP (UK) AFOM MD Senior Lecturer in Respiratory and General Medicine, University of Sheffield and Director, Sheffield Occupational and Environmental Lung Injury Centre; Andrew Curran BSc PhD CBiol MIBiol Head, Health Effects Section Health and Safety Laboratory, Sheffield and Director, Sheffield Occupational and Environmental Lung Injury Centre	16.1
Oesophageal reflux and asthma Jon Miles MD MRCP Consultant Physician, North Manchester General Hospital	17.4

Parenchymal lung disease – British Thoracic Society recommendations, Diffuse Ian Johnston MD FRCP Consultant Physician, Dept Respiratory Medicine, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham	17.1
Pharmaceuticals: Drug delivery developments Mark Everard MB ChB FRCPCH DM Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Sheffield Children’s Hospital; Nicolas Cobos MD Head of Section Paediatric Department	18.2
Physiotherapy help the respiratory patient?, How can Jennifer A Pryor MSc MBA FNZSP MCSP Research Fellow Physiotherapy, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust	17.3
Pleural effusion, The management of Nicholas Chanarin MD FRCP Consultant Chest Physician; Prina Ruparelia BSc Hons MRCP Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, Colchester General Hospital, Colchester	20.2
Preoperative evaluation Tamara Shiner, Medical Student, Birmingham University Medical School; Robert J Shiner FRCPC Honorary Consultant, Respiratory Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London	17.3
Pulmonary embolism, Investigation and treatment of Noeleen M Foley MB BCh BAO MD MRCPI FRCP Consultant Physician in Respiratory and General Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath	17.2
Pulse oximetry in clinical practice – limitations and uses Adrian Kendrick BA PhD Clinical Scientist, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol	16.4

Quality of life in adult asthma Elizabeth Alexandra Barley BSc RGN Research Assistant, Division of Physiological Medicine, St George’s Hospital Medical School London	17.1

Referral letter, Corresponding to the ideal Philip Ind, Editor	18.1
Rehabilitation in chronic lung disease, Pulmonary Michael Morgan MD FRCP Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester	18.4
Research comes into its own at ERS congress, Primary care Hilary Pinnock MB ChB MRCGP Clinical Research Fellow, Division of Community Health Sciences, GP Section, University of Edinburgh and Principal in General Practice, Whitstable Medical Practice, Whitstable; David Price MB BChir MA FRCGP GPIAG Professor of Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen	20.2
Research in the UK and the rest of the world, Respiratory Philip Ind, Editor	20.2
Respiratory medicine – the first ten years of the Y2Ks Philip Ind, Editor	16.4
Respiratory medicine in the news Philip Ind, Editor	18.4
Respiratory muscle disease: when to suspect it and how to rule it out Michael Polkey MRCP PhD Consultant Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital, London	17.1
Respiratory tract infections in winter, Acute Huw Lloyd MB BChir FRCGP GP, Old Colwyn	15.4
Rhinitis, New developments in Glenis Scadding MD FRCP Consultant Rhinologist, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London	16.3

Sleep apnoea: Using mandibular splints for sleep apnoea Atul Gulati MD MRCP Specialist Registar in Respiratory Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge	21.1
Sleep disordered breathing in children Neil Gibson MD FRCPCH Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow	15.4
Small airways: The small airways: an important target in asthma and COPD treatment Omar S Usmani MD PhD Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Physician; Peter J Barnes FRS FMedSci Head of Respiratory Medicine, Airway Disease Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London	21.1
Smoking – a new consensus? Philip Ind, Editor	16.1
Smoking: Tobacco and teens: the ‘Be Smart – Don’t Start!’ campaign Stephen Connellan FRCP Consultant Respiratory Physician, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Hospitals Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Wolverhampton University	18.2
Spirometry in general practice John Diggle MB BCH GP, Caerleon, Newport	15.4
Spirometry in general practice – where are we now? David MG Halpin MA DPhil FRCP Consultant Physician & Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital	18.3
Steroid therapy be improved?, How can inhaled Philip Ind FRCP Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Physician, Hammersmith Hospital, London	19.1
Steroid usage in the treatment of COPD Peter J Barnes MA DM DSc FRCP Professor of Thoracic Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London	17.3
Streptococcus pneumoniae, New developments with Jim Catterall BSc MD FRCP Consultant Physician, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol	20.1

Therapy, The practical aspects of nebuliser Robert Wilson MB ChB MA FRCP Consultant Physician, Respiratory Resource Centre, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital	16.3
Thoracoscopy and video-assisted thoracic surgery JAC Thorpe FRCS FETCS Consultant Thoracic Surgeon Leeds General Infirmary	18.2
Thromboembolism – current perspectives, Imaging in the diagnosis of pulmonary Edwin JR van Beek MD PhD FRCR Reader in Radiology/Honorary Consultant in Radiology; Eleanor Lorenz MB ChB FRCR Consultant Radiologist, Unit of Academic Radiology and Department of Radiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield	20.1
Transplantation – donor and recipient issues, Lung Anthony De Soyza MBChb MRCP BMSC Registrar in Respiratory Medicine and Pulmonary Transplant Medicine; Paul Corris FRCP Reader in Thoracic Medicine, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Pulmonary Transplant Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	16.3
Transplantation – early post-transplant complications, Lung Anthony De Soyza MBChb MRCP BMSC Registrar in Respiratory Medicine and Pulmonary Transplant Medicine; Paul Corris FRCP Reader in Thoracic Medicine, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Pulmonary Transplant Medicine, Dept of Respiratory Medicine and Pulmonary Transplant Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	16.4
Transplantation – long-term complications, Lung Anthony De Soyza MBChb MRCP BMSC Registrar in Respiratory Medicine and Pulmonary Transplant Medicine; Paul Corris FRCP Reader in Thoracic Medicine, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Pulmonary Transplant Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	17.1
Travel for passengers with respiratory disease, Air Robina K Coker MRCP(UK) PhD Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London. (1999–2001 Chair of the British Thoracic Society Working Party on Air Travel and Respiratory Disease)	19.1
Tuberculosis, Contact screening for John P Watson MRCP DTM&H Consultant Physician Department of Respiratory Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary	18.3
Tuberculosis, Drug-resistant Peter Ormerod BSc MD FRCP Professor of Respiratory Medicine/Consultant General Physician, Blackburn Royal Infirmary and Chairman, Joint Tuberculosis Committee, British Thoracic Society	17.3
Tuberculosis, The global impact of John Grange MD MSc Reader in Clinical Microbiology, Imperial College School of Medicine, London	16.1

Ventilation – Part 1, Weaning from mechanical Ian Sutcliffe MRCP MBBS Specialist Registrar in Respiratory and General Medicine, Bradford Royal Infirmary; Mark W Elliott MD FRCP Consultant Respiratory Physician, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds	18.2
Ventilation – Part 2, Weaning from mechanical Ian Sutcliffe MRCP MBBS Specialist Registrar in Respiratory and General Medicine, Bradford Royal Infirmary; Mark W Elliott MD FRCP Consultant Respiratory Physician, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds	18.3
Ventilation,Paediatric applications of non-invasive Anita K Simonds MD FRCP, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust London	18.4

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