Comment:

MP Keane, TJ Standiford, and RM Strieter

Chemokines are important cytokines in the pathogenesis of interstitial lung disease
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1199-1202. [PDF]  

AB Becker and M Chan-Yeung

Environmental control: an idea whose time has come
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1203-1204. [PDF]  

JL Clausen, AL Coates, and PH Quanjer

Measurement of lung volumes in humans: review and recommendations from an ATS/ERS workshop
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1205-1206. [PDF]  

ER Carter

It is time to consider standardizing the interrupter technique
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1428-1429. [PDF]  

B Niggemann

Mini-Wright peak-flow meters are reliable after 5 yrs use
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1429. [Order Full Text via Infotrieve]  

Original Articles:

M Petrek, P Pantelidis, AM Southcott, P Lympany, P Safranek, CM Black, V Kolek, E Weigl, and RM du Bois

The source and role of RANTES in interstitial lung disease
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1207-1216. [Abstract] [PDF]  

GB Marks, PG Burney, UN Premaratne, J Simpson, and J Webb

Asthma in Greenwich, UK: impact of the disease and current management practices
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1224-1229. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T Gislason, O Olafsson, and A Sigvaldason

Users of antiasthma drugs in Iceland: a drug utilization study
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1230-1234. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A Antczak, D Nowak, B Shariati, M Krol, G Piasecka, and Z Kurmanowska

Increased hydrogen peroxide and thiobarbituric acid-reactive products in expired breath condensate of asthmatic patients
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1235-1241. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PL Brand, EJ Duiverman, DS Postma, HJ Waalkens, KF Kerrebijn, and EE van Essen-Zandvliet

Peak flow variation in childhood asthma: relationship to symptoms, atopy, airways obstruction and hyperresponsiveness. Dutch CNSLD Study Group
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1242-1247. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Santuz, E Baraldi, M Filippone, and F Zacchello

Exercise performance in children with asthma: is it different from that of healthy controls?
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1254-1260. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S Buchi, B Villiger, T Sensky, F Schwarz, C Wolf, and C Buddeberg

Psychosocial predictors of long-term success of in-patient pulmonary rehabilitation of patients with COPD
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1272-1277. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JA Barbera, J Roca, A Ferrer, MA Felez, O Diaz, N Roger, and R Rodriguez-Roisin

Mechanisms of worsening gas exchange during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1285-1291. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C Uldry, JP Janssens, B de Muralt, and JW Fitting

Sniff nasal inspiratory pressure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1292-1296. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Ferring and JL Vincent

Is outcome from ARDS related to the severity of respiratory failure?
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1297-1300. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G Barisione, S Rovida, GM Gazzaniga, and L Fontana

Upper abdominal surgery: does a lung function test exist to predict early severe postoperative respiratory complications?
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1301-1308. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PV Romero, U Lucangelo, J Lopez Aguilar, R Fernandez, and L Blanch

Physiologically based indices of volumetric capnography in patients receiving mechanical ventilation
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1309-1315. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V Brusasco, R Pellegrino, and Rodarte, JR

Vital capacities in acute and chronic airway obstruction: dependence on flow and volume histories
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1316-1320. [Abstract] [PDF]  

LF Moreira, CF Gobbi, M Feijoo, PR Rocco, and WA Zin

Respiratory mechanics and morphometric changes during pneumoperitoneum in normal rats
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1321-1326. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Vidal, M Miravitlles, JA Cayla, M Torrella, J de Gracia, and F Morell

Increased risk of tuberculosis transmission in families with microepidemics
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1327-1331. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Tumbarello, E Tacconelli, T Pirronti, R Cauda, and L Ortona

Pneumothorax in HIV-infected patients: role of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and pulmonary tuberculosis
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1332-1335. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A Efthimiadis, MM Pizzichini, E Pizzichini, J Dolovich, and FE Hargreave

Induced sputum cell and fluid-phase indices of inflammation: comparison of treatment with dithiothreitol vs phosphate-buffered saline
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1336-1340. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MJ Kampelmacher, RG van Kesteren, and EK Winckers

Instrumental variability of respiratory blood gases among different blood gas analysers in different laboratories
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1341-1344. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PW Barry and C O'Callaghan

In vitro comparison of the amount of salbutamol available for inhalation from different formulations used with different spacer devices
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1345-1348. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Farre, M Rotger, JM Montserrat, and D Navajas

A system to generate simultaneous forced oscillation and continuous positive airway pressure
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1349-1353. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Sporik, R Dinwiddie, and C Wallis

Lung involvement in the multisystem syndrome CHARGE association
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1354-1355. [Abstract] [PDF]  

H Martens, B Zollner, G Zissel, D Burdon, M Schlaak, and J Muller-Quernheim

Anti-Borrelia burgdorferi immunoglobulin seroprevalence in pulmonary sarcoidosis: a negative report
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1356-1358. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Rodriguez-Roisin

Acute severe asthma: pathophysiology and pathobiology of gas exchange abnormalities
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1359-1371. [Abstract] [PDF]  

FM Schramel, PE Postmus, and RG Vanderschueren

Current aspects of spontaneous pneumothorax
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1372-1379. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AJ Sandford, TD Weir, and PD Pare

Genetic risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1380-1391. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RJ van Klaveren, M Demedts, and B Nemery

Cellular glutathione turnover in vitro, with emphasis on type II pneumocytes
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1392-1400. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AL Coates, R Peslin, D Rodenstein, and J Stocks

Measurement of lung volumes by plethysmography
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1415-1427. [PDF]  

Clinical Trial:

S van der Heide, HF Kauffman, AE Dubois, and JG de Monchy

Allergen reduction measures in houses of allergic asthmatic patients: effects of air-cleaners and allergen-impermeable mattress covers
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1217-1223. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Ronchetti, L Indinnimeo, E Bonci, A Corrias, D Evans, M Hindi-Alexander, F Midulla, R Pulejo, and MP Villa

Asthma self-management programmes in a population of Italian children: a multicentric study. Italian Study Group on Asthma Self-Management Programmes
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1248-1253. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PL Shah, SF Scott, DM Geddes, S Conway, A Watson, T Nazir, SB Carr, C Wallis, C Marriott, and ME Hodson

An evaluation of two aerosol delivery systems for rhDNase
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1261-1266. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PB Watson, GI Town, N Holbrook, C Dwan, LJ Toop, and CJ Drennan

Evaluation of a self-management plan for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1267-1271. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JM Rooyackers, PN Dekhuijzen, CL Van Herwaarden, and HT Folgering

Training with supplemental oxygen in patients with COPD and hypoxaemia at peak exercise
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1278-1284. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Case Studies:

B Buyse, E Michiels, R Bouillon, H Bobbaers, and M Demedts

Relief of sleep apnoea after treatment of acromegaly: report of three cases and review of the literature
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1401-1404. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Ohtsuka, Y Yamashita, M Doi, and S Hasegawa

Propylthiouracil-induced alveolar haemorrhage associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1405-1407. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CH Lee, YL Guo, PJ Tsai, HY Chang, CR Chen, CW Chen, and TR Hsiue

Fatal acute pulmonary oedema after inhalation of fumes from polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1408-1411. [Abstract] [PDF]  

LG Heaney and IC Gleadhill

Dyspnoea, anorexia and weight loss in a 74 year old man
Eur Respir J 1997 10: 1412-1414. [PDF]  

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