Vol 4, No 6 (December 21, 2012): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Original Article

Hydration with magnesium and mannitol without furosemide prevents the nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin and pemetrexed in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Keiko Muraki, Ryo Koyama, Yuichiro Honma, Shigehiro Yagishita, Takehito Shukuya, Rina Ohashi, Fumiyuki Takahashi, Kenji Kido, Shin-ichiro Iwakami, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiko Iwase, Kazuhisa Takahashi
Six minute walking test and carbon monoxide diffusing capacity for non-small cell lung cancer. Easy performed tests in every day practice
Paul Zarogoulidis, Theodora Kerenidi, Haidong Huang, Theodoros Kontakiotis, Ourania Tremma, Konstantinos Porpodis, Anastasios Kalianos, Ageliki Rapti, Christoforos Foroulis, Athanasios Zissimopoulos, Nikolaos Courcoutsakis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis
High-resolution CT findings of patients with pulmonary nocardiosis
Naoki Tsujimoto, Takeshi Saraya, Ken Kikuchi, Saori Takata, Yasuyuki Kurihara, Sayuki Hiraoka, Hiroshi Makino, Shota Yonetani, Koji Araki, Haruyuki Ishii, Hajime Takizawa, Hajime Goto
Comparison of the lung function change in patients with COPD and bronchial asthma before and after treatment with budesonide/formoterol
Shao-Yong Gao, Jian-Qiang Huang, Yi-Feng Luo, Zhi-Ping Li, Can-Mao Xie, Yu-Biao Guo
Significance of serum cardiac troponin I levels in pulmonary embolism
Gonca Kilinc, Omer Tamer Dogan, Serdar Berk, Kursat Epozturk, Sefa Levent Ozsahin, Ibrahim Akkurt
A discriminant function model as an alternative method to spirometry for COPD screening in primary care settings in China
Jiangyu Cui, Yumin Zhou, Jia Tian, Xinwang Wang, Jingping Zheng, Nanshan Zhong, Pixin Ran

Brief Report

Guillain-Barré syndrome in two patients with respiratory failure and a review of the Japanese literature
Erei Sohara, Takeshi Saraya, Kojiro Honda, Atsuko Yamada, Toshiya Inui, Yukari Ogawa, Mitsuru Sada, Naoki Tsujimoto, Masuo Nakamura, Akiko Tsuchiya, Masaki Saito, Chizuko Oishi, Atsuro Chiba, Hajime Takizawa, Hajime Goto

Case Report

Breast cancer manifested by hematologic disorders
Takashi Ishikawa, Daisuke Shimizu, Ayako Kito, Ikuko Ota, Takeshi Sasaki, Mikiko Tanabe, Akimitsu Yamada, Hitoshi Arioka, Satoru Shimizu, Junichi Wakasugi, Ryutaro Mori, Takashi Chishima, Yasushi Ichikawa, Itaru Endo
Pulmonary carcinoid tumorlet without underlying lung disease: analysis of its relationship to fibrosis
Ping He, Xia Gu, Qinian Wu, Yunen Lin, Yingying Gu, Jianxing He
Pneumothorax, an underappreciated complication with an airway exchange catheter
Ali M. Rashid, Charles Williams, Jason Noble, Omar M. Rashid, Kazuaki Takabe, Rahul J. Anand
Glomus tumor in the lung parenchyma
Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt, Matthias Woitow, Paul Zarogoulidis, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Andreas Gschwendtner, Haidong Huang, Vasiliki Dramba, Kerstin Lorenz, Gerd Goeckenjan, Hans-Günter Koebe, Hans-Michael Altmannsberger, Johannes Brachmann
Severe amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity
Nicholas Nacca, Castigliano M Bhamidipati, Luke S Yuhico, Sowmya Pinnamaneni, Tamas Szombathy

Guideline

Clinical pathway for surgical treatment of primary lung cancer (2012 Edition)
Xiu-Yi Zhi, Jian-Xing He, Hui Li, Xun Zhang, Ge-Ning Jiang, Heng Zhao, Lun-Xu Liu, De-Ruo Liu, Shan-Qing Li, Jian Li, Qing-Hua Zhou, Qun Wang, Ru-Wen Wang, Jian-Hua Fu, Lin Xu, Lin-You Zhang, Nai-Kang Zhou, Shao-Fa Xu

Disclosure:

1. The series “ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Lawrence Grouse served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.