Respiratory Therapeutics Week

Lung Cancer - Researchers describe findings in lung cancer studies

Lung Cancer - Resected non-small cell lung cancer linked to extreme chemotherapy resistance

Lung Cancer - Secular changes in sex-specific lung cancer incidence rates in urban Chinese population examined

Lung Cancer - Stage Ib lung cancer treated by sublobar resection with brachytherapy

Lung Cancer - Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for lung cancer evaluated

Medical Devices - Ingen announces that FDA evaluation for OxyView is complete

Nosocomial Infections - Findings describe new data in nosocomial infections research

Oncology - New findings in the area of oncology detailed

Outbreak Surveillance - Surveillance networks linked by Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network

Pediatrics - Use of high humidity does not improve symptoms for children with croup

Personnel - Vinand Nantulya, MD, named senior policy, implementation officer by diagnostics foundation

Pneumococcus Epidemiology - Pneumococcal clones not widely distributed in disease-causing isolates in Scotland

Pneumonia - CCL5 may be key factor for induction, maintenance of protective pneumococcal immunity

Radiotherapy - Non-small cell lung cancer treated by stereotactic hypofractionated radiotherapy

Respiratory Medicine - Positive pressure-assisted breathing alters sympathetic baroreflex drive

Respiratory Medicine - Sleep-related breathing disorder therapies must be determined individually

Respiratory Medicine - Team proposes national tuberculosis archive

SARS - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of SARS

SARS Infection Control - SARS spread among healthcare workers minimized by integrated infection control

SARS Outbreaks - SARS spread may be contained through early recognition and prompt isolation

SARS Prevention - SARS prevention program initiation decreases nursing staff anxiety and depression

SIDS - A genetic variant is probable cause of increased SIDS in African Americans

Tissue Engineering - Amniotic fluid a preferred cell source for tissue-engineered diaphragmatic reconstruction

Tuberculosis Control - Pulmonary tuberculosis may be controlled and prevented by up-regulating NK cell function

Tuberculosis Diagnosis - Tuberculosis diagnosis delay due to lack of patient education and health worker incompetence

Tuberculosis Drug Resistance - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and rifampin resistance prevalence high in Bujumbura

Tuberculosis Drug Resistance - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis risk factors in Europe determined

Tuberculosis Epidemiology - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis prevalence is high in Ho Chi Minh City

Tuberculosis Epidemiology - Severe infectious tuberculosis in childhood may become epidemiologically important

Tuberculosis Epidemiology - Tuberculosis prevalence and infection rates higher in prisoners than in general population

Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - P40 overexpression in lungs related to slightly impaired resistance during tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Screening - Village outreach improves speed but not extent of case finding in smear-positive TB

Tuberculosis Therapy - Fluoroquinolones active against drug-resistant tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Therapy - Tuberculosis therapy compliance improved by directly observed treatment

Wilms Tumor - Value of surgery in directing therapy for patients with Wilms tumor assessed