Current Issue

 
THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEST DISEASES AND ALLIED SCIENCES
 
Vol. 56                                    October - December 2014                                   Issue. 4
 
Editorial

Non-invasive ventilation: challenges in usage and applications

D. Chaudhry and R. Roshan .. 213

 
Original Articles

Medical thoracoscopy: a useful diagnostic tool for undiagnosed pleural effusion

A. Agarwal, R. Prasad, R. Garg, S.K. Verma, A. Singh and N. Husain .. 217

 

 

Prediction equations for spirometry in adults from Northern India

S.K. Chhabra, R. Kumar, U. Gupta, M. Rahman and D.J. Dash .. 221

 

A study on pulmonary complications of systemic sclerosis in Eastern India

A. Ghosh, A. Banerjee and A.K. Biswas .. 231

 
Review Article

Multidrug resistant tuberculosis: trends and control

R. Prasad, N. Gupta and M. Singh .. 237 

 
Radiology Forum

Reversed halo sign

N. Gupta, R. Kumar and R. Prasad .. 247 

 
Case Reports

Lung cancer presenting with choroidal metastasis in a pregnant woman

S. Iliaz, R. Iliaz, N. Avsar, S. Tuncer and Z. Kilicaslan .. 249

 

B-type natriuretic peptide may be unsuitable for diagnosing central acute pulmonary embolism

Giuseppe Lippi, Carlotta Bellini, Sara Giuliotti, Franca Sandei, Tiziana Meschi, Loris Borghi and Gianfranco Cervellin.. 253

 

Metastatic thymic carcinoid: does surgeon have a primary role?

R.K.Dewan, Vinitha V. Nair, R. Saxena, Shaleen Prasad and Kumud Gupta .. 255

 

Pulmonary capillary haemangiomatosis: a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension

K.A. Babu, K. Supraja and R.B. Singh .. 259

 
Short Communication

Electronic cigarettes: facts and myths

Anjali Solanki, K. Kashyap and S. Kashyap .. 263 

 
Abstracts´ Service

 Abstracts´ Service .. 267

 
Authors´ Index

Authors´ Index .. 271

 
Guidelines to Authors

Guidelines to Authors .. 275

 
Announcements

Announcements 210, 212, 274