Table of Contents
Annals of Thoracic Medicine (Ann Thorac Med)
2006 | January-June | Volume 1 | Issue 1
EDITORIAL
Remarks by the chairman of the Saudi Thoracic Society [pg.5]
Al-Hajjaj Mohamed Saleh
Why it is important to have a journal of respiratory medicine in the Gulf region? [pg.6]
Hamid Qutayba
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Asthma care: Structural foundations at primary health care at Al-Qassim region, Saudi Arabia [pg.8]
AL-Haddad Nasser S, Nour Ahmad R, Koshak Emad A
A comparison between Cope and Abrams needle in the diagnosis of pleural effusion [pg.12]
Gouda Alaa M, Dalati Tarek A, Al-Shareef Nasser S
Six minute walk test in respiratory diseases: A university hospital experience [pg.16]
Al Ameri Hatem FS
Impact of an extensive asthma education campaign for physicians on their drug prescription practices [pg.20]
Al-Shimemeri Abdullah, Al-Ghadeer Hend, Giridhar Hema, Al-Jahdali Hamdan, Al-Moamary Mohamed, Khan Javid, Al-Mobeireek Abdullah, Al Wazzan Abdullah
POST GRADUATE SECTION
A young women with an opacity on the left hemithorax [pg.26]
Alanezi Mohammed, Al-Fifi Mohammad
CASE REPORT
Unusual cause of respiratory distress misdiagnosed as refractory asthma [pg.28]
Al-Otair Hadil, BaHammam Ahmed
REVIEW ARTICLE
Pulmonary embolism: A diagnostic approach [pg.31]
Abdelaziz Muntasir M, Wali Siraj O, Hamad Mahir M.A, Krayem Ayman B, Samman Yaseen S
Pathogenesis, etiology and treatment of bronchiectasis [pg.41]
AL-Shirawi Nehad, AL-Jahdali Hamdan H, Al Shimemeri Abdullah
