Issue 1/2018
Content (39 Articles)
Assessment of osteoporosis using the FRAX method and the importance of vitamin D levels in COPD patients
- Open Access
- Original research article
Ceyda Anar, Melike Yüksel Yavuz, Filiz Güldaval, Yelda Varol, Dilek Kalenci
Home exercise improves the quality of sleep and daytime sleepiness of elderlies: a randomized controlled trial
- Open Access
- Research Article
Glauber Sá Brandão, Glaucia Sá Brandão Freitas Gomes, Glaudson Sá Brandão, Antônia A. Callou Sampaio, Claudio F. Donner, Luis V. F. Oliveira, Aquiles Assunção Camelier
Case finding of Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: never wasted time!
- Open Access
- Editorial
Bruno Balbi
Reference values for spirometry in elderly individuals: a cross-sectional study of different reference equations
- Open Access
- Original research article
Joana Belo, Teresa Palmeiro, Iolanda Caires, Ana L. Papoila, Marta Alves, Pedro Carreiro-Martins, Maria A. Botelho, Nuno Neuparth
Obstructive sleep apnea knowledge and attitudes among recent medical graduates training in Ecuador
- Open Access
- Original research article
Iván Chérrez-Ojeda, Juan Carlos Calderón, Andrea Fernández García, Donna B. Jeffe, Ilka Santoro, Emanuel Vanegas, Annia Cherrez, José Cano, Freddy Betancourt, Daniel Simancas-Racines
The patient needing prolonged mechanical ventilation: a narrative review
- Open Access
- Review
Nicolino Ambrosino, Michele Vitacca
Influenza and influenza-like syndromes: the subjects’ beliefs, the attitude to prevention and treatment, and the impact in Italian general population
- Open Access
- Original research article
Roberto W. Dal Negro, Alessandro Zanasi, Paola Turco, Massimiliano Povero
Association of sleep quality with excessive daytime somnolence and quality of life of elderlies of community
- Open Access
- Original research article
Glauber Sá Brandão, Fernanda Warken Rosa Camelier, Antônia Adonis Callou Sampaio, Glaudson Sá Brandão, Anderson Soares Silva, Glaucia Sá Brandão Freitas Gomes, Claudio F. Donner, Luis Vicente Franco Oliveira, Aquiles Assunção Camelier
Examining the social status, risk factors and lifestyle changes of tuberculosis patients in Sri Lanka during the treatment period: a cross-sectional study
- Open Access
- Original research article
Madapathage Gayan Buddhika Senanayake, Sumudu Indika Wickramasinghe, Sudath Samaraweera, Pubudu De Silva, Sisira Edirippulige
Tuberculosis in South Asia: a tide in the affairs of men
- Open Access
- Review
Buddha Basnyat, Maxine Caws, Zarir Udwadia
Non-typeable Haemophilus Influenzae detection in the lower airways of patients with lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Open Access
- Short report
Krishna B. Sriram, Amanda J. Cox, Pathmanathan Sivakumaran, Maninder Singh, Annabelle M. Watts, Nicholas P. West, Allan W. Cripps
Onsite production of medical air: is purity a problem?
- Open Access
- Short report
Paul Edwards, Patricia-Ann Therriault, Ira Katz
A quick relaxation exercise for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: explorative randomized controlled trial
- Open Access
- Original research article
Eleonora Volpato, Paolo Banfi, Antonello Nicolini, Francesco Pagnini
Delay and inequalities in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: the case of two Nordic countries
- Open Access
- Original research article
Ida Pesonen, Lisa Carlson, Nicola Murgia, Riitta Kaarteenaho, Carl Magnus Sköld, Marjukka Myllärniemi, Giovanni Ferrara
Outdoor air pollution and respiratory health: a bibliometric analysis of publications in peer-reviewed journals (1900 – 2017)
- Open Access
- Original research article
Waleed M. Sweileh, Samah W. Al-Jabi, Sa’ed H. Zyoud, Ansam F. Sawalha
Effect of pirfenidone on wound healing in lung transplant patients
- Open Access
- Short report
Amber Mortensen, Lauren Cherrier, Rajat Walia
XII AIST 2018 Conference: “The thousand faces of cough: clinical and therapeutic updates”
- Open Access
- Meeting report
Alessandro Zanasi, Antonio M. Morselli-Labate, Massimiliano Mazzolini, Marianna Mastroroberto, Roberto W. Dal Negro, Ivan Poliacek, Alyn H. Morice, Sara Maio, Giovanni Viegi, Jamie Koufman, Francesco Torresan, Alexandros Ioannou, Daniele Mandolesi, Elisa Liverani, Amedeo Montale, Franco Bazzoli, Fabio Baldi, Maurizio Zompatori, Giovanni A. Fontana, Ahmad Kantar, Peter Dicpinigaitis, Clive Page, Surinder S. Birring, Francesco Tursi
Fluticasone furoate/Vilanterol 92/22 μg once-a-day vs Beclomethasone dipropionate/Formoterol 100/6 μg b.I.D.: a 12-month comparison of outcomes in mild-to-moderate asthma
- Open Access
- Original research article
Roberto W. Dal Negro, Luca Bonadiman, Paola Turco
“Pulmonary Actinomycosis attributable to Actinomyces meyeri presenting as cardiac tamponade: a case report”
- Open Access
- Case report
Saori Nishizawa, Keisuke Anan, Kazunori Tobino, Masanobu Okahisa, Yuki Goto, Kojin Murakami, Takuto Sueyasu, Miyuki Munechika, Kohei Yoshimine, Mai Yoshino
Nurses and physicians’ viewpoints about decision making of do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR)
- Open Access
- Original research article
Masoud Fallahi, Somaye Mahdavikian, Alireza Abdi, Fariba Borhani, Parvin Taghizadeh, Behzad Hematpoor
Asthma-like symptoms: is it always a pulmonary issue?
- Open Access
- Case report
Davide Piloni, Claudio Tirelli, Rita Di Domenica, Valentina Conio, Amelia Grosso, Vanessa Ronzoni, Filippo Antonacci, Pasquale Totaro, Angelo G. Corsico
Criteria for enhancing mucus transport: a systematic scoping review
- Open Access
- Review
Alison Pieterse, Susan D. Hanekom
Predictors of yearly influenza vaccination in hospitalized and community based patients
- Open Access
- Original Research Article
Stephanie Attard Camilleri, Juanita Camilleri Casingena, Kentaro Yamagata, Martin Balzan
An uncommon cause of hemoptysis: aortobronchial fistula
- Open Access
- Case report
Matteo Fontana, Roberto Tonelli, Filippo Gozzi, Ivana Castaniere, Alessandro Marchioni, Riccardo Fantini, Francesca Coppi, Filippo Natali, Elisabetta Rovatti, Enrico Clini
5-hydroxymethylcytosine but not MTAP methylation status can stratify malignant pleural mesothelioma based on the lineage of origin
- Open Access
- Original research article
Matteo Bosio, Elena Salvaterra, Francesca Datturi, Patrizia Morbini, Michele Zorzetto, Simona Inghilleri, Stefano Tomaselli, Patrizia Mangiarotti, Federica Meloni, Isa Cerveri, Giulia Maria Stella
Correction to: Fluticasone furoate/Vilanterol 92/22 μg once-a-day vs Beclomethasone dipropionate/Formoterol 100/6 μg b.I.D.: a 12-month comparison of outcomes in mild-to-moderate asthma
- Open Access
- Correction
Roberto W. Dal Negro, Luca Bonadiman, Paola Turco
Acute respiratory failure as presentation of late-onset Pompe disease complicating the diagnostic process as a labyrinth: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Francesco Menzella, Luca Codeluppi, Mirco Lusuardi, Carla Galeone, Franco Valzania, Nicola Facciolongo
State of the art in tracheal surgery: a brief literature review
- Open Access
- Review
Alessandra Siciliani, Erino Angelo Rendina, Mohsen Ibrahim
Breathlessness, but not cough, suggests chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in elderly smokers with stable heart failure
- Open Access
- Short report
Sara Roversi, Piera Boschetto, Bianca Beghe’, Michela Schito, Martina Garofalo, Mariarita Stendardo, Valentina Ruggieri, Roberto Tonelli, Alessandro Fucili, Roberto D’Amico, Federico Banchelli, Leonardo M. Fabbri, Enrico M. Clini
Management of severe acute exacerbations of COPD: an updated narrative review
- Open Access
- Review
Ernesto Crisafulli, Enric Barbeta, Antonella Ielpo, Antoni Torres
Prevalence, risk factors, and impact of lung Cancer on outcomes of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a study from the Middle East
- Open Access
- Original research article
Sherif Mohamed, Hassan Bayoumi, Nashwa Abd El-Aziz, Ehab Mousa, Yasser Gamal
The effect of delaying initiation with umeclidinium/vilanterol in patients with COPD: an observational administrative claims database analysis using marginal structural models
- Open Access
- Original research article
Ami R. Buikema, Lee Brekke, Amy Anderson, Eleena Koep, Damon Van Voorhis, Lucie Sharpsten, Beth Hahn, Riju Ray, Richard H. Stanford
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency as a common treatable mechanism in chronic respiratory disorders and for conditions different from pulmonary emphysema? A commentary on the new European Respiratory Society statement
- Open Access
- Commentary
Andrea Gramegna, Stefano Aliberti, Marco Confalonieri, Angelo Corsico, Luca Richeldi, Carlo Vancheri, Francesco Blasi
Revisiting cefditoren for the treatment of community-acquired infections caused by human-adapted respiratory pathogens in adults
- Open Access
- Review
María-José Giménez, Lorenzo Aguilar, Juan José Granizo
Implementing TB control in a rural, resource-limited setting: the stop-TB Italia project in Senegal
- Open Access
- Original research article
Mama Moussa Diaw, Mamoudou Ndiaye, Niccolò Riccardi, Riccardo Ungaro, Riccardo Alagna, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Luigi Codecasa, Claudio Viscoli, Laura Ambra Nicolini, Giorgio Besozzi
OSAS: its burden increases, not enough the awareness
- Open Access
- Editorial
Antonio Sanna, Donato Lacedonia
Assessment of survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using quantitative HRCT indexes
- Open Access
- Original research article
Sebastiano Emanuele Torrisi, Stefano Palmucci, Alessandro Stefano, Giorgio Russo, Alfredo Gaetano Torcitto, Daniele Falsaperla, Mauro Gioè, Mauro Pavone, Ada Vancheri, Gianluca Sambataro, Domenico Sambataro, Letizia Antonella Mauro, Emanuele Grassedonio, Antonio Basile, Carlo Vancheri
From CPAP to tailored therapy for obstructive sleep Apnoea
- Open Access
- Review
Kate Sutherland, Kristina Kairaitis, Brendon J. Yee, Peter A. Cistulli
Utility of the six-minute walk test in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Open Access
- Review
Lisa H. Lancaster
