April

ERJ April Podcast: Exhaled biomarkers in lung disease Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 17E4904; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.E4904-201
Sleep apnoea and risk of post-operative infection: beyond cardiovascular impact Miguel Ángel Martínez-García, Eusebi Chiner Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700292; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00292-2017
“Lung sparing growth”: is the lung not affected by malnutrition? Insa Korten, Jakob Usemann, Philipp Latzin Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700295; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00295-2017
Is fluid overload a target to treat sleep disordered breathing in patients with end-stage renal disease, and what are the underlying mechanisms? Michael Arzt, Danny J. Eckert Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700443; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00443-2017
Spontaneous pneumothorax: stop chest tube as first-line therapy Jean-Marie Tschopp, Charles-Hugo Marquette Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700306; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00306-2017
Physiology of chronic lung allograft dysfunction: back to the future? Allan R. Glanville Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700187; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00187-2017
Oropharyngeal dysphagia: when swallowing disorders meet respiratory diseases Eric Verin, Pere Clavé, Maria Rosaria Bonsignore, Jean Paul Marie, Chloe Bertolus, Thomas Similowski, PierantonioLaveneziana Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1602530; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02530-2016
Sleep apnoea, insulin resistance and diabetes: the first step is in the fat Isaac Almendros, Francisco García-Río Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700179; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00179-2017
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: inhale deeply and start to exercise Henrik Watz Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700424; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00424-2017
Time to take CT screening to the next level? Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Claus Peter Heussel, Oyunbileg von Stackelberg Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700064; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00064-2017
Lung lymphoid neogenesis in cystic fibrosis: a model of adaptive responses to bacteria? Sophie T. Gohy, Maha Z. Ladjemi, Charles Pilette Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700380; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00380-2017
Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: an increasing burden with substantial costs D. Rebecca Prevots, Robert Loddenkemper, Giovanni Sotgiu, Giovanni Battista Migliori Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700374; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00374-2017
The Art of Breathing: Oxygen Gary P. Anderson, Tom Kotsimbos Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1704904; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.04904-2017
A European Respiratory Society technical standard: exhaled biomarkers in lung disease Ildiko Horváth, Peter J. Barnes, Stelios Loukides, Peter J. Sterk, Marieann Högman, Anna-Carin Olin, Anton Amann, BalazsAntus, Eugenio Baraldi, Andras Bikov, Agnes W. Boots, Lieuwe D. Bos, Paul Brinkman, Caterina Bucca, Giovanna E.Carpagnano, Massimo Corradi, Simona Cristescu, Johan C. de Jongste, Anh-Tuan Dinh-Xuan, Edward Dompeling, Niki Fens, Stephen Fowler, Jens M. Hohlfeld, Olaf Holz, Quirijn Jöbsis, Kim Van De Kant, Hugo H. Knobel, Konstantinos Kostikas, LauriLehtimäki, Jon O. Lundberg, Paolo Montuschi, Alain Van Muylem, Giorgio Pennazza, Petra Reinhold, Fabio L.M. Ricciardolo, Philippe Rosias, Marco Santonico, Marc P. van der Schee, Frederik-Jan van Schooten, Antonio Spanevello, Thomy Tonia, Teunis J. Vink Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1600965; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00965-2016
Long-term effects of severe acute malnutrition on lung function in Malawian children: a cohort study Natasha Lelijveld, Marko Kerac, Andrew Seal, Emmanuel Chimwezi, Jonathan C. Wells, Robert S. Heyderman, Moffat J.Nyirenda, Janet Stocks, Jane Kirkby Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601301; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01301-2016
Doxycycline improves clinical outcomes during cystic fibrosis exacerbations Xin Xu, Tarek Abdalla, Preston E. Bratcher, Patricia L. Jackson, Gina Sabbatini, J. Michael Wells, Xiang-Yang Lou, Rebecca Quinn, J. Edwin Blalock, J. P. Clancy, Amit Gaggar Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601102; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01102-2016
Bacteria-driven peribronchial lymphoid neogenesis in bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis Justine Frija-Masson, Clémence Martin, Lucile Regard, Marie-Noëlle Lothe, Lhousseine Touqui, Aurélie Durand, BrunoLucas, Diane Damotte, Marco Alifano, Isabelle Fajac, Pierre-Régis Burgel Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601873; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01873-2016
Impact of sleep disordered breathing on short-term post-operative outcome after elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a prospective observational study Sven Rupprecht, Torsten Schultze, Andreas Nachtmann, Ardawan Julian Rastan, Torsten Doenst, Matthias Schwab, Otto W.Witte, Sebastian Rohe, Isabelle Zwacka, Heike Hoyer Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601486; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01486-2016
The effect of fluid overload on sleep apnoea severity in haemodialysis patients Owen D. Lyons, Toru Inami, Elisa Perger, Azadeh Yadollahi, Christopher T. Chan, T. Douglas Bradley Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601789; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01789-2016
Intermittent hypoxia in obstructive sleep apnoea mediates insulin resistance through adipose tissue inflammation Aoife M. Murphy, Amandine Thomas, Sophie J. Crinion, Brian D. Kent, Murtaza M. Tambuwala, Aurelie Fabre, Jean-LouisPepin, Helen M. Roche, Claire Arnaud, Silke Ryan Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601731; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01731-2016
Randomised comparison of needle aspiration and chest tube drainage in spontaneous pneumothorax A. Thelle, M. Gjerdevik, M. SueChu, O. M. Hagen, P. Bakke Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601296; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01296-2016
IRP2 as a potential modulator of cell proliferation, apoptosis and prognosis in nonsmall cell lung cancer Heena Khiroya, Jasbir S. Moore, Nabeel Ahmad, Jamie Kay, Kerry Woolnough, Gerald Langman, Iyad Ismail, Babu Naidu, Chris Tselepis, Alice M. Turner Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1600711; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00711-2016
Lung volumes predict survival in patients with chronic lung allograft dysfunction Nikolaus Kneidinger, Katrin Milger, Silke Janitza, Felix Ceelen, Gabriela Leuschner, Julien Dinkel, Melanie Königshoff, Thomas Weig, René Schramm, Hauke Winter, Jürgen Behr, Claus Neurohr Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601315; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01315-2016
Computed tomographic findings in subjects who died from respiratory disease in the National Lung Screening Trial Esther Pompe, Pim A. de Jong, David A. Lynch, Nikolas Lessmann, Ivana Išgum, Bram van Ginneken, Jan-Willem J.Lammers, Firdaus A.A. Mohamed Hoesein Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601814; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01814-2016
Effects of combined tiotropium/olodaterol on inspiratory capacity and exercise endurance in COPD Denis E. O'Donnell, Richard Casaburi, Peter Frith, Anne Kirsten, Dorothy De Sousa, Alan Hamilton, Wenqiong Xue, François Maltais Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601348; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01348-2016
Higher serum 25(OH)D concentrations are associated with improved FEV1 and FVC in adolescence Claudia Flexeder, Elisabeth Thiering, Sibylle Koletzko, Dietrich Berdel, Irina Lehmann, Andrea von Berg, BarbaraHoffmann, Carl-Peter Bauer, Joachim Heinrich, Holger Schulz Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601804; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01804-2016
Burden of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in Germany Roland Diel, Josephine Jacob, Niklas Lampenius, Michael Loebinger, Albert Nienhaus, Klaus F. Rabe, Felix C.Ringshausen Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1602109; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02109-2016
Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation and diversification in the non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis lung Yasmin Hilliam, Matthew P. Moore, Iain L. Lamont, Diana Bilton, Charles S. Haworth, Juliet Foweraker, Martin J. Walshaw, David Williams, Joanne L. Fothergill, Anthony De Soyza, Craig Winstanley Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1602108; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02108-2016
Molecular biomarkers for lung adenocarcinoma Olivier Calvayrac, Anne Pradines, Elvire Pons, Julien Mazières, Nicolas Guibert Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601734; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01734-2016
The microbiome in respiratory medicine: current challenges and future perspectives Rosa Faner, Oriol Sibila, Alvar Agustí, Eric Bernasconi, James D. Chalmers, Gary B. Huffnagle, Chaysavanh Manichanh, Philip L. Molyneaux, Roger Paredes, Vicente Pérez Brocal, Julia Ponomarenko, Sanjay Sethi, Jordi Dorca, Eduard Monsó Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1602086; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02086-2016
QuantiFERON test interpretation in patients receiving immunosuppressive agents: an alert Julie Belliere, Antoine Blancher Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1602102; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02102-2016
Evaluation of the microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay for the detection of first- and second-line drug susceptibility for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Donald G. Catanzaro, Andre P. Trollip, Marva Seifert, Sophia B. Georghiou, Richard S. Garfein, Timothy C. Rodwell, Antonino Catanzaro, Kathleen D. Eisenach Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1602215; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02215-2016
Resistance profile of drugs composing the “shorter” regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Brazil, 2000–2015 Margareth Dalcolmo, Regina Gayoso, Giovanni Sotgiu, Lia D'Ambrosio, Jorge Luiz Rocha, Liamar Borga, Fatima Fandinho, Jose Ueleres Braga, Denise Arakaki Sanchez, Fernanda Dockhorn, Rosella Centis, Giovanni Battista Migliori Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1602309; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02309-2016
Efficacy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa eradication regimens in bronchiectasis Emilie Vallières, Karen Tumelty, Michael M. Tunney, Rosemary Hannah, Oonagh Hewitt, J. Stuart Elborn, Damian G.Downey Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1600851; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00851-2016
Yield of tuberculosis screening in asylum-seekers by country of origin: analysis of screening data in a German federal state (2002–2015) Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Brigitte Joggerst, Ulrich Wagner, Christian Stock Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1602327; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02327-2016
Effect of the cooling sensation induced by olfactory stimulation by L-menthol on dyspnoea: a pilot study Masashi Kanezaki, Satoru Ebihara Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601823; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01823-2016
Long-term change in reactance by forced oscillation technique correlates with FEV1decline in moderate COPD patients Takefumi Akita, Toshihiro Shirai, Taisuke Akamatsu, Mika Saigusa, Akito Yamamoto, Yuichiro Shishido, Satoru Morita, Kazuhiro Asada Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601534; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01534-2016
Patient and partner empowerment programme for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Mirjam J.G. van Manen, Adriaan van 't Spijker, Nelleke C. Tak, Carla T. Baars, Sandra M. Jongenotter, Liesbeth R. van Roon, Jitske Kraan, Henk C. Hoogsteden, Marlies S. Wijsenbeek Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601596; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01596-2016
Circulating miRNAs from imprinted genomic regions are associated with peripheral muscle strength in COPD patients Jen Y. Lee, Anna V. Donaldson, Amy Lewis, S. Amanda Natanek, Michael I. Polkey, Paul R. Kemp Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1601881; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01881-2016
GOLD 2017 on the way to a phenotypic approach? Analysis from the Phenotypes of COPD in Central and Eastern Europe (POPE) Cohort Neven Tudoric, Vladimir Koblizek, Marc Miravitlles, Arschang Valipour, Branislava Milenkovic, Adam Barczyk, AttilaSomfay, Kirill Zykov, Kosta Kostov, Zuzana Zbozinkova, Michal Svoboda, Jurij Sorli, Alvils Krams, Ruzena Tkacova Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1602518; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02518-2016
Identification of a novel crizotinib-sensitive BCL11A-ALK gene fusion in a nonsmall cell lung cancer patient Qing Tian, Wen-Jing Deng, Zong-Wei Li Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1602149; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02149-2016
Obstructive sleep apnoea as a risk factor for osteopenia and osteoporosis in the male population: further data and comments Claudio Liguori, Eleonora Piccirilli, Francesca Izzi, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Umberto Tarantino, Fabio Placidi Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1602471; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02471-2016
Language discordance between tuberculosis patients and healthcare providers challenging universal access Dorothy Nakiwala, Lusha Kellgren, Christian Herzmann, Ioana D. Olaru, Mike Brown, Rashida Ferrand, Palwasha Khan, Katharina Kranzer Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700116; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00116-2017
Therapeutic drug monitoring to prevent acquired drug resistance of fluoroquinolones in the treatment of tuberculosis Lina Davies Forsman, Judith Bruchfeld, Jan-Willem C. Alffenaar Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700173; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00173-2017
Therapeutic drug monitoring to prevent acquired drug resistance of fluoroquinolones in the treatment of tuberculosis Dennis Falzon, Ernesto Jaramillo, Christopher Gilpin, Karin Weyer Eur Respir J , 49 (4) 1700317; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00317-2017