May

Basic and translational research in the European Respiratory Journal Ramon Farré, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800377; 10.1183/13993003.00377-2018
Age, risk and outcomes in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension Marius M. Hoeper, Athénaïs Boucly, Olivier Sitbon Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800629; 10.1183/13993003.00629-2018
Rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by combined molecular and immunological methods Claudia Jafari, Ioana D. Olaru, Franziska Daduna, Martin Ernst, Jan Heyckendorf, Christoph Lange, Barbara Kalsdorf Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702189; 10.1183/13993003.02189-2017
Sputum proteomics and airway cell transcripts of current and ex-smokers with severe asthma in U-BIOPRED: an exploratory analysis Kentaro Takahashi, Stelios Pavlidis, Francois Ng Kee Kwong, Uruj Hoda, Christos Rossios, Kai Sun, Matthew Loza, Fred Baribaud, Pascal Chanez, Steve J. Fowler, Ildiko Horvath, Paolo Montuschi, Florian Singer, Jacek Musial, Barbro Dahlen, Sven-Eric Dahlen, Norbert Krug, Thomas Sandstrom, Dominic E. Shaw, Rene Lutter, Per Bakke, Louise J. Fleming, Peter H. Howarth, Massimo Caruso, Ana R. Sousa, Julie Corfield, Charles Auffray, Bertrand De Meulder, Diane Lefaudeux, Ratko Djukanovic, Peter J. Sterk, Yike Guo, Ian M. Adcock, Kian Fan Chung Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702173; 10.1183/13993003.02173-2017
Noninfectious lung complications after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation Anne Bergeron, Sylvie Chevret, Régis Peffault de Latour, Karine Chagnon, Constance de Margerie-Mellon, Frédéric Rivière, Marie Robin, Jean Mani, Gwenael Lorillon, Gérard Socié, Abdellatif Tazi Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702617; 10.1183/13993003.02617-2017
Impact of age and comorbidity on risk stratification in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension Clara Hjalmarsson, Göran Rådegran, David Kylhammar, Bengt Rundqvist, Jonas Multing, Magnus D. Nisell, Barbro Kjellström Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702310; 10.1183/13993003.02310-2017
Characteristics, treatment and outcomes of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant Takashi Hirama, Sarah K. Brode, Jenifer Beswick, Arjun D. Law, Wilson Lam, Fotios V. Michelis, Santhosh Thyagu, Auro Viswabandya, Jeffrey H. Lipton, Hans A. Messner, Dennis (Dong Hwan) Kim, Theodore K. Marras Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702330; 10.1183/13993003.02330-2017
Incidence, predictors and prognostic significance of thromboembolic disease in patients with advanced ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer Jon Zugazagoitia, Mercedes Biosca, Julio Oliveira, María Eugenia Olmedo, Manuel Dómine, Ernest Nadal, José Carlos Ruffinelli, Nerea Muñoz, Ana María Luna, Berta Hernández, Maite Martínez, Iria Gallego, Eva Martínez de Castro, Carme Font, Virginia Calvo, Virginia Martínez-Marín, Jesús Corral, Esther Noguerón, Rebeca Mondéjar, Ignacio García Escobar, Carmen Salvador-Coloma, Óscar Juan, Manuel Sánchez Cánovas, Javier Valdivia, M. Pilar Ochoa, Rafael López Castro, Berta Obispo, Cristina Pangua, María Sereno, Lourdes Fernández Franco, Xabier Mielgo, Julia Calzas, Ana Blasco, Francisco Aparisi, Luis Chara, Juan Francisco Grau, Marta Soares, Ana Gómez, Victor Zenzola, Marcial García-Morillo, Diego Cacho, Asunción Díaz-Serrano, Carlos Aguado, Santiago Ponce-Aix, Jose Luis González-Larriba, Andrés J. Muñoz, David Lora, Luis Paz-Ares, Aránzazu Manzano Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702431; 10.1183/13993003.02431-2017
Pro: continuous positive airway pressure and cardiovascular prevention Miguel Angel Martinez-Garcia, Francisco Campos-Rodriguez, Shahrokh Javaheri, David Gozal Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702400; 10.1183/13993003.02400-2017
Con: continuous positive airway pressure and cardiovascular prevention R. Doug McEvoy, Malcolm Kohler Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702721; 10.1183/13993003.02721-2017
Towards tackling tuberculosis in vulnerable groups in the European Union: the E-DETECT TB consortium Ibrahim Abubakar, Alberto Matteelli, Gerard de Vries, Dominik Zenner, Daniela M. Cirillo, Knut Lönnroth, Gilda Popescu, Lucia Barcellini, Alistair Story, Giovanni Battista Migliori Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702604; 10.1183/13993003.02604-2017
Aminopeptidase antibodies in mesothelioma: new wine deserves new sacks Jan P. van Meerbeeck, Gerrit Jansen, Elisa Giovannetti, Godefridus J. Peters Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800817; 10.1183/13993003.00817-2018
Cured bronchi! Extending the use of nebulised hypertonic saline outside of cystic fibrosis? Clémence Martin, Lucile Regard, Pierre-Régis Burgel Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800755; 10.1183/13993003.00755-2018
Are peripheral blood eosinophil counts a guideline for omalizumab treatment? STELLAIR says no! William W. Busse Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800730; 10.1183/13993003.00730-2018
Partitioning of pulmonary vascular resistances in group 2 pulmonary hypertension: insightful suggestions for bridging haemodynamics to underlying mechanisms Marco Guazzi Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800816; 10.1183/13993003.00816-2018
Making sense of telemedicine in the management of COPD Jean Bourbeau, Raquel Farias Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800851; 10.1183/13993003.00851-2018
Optimising experimental research in respiratory diseases: an ERS statement Philippe Bonniaud, Aurélie Fabre, Nelly Frossard, Christophe Guignabert, Mark Inman, Wolfgang M. Kuebler, Tania Maes, Wei Shi, Martin Stampfli, Stefan Uhlig, Eric White, Martin Witzenrath, Pierre-Simon Bellaye, Bruno Crestani, Oliver Eickelberg, Heinz Fehrenbach, Andreas Guenther, Gisli Jenkins, Guy Joos, Antoine Magnan, Bernard Maitre, Ulrich A. Maus, Petra Reinhold, Juanita H.J. Vernooy, Luca Richeldi, Martin Kolb Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702133; 10.1183/13993003.02133-2017
ERS/ECDC Statement: European Union standards for tuberculosis care, 2017 update Giovanni Battista Migliori, Giovanni Sotgiu, Senia Rosales-Klintz, Rosella Centis, Lia D'Ambrosio, Ibrahim Abubakar, Graham Bothamley, Jose Antonio Caminero, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Masoud Dara, Gerard de Vries, Stefano Aliberti, Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan, Raquel Duarte, Fabio Midulla, Ivan Solovic, Dragan R. Subotic, Massimo Amicosante, Ana Maria Correia, Andra Cirule, Gina Gualano, Heinke Kunst, Fabrizio Palmieri, Vija Riekstina, Simon Tiberi, Remi Verduin, Marieke J. van der Werf Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702678; 10.1183/13993003.02678-2017
Electronic cigarette use in youths: a position statement of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies Thomas W. Ferkol, Harold J. Farber, Stefania La Grutta, Frank T. Leone, Henry M. Marshall, Enid Neptune, Charlotta Pisinger, Aneesa Vanker, Myra Wisotzky, Gustavo E. Zabert, Dean E. Schraufnagel Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800278; 10.1183/13993003.00278-2018
What's in a name? That which we call IPF, by any other name would act the same Athol U. Wells, Kevin K. Brown, Kevin R. Flaherty, Martin Kolb, Victor J. Thannickal Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800692; 10.1183/13993003.00692-2018
Nocturnal cerebral hypoxia in obstructive sleep apnoea: a randomised controlled trial Esther I. Schwarz, Michael Furian, Christian Schlatzer, John R. Stradling, Malcolm Kohler, Konrad E. Bloch Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800032; 10.1183/13993003.00032-2018
Low-dose computed tomography for the diagnosis of pneumonia in elderly patients: a prospective, interventional cohort study Virginie Prendki, Max Scheffler, Benedikt Huttner, Nicolas Garin, François Herrmann, Jean-Paul Janssens, Christophe Marti, Sebastian Carballo, Xavier Roux, Christine Serratrice, Jacques Serratrice, Thomas Agoritsas, Christoph D. Becker, Laurent Kaiser, Sarah Rosset-Zufferey, Valérie Soulier, Arnaud Perrier, Jean-Luc Reny, Xavier Montet, Jérôme Stirnemann Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702375; 10.1183/13993003.02375-2017
Aminopeptidase N/CD13 as a potential therapeutic target in malignant pleural mesothelioma Takahiko Otsuki, Taku Nakashima, Hironobu Hamada, Yusuke Takayama, Shin Akita, Takeshi Masuda, Yasushi Horimasu, Shintaro Miyamoto, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Kazunori Fujitaka, Yoshihiro Miyata, Masayuki Miyake, Nobuoki Kohno, Morihito Okada, Noboru Hattori Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1701610; 10.1183/13993003.01610-2017
The in vitro effect of nebulised hypertonic saline on human bronchial epithelium Jennifer L. Goralski, Dan Wu, William R. Thelin, Richard C. Boucher, Brian Button Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702652; 10.1183/13993003.02652-2017
The clinical significance of oropharyngeal cultures in young children with cystic fibrosis Oded Breuer, Daan Caudri, Lauren Akesson, Sarath Ranganathan, Stephen M. Stick, André Schultz Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800238; 10.1183/13993003.00238-2018
Reductions in dead space ventilation with nasal high flow depend on physiological dead space volume: metabolic hood measurements during sleep in patients with COPD and controls Paolo Biselli, Kathrin Fricke, Ludger Grote, Andrew T. Braun, Jason Kirkness, Philip Smith, Alan Schwartz, Hartmut Schneider Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702251; 10.1183/13993003.02251-2017
Blood eosinophil count and risk of pneumonia hospitalisations in individuals with COPD Signe Vedel-Krogh, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Peter Lange, Jørgen Vestbo, Sune F. Nielsen Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800120; 10.1183/13993003.00120-2018
Care in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (CAROL): a randomised trial in general practice Stefan Markun, Thomas Rosemann, Kaba Dalla-Lana, Claudia Steurer-Stey Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1701873; 10.1183/13993003.01873-2017
Integration of multi-omics datasets enables molecular classification of COPD Chuan-Xing Li, Craig E. Wheelock, C. Magnus Sköld, Åsa M. Wheelock Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1701930; 10.1183/13993003.01930-2017
Long-term bedaquiline-related treatment outcomes in patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis from South Africa Olatunde Olayanju, Jason Limberis, Aliasgar Esmail, Suzette Oelofse, Phindile Gina, Elize Pietersen, Mohammed Fadul, Rob Warren, Keertan Dheda Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800544; 10.1183/13993003.00544-2018
In vitro, in silico and in vivo study challenges the impact of bronchial thermoplasty on acute airway smooth muscle mass loss Igor L. Chernyavsky, Richard J. Russell, Ruth M. Saunders, Gavin E. Morris, Rachid Berair, Amisha Singapuri, Latifa Chachi, Adel H. Mansur, Peter H. Howarth, Patrick Dennison, Rekha Chaudhuri, Stephen Bicknell, Felicity R.A.J. Rose, Salman Siddiqui, Bindi S. Brook, Christopher E. Brightling Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1701680; 10.1183/13993003.01680-2017
Meta-analysis of airway epithelium gene expression in asthma Yi-Hsuan Tsai, Joel S. Parker, Ivana V. Yang, Samir N.P. Kelada Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1701962; 10.1183/13993003.01962-2017
Omalizumab effectiveness in patients with severe allergic asthma according to blood eosinophil count: the STELLAIR study Marc Humbert, Camille Taillé, Laurence Mala, Vincent Le Gros, Jocelyne Just, Mathieu Molimard Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702523; 10.1183/13993003.02523-2017
In-depth haemodynamic phenotyping of pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease Christian Gerges, Mario Gerges, Pierre Fesler, Anna Maria Pistritto, Nicholas P. Konowitz, Johannes Jakowitsch, David S. Celermajer, Irene M. Lang Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800067; 10.1183/13993003.00067-2018
Management appropriateness and outcomes of patients with acute pulmonary embolism David Jiménez, Behnood Bikdeli, Deisy Barrios, Raquel Morillo, Rosa Nieto, Ina Guerassimova, Alfonso Muriel, Luis Jara-Palomares, Lisa Moores, Victor Tapson, Roger D. Yusen, Manuel Monreal Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800445; 10.1183/13993003.00445-2018
Lung cancer staging: a concise update Ramón Rami-Porta, Sergi Call, Christophe Dooms, Carme Obiols, Marcelo Sánchez, William D. Travis, Ivan Vollmer Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800190; 10.1183/13993003.00190-2018
Efficacy and costs of telehealth for the management of COPD: the PROMETE II trial Julio Ancochea, Francisco García-Río, Emma Vázquez-Espinosa, Ascensión Hernando-Sanz, Luis López-Yepes, Raúl Galera-Martínez, Germán Peces-Barba, Maria Teresa Pérez-Warnisher, Gonzalo Segrelles-Calvo, Celia Zamarro, Pablo González-Ponce, M. Inmaculata Ramos, Jose Ignacio Conforto, Syed Jafri, Joan B. Soriano Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800354; 10.1183/13993003.00354-2018
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis and Mycobacterium abscessus lung infection related to ruxolitinib after allogeneic stem cell transplantation Hélène Salvator, Enora Berti, Emilie Catherinot, Elisabeth Rivaud, Alexandre Chabrol, Stephanie Nguyen, Leila Zemoura, Emilie Cardot, Colas Tcherakian, Louis-Jean Couderc Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1701960; 10.1183/13993003.01960-2017
Comparing the use and timing of palliative care services in COPD and lung cancer: a population-based survey Charlotte Scheerens, Kim Beernaert, Peter Pype, Joachim Cohen, Luc Deliens, Kenneth Chambaere Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702405; 10.1183/13993003.02405-2017
Pharmacokinetics of tuberculosis drugs in HIV-infected patients from Irkutsk, Russian Federation: redefining drug activity Galina Lyles, Oleg Ogarkov, Svetlana Zhdanova, Charles A. Peloquin, Andrew Ebers, Herman Pfaeffle, Mohammad H. Al-Shaer, Elena Moiseeva, Elena Zorkaltseva, Mikhail Koscheev, Eric R. Houpt, Scott K. Heysell Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800109; 10.1183/13993003.00109-2018
Gadofosveset-enhanced lung magnetic resonance imaging to detect ongoing vascular leak in pulmonary fibrosis Sydney B. Montesi, Rohan Rao, Lloyd L. Liang, Hannah E. Goulart, Amita Sharma, Subba R. Digumarthy, Barry S. Shea, Ravi T. Seethamraju, Peter Caravan, Andrew M. Tager Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800171; 10.1183/13993003.00171-2018
Cough sensitivity to mannitol inhalation challenge identifies subjects with chronic cough Heikki O. Koskela, Clair Lake, Keith Wong, John D. Brannan Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800294; 10.1183/13993003.00294-2018
Prevalence, risk factors and prognosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection among people with bronchiectasis: a population survey Michal Shteinberg, Nili Stein, Yochai Adir, Shifra Ken-Dror, David Shitrit, Danielle Bendayan, Leonardo Fuks, Walid Saliba Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1702469; 10.1183/13993003.02469-2017
Ambient ozone and influenza transmissibility in Hong Kong Sheikh Taslim Ali, Peng Wu, Simon Cauchemez, Daihai He, Vicky J. Fang, Benjamin J. Cowling, Linwei Tian Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800369; 10.1183/13993003.00369-2018
Breathlessness measurement should be standardised for the level of exertion Magnus Ekström, Viktor Elmberg, Thomas Lindow, Per Wollmer Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800486; 10.1183/13993003.00486-2018
Breathlessness measurement should be standardised for the level of exertion Marc Beaumont, Philippe Mialon, Francis Couturaud Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800820; 10.1183/13993003.00820-2018
Use of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assays among paediatric tuberculosis experts in Europe Paola Villanueva, Olaf Neth, Nicole Ritz, Marc Tebruegge Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800346; 10.1183/13993003.00346-2018
ERJ 30 years: establishment and early years Erik Berglund Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1800649; 10.1183/13993003.00649-2018
“Low prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance among patients with tuberculosis in the Philippines: results of a national survey.” Dodge R. Lim, Anna S. Dean, Mary Rosary Taguinod-Santiago, Angeli Borbe-Reyes, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Matteo Zignol, Ramon P. Basilio, Anna Marie Celina Garfin and Maria Cecilia G. Ama. Eur Respir J 2018; 51: 1702571. Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 1752571; 10.1183/13993003.52571-2017
ERJ May Podcast: The STELLAIR study Eur Respir J, 51 (5) 18E5105; 10.1183/13993003.E5105-2018