ERJ Open Research

ERJ Open Research is a fully open access original research journal, published online by the European Respiratory Society. The journal aims to publish high-quality work in all fields of respiratory science and medicine, covering basic science, clinical translational science and clinical medicine.

The journal was created to help fulfil the ERS objective to disseminate scientific and educational material to its members and to the medical community, but also to provide researchers with an affordable open access specialty journal in which to publish their work.

April

London Calling

Clinical highlights from the 2016 European Respiratory Society International Congress Nicolas Kahn, Laura Fregonese, Miriam Barrecheguren, Frits M.E. Franssen, Aleksandar Grgic, Daniela Gompelmann, Eleni Bibaki, Katerina M. Antoniou, Janwillem W.H. Kocks, Hillary Pinnock, Felix Herth ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00147-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00147-2016

Review

Palliative and end-of-life care conversations in COPD: a systematic literature review Nuno Tavares, Nikki Jarrett, Katherine Hunt, Tom Wilkinson ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00068-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00068-2016
Iatrogenic bleeding during flexible bronchoscopy: risk factors, prophylactic measures and management Maurizio Bernasconi, Coenraad F.N. Koegelenberg, Angela Koutsokera, Adam Ogna, Alessio Casutt, Laurent Nicod, Alban Lovis ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00084-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00084-2016
Tuberculosis control, and the where and why of artificial intelligence Riddhi Doshi, Dennis Falzon, Bruce V. Thomas, Zelalem Temesgen, Lal Sadasivan, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Mario Raviglione ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00056-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00056-2017

Original articles

Asymmetry in acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Akihiko Sokai, Kiminobu Tanizawa, Tomohiro Handa, Takeshi Kubo, Seishu Hashimoto, Kohei Ikezoe, Yoshinari Nakatsuka, Kensaku Aihara, Yoshio Taguchi, Shigeo Muro, Toru Oga, Sonoko Nagai, Takateru Izumi, Toyohiro Hirai, Kazuo Chin, Michiaki Mishima ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00036-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00036-2016
Incidental detection by computed tomography is an independent prognostic factor for survival in patients operated for nonsmall cell lung carcinoma Andri W. Orrason, Martin I. Sigurdsson, Kristjan Baldvinsson, Hunbogi Thorsteinsson, Steinn Jonsson, Tomas Gudbjartsson ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00106-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00106-2016
Cooking fuel and respiratory symptoms among people living with HIV in rural Uganda Crystal M. North, Linda Valeri, Peter W. Hunt, A. Rain Mocello, Jeffrey N. Martin, Yap Boum, Jessica E. Haberer, David R. Bangsberg, David C. Christiani, Mark J. Siedner ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00094-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00094-2016
High PD-1 expression on regulatory and effector T-cells in lung cancer draining lymph nodes Rieneke van de Ven, Anna-Larissa N. Niemeijer, Anita G.M. Stam, Sayed M.S. Hashemi, Christian G. Slockers, Johannes M. Daniels, Erik Thunnissen, Egbert F. Smit, Tanja D. de Gruijl, Adrianus J. de Langen ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00110-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00110-2016
Corticosteroid-resistant inflammatory signalling in Pseudomonas-infected bronchial cells Mirai Mizutani, Julie Bérubé, Heather G. Ahlgren, Joanie Bernier, Elias Matouk, Dao Nguyen, Simon Rousseau ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00144-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00144-2016
The impact of blood glucose on community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study Andreas Vestergaard Jensen, Gertrud Baunbæk Egelund, Stine Bang Andersen, Pelle Trier Petersen, Thomas Benfield, Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Gernot Rohde, Pernille Ravn ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00114-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00114-2016
Cost-effectiveness of antibiotics for COPD management: observational analysis using CPRD data Sarah J. Ronaldson, Anan Raghunath, David J. Torgerson, Tjeerd Van Staa ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00085-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00085-2016
Pneumothoraces in collagen VI-related dystrophy: a case series and recommendations for management Kristin L. Fraser, Scott Wong, A. Reghan Foley, Sameer Chhibber, Carsten G. Bönnemann, Daniel J. Lesser, Carla Grosmann, Anne Rutkowski ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00049-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00049-2017
Attitudes and preferences of home mechanical ventilation users from four European countries: an ERS/ELF survey Sarah Masefield, Michele Vitacca, Michael Dreher, Michael Kampelmacher, Joan Escarrabill, Mara Paneroni, Pippa Powell, Nicolino Ambrosino ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00015-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00015-2017
Other cancers in lung cancer families are overwhelmingly smoking-related cancers Hongyao Yu, Christoph Frank, Akseli Hemminki, Kristina Sundquist, Kari Hemminki ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00006-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00006-2017

Original research letters

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: evidence of physician under-education Claire L. Shovlin, James R. Gossage ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00104-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00104-2016
Small airway imaging phenotypes in biomass- and tobacco smoke-exposed patients with COPD Lalita Fernandes, Nandani Gulati, Yasmin Fernandes, Anthony Menezes Mesquita, Mahesh Sardessai, Jan-Willem J. Lammers, Firdaus A. Mohamed Hoesein, Nick H.T. ten Hacken, Maarten van den Berge, Craig J. Galbán, Salman Siddiqui ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00124-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00124-2016
Pembrolizumab-induced pneumonitis Vincent Leroy, Carole Templier, Jean-Baptiste Faivre, Arnaud Scherpereel, Clement Fournier, Laurent Mortier, Lidwine Wemeau-Stervinou ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00081-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00081-2016
FluoroType MTB system for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis Joshua Obasanya, Lovett Lawson, Thomas Edwards, Oladimeji Olanrewaju, Laura Madukaji, Russell Dacombe, Jose Dominguez, Barbara Molina-Moya, Emily R. Adams, Luis E. Cuevas ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00113-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00113-2016
The population attributable fraction of occupational COPD among Danish women Else Würtz, Vivi Schlünssen, Tine Malling, Jens Georg Hansen, Øyvind Omland ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00075-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00075-2016
Breastfeeding and respiratory tract infections during the first 2 years of life Jingying Wang, Alban Ramette, Maja Jurca, Myrofora Goutaki, Caroline S. Beardsmore, Claudia E. Kuehni ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00143-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00143-2016

Author correction

“User experience analysis of e-TB Manager, a nationwide electronic tuberculosis recording and reporting system in Ukraine” Niranjan Konduri, Kelly Sawyer and Nataliya Nizova. ERJ Open Res 2017; 3: 00002-2017. ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00002-2017-AU; 10.1183/23120541.50002-2017