ERJ Open Research

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.

October

Editorial

Looking under the bonnet of patient–ventilator asynchrony during noninvasive ventilation: does it add value? Dipansu Ghosh, Mark W. Elliott ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00136-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00136-2017

Perspective

Towards a global initiative for fibrosis treatment (GIFT) Maria Molina-Molina, Alvar Agusti, Bruno Crestani, David A. Schwartz, Melanie Köningshoff, Rachel C. Chambers, Toby M. Maher, Rosa Faner, Ana Lucia Mora, Mauricio Rojas, Katerina M. Antoniou, Jacobo Sellares ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00106-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00106-2017

Review

Breathing training for dysfunctional breathing in asthma: taking a multidimensional approach Rosalba Courtney ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00065-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00065-2017

Series

Natural history of COPD: gaps and opportunities Alvar Agustí, Bartolomé Celli ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00117-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00117-2017

Study protocol

Intensive care unit patients with lower respiratory tract nosocomial infections: the ENIRRIs project Gennaro De Pascale, Otavio T. Ranzani, Saad Nseir, Jean Chastre, Tobias Welte, Massimo Antonelli, Paolo Navalesi, Eugenio Garofalo, Andrea Bruni, Luis Miguel Coelho, Szymon Skoczynski, Federico Longhini, Fabio Silvio Taccone, David Grimaldi, Helmut J.F. Salzer, Christoph Lange, Filipe Froes, Antoni Artigas, Emili Díaz, Jordi Vallés, Alejandro Rodríguez, Mauro Panigada, Vittoria Comellini, Luca Fasano, Paolo M. Soave, Giorgia Spinazzola, Charles-Edouard Luyt, Francisco Alvarez-Lerma, Judith Marin, Joan Ramon Masclans, Davide Chiumello, Angelo Pezzi, Marcus Schultz, Hafiz Mohamed, Menno Van Der Eerden, Roger A.S. Hoek, D.A.M.P.J. Gommers, Marta Di Pasquale, Rok Civljak, Marko Kutleša, Matteo Bassetti, George Dimopoulos, Stefano Nava, Fernando Rios, Fernando G. Zampieri, Pedro Povoa, Lieuwe D. Bos, Stefano Aliberti, Antoni Torres, Ignacio Martín-Loeches ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00092-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00092-2017

Original articles

In vitro and in vivo functional residual capacity comparisons between multiple-breath nitrogen washout devices Katrina O. Tonga, Paul D. Robinson, Claude S. Farah, Greg G. King, Cindy Thamrin ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00011-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00011-2017
Cytokine responses to two common respiratory pathogens in children are dependent on interleukin-1ß Alice C-H. Chen, Yang Xi, Melanie Carroll, Helen L. Petsky, Samantha J. Gardiner, Susan J. Pizzutto, Stephanie T. Yerkovich, Katherine J. Baines, Peter G. Gibson, Sandra Hodge, Ian B. Masters, Helen M. Buntain, Anne B. Chang, John W. Upham ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00025-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00025-2017
Efficacy of ventilator waveform observation for detection of patient–ventilator asynchrony during NIV: a multicentre study Federico Longhini, Davide Colombo, Lara Pisani, Francesco Idone, Pan Chun, Jonne Doorduin, Liu Ling, Moreno Alemani, Andrea Bruni, Jin Zhaochen, Yu Tao, Weihua Lu, Eugenio Garofalo, Luca Carenzo, Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore, Haibo Qiu, Leo Heunks, Massimo Antonelli, Stefano Nava, Paolo Navalesi ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00075-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00075-2017
A qualitative study of patients' experiences of participating in SPACE for COPD: a Self-management Programme of Activity, Coping and Education Lindsay D. Apps, Samantha L. Harrison, Katy E. Mitchell, Johanna E.A. Williams, Nicky Hudson, Sally J. Singh ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00017-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00017-2017
Caspase-1 deficiency reduces eosinophilia and interleukin-33 in an asthma exacerbation model Mandy Menzel, Hamid Akbarshahi, Irma Mahmutovic Persson, Manoj Puthia, Leif Bjermer, Lena Uller ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00047-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00047-2017
EBUS-TBNA in PET-positive lymphadenopathies in treated cancer patients Juliana Guarize, Monica Casiraghi, Stefano Donghi, Chiara Casadio, Cristina Diotti, Niccolò Filippi, Clementina Di Tonno, Valeria Midolo, Patrick Maisonneuve, Daniela Brambilla, Chiara Maria Grana, Francesco Petrella, Lorenzo Spaggiari ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00009-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00009-2017
Adaptive servoventilation in clinical practice: beyond SERVE-HF? Winfried Randerath, Katja Schumann, Marcel Treml, Simon Herkenrath, Alessandra Castrogiovanni, Shahrokh Javaheri, Rami Khayat ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00078-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00078-2017
Reinnervation of the diaphragm by the inferior laryngeal nerve to the phrenic nerve in ventilator-dependent tetraplegic patients with C3-5 damage Eric Verin, Capucine Morelot-Panzini, Jesus Gonzalez-Bermejo, Benoit Veber, Brigitte Perrouin Verbe, Brigitte Soudrie, Anne Marie Leroi, Jean Paul Marie, Thomas Similowski ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00052-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00052-2017
High emergency organ allocation rule in lung transplantation: a simulation study Julien Riou, Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Jason D. Christie, Gabriel Thabut ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00020-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00020-2017
The effectiveness of a nurse-led illness perception intervention in COPD patients: a cluster randomised trial in primary care Saskia W.M. Weldam, Marieke J. Schuurmans, Pieter Zanen, Monique J.W.M. Heijmans, Alfred P.E. Sachs, Jan-Willem J. Lammers ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00115-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00115-2016
The impact of different spirometric definitions on the prevalence of airway obstruction and their association with respiratory symptoms Howraman Meteran, Martin R. Miller, Simon Francis Thomsen, Kaare Christensen, Torben Sigsgaard, Vibeke Backer ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00110-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00110-2017
mMRC dyspnoea scale indicates impaired quality of life and increased pain in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Kaisa Rajala, Juho T. Lehto, Eva Sutinen, Hannu Kautiainen, Marjukka Myllärniemi, Tiina Saarto ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00084-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00084-2017

Original research letters

Aspergillus fumigatus-specific immunoglobulin levels in BALF of CF patients Mia Goña-Höpler, Birgit Pfaller, Jonathan Argeny, Stefan Kanolzer, Saskia Gruber, Klara Schmidthaler, Sabine Renner, Edith Nachbaur, Petra Fucik, Andreas G. Glaser, Markus Debiasi, Zsolt Szépfalusi, Reto Crameri, Claudio Rhyner, Thomas Eiwegger ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00067-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00067-2017
Influence of environmental conditions and pollution on the incidence of Streptococcus pneumoniae infections José M. Sahuquillo-Arce, Elisa Ibáñez-Martínez, Alicia Hernández-Cabezas, Alba Ruiz-Gaitán, Patricia Falomir-Salcedo, Rosario Menéndez, José L. López-Hontangas ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00014-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00014-2017
HIV-associated disruption of lung cytokine networks is incompletely restored in asymptomatic HIV-infected Malawian adults on antiretroviral therapy Kondwani C. Jambo, Dumizulu L. Tembo, Arox W. Kamng'ona, Patrick Musicha, Dominic H. Banda, Anstead M. Kankwatira, Rose D. Malamba, Theresa J. Allain, Robert S. Heyderman, David G. Russell, Henry C. Mwandumba ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00097-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00097-2017
Inhaled beclomethasone/formoterol in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a randomised controlled exploratory study Caroline E. Wright, Simon D. Fraser, Kayleigh Brindle, Alyn H. Morice, Simon P. Hart, Michael G. Crooks ERJ Open Res, 3 (4) 00100-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00100-2017