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

Nurse-led cognitive behavioural therapy for treatment of anxiety in COPD Abebaw Mengistu Yohannes ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00221-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00221-2018

Study protocol

The Swiss Paediatric Airway Cohort (SPAC) Eva S.L. Pedersen, Carmen C.M. de Jong, Cristina Ardura-Garcia, Juerg Barben, Carmen Casaulta, Urs Frey, Anja Jochmann, Philipp Latzin, Alexander Moeller, Nicolas Regamey, Florian Singer, Ben Spycher, Oliver Sutter, Myrofora Goutaki, Claudia E. Kuehni ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00050-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00050-2018

COPD

Preventing clinically important deterioration with single-inhaler triple therapy in COPD Ian Naya, Chris Compton, Afisi S. Ismaila, Ruby Birk, Noushin Brealey, Maggie Tabberer, Chang-Qing Zhu, David A. Lipson, Gerard Criner ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00047-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00047-2018
Azithromycin treatment modifies airway and blood gene expression networks in neutrophilic COPD Katherine J. Baines, Thomas K. Wright, Peter G. Gibson, Heather Powell, Philip M. Hansbro, Jodie L. Simpson ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00031-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00031-2018
Association of low income with pulmonary disease progression in smokers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Katherine E. Lowe, Barry J. Make, James D. Crapo, Gregory L. Kinney, John E. Hokanson, Victor Kim, Anand S. Iyer, Surya P. Bhatt, Karin F. Hoth, Kristen E. Holm, Robert Wise, Dawn DeMeo, Marilyn G. Foreman, Thomas J. Stone, Elizabeth A. Regan ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00069-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00069-2018
Randomised controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy in COPD Karen Heslop-Marshall, Christine Baker, Debbie Carrick-Sen, Julia Newton, Carlos Echevarria, Chris Stenton, Michelle Jambon, Joanne Gray, Kim Pearce, Graham Burns, Anthony De Soyza ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00094-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00094-2018
COPD is associated with an increased risk of peripheral artery disease and mortality Natalie Terzikhan, Lies Lahousse, Katia M.C. Verhamme, Oscar H. Franco, M. Arfan Ikram, Bruno H. Stricker, Guy G. Brusselle ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00086-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00086-2018

Asthma

FeNO-based asthma management results in faster improvement of airway hyperresponsiveness Katrine Feldballe Bernholm, Anne-Sophie Homøe, Howraman Meteran, Camilla Bjørn Jensen, Celeste Porsbjerg, Vibeke Backer ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00147-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00147-2017
Asthma severity and fertility outcome in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a registry-based study Louise Zierau, Rikke Cortes, Simon Francis Thomsen, Espen Jimenez-Solem, Svend Lindenberg, Vibeke Backer ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00138-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00138-2017
Still Fighting for Breath: a patient survey of the challenges and impact of severe asthma Paraskevi Katsaounou, Mikaela Odemyr, Otto Spranger, Michael E. Hyland, Claus Kroegel, Lorena Garcia Conde, Robin Gore, Francesco Menzella, Christian Domingo Ribas, Mario Morais-Almeida, Matthias Gasser, Ismail Kasujee ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00076-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00076-2018

Paediatric pulmonology

Increased prevalence of expiratory flow limitation during exercise in children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia Christopher A. O'Dea, Karla Logie, Andrew Maiorana, Andrew C. Wilson, J. Jane Pillow, Georgia L Banton, Shannon J. Simpson, Graham L. Hall ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00048-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00048-2018
Dynamics of respiratory symptoms during infancy and associations with wheezing at school age Jakob Usemann, Binbin Xu, Edgar Delgado-Eckert, Insa Korten, Pinelopi Anagnostopoulou, Olga Gorlanova, Claudia Kuehni, Martin Röösli, Philipp Latzin, Urs Frey ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00037-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00037-2018

Pneumonia

Microbiological testing of adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia: an international study Manuela Carugati, Stefano Aliberti, Luis Felipe Reyes, Ricardo Franco Sadud, Muhammad Irfan, Cristina Prat, Nilam J. Soni, Paola Faverio, Andrea Gori, Francesco Blasi, Marcos I. Restrepo ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00096-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00096-2018

Interstitial lung disease

Long-term safety of pirfenidone: results of the prospective, observational PASSPORT study Vincent Cottin, Dirk Koschel, Andreas Günther, Carlo Albera, Arata Azuma, C. Magnus Sköld, Sara Tomassetti, Philip Hormel, John L. Stauffer, Indiana Strombom, Klaus-Uwe Kirchgaessler, Toby M. Maher ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00084-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00084-2018
Systematic review of content and quality of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis review articles Kathryn M. Milne, Chrystal Chan, Jolene H. Fisher, Kaissa de Boer, Christopher J. Ryerson ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00156-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00156-2018

Noninvasive ventilation

Survey on accessibility and real-life application of noninvasive ventilation Szymon Skoczynski, Raffaele Scala, Paolo Navalesi ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00062-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00062-2018

Respiratory infections

Hospital-based antibiotic use in patients with Mycobacterium avium complex Emily E. Ricotta, Kenneth N. Olivier, Yi Ling Lai, D. Rebecca Prevots, Jennifer Adjemian ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00109-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00109-2018
Distal respiratory tract viral infections in young children trigger a marked increase in alveolar mast cells Cecilia K. Andersson, Medya Shikhagaie, Michiko Mori, Amal Al-Garawi, Jennifer L. Reed, Alison A. Humbles, Robert Welliver, Thais Mauad, Leif Bjermer, Manel Jordana, Jonas S. Erjefält ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00038-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00038-2018
Nasal microbiota and symptom persistence in acute respiratory tract infections in infants Roland P. Neumann, Markus Hilty, Binbin Xu, Jakob Usemann, Insa Korten, Moana Mika, Loretta Müller, Philipp Latzin, Urs Frey ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00066-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00066-2018

Lung cancer

30-day mortality after the start of systemic anticancer therapy for lung cancer: is it really a useful performance indicator? Jacobus Adrianus Burgers, Ronald Alphons Damhuis ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00030-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00030-2018

Cough

The impacts of cough: a cross-sectional study in a Finnish adult employee population Heikki O. Koskela, Anne M. Lätti, Juha Pekkanen ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00113-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00113-2018

Lung function

Expiratory reactance abnormalities in patients with expiratory dynamic airway collapse: a new application of impulse oscillometry David I. Fielding, Justin Travers, Phan Nguyen, Michael G. Brown, Gunter Hartel, Stephen Morrison ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00080-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00080-2018

Pulmonary vascular diseases

Low plasma stem cell factor combined with high transforming growth factor-a identifies high-risk patients in pulmonary arterial hypertension Habib Bouzina, Göran Rådegran ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00035-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00035-2018
Impact of comorbidities and delay in diagnosis in elderly patients with pulmonary hypertension Marylise Ginoux, Ségolène Turquier, Nader Chebib, Jean-Charles Glerant, Julie Traclet, François Philit, Agathe Sénéchal, Jean-François Mornex, Vincent Cottin ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00100-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00100-2018
Retrospective validation of a new volumetric capnography parameter for the exclusion of pulmonary embolism at the emergency department Timon M. Fabius, Michiel M.M. Eijsvogel, Marjolein G.J. Brusse-Keizer, Olivier M. Sanchez, Franck Verschuren, Frans H.C. de Jongh ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00099-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00099-2018

Bronchiectasis

Pulmonary vascular pruning in smokers with bronchiectasis Alejandro A. Diaz, Diego J. Maselli, Farbod Rahaghi, Carolyn E. Come, Andrew Yen, Erick S. Maclean, Yuka Okajima, Carlos H. Martinez, Tsuneo Yamashiro, David A. Lynch, Wei Wang, Gregory L. Kinney, George R. Washko, Raúl San José Estépar ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00044-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00044-2018

E-cigarettes

Electronic cigarette marketing and smoking behaviour in adolescence: a cross-sectional study Julia Hansen, Reiner Hanewinkel, Matthis Morgenstern ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00155-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00155-2018

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis elimination in Oman: winning the war on the disease Salah T. Al Awaidy ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00121-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00121-2018

Cystic fibrosis

Children and Adults Tai Chi Study (CF-CATS2): a randomised controlled feasibility study comparing internet-delivered with face-to-face Tai Chi lessons in cystic fibrosis Siobhán B. Carr, Patricia Ronan, Ava Lorenc, Awais Mian, Susan L. Madge, Nicola Robinson ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00042-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00042-2018

Original research letters

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in fish processing workers diagnosed by inhalation challenge Gro Tjalvin, Øistein Svanes, Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen, Bjørg Eli Hollund, Tor B. Aasen, Cecilie Svanes, Jorunn Kirkeleit ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00071-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00071-2018
Safety and tolerability of nintedanib for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in routine UK clinical practice Sophie V. Fletcher, Mark G. Jones, Elizabeth A. Renzoni, Helen Parfrey, Rachel K. Hoyles, Katherine Spinks, Maria Kokosi, Apollinaris Kwok, Chris Warburton, Vanessa Titmuss, Muhunthan Thillai, Nicola Simler, Toby M. Maher, Christopher J. Brereton, Felix Chua, Athol U. Wells, Luca Richeldi, Lisa G. Spencer ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00049-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00049-2018
Reflux in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: treatment informed by an integrated approach Rhys Jones, Amaran Krishnan, Gemma L. Zeybel, Emily Dookun, Jeffrey P. Pearson, A. John Simpson, S. Michael Griffin, Chris Ward, Ian A. Forrest ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00051-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00051-2018
Circulating desmosine as a biomarker of azithromycin treatment response: a post hoc analysis of the COLUMBUS randomised controlled trial James D. Chalmers, Remco S. Djamin, Marjolijn Schouten, Holly R. Keir, Brandon Tan, Joachim G.J.V. Aerts, Jeffrey T-J. Huang, Menno van der Eerden ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00136-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00136-2018
Limited clinical value of exhaled volatile organic compound measurements in childhood asthma Maria G. Fuglsbjerg, Morten A. Rasmussen, Kirsten S. Hansen, Agnieszka Smolinska, Jan W. Dallinga, Frederik-Jan van Schooten, Jakob Stokholm, Klaus Bønnelykke, Hans Bisgaard, Bo L. Chawes ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00026-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00026-2018
Patients' perspective on pulmonary rehabilitation: experiences of European and American individuals with chronic respiratory diseases Carolyn L. Rochester, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Pippa Powell, Sarah Masefield, Martijn A. Spruit ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00085-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00085-2018
Biomarker-based corticosteroid adjustment in severe asthma: a modified Delphi consensus Nicola E. Gallagher, Catherine E. Hanratty, Marc Humbert, Elisabeth Bel, Ratko Djukanovic, Valerie Hudson, Nile Amos, Liam G. Heaney ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00081-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00081-2018
Sarcoidosis: patient treatment priorities Robert P. Baughman, Rita Barriuso, Kelli Beyer, Jeanette Boyd, Johann Hochreiter, Chris Knoet, Filippo Martone, Bernd Quadder, Jack Richardson, Ginger Spitzer, Dominique Valeyre, Gianluca Ziosi ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00141-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00141-2018

Correspondence

Impact of leaks in sulfur hexafluoride and nitrogen multiple-breath washout systems Jørgen G. Nielsen ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00119-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00119-2018
Effect of intermittent inspiratory leaks on measurement of lung clearance index using nitrogen and sulfur hexafluoride Carl A. Whitfield, Oliver E. Jensen, Alex Horsley ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00132-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00132-2018
Effect of intermittent inspiratory leaks on measurement of lung clearance index using nitrogen and sulfur hexafluoride Florian Singer, Kathryn Ramsey, Philipp Latzin ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00140-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00140-2018

Erratum

“The potentially beneficial central nervous system activity profile of ivacaftor and its metabolites” Elena K. Schneider, Rachel M. McQuade, Vincenzo C. Carbone, Felisa Reyes-Ortega, John W. Wilson, Brenda Button, Ayame Saito, Daniel P. Poole, Daniel Hoyer, Jian Li and Tony Velkov. ERJ Open Res 2018; 4: 00127-2017. ERJ Open Res, 4 (4) 00127-2017-ERR; 10.1183/23120541.50127-2017