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.

July

Phenotyping acute exacerbation of COPD: what more can we do for hospitalised patients? Lai-Jian Cen, Xiao-xian Zhang, Wei-Jie Guan ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00362-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00362-2021
The lower respiratory airway wall in children in health and disease Michael Fayon, Fabien Beaufils ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00874-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00874-2020
Detection and diagnosis of large airway collapse: a systematic review Alexandros Mitropoulos, Woo-Jung Song, Fatma Almaghlouth, Samuel Kemp, Michael Polkey, James H. Hull ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00055-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00055-2021
Protocol for long-term effect of pulmonary rehabilitation under nintedanib in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Osamu Nishiyama, Kensuke Kataoka, Masahiko Ando, Shinichi Arizono, Akira Morino, Koichi Nishimura, Tomoya Ogawa, Akira Shiraki, Fumiko Watanabe, Ryo Kozu, Takashi Ogura, Yasuhiro Kondoh ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00321-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00321-2021
Descriptive analysis of long COVID sequelae identified in a multidisciplinary clinic serving hospitalised and non-hospitalised patients Stine Johnsen, Stefan M. Sattler, Kamilla Woznica Miskowiak, Keerthana Kunalan, Alan Victor, Lars Pedersen, Helle Frost Andreassen, Barbara Jolanta Jørgensen, Hanne Heebøll, Michael Brun Andersen, Lisbeth Marner, Carsten Hædersdal, Henrik Hansen, Sisse Bolm Ditlev, Celeste Porsbjerg, Thérèse S. Lapperre ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00205-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00205-2021
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the behaviour and health status of patients with COPD: results from the German COPD cohort COSYCONET Kathrin Kahnert, Johanna I. Lutter, Tobias Welte, Peter Alter, Jürgen Behr, Felix Herth, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Sandra Söhler, Michael Pfeifer, Henrik Watz, Claus F. Vogelmeier, Robert Bals, Rudolf A. Jörres, Franziska C. Trudzinski ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00242-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00242-2021
MULTI-PHACET: multidimensional clinical phenotyping of hospitalised acute COPD exacerbations Martin I. MacDonald, Christian R. Osadnik, Lauren Bulfin, Elizabeth Leahy, Paul Leong, Eskandarain Shafuddin, Kais Hamza, Paul T. King, Philip G. Bardin ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00198-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00198-2021
Haemoglobin as a biomarker for clinical outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Aparna Balasubramanian, Robert J. Henderson, Nirupama Putcha, Ashraf Fawzy, Sarath Raju, Nadia N. Hansel, Neil R. MacIntyre, Robert L. Jensen, Gregory L. Kinney, William W. Stringer, Craig P. Hersh, Russell P. Bowler, Richard Casaburi, MeiLan K. Han, Janos Porszasz, Barry J. Make, Meredith C. McCormack, Robert A. Wise ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00068-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00068-2021
Challenging the obesity paradox: extreme obesity and COPD mortality in the SUMMIT trial Emily P. Brigham, Julie A. Anderson, Robert D. Brook, Peter M.A. Calverley, Bartolome R. Celli, Nicholas J. Cowans, Courtney Crim, James E. Diserens, Fernando J. Martinez, Meredith C. McCormack, David E. Newby, Julie Yates, Jorgen Vestbo, Tianshi David Wu, Robert A. Wise ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00902-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00902-2020
Efficacy and safety of single-inhaler triple therapy of glycopyrronium, formoterol and fluticasone in patients with COPD: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial Sundeep Salvi, Akash Balki, Srikanth Krishnamurthy, Sagar Panchal, Saiprasad Patil, Rahul Kodgule, Hitesh Khandagale, Amol Pendse, Wen Wu, Shabbir Rangwala, Monika Tandon, Hanmant Barkate ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00255-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00255-2021
High serum granulocyte-colony stimulating factor characterises neutrophilic COPD exacerbations associated with dysbiosis Arindam Chakrabarti, Jordan S. Mar, David F. Choy, Yi Cao, Nisha Rathore, Xiaoying Yang, Gaik W. Tew, Olga Li, Prescott G. Woodruff, Christopher E. Brightling, Michele Grimbaldeston, Stephanie A. Christenson, Mona Bafadhel, Carrie M. Rosenberger ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00836-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00836-2020
The validity of shortened multiple-breath washout testing using sulfur hexafluoride in the assessment of patients with COPD Enya Daynes, Neil Greening, John Owers-Bradley, Sally J. Singh, Salman Siddiqui ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00379-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00379-2020
Upper airway symptoms associate with the eosinophilic phenotype of COPD Nicolai Obling, Vibeke Backer, John R. Hurst, Uffe Bodtger ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00184-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00184-2021
Accompanied versus unaccompanied walking for continuous oxygen saturation measurement during 6-min walk test in COPD: a randomised crossover study Thomas F. Riegler, Anja Frei, Sarah R. Haile, Thomas Radtke ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00921-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00921-2020
Long-term effect of a₁-antitrypsin augmentation therapy on the decline of FEV₁ in deficient patients: an analysis of the AIR database Iris G.M. Schouten, Marise J. Kasteleyn, Roula Tsonaka, Robert Bals, Alice C. Turner, Ilaria Ferrarotti, Angelo G. Corsico, Beatriz Lara, Marc Miravitlles, Robert A. Stockley, Jan Stolk ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00194-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00194-2021
Upregulation of interleukin-19 in severe asthma: a potential saliva biomarker for asthma severity Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari, Narjes Saheb Sharif-Askari, Swati Goel, Bassam Mahboub, Abdul Wahid Ansari, Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Adel M. Zakri, Elaref Ratemi, Rifat Hamoudi, Qutayba Hamid, Rabih Halwani ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00984-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00984-2020
Targeting dynamic hyperinflation in moderate-to-severe asthma: a randomised controlled trial Akke-Nynke van der Meer, Kim de Jong, Aranka Hoekstra-Kuik, Elisabeth H. Bel, Anneke ten Brinke ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00738-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00738-2020
Biologicals in childhood severe asthma: the European PERMEABLE survey on the status quo Elisangela Santos-Valente, Heike Buntrock-Döpke, Rola Abou Taam, Stefania Arasi, Arzu Bakirtas, Jaime Lozano Blasco, Klaus Bønnelykke, Mihai Craiu, Renato Cutrera, Antoine Deschildre, Basil Elnazir, Louise Fleming, Urs Frey, Monika Gappa, Antonio Nieto García, Kirsten Skamstrup Hansen, Laurence Hanssens, Karina Jahnz-Rozyk, Milos Jesenak, Sebastian Kerzel, Matthias V. Kopp, Gerard H. Koppelman, Uros Krivec, Kenneth A. MacLeod, Mika Mäkelä, Erik Melén, Györgyi Mezei, Alexander Moeller, Andre Moreira, Petr Pohunek, Predrag Minic, Niels W.P. Rutjes, Patrick Sammut, Nicolaus Schwerk, Zsolt Szépfalusi, Mirjana Turkalj, Iren Tzotcheva, Alexandru Ulmeanu, Stijn Verhulst, Paraskevi Xepapadaki, Jakob Niggel, Susanne Vijverberg, Anke H. Maitland-van der Zee, Uroš Potocnik, Susanne M. Reinartz, Cornelis M. van Drunen, Michael Kabesch ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00143-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00143-2021
Adaptive study design to assess effect of TRPV4 inhibition in patients with chronic cough Valerie J. Ludbrook, Kate E. Hanrott, James L. Kreindler, Joanna E. Marks-Konczalik, Nick P. Bird, Debbie A. Hewens, Misba Beerahee, David J. Behm, Alyn Morice, Lorcan McGarvey, Sean M. Parker, Surinder S. Birring, Jaclyn Smith ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00269-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00269-2021
Prevalence of asymptomatic bronchiectasis and associations among the health screening population in South Korea Soo Han Kim, Young Ju Jung, Myung-Su Ko, Sei Won Lee, Jae Seung Lee, Yeon-Mok Oh ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00188-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00188-2021
Patients’ perspectives on bronchiectasis: findings from a social media listening study Irisz Delestre-Levai, Stefano Aliberti, Marta Almagro, Chiara Carnini, James D. Chalmers, Sharath C. George, Soumya Shukla, Alan Timothy, Maria Carmela De Vuono ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00096-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00096-2021
Association of performance in a stair-climbing test with complications and survival after lung cancer resection in the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery era: population-based outcomes Olli Helminen, Johanna Valo, Heidi Andersen, Johan Söderström, Eero Sihvo ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00110-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00110-2021
Interferon-? liposome: a new system to improve drug delivery in the treatment of lung cancer Maysa Alhawmdeh, Mohammad Isreb, Abid Aziz, Badie K. Jacob, Diana Anderson, Mojgan Najafzadeh ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00555-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00555-2020
Cystic fibrosis in South Africa: spectrum of disease and determinants of outcome Marco Zampoli, Janine Verstraete, Marlize Frauendorf, Reshma Kassanjee, Lesley Workman, Brenda M. Morrow, Heather J. Zar ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00856-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00856-2020
Early risk prediction in idiopathic versus connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension: call for a refined assessment Clara Hjalmarsson, Barbro Kjellström, Kjell Jansson, Magnus Nisell, David Kylhammar, Mohammad Kavianipour, Göran Rådegran, Stefan Söderberg, Gerhard Wikström, Dirk M. Wuttge, Roger Hesselstrand ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00854-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00854-2020
Current strategies for managing chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: results of the worldwide prospective CTEPH Registry Stefan Guth, Andrea M. D'Armini, Marion Delcroix, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Elie Fadel, Stephen P. Hoole, David P. Jenkins, David G. Kiely, Nick H. Kim, Irene M. Lang, Michael M. Madani, Hiromi Matsubara, Aiko Ogawa, Jaquelina S. Ota-Arakaki, Rozenn Quarck, Roela Sadushi-Kolici, Gérald Simonneau, Christoph B. Wiedenroth, Bedrettin Yildizeli, Eckhard Mayer, Joanna Pepke-Zaba ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00850-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00850-2020
Health-related quality of life and disease progression in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients: a 3-year study Laurence Halimi, Carey M. Suehs, Gregory Marin, Clement Boissin, Anne-Sophie Gamez, Isabelle Vachier, Nicolas Molinari, Arnaud Bourdin ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00617-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00617-2020
Lung ultrasound assessment for pneumothorax following transbronchial lung cryobiopsy Christian B. Laursen, Pia I. Pietersen, Niels Jacobsen, Casper Falster, Amanda D. Juul, Jesper R. Davidsen ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00045-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00045-2021
Quit attempts and tobacco abstinence in primary care patients: follow-up of a pragmatic, two-arm cluster randomised controlled trial on brief stop-smoking advice – ABC versus 5As Sabrina Kastaun, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Verena Leve, Jaqueline Hildebrandt, Christian Funke, Stephanie Klosterhalfen, Diana Lubisch, Olaf Reddemann, Tobias Raupach, Stefan Wilm, Daniel Kotz ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00224-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00224-2021
Training general practitioners in the ABC versus 5As method of delivering stop-smoking advice: a pragmatic, two-arm cluster randomised controlled trial Sabrina Kastaun, Verena Leve, Jaqueline Hildebrandt, Christian Funke, Stephanie Klosterhalfen, Diana Lubisch, Olaf Reddemann, Hayden McRobbie, Tobias Raupach, Robert West, Stefan Wilm, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Daniel Kotz ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00621-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00621-2020
Comparing individual and population differences in minute ventilation/carbon dioxide production slopes using centile growth curves and log-linear allometry Alan M. Nevill, Jonathan Myers, Leonard A. Kaminsky, Ross Arena, Tony D. Myers ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00088-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00088-2021
An adjusted and time-saving method to measure collateral ventilation with Chartis T. David Koster, Karin Klooster, Hallie McNamara, Narinder S. Shargill, Sri Radhakrishnan, Ryan Olivera, Dirk-Jan Slebos ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00191-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00191-2021
Lung diffusing capacity for nitric oxide measured by two commercial devices: a randomised crossover comparison in healthy adults Thomas Radtke, Quintin de Groot, Sarah R. Haile, Marion Maggi, Connie C.W. Hsia, Holger Dressel ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00193-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00193-2021
Particle flow rate from the airways as fingerprint diagnostics in mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: a randomised controlled study Filip Hallgren, Martin Stenlo, Anna Niroomand, Ellen Broberg, Snejana Hyllén, Malin Malmsjö, Sandra Lindstedt ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00961-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00961-2020
The role of noninvasive ventilation in the management of type II respiratory failure in patients with myotonic dystrophy Vilma Rautemaa, Mark E. Roberts, Andrew Bentley, Timothy W. Felton ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00192-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00192-2020
International BEAT-PCD consensus statement for infection prevention and control for primary ciliary dyskinesia in collaboration with ERN-LUNG PCD Core Network and patient representatives June K. Marthin, Jane S. Lucas, Mieke Boon, Carmen Casaulta, Suzanne Crowley, Damien M.S. Destouches, Ernst Eber, Amparo Escribano, Eric Haarman, Claire Hogg, Bernard Maitre, Gemma Marsh, Vendula Martinu, Antonio Moreno-Galdó, Huda Mussaffi, Heymut Omran, Petr Pohunek, Bernhard Rindlisbacher, Phil Robinson, Deborah Snijders, Woolf T. Walker, Panayiotis Yiallouros, Helle Krogh Johansen, Kim G. Nielsen ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00301-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00301-2021
Ventricular arrhythmia in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction and central sleep apnoea Christoph Fisser, Jannis Bureck, Lara Gall, Victoria Vaas, Jörg Priefert, Sabine Fredersdorf, Florian Zeman, Dominik Linz, Holger Wöhrle, Renaud Tamisier, Helmut Teschler, Martin R. Cowie, Michael Arzt ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00147-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00147-2021
Non-dipping nocturnal blood pressure correlates with obstructive sleep apnoea severity in normotensive subjects and may reverse with therapy Sophie J. Crinion, Jana Kleinerova, Brian Kent, Geraldine Nolan, Cormac T. Taylor, Silke Ryan, Walter T. McNicholas ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00338-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00338-2021
Compatibility of a novel filter paper-based bio-safe sputum transport kit with line probe assay for diagnosing drug-resistant tuberculosis: a single-site evaluation study Divya Anthwal, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Ritu Singhal, Manpreet Bhalla, Ajoy Kumar Verma, Khalid Umar Khayyam, Vithal Prasad Myneedu, Rohit Sarin, Ashawant Gupta, Nalini Kant Gupta, Manjula Singh, Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi, Sagarika Haldar ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00137-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00137-2021
1-year outcomes for lung transplantation recipients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Anil J. Trindade, Tany Thaniyavarn, Nikroo Hashemi, Antonio Coppolino III, John C. Kennedy, Hari R. Mallidi, Souheil El-Chemaly, Hilary J. Goldberg ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00103-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00103-2021
Swallow patterns associated with aspiration in COPD: a prospective analysis Lydia Cvejic, Nadine Guiney, Kenneth K. Lau, Paul Finlay, Kais Hamza, Paul Leong, Martin MacDonald, Paul T. King, Philip G. Bardin ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00170-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00170-2021
A 3-month period of electronic monitoring can provide important information to the healthcare team to assess adherence and improve asthma control Anja Jochmann, Luca Artusio, Jakob Usemann, Angela Jamalzadeh, Andrew Bush, Urs Frey, Louise J. Fleming ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00726-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00726-2020
Increased circulating levels of angiotensin-(1–7) in severely ill COVID-19 patients Ana Luiza Valle Martins, Filipe Alex da Silva, Lucas Bolais-Ramos, Gisele Capanema de Oliveira, Renata Cunha Ribeiro, Danilo Augusto Alves Pereira, Filippo Annoni, Mirella Monique Lana Diniz, Thuanny Granato Fonseca Silva, Bruna Zivianni, Alexandre Carvalho Cardoso, Juliana Carvalho Martins, Daisy Motta-Santos, Maria José Campagnole-Santos, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Thiago Verano-Braga, Robson Augusto Souza Santos ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00114-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00114-2021
Impact of prior smoking exposure and COPD comorbidity on treatment response to monoclonal antibodies in patients with severe asthma Heba Morobeid, Carmen Pizarro, Leonie Biener, Gudrun Ulrich-Merzenich, Daniel Kütting, Georg Nickenig, Dirk Skowasch ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00190-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00190-2021
N3 hilar sampling decision in the staging of mediastinal lung cancer Jaume Bordas-Martinez, Jose Luis Vercher-Conejero, Guillermo Rodriguez-González, Noelia Cubero, Rosa M. Lopez-Lisbona, Marta Diez-Ferrer, Rachid Tazi, Antoni Rosell ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00116-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00116-2021
Defining end-systolic pressure for single-beat estimation of right ventricle–pulmonary artery coupling: simple… but not really Inderjit Singh, Hannah Oakland, Ahmed Elassal, Paul M. Heerdt ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00219-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00219-2021
The presence of air pollution particulate matter in cryopreserved placental tissue cells Norrice M. Liu, Yehao Chen, Lisa Miyashita, Wing Hung Tam, Noelle A. Ngai, Jonathan Grigg, Ting Fan Leung ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00349-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00349-2021
Mortality in combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema patients is determined by the sum of pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema An Zhao, Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, Nesrin Mogulkoc, Mark G. Jones, Coline van Moorsel, Tamera J. Corte, Chiara Romei, Recep Savas, Christopher J. Brereton, Hendrik W. van Es, Helen Jo, Annalisa De Liperi, Omer Unat, Katarina Pontoppidan, Frouke van Beek, Marcel Veltkamp, Peter Hopkins, Yuben Moodley, Alessandro Taliani, Laura Tavanti, Bahareh Gholipour, Arjun Nair, Sam Janes, Iain Stewart, David Barber, Daniel C. Alexander, Athol U. Wells, Joseph Jacob ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00316-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00316-2021
Radiological–pathological signatures of patients with COVID-19-related pneumomediastinum: is there a role for the Sonic hedgehog and Wnt5a pathways? Elisa Baratella, Rossana Bussani, Fabrizio Zanconati, Cristina Marrocchio, Giudici Fabiola, Luca Braga, Serena Maiocchi, Giorgio Berlot, Maria Concetta Volpe, Edoardo Moro, Paola Confalonieri, Maria Assunta Cova, Marco Confalonieri, Francesco Salton, Barbara Ruaro ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00346-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00346-2021
“Comparison between traditional and nontraditional add-on devices used with pressurised metered-dose inhalers”. Mina Nicola, Youssef M.A. Soliman, Raghda Hussein, Haitham Saeed and Mohamed Abdelrahim. ERJ Open Res 2020; 6: 00073-2020. ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 50073-2020; 10.1183/23120541.50073-2020
Disease activity in COPD: time to make imaging biomarkers a PET project? Stephen Milne, Rachel L. Eddy, Don D. Sin ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00445-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00445-2021
Identifying COPD in routinely collected electronic health records: a systematic scoping review Shanya Sivakumaran, Mohammad A. Alsallakh, Ronan A. Lyons, Jennifer K. Quint, Gwyneth A. Davies ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00167-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00167-2021
Investigation of the Clinical, Radiological and Biological Factors Associated with Disease Progression, Phenotypes and Endotypes of COPD in China (COMPASS): study design, protocol and rationale Zhenyu Liang, Nanshan Zhong, Rongchang Chen, Qianli Ma, Yongchang Sun, Fuqiang Wen, Ruth Tal-Singer, Bruce E. Miller, Julie Yates, Jie Song, Chris Compton, Beulah Ji, Li Wu, Yang Yang, Paul Jones, Jinping Zheng ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00201-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00201-2021
Changes in pulmonary function and patient-reported outcomes during COVID-19 recovery: a longitudinal, prospective cohort study Aditi S. Shah, Min Hyung Ryu, Cameron J. Hague, Darra T. Murphy, James C. Johnston, Christopher J. Ryerson, Christopher Carlsten, Alyson W. Wong ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00243-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00243-2021
Quantitative ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography to assess pulmonary inflammation in COPD Laurence Vass, Marie Fisk, Joseph Cheriyan, Divya Mohan, Julia Forman, Adelola Oseni, Anand Devaraj, Kaisa M. Mäki-Petäjä, Carmel M. McEniery, Jonathan Fuld, Nicholas S. Hopkinson, David A. Lomas, John R. Cockcroft, Ruth Tal-Singer, Michael I. Polkey, Ian B. Wilkinson ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00699-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00699-2020
A randomised trial of a web-based physical activity self-management intervention in COPD Stephanie A. Robinson, J. Allen Cooper, Rebekah L. Goldstein, Madeline Polak, Paola N. Cruz Rivera, David R. Gagnon, Amber Samuelson, Sheila Moore, Reema Kadri, Caroline R. Richardson, Marilyn L. Moy ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00158-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00158-2021
Multicentre comparison of self-management in patients with COPD Ritsuko Wakabayashi, Jean Bourbeau, Maria F. Sedeno, Takashi Motegi, Tomoko Kutsuzawa, Tetsuya Urano, Kozui Kida ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00252-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00252-2021
Health and functional status of tiotropium/olodaterol-treated patients with COPD: results from the AERIAL® non-interventional study Adrian Gillissen, Andrea Marseille, Dirk Skowasch, John Ritz, Muriel Mattiucci-Guehlke, Stefan Pabst, Timm Greulich, Rembert Koczulla ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00004-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00004-2021
Alveolar macrophage transcriptomic profiling in COPD shows major lipid metabolism changes Wataru Fujii, Theodore S. Kapellos, Kevin Baßler, Kristian Händler, Lisa Holsten, Rainer Knoll, Stefanie Warnat-Herresthal, Marie Oestreich, Emily R. Hinkley, Jan Hasenauer, Carmen Pizarro, Christoph Thiele, Anna C. Aschenbrenner, Thomas Ulas, Dirk Skowasch, Joachim L. Schultze ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00915-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00915-2020
Lung function trajectory and biomarkers in the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study Dinh S. Bui, Alvar Agusti, Haydn Walters, Caroline Lodge, Jennifer L. Perret, Adrian Lowe, Gayan Bowatte, Raisa Cassim, Garun S. Hamilton, Peter Frith, Alan James, Paul S. Thomas, Debbie Jarvis, Michael J. Abramson, Rosa Faner, Shyamali C. Dharmage ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00020-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00020-2021
Prediction of COPD by the single-breath nitrogen test and various respiratory symptoms Jan Olofson, Björn Bake, Bengt Bergman, Lowie E.G.W. Vanfleteren, Kurt Svärdsudd ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00383-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00383-2021
A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of volatile organic compounds in airway diseases and their relation to markers of type-2 inflammation Wadah Ibrahim, Sushiladevi Natarajan, Michael Wilde, Rebecca Cordell, Paul S. Monks, Neil Greening, Christopher E. Brightling, Rachael Evans, Salman Siddiqui ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00030-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00030-2021
Utility of fractional exhaled nitric oxide suppression as a prediction tool for progression to biologic therapy Claire A. Butler, Alan J. McMichael, Kirsty Honeyford, Louise Wright, Jayne Logan, Joshua Holmes, John Busby, Catherine E. Hanratty, Freda Yang, Steven J. Smith, Kirsty Murray, Rekha Chaudhuri, Liam G. Heaney ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00273-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00273-2021
Bronchial thermoplasty guided by hyperpolarised gas magnetic resonance imaging in adults with severe asthma: a 1-year pilot randomised trial Sarah Svenningsen, Parameswaran Nair, Rachel L. Eddy, Marrissa J. McIntosh, Melanie Kjarsgaard, Hui Fang Lim, David G. McCormack, Gerard Cox, Grace Parraga ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00268-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00268-2021
Xenon ventilation MRI in difficult asthma: initial experience in a clinical setting Grace T. Mussell, Helen Marshall, Laurie J. Smith, Alberto M. Biancardi, Paul J.C. Hughes, David J. Capener, Jody Bray, Andrew J. Swift, Smitha Rajaram, Alison M. Condliffe, Guilhem J. Collier, Chris S. Johns, Nick D. Weatherley, Jim M. Wild, Ian Sabroe ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00785-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00785-2020
Inflammatory epithelial cytokines after in vitro respiratory syncytial viral infection are associated with reduced lung function Wenming Duan, Yuchen Cen, Cindy Lin, Hong Ouyang, Kai Du, Anushree Kumar, Borui Wang, Julie Avolio, Hartmut Grasemann, Theo J. Moraes ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00365-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00365-2021
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial biopsy with or without a guide sheath for peripheral pulmonary malignancy Chun-Ta Huang, Lih-Yu Chang, Chung-Yu Chen, Sheng-Yuan Ruan, Ching-Kai Lin, Yi-Ju Tsai, Chao-Chi Ho, Chong-Jen Yu ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00267-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00267-2021
The AWESCORE, a patient-reported outcome measure: development, feasibility, reliability, validity and responsiveness for adults with cystic fibrosis Brenda M. Button, Lisa M. Wilson, Angela T. Burge, Lara Kimmel, Felicity Finlayson, Elyssa Williams, Anthony Talbot, Audrey Tierney, Susannah King, Anne E. Holland, Dominic Keating, Tom Kotsimbos, John W. Wilson ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00120-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00120-2021
A model for estimating the health economic impact of earlier diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension Gudula J.A.M. Boon, Wilbert B. van den Hout, Stefano Barco, Harm Jan Bogaard, Marion Delcroix, Menno V. Huisman, Stavros V. Konstantinides, Lilian J. Meijboom, Esther J. Nossent, Petr Symersky, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Frederikus A. Klok ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00719-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00719-2020
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