European Respiratory Journal

The ERJ publishes clinical and experimental work relating to all aspects of adult and paediatric respiratory medicine, including cell biology, epidemiology, immunology, oncology, pathophysiology, imaging, occupational medicine, intensive care, sleep medicine and thoracic surgery. In addition to original research material, the ERJ also publishes editorial commentaries, reviews, short research letters and correspondence to the editor. Articles are published continuously and collected into 12 monthly issues in two volumes per year.

December

ERJ December Podcast: Assessing the worldwide epidemiology of sarcoidosis Eur Respir J 2016; 48: E72
Choosing and using lung function prediction equations Martin R. Miller Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1535-1537
Targeting immunoglobulin E in non-atopic asthma: crossing the red line? Mina Gaga, Eleftherios Zervas, Marc Humbert Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1538-1540
The womb environment shapes respiratory health in offspring: a fascinating hypothesis Franca Rusconi Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1541-1544
Assessing the worldwide epidemiology of sarcoidosis: challenges and future directions Yvette C. Cozier Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1545-1548
To stress or not to stress? Exercise pulmonary haemodynamic testing in systemic sclerosis Edmund M.T. Lau, Vivek Thakkar, Marc Humbert, Philippe Herve Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1549-1552
Adding complexity to plexogenic arteriopathy Norbert F. Voelkel, Harm Jan Bogaard Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1553-1555
Shall we call them “telomere-mediated”? Renaming the idiopathic after the cause is found Samantha J. Merck, Mary Armanios Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1556-1558
Management of children with interstitial lung diseases: the difficult issue of acute exacerbations Annick Clement, Jacques de Blic, Ralph Epaud, Laurie Galeron, Nadia Nathan, Alice Hadchouel, Angelo Barbato, Deborah Snijders, Nural Kiper, Steve Cunningham, Matthias Griese, Andrew Bush, Nicolaus Schwerk, on behalf of the chILD-EU collaboration Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1559-1563
European reference networks: moving towards a tangible outcome of the European Union's cross-border healthcare directive? Nadia Kamel Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1564-1568
The Art of Breathing Gary P. Anderson, Tom Kotsimbos Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1569-1570
Mandatory tuberculosis case notification in high tuberculosis-incidence countries: policy and practice Mukund Uplekar, Sachin Atre, William A. Wells, Diana Weil, Rafael Lopez, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Mario Raviglione Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1571-1581
The Art of Breathing: Inspiration Tom Kotsimbos, Gary P. Anderson Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1582-1583
Excess medical costs in patients with asthma and the role of comorbidity Wenjia Chen, Larry D. Lynd, J. Mark FitzGerald, Carlo A. Marra, Robert Balshaw, Teresa To, Hamid Tavakoli, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, for the Canadian Respiratory Research Network Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1584-1592
Omalizumab reduces bronchial mucosal IgE and improves lung function in non-atopic asthma Prathap Pillai, Yih-Chih Chan, Shih-Ying Wu, Line Ohm-Laursen, Clare Thomas, Stephen R. Durham, Andrew Menzies-Gow, Raj K. Rajakulasingam, Sun Ying, Hannah J. Gould, Chris J. Corrigan Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1593-1601
Global Lung Function Initiative 2012 reference equations for spirometry in the Norwegian population Arnulf Langhammer, Ane Johannessen, Turid L. Holmen, Hasse Melbye, Sanja Stanojevic, May B. Lund, Morten N. Melsom, Per Bakke, Philip H. Quanjer Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1602-1611
Metabolomic biomarkers predictive of early structural lung disease in cystic fibrosis Charles R. Esther, Lidija Turkovic, Tim Rosenow, Marianne S. Muhlebach, Richard C. Boucher, Sarath Ranganathan, Stephen M. Stick, on behalf of AREST CF Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1612-1621
Pre-eclampsia and childhood asthma Maria C. Magnus, Siri E. Håberg, Per Magnus, Anders Engeland, Per Nafstad, Øystein Karlstad, Wenche Nystad Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1622-1630
Impact of sleep disordered breathing on behaviour among elementary school-aged children: a cross-sectional analysis of a large community-based sample Dale L. Smith, David Gozal, Scott J. Hunter, Mona F. Philby, Jaeson Kaylegian, Leila Kheirandish-Gozal Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1631-1639
Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on energy balance regulation: a systematic review Ari Shechter Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1640-1657
Exercise pulmonary haemodynamics predict outcome in patients with systemic sclerosis Adriana Stamm, Stéphanie Saxer, Mona Lichtblau, Elisabeth D. Hasler, Suzana Jordan, Lars C. Huber, Konrad E. Bloch, Oliver Distler, Silvia Ulrich Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1658-1667
BMPR2 mutation status influences bronchial vascular changes in pulmonary arterial hypertension Maria-Rosa Ghigna, Christophe Guignabert, David Montani, Barbara Girerd, Xavier Jaïs, Laurent Savale, Philippe Hervé, Vincent Thomas de Montpréville, Olaf Mercier, Olivier Sitbon, Florent Soubrier, Elie Fadel, Gérald Simonneau, Marc Humbert, Peter Dorfmüller Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1668-1681
Progression to tuberculosis disease increases with multiple exposures Robyn S. Lee, Jean-François Proulx, Dick Menzies, Marcel A. Behr Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1682-1689
Sarcoidosis incidence and prevalence: a nationwide register-based assessment in Sweden Elizabeth V. Arkema, Johan Grunewald, Susanna Kullberg, Anders Eklund, Johan Askling Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1690-1699
Sarcoidosis-related mortality in France: a multiple-cause-of-death analysis Yvan Jamilloux, Delphine Maucort-Boulch, Sébastien Kerever, Mathieu Gerfaud-Valentin, Christiane Broussolle, Mireille Eb, Dominique Valeyre, Pascal Seve Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1700-1709
Telomere-related lung fibrosis is diagnostically heterogeneous but uniformly progressive Chad A. Newton, Kiran Batra, Jose Torrealba, Julia Kozlitina, Craig S. Glazer, Carlos Aravena, Keith Meyer, Ganesh Raghu, Harold R. Collard, Christine Kim Garcia Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1710-1720
Prevalence and characteristics of TERT and TERC mutations in suspected genetic pulmonary fibrosis Raphael Borie, Laure Tabèze, Gabriel Thabut, Hilario Nunes, Vincent Cottin, Sylvain Marchand-Adam, Grégoire Prevot, Abdellatif Tazi, Jacques Cadranel, Herve Mal, Lidwine Wemeau-Stervinou, Anne Bergeron Lafaurie, Dominique Israel-Biet, Clement Picard, Martine Reynaud Gaubert, Stephane Jouneau, Jean-Marc Naccache, Julie Mankikian, Christelle Ménard, Jean-François Cordier, Dominique Valeyre, Marion Reocreux, Bernard Grandchamp, Patrick Revy, Caroline Kannengiesser, Bruno Crestani Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1721-1731
Prospective validation of right ventricular role in primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation Purificación Pérez-Terán, Oriol Roca, José Rodríguez-Palomares, Juan C. Ruiz-Rodríguez, Ana Zapatero, Joaquim Gea, Joaquim Serra, Arturo Evangelista, Joan R. Masclans Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1732-1742
Joint effect of airflow limitation and emphysema on postoperative outcomes in early-stage nonsmall cell lung cancer Sumin Shin, Hye Yun Park, Hyunkyung Kim, Hong Kwan Kim, Yong Soo Choi, Jhingook Kim, Sang-Won Um, Myung Jin Chung, Hojoong Kim, O Jung Kwon, Jae Ill Zo, Eliseo Guallar, Juhee Cho, Young Mog Shim Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1743-1750
Correlates of tuberculosis risk: predictive biomarkers for progression to active tuberculosis Elisa Petruccioli, Thomas J. Scriba, Linda Petrone, Mark Hatherill, Daniela M. Cirillo, Simone A. Joosten, Tom H. Ottenhoff, Claudia M. Denkinger, Delia Goletti Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1751-1763
Laboratory diagnosis of pneumonia in the molecular age Antoni Torres, Nelson Lee, Catia Cilloniz, Jordi Vila, Menno Van der Eerden Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1764-1778
Global Lung Function Initiative reference equations better describe a middle-aged, healthy French population than the European Community for Steel and Coal values Sébastien Hulo, Virginie de Broucker, Jonathan Giovannelli, Nathalie Cherot-Kornobis, Véronique Nève, Annie Sobaszek, Luc Dauchet, Jean-Louis Edmé Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1779-1781
Do the Global Lung Function Initiative 2012 equations fit my population? Philip H. Quanjer, Sanja Stanojevic Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1782-1785
Viral mimic poly-(I:C) attenuates airway epithelial T-cell suppressive capacity: implications for asthma Jürgen Schwarze, Paul M. Fitch, Janneke Heimweg, Claire Errington, Reina Matsuda, Harold G. de Bruin, Maarten van den Berge, Antoon J.M. van Oosterhout, Irene H. Heijink Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1785-1788
Survival of Mycobacterium abscessus isolated from people with cystic fibrosis in artificially generated aerosols Louise A. Fletcher, Yang Chen, Paul Whitaker, Miles Denton, Daniel G. Peckham, Ian J. Clifton Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1789-1791
The impact of exposure to particulate air pollution from non-anthropogenic sources on hospital admissions due to pneumonia Alina Vodonos, Itai Kloog, Liora Boehm, Victor Novack Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1791-1794
Fatal acute respiratory distress syndrome with diffuse alveolar damage: donor lymphocyte infusion imputability? Colombe Saillard, Magali Bisbal, Antoine Sannini, Laurent Chow-Chine, Jean-Paul Brun, Samia Harbi, Sabine Furst, Didier Blaise, Maria Paciencia, Véronique Secq, Djamel Mokart Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1794-1796
Exercise cardiac MRI-derived right ventriculo-arterial coupling ratio detects early right ventricular maladaptation in PAH Aaron C.W. Lin, Wendy E. Strugnell, Helen Seale, Benjamin Schmitt, Michaela Schmidt, Rachael O'Rourke, Richard E. Slaughter, Fiona Kermeen, Christian Hamilton-Craig, Norman R. Morris Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1797-1800
Shorter treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: the good, the bad and the ugly Richard van Altena, Onno W. Akkerman, Jan-Willem C. Alffenaar, Huib A.M. Kerstjens, Cecile Magis-Escurra, Martin J. Boeree, Dick van Soolingen, Wiel C.M. de Lange, Mathieu S. Bolhuis, Wouter Hoefsloot, Gerard de Vries, Tjip S. van der Werf Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1800-1802
Is delamanid a potential agent in the treatment of diseases caused by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare? David Krieger, Nicolas Schönfeld, Silvan Vesenbeckh, Gudrun Bettermann, Torsten Thomas Bauer, Holger Rüssmann, Harald Mauch Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1803-1804
Specific airway resistance in preschool children: why not panting after all? Iulia Ioan, Silvia Demoulin-Alexikova, Laurianne Coutier, Claude Bonabel, Jane Kirkby, Kim G. Nielsen, Waldemar Tomalak, Bruce Thompson, Cyril Schweitzer, Paul D. Robinson, François Marchal Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1804-1807
Dichotomy in pulmonary graft-versus-host disease evident among allogeneic stem-cell transplant recipients undergoing lung transplantation Mark Greer, Gerdt C. Riise, Lennart Hansson, Michael Perch, Pekka Hämmäinen, Antoine Roux, Sandrine Hirschi, Elodie Lhuillier, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Francois Philit, Johanna Claustre, Marc Stern, Jens Gottlieb, Are M. Holm Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1807-1810
A call for uniformity in implementing the IPAF (interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features) criteria Adelle S. Jee, Jane F. Bleasel, Stephen Adelstein, Gregory J. Keir, Tamera J. Corte Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1811-1813
A call for uniformity in implementing the IPAF (interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features) criteria Mary E. Strek, Justin M. Oldham, Ayodeji Adegunsoye, Rekha Vij Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1813-1814
Smoke-free legislation and its impact on paediatric respiratory health Timor Faber, Aziz Sheikh, Jasper V. Been Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1814-1815
Smoke-free legislation has potential to reduce the harmful effects of tobacco smoke exposure Elida Zairina Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1816
Opioids and adverse outcomes in elderly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients Damien Viglino, Maxime Maignan Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1817
Opioids and adverse outcomes in elderly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients Nicholas T. Vozoris, Denis E. O'Donnell, Sudeep S. Gill Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1818
Author Correction “Lung biopsy in interstitial lung disease: balancing the risk of surgery and diagnostic uncertainty.” Vincent Cottin. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1274–1277. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1819