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.

June

Editorials

A guide for respiratory physiotherapy postgraduate education: presentation of the harmonised curriculum Thierry Troosters, Daniel Langer, Chris Burtin, Michelle Chatwin, Enrico M. Clini, Margareta Emtner, Rik Gosselink, Kathleen Grant, Deniz Inal-Ince, Agnieszka Lewko, Eleanor Main, Beatrice Oberwaldner, Nathalie Tabin, Fabio Pitta Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1900320; 10.1183/13993003.00320-2019
Towards precision medicine in bronchiectasis: what is the role of neutrophilic elastase determination? Grace Oscullo Yepez, Jesus María Sierra-Párraga, Tomás Posadas Blazquez, Miguel Ángel Martínez-García Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1900765; 10.1183/13993003.00765-2019
New evidence on the chemoprevention of inhaled steroids and the risk of lung cancer in COPD Luis M. Seijo, Joan B. Soriano, Germán Peces-Barba Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1900717; 10.1183/13993003.00717-2019
Repurposing benzbromarone for pulmonary arterial hypertension: can channelling the past deliver the therapy of the future? Anne L. Theilmann, Mark L. Ormiston Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1900583; 10.1183/13993003.00583-2019

ERS statement

ERS statement on respiratory muscle testing at rest and during exercise Pierantonio Laveneziana, Andre Albuquerque, Andrea Aliverti, Tony Babb, Esther Barreiro, Martin Dres, Bruno-Pierre Dubé, Brigitte Fauroux, Joaquim Gea, Jordan A. Guenette, Anna L. Hudson, Hans-Joachim Kabitz, Franco Laghi, Daniel Langer, Yuan-Ming Luo, J. Alberto Neder, Denis O'Donnell, Michael I. Polkey, Roberto A. Rabinovich, Andrea Rossi, Frédéric Series, Thomas Similowski, Christina Spengler, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Samuel Verges Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1801214; 10.1183/13993003.01214-2018

Tuberculosis

Reducing tuberculosis transmission: a consensus document from the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe Giovanni Battista Migliori, Edward Nardell, Askar Yedilbayev, Lia D'Ambrosio, Rosella Centis, Marina Tadolini, Martin van den Boom, Soudeh Ehsani, Giovanni Sotgiu, Masoud Dara Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1900391; 10.1183/13993003.00391-2019

Bronchiectasis

A point-of-care neutrophil elastase activity assay identifies bronchiectasis severity, airway infection and risk of exacerbation Amelia Shoemark, Erin Cant, Luis Carreto, Alexandria Smith, Martina Oriano, Holly R. Keir, Lidia Perea, Elisabet Canto, Leonardo Terranova, Silvia Vidal, Kelly Moffitt, Stefano Aliberti, Oriol Sibila, James D. Chalmers Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1900303; 10.1183/13993003.00303-2019

Asthma

Tiotropium add-on therapy is safe and reduces seasonal worsening in paediatric asthma patients Christian Vogelberg, Stanley J. Szefler, Elianne J.L.E. Vrijlandt, Attilio L. Boner, Michael Engel, Georges El Azzi, Sebastian Dan Vulcu, Petra M. Moroni-Zentgraf, Olaf Eickmeier, Eckard H. Hamelmann Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1801824; 10.1183/13993003.01824-2018

COPD

Inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of lung cancer in COPD: a population-based cohort study Adam J.N. Raymakers, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Don D. Sin, J. Mark FitzGerald, Carlo A. Marra, Larry D. Lynd Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1801257; 10.1183/13993003.01257-2018

Pulmonary hypertension

Obesity alters oestrogen metabolism and contributes to pulmonary arterial hypertension Kirsty M. Mair, Katie Y. Harvey, Alasdair D. Henry, Dianne Z. Hillyard, Margaret Nilsen, Margaret R. MacLean Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1801524; 10.1183/13993003.01524-2018
Targeting TMEM16A to reverse vasoconstriction and remodelling in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension Rita Papp, Chandran Nagaraj, Diana Zabini, Bence M. Nagy, Miklós Lengyel, Davor Skofic Maurer, Neha Sharma, Bakytbek Egemnazarov, Gabor Kovacs, Grazyna Kwapiszewska, Leigh M. Marsh, Andelko Hrzenjak, Gerald Höfler, Miroslava Didiasova, Malgorzata Wygrecka, Laura K. Sievers, Peter Szucs, Péter Enyedi, Bahil Ghanim, Walter Klepetko, Horst Olschewski, Andrea Olschewski Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1800965; 10.1183/13993003.00965-2018
Risk assessment in pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension Marc Humbert, Harrison W. Farber, Hossein-Ardeschir Ghofrani, Raymond L. Benza, Dennis Busse, Christian Meier, Marius M. Hoeper Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1802004; 10.1183/13993003.02004-2018

Imaging

Ambient air pollution and pulmonary vascular volume on computed tomography: the MESA Air Pollution and Lung cohort studies Carrie P. Aaron, Eric A. Hoffman, Steven M. Kawut, John H.M. Austin, Matthew Budoff, Erin D. Michos, Karen Hinckley Stukovsky, Coralynn Sack, Adam A. Szpiro, Karol D. Watson, Joel D. Kaufman, R. Graham Barr Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1802116; 10.1183/13993003.02116-2018

Research letters

Severe asthma with blood hypereosinophilia associated with JAK2 V617F mutation: a case series Laure Tabèze, Sylvain Marchand-Adam, Raphaël Borie, Aurélien Justet, Clairelyne Dupin, Marie-Christine Dombret, Bruno Crestani, Camille Taillé Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1802248; 10.1183/13993003.02248-2018
Differences in asthma control and lung function in relation to allergic status Chris RuiWen Kuo, Brian Lipworth Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1802102; 10.1183/13993003.02102-2018
Bone mineral density in cystic fibrosis patients using low-dose chest computed tomography: a pilot study Rubens Gabriel Feijó Andrade, Gabriele Carra Forte, Bruno Hochhegger, Leonardo Araujo Pinto Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1900066; 10.1183/13993003.00066-2019
A pilot study to test the feasibility of histological characterisation of asthma–COPD overlap Eleni Papakonstantinou, Spasenjia Savic, Aline Siebeneichler, Werner Strobel, Paul W. Jones, Michael Tamm, Daiana Stolz Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1801941; 10.1183/13993003.01941-2018

Correspondence

Artificial intelligence for pulmonary function test interpretation Sherif Gonem, Salman Siddiqui Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1900638; 10.1183/13993003.00638-2019
Artificial intelligence for pulmonary function test interpretation Marko Topalovic, Nilakash Das, Wim Janssens Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1900782; 10.1183/13993003.00782-2019
Correspondence on the debate regarding the haemodynamic definition of pulmonary hypertension Bradley A. Maron, Gaurav Choudhary, Ryan J. Tedford, Evan Brittain Eur Respir J, 53 (6) 1900727; 10.1183/13993003.00727-2019