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.

September

Editorials

ERS and ATS diagnostic guidelines for primary ciliary dyskinesia: similarities and differences in approach to diagnosis Amelia Shoemark, Sharon Dell, Adam Shapiro, Jane S. Lucas Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901066; 10.1183/13993003.01066-2019
The ERS fellowship portfolio: fostering excellence and diversity Rory E. Morty, Louise E. Donnelly, Daiana Stolz, Nicolas Roche, Tobias Welte, Kathryn A. Forrest, Christopher E. Brightling, Guy G. Brusselle Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901503; 10.1183/13993003.01503-2019
The importance of real-life research in respiratory medicine: manifesto of the Respiratory Effectiveness Group Nicolas Roche, Antonio Anzueto, Sinthia Bosnic Anticevich, Alan Kaplan, Marc Miravitlles, Dermot Ryan, Joan B. Soriano, Omar Usmani, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos, G. Walter Canonica Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901511; 10.1183/13993003.01511-2019
Global tuberculosis prevention: should we start from the beginning? Giovanni Sotgiu, Delia Goletti, Alberto Matteelli Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901394; 10.1183/13993003.01394-2019
Chronic respiratory symptoms but normal lung function: substantial disease burden but little evidence to inform practice Milo A. Puhan Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901363; 10.1183/13993003.01363-2019

European lung corner

H2020 funding for respiratory research: scaling up for the prevention and treatment of lung diseases Constantine I. Vardavas, Christina N. Kyriakos, Esteve Fernández, Panagiotis Bamidis, Kamran Siddiqi, Niels H. Chavannes, R.M.J.J. van der Kleij, Gary Parker, Cornel Radu-Loghin, Brian Ward, Karim Berkouk Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901417; 10.1183/13993003.01417-2019

ERS statement

ERS statement on chest imaging in acute respiratory failure Davide Chiumello, Giuseppe Francesco Sferrazza Papa, Antonio Artigas, Belaid Bouhemad, Aleksandar Grgic, Leo Heunks, Klaus Markstaller, Giulia M. Pellegrino, Lara Pisani, David Rigau, Marcus J. Schultz, Giovanni Sotgiu, Peter Spieth, Maurizio Zompatori, Paolo Navalesi Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900435; 10.1183/13993003.00435-2019

ESC Guidelines

2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism developed in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Stavros V. Konstantinides, Guy Meyer, Cecilia Becattini, Héctor Bueno, Geert-Jan Geersing, Veli-Pekka Harjola, Menno V. Huisman, Marc Humbert, Catriona Sian Jennings, David Jiménez, Nils Kucher, Irene Marthe Lang, Mareike Lankeit, Roberto Lorusso, Lucia Mazzolai, Nicolas Meneveau, Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Paolo Prandoni, Piotr Pruszczyk, Marc Righini, Adam Torbicki, Eric Van Belle, José Luis Zamorano Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901647; 10.1183/13993003.01647-2019

Cough

Altered neural activity in brain cough suppression networks in cigarette smokers Ayaka Ando, Stuart B. Mazzone, Michael J. Farrell Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900362; 10.1183/13993003.00362-2019

Tuberculosis

The global prevalence of latent tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis Adam Cohen, Victor Dahl Mathiasen, Thomas Schön, Christian Wejse Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900655; 10.1183/13993003.00655-2019

Lung structure and function

Prognostic significance of chronic respiratory symptoms in individuals with normal spirometry Yunus Çolak, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Jørgen Vestbo, Peter Lange, Shoaib Afzal Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900734; 10.1183/13993003.00734-2019
Radiographic pulmonary vessel volume, lung function and airways disease in the Framingham Heart Study Andrew J. Synn, Wenyuan Li, Raúl San José Estépar, Chunyi Zhang, George R. Washko, George T. O'Connor, Tetsuro Araki, Hiroto Hatabu, Alexander A. Bankier, Murray A. Mittleman, Mary B. Rice Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900408; 10.1183/13993003.00408-2019

Asthma

Sensitisation to staphylococcal enterotoxins and asthma severity: a longitudinal study in the EGEA cohort Ina Sintobin, Valerie Siroux, Gabriële Holtappels, Christophe Pison, Rachel Nadif, Jean Bousquet, Claus Bachert Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900198; 10.1183/13993003.00198-2019

Asthma and paediatrics

Educational and health outcomes of children treated for asthma: Scotland-wide record linkage study of 683?716 children Michael Fleming, Catherine A. Fitton, Markus F.C. Steiner, James S. McLay, David Clark, Albert King, Daniel F. Mackay, Jill P. Pell Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1802309; 10.1183/13993003.02309-2018

COPD

Bronchodilator reversibility in asthma and COPD: findings from three large population studies Christer Janson, Andrei Malinovschi, Andre F.S. Amaral, Simone Accordini, Jean Bousquet, A. Sonia Buist, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Barbro Dahlén, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Louisa Gnatiuc, Marek L Kowalski, Jaymini Patel, Wan Tan, Kjell Torén, Torsten Zuberbier, Peter Burney, Deborah Jarvis Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900561; 10.1183/13993003.00561-2019

COPD and epidemiology

Are smokers “hardening” or rather “softening”? An ecological and multilevel analysis across 28 European Union countries Ariadna Feliu, Esteve Fernandez, Cristina Martinez, Filippos T. Filippidis Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900596; 10.1183/13993003.00596-2019

Basic science and COPD

Fibrocyte accumulation in the airway walls of COPD patients Isabelle Dupin, Matthieu Thumerel, Elise Maurat, Florence Coste, Edmée Eyraud, Hugues Begueret, Thomas Trian, Michel Montaudon, Roger Marthan, Pierre-Olivier Girodet, Patrick Berger Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1802173; 10.1183/13993003.02173-2018

Cystic fibrosis

Development and external validation of 1- and 2-year mortality prediction models in cystic fibrosis Sanja Stanojevic, Jenna Sykes, Anne L. Stephenson, Shawn D. Aaron, George A. Whitmore Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900224; 10.1183/13993003.00224-2019

Interstitial lung disease

King's Brief Interstitial Lung Disease questionnaire: responsiveness and minimum clinically important difference Claire M. Nolan, Surinder S. Birring, Matthew Maddocks, Toby M. Maher, Suhani Patel, Ruth E. Barker, Sarah E. Jones, Jessica A. Walsh, Stephanie C. Wynne, Peter M. George, William D-C. Man Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900281; 10.1183/13993003.00281-2019

Review

Potential of nintedanib in treatment of progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases Lutz Wollin, Jörg H.W. Distler, Elizabeth F. Redente, David W.H. Riches, Susanne Stowasser, Rozsa Schlenker-Herceg, Toby M. Maher, Martin Kolb Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900161; 10.1183/13993003.00161-2019

Research letters

Opioids for breathlessness: psychological and neural factors influencing response variability Sara J. Abdallah, Olivia K. Faull, Vishvarani Wanigasekera, Sarah L. Finnegan, Dennis Jensen, Kyle T.S. Pattinson Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900275; 10.1183/13993003.00275-2019
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory distress syndrome due to Pneumocystis pneumonia Klaus Stahl, Heiko Schenk, Benjamin Seeliger, Olaf Wiesner, Julius J. Schmidt, Johann Bauersachs, Tobias Welte, Christian Kühn, Axel Haverich, Marius M. Hoeper, Sascha David Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900410; 10.1183/13993003.00410-2019
Relationship between pollen concentrations and short-acting ß₂-agonist bronchodilator sales in central France: a daily time-series analysis over a 5-year period Denis M. Caillaud, Sylvie Martin, Claire Ségala, Bertrand Evrard, Nihade Adrouche Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900271; 10.1183/13993003.00271-2019
A simple echocardiographic estimate of right ventricular-arterial coupling to assess severity and outcome in pulmonary hypertension on chronic lung disease Khodr Tello, Hossein A. Ghofrani, Charlotte Heinze, Karsten Krueger, Robert Naeije, Christina Raubach, Werner Seeger, Natascha Sommer, Henning Gall, Manuel J. Richter Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1802435; 10.1183/13993003.02435-2018
Reduced moxifloxacin exposure in patients with tuberculosis and diabetes Bart G.J. Dekkers, Mathieu S. Bolhuis, Lies ter Beek, Wiel C.M. de Lange, Tjip S. van der Werf, Jan-Willem C. Alffenaar, Onno W. Akkerman Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900373; 10.1183/13993003.00373-2019
Cumulative effect of smoking on disease burden and multimorbidity in adult-onset asthma Minna Tommola, Pinja Ilmarinen, Leena E. Tuomisto, Lauri Lehtimäki, Onni Niemelä, Pentti Nieminen, Hannu Kankaanranta Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1801580; 10.1183/13993003.01580-2018

Correspondence

Cancer-protective effects of inhaled corticosteroids in COPD are likely related to modification of epithelial activation Amir Soltani, Malik Q. Mahmood, David W. Reid, E. Haydn Walters Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901088; 10.1183/13993003.01088-2019
Inhaled corticosteroids and pneumonia mortality in COPD patients Pere Almagro, Pablo Martinez-Camblor, Joan B. Soriano Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901035; 10.1183/13993003.01035-2019
Inhaled corticosteroids and pneumonia mortality in COPD patients Samy Suissa Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901276; 10.1183/13993003.01276-2019
Misinterpretation of time-to-first event curves can lead to inappropriate treatment Benjamin Hartley, Gerard J. Criner, Mark T. Dransfield, David M.G. Halpin, MeiLan K. Han, C. Elaine Jones, Sally Kilbride, Peter Lange, David A. Lipson, David A. Lomas, Neil Martin, Fernando J. Martinez, Dave Singh, Robert A. Wise, Sally Lettis Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1900634; 10.1183/13993003.00634-2019
Misinterpretation of time-to-first event curves can lead to inappropriate treatment Samy Suissa, Amnon Ariel Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1901275; 10.1183/13993003.01275-2019

Author Correction

“Screening for lung cancer: time for large-scale screening by chest computed tomography.” Dekel Shlomi, Ronny Ben-Avi, Gingy Ronen Balmor, Amir Onn and Nir Peled. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: 217–238 Eur Respir J, 54 (3) 1351645; 10.1183/13993003.51645-2013