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.

March

ERJ Podcast Eur Respir J 2011; 37: E3
Harmonising spirometry education with HERMES: training a new generation of qualified spirometry practitioners across Europe Steenbruggen I., Mitchell S., Severin T., Palange P., Cooper B.G. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 479-481
Pseudomonas aeruginosa and cyanide production Lenney W., Gilchrist F.J. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 482-483
The rise and fall of endothelin receptor antagonists in congestive heart failure Handoko M.L., de Man F.S., Vonk-Noordegraaf A. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 484-485
Prognosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: what lies beneath Krüger S., Frechen D., Ewig S. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 486-488
Genetic commonality between inflammatory bowel disease and sarcoidosis: the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? Cerri S., du Bois R.M., Spagnolo P. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 489-491
Determinants of change in airway reactivity over 11 years in the SAPALDIA population study Curjuric I., Zemp E., Dratva J., Ackermann-Liebrich U., Bridevaux P-O., Bettschart R.W., Brutsche M., Frey M., Gerbase M.W., Knöpfli B., Künzli N., Pons M., Schwartz J., Schindler C., Rochat T., the SAPALDIA team Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 492-500
Predictive accuracy of patient-reported exacerbation frequency in COPD Quint J.K., Donaldson G.C., Hurst J.R., Goldring J.J.P., Seemungal T.R., Wedzicha J.A. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 501-507
Case fatality of COPD exacerbations: a meta-analysis and statistical modelling approach Hoogendoorn M., Hoogenveen R.T., Rutten-van Mölken M.P., Vestbo J., Feenstra T.L. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 508-515
Reduced soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-products in COPD Smith D.J., Yerkovich S.T., Towers M.A., Carroll M.L., Thomas R., Upham J.W. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 516-522
Exhaled nitric oxide, susceptibility and new-onset asthma in the Children’s Health Study Bastain T.M., Islam T., Berhane K.T., McConnell R.S., Rappaport E.B., Salam M.T., Linn W.S., Avol E.L., Zhang Y., Gilliland F.D. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 523-531
Particle size matters: diagnostics and treatment of small airways involvement in asthma Cohen J., Postma D.S., Douma W.R., Vonk J.M., De Boer A.H., ten Hacken N.H.T. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 532-540
Modelling asthma in macaques: longitudinal changes in cellular and molecular markers Ayanoglu G., Desai B., Fick R.B., Grein J., de Waal Malefyt R., Mattson J., McClanahan T., Olmstead S., Reece S.P., Van Scott M.R., Wardle R.L. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 541-552
Cyanide in bronchoalveolar lavage is not diagnostic for Pseudomonas aeruginosa in children with cystic fibrosis Stutz M.D., Gangell C.L., Berry L.J., Garratt L.W., Sheil B., Sly P.D. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 553-558
Choice of nasal nitric oxide technique as first-line test for primary ciliary dyskinesia Marthin J.K., Nielsen K.G. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 559-565
Agenesis of paranasal sinuses and nasal nitric oxide in primary ciliary dyskinesia Pifferi M., Bush A., Caramella D., Di Cicco M., Zangani M., Chinellato I., Macchia P., Boner A.L. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 566-571
Nasal nitric oxide and nitric oxide synthase expression in primary ciliary dyskinesia Pifferi M., Bush A., Maggi F., Michelucci A., Ricci V., Conidi M.E., Cangiotti A.M., Bodini A., Simi P., Macchia P., Boner A.L. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 572-577
Bosentan does not improve pulmonary hypertension and lung remodeling in heart failure Jiang B.H., Tardif J-C., Shi Y., Dupuis J. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 578-586
Nasal inflammation in sleep apnoea patients using CPAP and effect of heated humidification Koutsourelakis I., Vagiakis E., Perraki E., Karatza M., Magkou C., Kopaka M., Roussos C., Zakynthinos S. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 587-594
Midregional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide and procalcitonin improve survival prediction in VAP Boeck L., Eggimann P., Smyrnios N., Pargger H., Thakkar N., Siegemund M., Marsch S., Rakic J., Tamm M., Stolz D. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 595-603
Acute lung injury prediction score: derivation and validation in a population-based sample Trillo-Alvarez C., Cartin-Ceba R., Kor D.J., Kojicic M., Kashyap R., Thakur S., Thakur L., Herasevich V., Malinchoc M., Gajic O. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 604-609
Association of inflammatory bowel disease risk loci with sarcoidosis, and its acute and chronic subphenotypes Fischer A., Nothnagel M., Franke A., Jacobs G., Saadati H.R., Gaede K.I., Rosenstiel P., Schürmann M., Müller-Quernheim J., Schreiber S., Hofmann S. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 610-616
Vesicle-related microRNAs in plasma of nonsmall cell lung cancer patients and correlation with survival Silva J., García V., Zaballos Á., Provencio M., Lombardía L., Almonacid L., García J.M., Domínguez G., Peña C., Diaz R., Herrera M., Varela A., Bonilla F. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 617-623
Brain metastases from lung cancer responding to erlotinib: the importance of EGFR mutation Porta R., Sánchez-Torres J.M., Paz-Ares L., Massutí B., Reguart N., Mayo C., Lianes P., Queralt C., Guillem V., Salinas P., Catot S., Isla D., Pradas A., Gúrpide A., de Castro J., Polo E., Puig T., Tarón M., Colomer R., Rosell R. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 624-631
Impaired function of regulatory T-cells in hypersensitivity pneumonitis Girard M., Israël-Assayag E., Cormier Y. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 632-639
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and metalworking fluids contaminated by mycobacteria Tillie-Leblond I., Grenouillet F., Reboux G., Roussel S., Chouraki B., Lorthois C., Dalphin J-C., Wallaert B., Millon L. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 640-647
Legionella pneumophila-induced I?B?-dependent expression of interleukin-6 in lung epithelium Lorenz J., Zahlten J., Pollok I., Lippmann J., Scharf S., N'Guessan P.D., Opitz B., Flieger A., Suttorp N., Hippenstiel S., Schmeck B. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 648-657
Influence of secular trends and sample size on reference equations for lung function tests Quanjer P.H., Stocks J., Cole T.J., Hall G.L., Stanojevic S. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 658-664
Pulmonary arterial hypertension: a comparison between children and adults Barst R.J., Ertel S.I., Beghetti M., Ivy D.D. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 665-677
Intrapulmonary drug administration in neonatal and paediatric critical care: a comprehensive review De Luca D., Cogo P., Zecca E., Piastra M., Pietrini D., Tridente A., Conti G., Carnielli V.P. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 678-689
Treatment of latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: update 2010 Leung C.C., Rieder H.L., Lange C., Yew W.W. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 690-711
Chlamydia pneumoniae is frequently detected in the blood after acute lung infection Witte L., Droemann D., Dalhoff K., Rupp J. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 712-714
Antisynthetase syndrome positive for anti-threonyl-tRNA synthetase (anti-PL7) antibodies Hervier B., Uzunhan Y., Hachulla E., Benveniste O., Nunes H., Delaval P., Musset L., Dubucquoi S., Wallaert B., Hamidou M. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 714-717
Obstructive sleep apnoea and metabolic syndrome in Mediterranean countries Zito A., Steiropoulos P., Barceló A., Marrone O., Esquinas C., Buttacavoli M., Barbé F., Bonsignore M.R. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 717-719
The need to change the method for defining mild airway obstruction Quanjer P.H., Enright P.L., Miller M.R., Stocks J., Ruppel G., Swanney M.P., Crapo R.O., Pedersen O.F., Falaschetti E., Schouten J.P., Jensen R.L. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 720-722
Serum procalcitonin level: clinical significance Aggarwal D., Mohapatra P.R., Aggarwal P. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 723
From the author: Miwa S. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 723
Risk factors of paediatric community-acquired pneumonia Don M. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 724-725
From the authors: Verheij T., Teepe J., Grigoryan L. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 725
Errata Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 726
Errata Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 727
List of reviewers 2010 Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 728-734