Ausgabe 1/2013
Inhalt (77 Artikel)
Efficacy and safety of moxifloxacin in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: a prospective, multicenter, observational study (AVANTI)
Alexander Chuchalin, Maryna Zakharova, Dejan Dokic, Mahir Tokić, Hans-Peter Marschall, Thomas Petri
Pulmonary focal fibrosis associated with microscopic arterio-venous fistula manifesting as focal ground-glass opacity on thin-section CT
Noriko Sudo, Atsushi Nambu, Takana Yamakawa, Masashi Kawamoto, Shozo Fujino, Masato Watanabe, Kunio Mizuguchi, Masao Tago
Translation and validation of Berlin questionnaire in primary health care in Greece
Izolde Bouloukaki, Ioannis D Komninos, Charalampos Mermigkis, Katerina Micheli, Maria Komninou, Violeta Moniaki, Eleni Mauroudi, Nikolaos M Siafakas, Sophia E Schiza
The benefits of exercise training in interstitial lung disease: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial
Leona Dowman, Christine F McDonald, Catherine Hill, Annemarie Lee, Kathryn Barker, Claire Boote, Ian Glaspole, Nicole Goh, Annemarie Southcott, Angela Burge, Rebecca Ndongo, Alicia Martin, Anne E Holland
Unilateral phrenic nerve lesion in Lyme neuroborreliosis
Marija Djukic, Jörg Larsen, Paul Lingor, Roland Nau
Finding an alternative diagnosis does not justify increased use of CT-pulmonary angiography
Subani Chandra, Pralay K Sarkar, Divay Chandra, Nicole E Ginsberg, Rubin I Cohen
The acute impact of a hematopoietic allograft on lung function and inflammation: a prospective observational study
Alexandra Enocson, Richard Hubbard, Tricia McKeever, Nigel Russell, Jennifer Byrne, Emma Das-Gupta, Lynne Watson, Andrew W Fogarty
Functional exercise capacity and health-related quality of life in people with asbestos related pleural disease: an observational study
Marita T Dale, Zoe J McKeough, Phillip A Munoz, Peter Corte, Peter TP Bye, Jennifer A Alison
Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in Asian adults: a systematic review of the literature
Aibek E Mirrakhimov, Talant Sooronbaev, Erkin M Mirrakhimov
Effects of CPAP on nitrate and norepinephrine levels in severe and mild-moderate sleep apnea
Paula Pinto, Cristina Bárbara, Joseph M Montserrat, Rita S Patarrão, Maria P Guarino, Miguel M Carmo, Maria P Macedo, Cristina Martinho, Rita Dias, Maria JM Gomes
The association between asthma control, health care costs, and quality of life in France and Spain
Marianne Doz, Christos Chouaid, Laure Com-Ruelle, Eduardo Calvo, Max Brosa, Julien Robert, Laurent Decuypère, Celine Pribil, Alicia Huerta, Bruno Detournay
Fatal pneumonia caused by Penicillium digitatum: a case report
Chiyako Oshikata, Naomi Tsurikisawa, Akemi Saito, Maiko Watanabe, Yoichi Kamata, Maki Tanaka, Takahiro Tsuburai, Hiroyuki Mitomi, Kosuke Takatori, Hiroshi Yasueda, Kazuo Akiyama
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of oral montelukast in acute asthma exacerbation
Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Nawal Salahuddin, Ali Khawaja, Safia Awan, Adil Aijaz Shah, Ahmed Suleman Haque, Shahid Javed Husain, Nisar Rao, Javaid Ahmad Khan
InternationaL cross-sectIonAl and longItudinal assessment on aSthma cONtrol in European adult patients - the LIAISON study protocol
Fulvio Braido, Guy Brusselle, Eleonora Ingrassia, Gabriele Nicolini, David Price, Nicolas Roche, Joan B Soriano, Heinrich Worth
Effectiveness of treatment with high-frequency chest wall oscillation in patients with bronchiectasis
Antonello Nicolini, Federica Cardini, Norma Landucci, Sergio Lanata, Maura Ferrari-Bravo, Cornelius Barlascini
Low-dose endotoxin inhalation in healthy volunteers - a challenge model for early clinical drug development
Ole Janssen, Frank Schaumann, Olaf Holz, Bianca Lavae-Mokhtari, Lutz Welker, Carla Winkler, Heike Biller, Norbert Krug, Jens M Hohlfeld
Oral intake of phenylbutyrate with or without vitamin D3upregulates the cathelicidin LL-37 in human macrophages: a dose finding study for treatment of tuberculosis
Akhirunnesa Mily, Rokeya Sultana Rekha, S M Mostafa Kamal, Evana Akhtar, Protim Sarker, Zeaur Rahim, Gudmundur H Gudmundsson, Birgitta Agerberth, Rubhana Raqib
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation with average volume assured pressure support (AVAPS) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypercapnic encephalopathy
Killen Harold Briones Claudett, Monica Briones Claudett, Miguel Chung Sang Wong, Alberto Nuques Martinez, Ricardo Soto Espinoza, Mayra Montalvo, Antonio Esquinas Rodriguez, Gumersindo Gonzalez Diaz, Michelle Grunauer Andrade
18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for tuberculosis diagnosis and management: a case series
Scott K Heysell, Tania A Thomas, Costi D Sifri, Patrice K Rehm, Eric R Houpt
RECODE: Design and baseline results of a cluster randomized trial on cost-effectiveness of integrated COPD management in primary care
Annemarije L Kruis, Melinde RS Boland, Catharina H Schoonvelde, Willem JJ Assendelft, Maureen PMH Rutten-van Mölken, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Apostolos Tsiachristas, Niels H Chavannes
Real-life effectiveness of budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy in asthma patients across Asia: SMARTASIA study
Nanshan Zhong, Jiangtao Lin, Parthiv Mehta, Pintip Ngamjanyaporn, Tzu-Chin Wu, Faisal Yunus
High-sensitive Troponin T increase after exercise in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
Mirko Völkers, David Rohde, Thomas Zelniker, Celine S Weiss, Evangelos Giannitsis, Hugo A Katus, F Joachim Meyer
A case of synchronous bilateral lung cancers: EML4-ALK positive adenocarcinoma in the right lung and adenocarcinoma in situ (the former bronchioloalveolar carcinoma) in the left lung
Ikuo Matsuda, Kengo Takeuchi, Shinjiro Mizuguchi, Masahide Kaji, Kayo Ueda, Kazuhiro Teramura, Seiichi Hirota
Indacaterol on dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials
Jiangna Han, Lu Dai, Nanshan Zhong
Distribution of sputum cellular phenotype in a large asthma cohort: predicting factors for eosinophilic vs neutrophilic inflammation
Florence N Schleich, Maité Manise, Jocelyne Sele, Monique Henket, Laurence Seidel, Renaud Louis
Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia associated with influenza A/H1N1 pneumonia after lung transplantation
Claudia Otto, Daniela Huzly, Lars Kemna, Annegret Hüttel, Christoph Benk, Siegbert Rieg, Till Ploenes, Martin Werner, Gian Kayser
Dyspnea affective response: comparing COPD patients with healthy volunteers and laboratory model with activities of daily living
Carl R O’Donnell, Richard M Schwartzstein, Robert W Lansing, Tegan Guilfoyle, Daniel Elkin, Robert B Banzett
Increased incidence of autoimmune markers in patients with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema
Argyris Tzouvelekis, George Zacharis, Anastasia Oikonomou, Dimitrios Mikroulis, George Margaritopoulos, Anastasios Koutsopoulos, Antonis Antoniadis, Andreas Koulelidis, Paschalis Steiropoulos, Panagiotis Boglou, Matina Bakali, Marios Froudarakis, Demosthenes Bouros
Variability of antibiotic prescribing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: a cohort study
Rachael Boggon, Richard Hubbard, Liam Smeeth, Martin Gulliford, Jackie Cassell, Susan Eaton, Munir Pirmohamed, Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa
Association of genes of protease-antiprotease balance pathway to lung function and emphysema subtypes
Mari K Kukkonen, Emmi Tiili, Tapio Vehmas, Panu Oksa, Päivi Piirilä, Ari Hirvonen
Differences in classification of COPD group using COPD assessment test (CAT) or modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) dyspnea scores: a cross-sectional analyses
Sunmin Kim, Jisun Oh, Yu-Il Kim, Hee-Jung Ban, Yong-Soo Kwon, In-Jae Oh, Kyu-Sik Kim, Young-Chul Kim, Sung-Chul Lim
Response of the airways and autonomic nervous system to acid perfusion of the esophagus in patients with asthma: a laboratory study
D Lakmali Amarasiri, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, H Janaka de Silva, Channa D Ranasinha
Effects of Ghrelin Treatment on Exercise Capacity in Underweight COPD Patients: a substudy of a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ghrelin treatment
Keisuke Miki, Ryoji Maekura, Noritoshi Nagaya, Seigo Kitada, Mari Miki, Kenji Yoshimura, Yoshitaka Tateishi, Masaharu Motone, Toru Hiraga, Masahide Mori, Kenji Kangawa
Long-term CPAP treatment partially improves the link between cardiac vagal influence and delta sleep
Fabrice Jurysta, Chantal Kempenaers, Jean-Pol Lanquart, André Noseda, Philippe van de Borne, Paul Linkowski
Gastroesophageal reflux in Bronchiectasis and the effect of anti-reflux treatment
Zhi-Wei Hu, Zhong-Gao Wang, Yu Zhang, Ji-Min Wu, Jian-Jun Liu, Fang-Fang Lu, Guang-Chang Zhu, Wei-Tao Liang
Obesity increases eosinophil activity in asthmatic children and adolescents
Milena Baptistella Grotta, Dalize M Squebola-Cola, Adyleia ADC Toro, Maria Angela GO Ribeiro, Silvia B Mazon, Jose D Ribeiro, Edson Antunes
Effect of physical training on airway inflammation in animal models of asthma: a systematic review
Vanessa Luks, Andrew Burkett, Lucy Turner, Smita Pakhale
Effect of physical training on airway inflammation in bronchial asthma: a systematic review
Smita Pakhale, Vanessa Luks, Andrew Burkett, Lucy Turner
The health economic impact of disease management programs for COPD: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis
Melinde RS Boland, Apostolos Tsiachristas, Annemarije L Kruis, Niels H Chavannes, Maureen PMH Rutten-van Mölken
Putting health status guided COPD management to the test: protocol of the MARCH study
Janwillem Kocks, Corina de Jong, Marjolein Y Berger, Huib AM Kerstjens, Thys van der Molen
Standardised exhaled breath collection for the measurement of exhaled volatile organic compounds by proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry
Andras Bikov, Koralia Paschalaki, Ron Logan-Sinclair, Ildiko Horváth, Sergei A Kharitonov, Peter J Barnes, Omar S Usmani, Paolo Paredi
Pulmonary adenocarcinoma with massive lymphocytic infiltration: a case report with review of the literature of a rare histological entity with a peculiar biological behaviour
Alessandro Del Gobbo, Stefano Fiori, Gabriella Gaudioso, Mario Nosotti, Guido Coggi, Silvano Bosari, Stefano Ferrero
Serum levels of N–terminal proB–type natriuretic peptide in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients – relation to tidal volume size and development of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Rogier M Determann, Annick ANM Royakkers, Jacqueline Schaefers, Anita M de Boer, Jan M Binnekade, Jan P van Straalen, Marcus J Schultz
Major comorbid conditions in asthma and association with asthma-related hospitalizations and emergency department admissions in adults: results from the German national health telephone interview survey (GEDA) 2010
Henriette Steppuhn, Ute Langen, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Thomas Keil
Association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease: a national cross-sectional cohort study
Jinhee Kim, Jin Hwa Lee, Yuri Kim, Kyungjoo Kim, Yeon-Mok Oh, Kwang Ha Yoo, Chin Kook Rhee, Hyoung Kyu Yoon, Young Sam Kim, Yong Bum Park, Sei Won Lee, Sang Do Lee
Bone marrow-derived progenitor cells in end-stage lung disease patients
Sarah E Gilpin, Kalvin Lung, Geoffrey T de Couto, Marcelo Cypel, Masaaki Sato, Lianne G Singer, Shaf Keshavjee, Thomas K Waddell
Reference values for the 6-minute walk test in healthy children and adolescents in Switzerland
Silvia Ulrich, Florian F Hildenbrand, Ursula Treder, Manuel Fischler, Stephan Keusch, Rudolf Speich, Margrit Fasnacht
Psychometric performance of the CAMPHOR and SF-36 in pulmonary hypertension
James Twiss, Stephen McKenna, Louise Ganderton, Sue Jenkins, Mitra Ben-L’amri, Kevin Gain, Robin Fowler, Eli Gabbay
Facilitating education in pulmonary rehabilitation using the Living Well with COPD programme for pulmonary rehabilitation: a process evaluation
Denise Cosgrove, Joseph MacMahon, Jean Bourbeau, Judy M Bradley, Brenda O’Neill
Modulation of the oscillatory mechanics of lung tissue and the oxidative stress response induced by arginase inhibition in a chronic allergic inflammation model
Luciana RCRB Aristoteles, Renato F Righetti, Nathalia Montouro Pinheiro, Rosana B Franco, Claudia M Starling, Julie CP da Silva, Patrícia Angeli Pigati, Luciana C Caperuto, Carla M Prado, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Milton A Martins, Edna A Leick, Iolanda FLC Tibério
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - a systematic review on methodology for the collection of epidemiological data
Jaana Kaunisto, Eija-Riitta Salomaa, Ulla Hodgson, Riitta Kaarteenaho, Marjukka Myllärniemi
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and exacerbations: Patient insights from the global Hidden Depths of COPD survey
Neil Barnes, Peter MA Calverley, Alan Kaplan, Klaus F Rabe
Effect of GSTM2-5polymorphisms in relation to tobacco smoke exposures on lung function growth: a birth cohort study
Melannie Alexander, Wilfried Karmaus, John W Holloway, Hongmei Zhang, Graham Roberts, Ramesh J Kurukulaaratchy, Syed Hasan Arshad, Susan Ewart
Benefits and costs of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a multi-centre randomised controlled equivalence trial
Anne E Holland, Ajay Mahal, Catherine J Hill, Annemarie L Lee, Angela T Burge, Rosemary Moore, Caroline Nicolson, Paul O’Halloran, Narelle S Cox, Aroub Lahham, Rebecca Ndongo, Emily Bell, Christine F McDonald
Inflammation and corticosteroid responsiveness in ex-, current- and never-smoking asthmatics
Eef D Telenga, Huib A M Kerstjens, Nick H T ten Hacken, Dirkje S Postma, Maarten van den Berge
Sarcoidosis with involvement of the paranasal sinuses - a retrospective analysis of 12 biopsy-proven cases
Anne-Marie Kirsten, Henrik Watz, Detlef Kirsten
A rapid and efficient way to manage hyponatremia in patients with SIADH and small cell lung cancer: treatment with tolvaptan
Claudia Petereit, Okan Zaba, Ishak Teber, Heike Lüders, Christian Grohé
Clinical profile of recurrent community-acquired pneumonia in children
Francesca Patria, Benedetta Longhi, Claudia Tagliabue, Rossana Tenconi, Patrizia Ballista, Giuseppe Ricciardi, Carlotta Galeone, Nicola Principi, Susanna Esposito
The basidiomycetous yeast Trichosporon may cause severe lung exacerbation in cystic fibrosis patients – clinical analysis of Trichosporonpositive patients in a Munich cohort
Carolin Kröner, Matthias Kappler, Ann-Christin Grimmelt, Gudrun Laniado, Benjamin Würstl, Matthias Griese
Altered microRNA expression profile during epithelial wound repair in bronchial epithelial cells
Aleksandra Szczepankiewicz, Peter M Lackie, John W Holloway
Simvastatin decreases the level of heparin-binding protein in patients with acute lung injury
Daniel F McAuley, Cecilia M O’Kane, Thelma R Craig, Murali Shyamsundar, Heiko Herwald, Karim Dib
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) interventions for anxiety in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) undertaken by respiratory nurses: the COPD CBT CARE study: (ISRCTN55206395)
Karen Heslop, Julia Newton, Christine Baker, Graham Burns, Debbie Carrick-Sen, Anthony De Soyza
Nitric oxide synthase polymorphisms, gene expression and lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Farzian Aminuddin, Tillie-Louise Hackett, Dorota Stefanowicz, Aabida Saferali, Peter D Paré, Amund Gulsvik, Per Bakke, Michael H Cho, Augusto Litonjua, David A Lomas, Wayne H Anderson, Terri H Beaty, Edwin K Silverman, Andrew J Sandford
Exhaled nitric oxide is related to atopy, but not asthma in adolescents with bronchiolitis in infancy
Ingvild Bruun Mikalsen, Thomas Halvorsen, Knut Øymar
Prognostic value of alveolar volume in systolic heart failure: a prospective observational study
Massimo Miniati, Simonetta Monti, Matteo Bottai, Ivana Pavlickova, Claudio Passino, Michele Emdin, Roberta Poletti
Expression of calgranulin A/B heterodimer after acute inhalation of endotoxin: proteomic approach and validation
Olivier Michel, Virginie Doyen, Baptiste Leroy, Benjamin Bopp, Duc Huy Phong Dinh, Francis Corazza, Ruddy Wattiez
The effects of exogenous surfactant administration on ventilation-induced inflammation in mouse models of lung injury
Valeria Puntorieri, Josh Qua Hiansen, Lynda A McCaig, Li-Juan Yao, Ruud AW Veldhuizen, James F Lewis
Perseverant, non-indicated treatment of obese patients for obstructive lung disease
Spyridon Fortis, Joseph Kittah, Manuel De Aguirre, Maria Plataki, Armand Wolff, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, Constantine A Manthous
A stone miner with both silicosis and constrictive pericarditis: case report and review of the literature
Yajian Jiang, Fangchun Shao
Qualitative assessment of attributes and ease of use of the ELLIPTA™ dry powder inhaler for delivery of maintenance therapy for asthma and COPD
Henrik Svedsater, Peter Dale, Karl Garrill, Richard Walker, Mark W Woepse
“Causes of death in asthma, COPD and non-respiratory hospitalized patients: a multicentric study”
Jose Gregorio Soto-Campos, Vicente Plaza, Joan B Soriano, Carlos Cabrera-López, Carlos Almonacid-Sánchez, Rosa Vazquez-Oliva, Jose Serrano, Aitor Ballaz-Quincoces, Alicia Padilla-Galo, Vanessa Santos
Leukocytes and systemic inflammatory response syndrome as prognostic factors in pulmonary embolism patients
Jun Yeon Jo, Mi Young Lee, Jin Wook Lee, Byung Hak Rho, Won-Il Choi
Clinical, economic, and humanistic burden of asthma in Canada: a systematic review
Afisi S Ismaila, Amyn P Sayani, Mihaela Marin, Zhen Su
Soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products as an indicator of pulmonary vascular injury after cardiac surgery
Pieter R Tuinman, Alexander D Cornet, Maria T Kuipers, Alexander P Vlaar, Marcus J Schultz, Albertus Beishuizen, AB Johan Groeneveld, Nicole P Juffermans
Plasma YKL-40 and all-cause mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Dennis B Holmgaard, Lone H Mygind, Ingrid L Titlestad, Hanne Madsen, Svend Stenvang Pedersen, Julia S Johansen, Court Pedersen
Effect of dynamic random leaks on the monitoring accuracy of home mechanical ventilators: a bench study
Ana Sogo, Jaume Montanyà, Eduard Monsó, Lluís Blanch, Xavier Pomares, Manel Lujàn