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Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2014

Inhalt (65 Artikel)

Open Access Original research article

Clinical findings in 19 cases of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis with liver cirrhosis

Jiajia Chen, Qing Yang, Jianrong Huang, Lanjuan Li

Open Access Original research article

Prevalence of allergen sensitization among patients with allergic diseases in Guangzhou, Southern China: a four-year observational study

Bao-qing Sun, Pei-yan Zheng, Xiao-wen Zhang, Hui-min Huang, De-hui Chen, Guang-qiao Zeng

Open Access Original research article

Extravascular lung water and pulmonary arterial wedge pressure for fluid management in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Wei Hu, Chang-Wen Lin, Bing-Wei Liu, Wei-Hang Hu, Ying Zhu

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Reviewer acknowledgement 2013

Fernando De Benedetto, Claudio F Donner, Claudio M Sanguinetti

Open Access Original research article

Increased circulating obestatin in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Yi Lei, Yasha Liang, Yifan Chen, Xiaojing Liu, Xiaoyang Liao, Fengming Luo

Open Access Original research article

Effectiveness of pharmacologic therapies on smoking cessation success: three years results of a smoking cessation clinic

Elif Yilmazel Ucar, Omer Araz, Nafiye Yilmaz, Metin Akgun, Mehmet Meral, Hasan Kaynar, Leyla Saglam

Open Access Original research article

The safety of beta-blocker use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with respiratory failure in the intensive care unit

Feyza Kargin, Huriye Berk Takir, Cuneyt Salturk, Nezihe Ciftaslan Goksenoglu, Can Yucel Karabay, Ozlem Yazicioglu Mocin, Nalan Adiguzel, Gokay Gungor, Merih Kalamanoglu Balci, Murat Yalcinsoy, Ramazan Kargin, Zuhal Karakurt

Open Access Original research article

Diagnostic utility of serum and pleural levels of adenosine deaminase 1–2, and interferon-γ in the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis

Sibel Yurt, Canan Küçükergin, Burcu Arpinar Yigitbas, Şule Seçkin, Hüseyin Cem Tigin, Ayşe Filiz Koşar

Open Access Editorial

The withholding/withdrawing distinction in the end-of-life debate

Virginia Sanchini, Cecilia Nardini, Giovanni Boniolo

Open Access Original research article

Ventilatory response to exercise of elite soccer players

Adriano Di Paco, Giosuè A Catapano, Guido Vagheggini, Stefano Mazzoleni, Matteo Levi Micheli, Nicolino Ambrosino

Open Access Editorial

Lung, not only heart

Annalisa Cogo

Open Access Original research article

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on alveolar macrophage gene expression: preliminary results of a randomized, controlled trial

Alicia K Gerke, Alejandro A Pezzulo, Fan Tang, Joseph E Cavanaugh, Thomas B Bair, Emily Phillips, Linda S Powers, Martha M Monick

Open Access Original research article

The association of human leukocyte antigen polymorphisms with disease severity and latency period in patients with silicosis

Hasan Dogan, Metin Akgun, Omer Araz, Elif Yilmazel Ucar, Ozgur Yoruk, Eda Diyarbakir, Omer Atis, Fatih Akdemir, Hamit Acemoglu, Ibrahim Pirim

Open Access Original research article

Ambulatory pulse oximetry monitoring in Japanese COPD outpatients not receiving oxygen therapy

Seigo Minami, Suguru Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Ogata, Takeshi Nakatani, Yoshiko Takeuchi, Masanari Hamaguchi, Taro Koba, Kiyoshi Komuta

Open Access Review

Treating severe allergic asthma with anti-IgE monoclonal antibody (omalizumab): a review

Gennaro D’Amato, Anna Stanziola, Alessandro Sanduzzi, Gennaro Liccardi, Antonello Salzillo, Carolina Vitale, Antonio Molino, Alessandro Vatrella, Maria D’Amato

Open Access Short report

Ultrasonography in lung pathologies: new perspectives

Libertario Demi, Marcello Demi, Andrea Smargiassi, Riccardo Inchingolo, Francesco Faita, Gino Soldati

Open Access Short report

ISMAR-study presentation: in-hospital epidemiology and clinical management of respiratory and cardiac comorbidities in cardiac and respiratory disease units

Roberto Tramarin, Mario Polverino, Maurizio Volterrani, Bruna Girardi, Claudio Chimini, Nicolino Ambrosino, Fernando De Benedetto, Cesare Proto

Open Access Original research article

Expression of aquaporins in bronchial tissue and lung parenchyma of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Carmen Calero, Jose Luis López-Campos, Lourdes Gómez Izquierdo, Rocío Sánchez-Silva, Jose Luis López-Villalobos, Francisco J Sáenz-Coronilla, Elena Arellano-Orden, Ana Montes-Worboys, Miriam Echevarría

Open Access Editorial

Integrating COPD care in Italy

Peter MA Calverley

Open Access Review

Does zafirlukast reduce future risk of asthma exacerbations in adults? Systematic review and meta-analysis

Chao Feng Chen, Yan Lv, Hong Ping Zhang, Gang Wang

Open Access Short report

Look at the lung: can chest ultrasonography be useful in pregnancy?

Riccardo Inchingolo, Andrea Smargiassi, Flaminio Mormile, Roberta Marra, Sara De Carolis, Antonio Lanzone, Salvatore Valente, Giuseppe M Corbo

Open Access Original research article

Pneumocafé project: an inquiry on current COPD diagnosis and management among General Practitioners in Italy through a novel tool for professional education

Claudio M Sanguinetti, Fernando De Benedetto, Claudio F Donner, Stefano Nardini, Alberto Visconti

Open Access Case report

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and coronary artery disease

Gaetano Cicchitto, Valentina Musella, Maria Acitorio, Nicola Capuano, Giuseppe Fiorenzano, Caroline A Owen, Mario Polverino, Francesca Polverino

Open Access Original research article

A novel diagnostic algorithm for chronic and subacute cough

Peng Lu, Dan Zhou, Chengzhen Jin

Open Access Review

Swallowing disorders in tracheostomised patients: a multidisciplinary/multiprofessional approach in decannulation protocols

Giancarlo Garuti, Cristina Reverberi, Angelo Briganti, Monica Massobrio, Francesco Lombardi, Mirco Lusuardi

Open Access Original research article

The influence of active and passive smoking on the cardiorespiratory fitness of adults

Andresa Thier de Borba, Renan Trevisan Jost, Ricardo Gass, Fúlvio Borges Nedel, Dannuey Machado Cardoso, Hildegard Hedwig Pohl, Miriam Beatris Reckziegel, Valeriano Antonio Corbellini, Dulciane Nunes Paiva

Open Access Original research article

Association between peripheral muscle strength, exercise performance, and physical activity in daily life in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Anne-Kathrin Rausch-Osthoff, Malcolm Kohler, Noriane A Sievi, Christian F Clarenbach, Arnoldus JR van Gestel

Open Access Original research article

Bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: research activity in Arab countries

Waleed M Sweileh, Samah W Al-Jabi, Sa’ed H Zyoud, Ansam F Sawalha

Open Access State of the art

On the ethics of withholding and withdrawing medical treatment

Massimo Reichlin

Open Access Original research article

Audit on the appropriateness of integrated COPD management: the “ALT-BPCO” project

Stefano Nardini, Gaetano Cicchitto, Fernando De Benedetto, Claudio F Donner, Mario Polverino, Claudio M Sanguinetti, Alberto Visconti

Open Access Original research article

Obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary function in patients with severe obesity before and after bariatric surgery: a randomized clinical trial

Isabella C Aguiar, Wilson R Freitas Jr, Israel R Santos, Nadua Apostolico, Sergio R Nacif, Jéssica Julioti Urbano, Nina Teixeira Fonsêca, Fabio Rodrigues Thuler, Elias Jirjoss Ilias, Paulo Kassab, Fernando SS LeitãoFilho, Rafael M Laurino Neto, Carlos A Malheiros, Giuseppe Insalaco, Claudio F Donner, Luis VF Oliveira

Open Access Original research article

Evaluation of reactive oxygen metabolites in patients with non-small cell lung cancer after chemotherapy

Toru Wakabayashi, Tatsuo Kawashima, Yasuo Matsuzawa

Open Access Review

Sedation and weaning from mechanical ventilation: time for ‘best practice’ to catch up with new realities?

Giorgio Conti, Jean Mantz, Dan Longrois, Peter Tonner

Open Access Original research article

A novel biomarker in the diagnosis of parapneumonic effusion: neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin

Aziz Gümüs, Sevket Ozkaya, Songul Ozyurt, Halit Cınarka, Aynur Kirbas, Unal Sahin, Ferah Ece

Open Access Short report

Diagnostic delay of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in China

Hui Jing, Wanming Tan, Yunfeng Deng, Dachuan Gao, Liang Li, Zhiming Lu, Edward A Graviss, Xin Ma

Open Access Original research article

Experience with exercise right heart catheterization in the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension: a retrospective study

Stephan Keusch, Anina Bucher, Séverine Müller-Mottet, Elisabeth Hasler, Marco Maggiorini, Rudolf Speich, Silvia Ulrich

Open Access Review

COPD: maximization of bronchodilation

Stefano Nardini, Gianna Camiciottoli, Salvatore Locicero, Rosario Maselli, Franco Pasqua, Giovanni Passalacqua, Riccardo Pela, Alberto Pesci, Alfredo Sebastiani, Alessandro Vatrella

Open Access Original research article

Patient reported experiences of CT guided lung biopsy: a prospective cohort study

Naomi Winn, Jonathan Spratt, Enid Wright, Julie Cox

Open Access Case report

Application of veno-arterial-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in differential hypoxia

Joon Hyouk Choi, Su Wan Kim, Young Uck Kim, Song-Yi Kim, Ki-Seok Kim, Seung-Jae Joo, Jung Seok Lee

Open Access Original research article

AIMAR survey on complex forms of bronchial asthma and COPD, their management and perception of critical issues

Claudio F Donner, Alberto Visconti

Open Access Original research article

Carrageenan nasal spray in virus confirmed common cold: individual patient data analysis of two randomized controlled trials

Martin Koenighofer, Thomas Lion, Angelika Bodenteich, Eva Prieschl-Grassauer, Andreas Grassauer, Hermann Unger, Christian A Mueller, Tamás Fazekas

Open Access Original research article

Metabolomic profile of amniotic fluid to evaluate lung maturity: the diaphragmatic hernia lamb model

Gloria Pelizzo, Maurizio Ballico, Maria Chiara Mimmi, José Louis Peirò, Mario Marotta, Costanzo Federico, Erika Andreatta, Ghassan Nakib, Maurilio Sampaolesi, Elisa Zambaiti, Valeria Calcaterra

Open Access Review

COPD: adherence to therapy

Alessandro Sanduzzi, Piero Balbo, Piero Candoli, Giousuè A Catapano, Paola Contini, Alessio Mattei, Giovanni Puglisi, Luigi Santoiemma, Anna A Stanziola

Open Access Original research article

CAT correlates positively with respiratory rate and is a significant predictor of the impact of COPD on daily life of patients: a cross sectional study

Cíntia Becker, Janaína Schäfer, Lisiane L Carvalho, Isabel P Vitiello, Andréa LG da Silva

Open Access Editorial

Enhancing the diagnosis and management of COPD in Primary care

Martyn R Partridge

Open Access Original research article

Standards of suitability for the management of chronic obstructive respiratory diseases

Claudio M Sanguinetti, Nicolino Ambrosino, Filippo Andò, Fernando De Benedetto, Claudio F Donner, Stefano Nardini, Mario Polverino, Roberto Torchio, Guido Vagheggini, Alberto Visconti

Open Access Review

Sedation in non-invasive ventilation: do we know what to do (and why)?

Dan Longrois, Giorgio Conti, Jean Mantz, Andreas Faltlhauser, Riku Aantaa, Peter Tonner

Open Access Original research article

Clinical efficacy and tolerability of an immune-stimulant* constituted by inactivated bacterial bodies in the prophylaxis of infectious episodes of airways: a double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, multicentre study

Stefano Carlone, Michele Minenna, Paride Morlino, Luigi Mosca, Franco Pasqua, Riccardo Pela, Pietro Schino, Alberto Tubaldi, Emmanuele Tupputi, Fernando De Benedetto

Open Access Original research article

Multiple logistic regression analysis of risk factors in elderly pneumonia patients: QTc interval prolongation as a prognostic factor

Yasuyuki Taooka, Gen Takezawa, Miki Ohe, Akihisa Sutani, Takeshi Isobe

Open Access Review

Health and social impacts of COPD and the problem of under-diagnosis

Stefano Carlone, Bruno Balbi, Michela Bezzi, Marco Brunori, Stefano Calabro, Maria Pia Foschino Barbaro, Claudio Micheletto, Salvatore Privitera, Roberto Torchio, Pietro Schino, Andrea Vianello

Open Access Original research article

Evaluation of pulmonary dysfunctions and acid–base imbalances induced by Chlamydia psittaci in a bovine model of respiratory infection

Carola Ostermann, Susanna Linde, Christiane Siegling-Vlitakis, Petra Reinhold

Open Access Original research article

Mean platelet volume as an inflammation marker in active pulmonary tuberculosis

Gulsah Gunluoglu, Esra Ertan Yazar, Nurdan Simsek Veske, Ekrem Cengiz Seyhan, Sedat Altin

Open Access Original research article

AIMAR survey on COPD phenotypes

Maria Sandra Magnoni, Andrea Rizzi, Alberto Visconti, Claudio F Donner

Open Access Position paper

The clinical and integrated management of COPD. An official document of AIMAR (Interdisciplinary Association for Research in Lung Disease), AIPO (Italian Association of Hospital Pulmonologists), SIMER (Italian Society of Respiratory Medicine), SIMG (Italian Society of General Medicine)

Germano Bettoncelli, Francesco Blasi, Vito Brusasco, Stefano Centanni, Antonio Corrado, Fernando De Benedetto, Fausto De Michele, Giuseppe U Di Maria, Claudio F Donner, Franco Falcone, Carlo Mereu, Stefano Nardini, Franco Pasqua, Mario Polverino, Andrea Rossi, Claudio M Sanguinetti

Open Access Technical note

A new tuning fork with different vibration frequencies as an aid to bronchopulmonary hygiene physiotherapy

José Roberto de Alcântara, Roberta Munhoz Manzano, Maicon Gabriel Gonçalves, Rodrigo Leonel dos Santos, Daniel Donaire Albino, Nadua Apostólico, Nina Teixeira Fonseca, Jéssica Julioti Urbano, Célio Guilherme Lombardi Daibem, Claudio F Donner, Camila Gimenes, Alexandre Ricardo Pepe Ambrozin, Luis Vicente Franco de Oliveira

Open Access Review

The AIMAR recommendations for early diagnosis of chronic obstructive respiratory disease based on the WHO/GARD model*

Stefano Nardini, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Mario Del Donno, Maurizio Delucchi, Germano Bettoncelli, Vincenzo Lamberti, Carlo Patera, Mario Polverino, Antonio Russo, Carlo Santoriello, Patrizio Soverina

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Evaluation of pulmonary dysfunctions and acid–base imbalances induced by Chlamydia psittaci in a bovine model of respiratory infection

Carola Ostermann, Susanna Linde, Christiane Siegling-Vlitakis, Petra Reinhold

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