Vol. 11 (2016)

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Published: 31-12-2016

  • Influence of heat and moisture exchanger use on measurements performed with manovacuometer and respirometer in healthy adults

    Jeanette Janaina Jaber Lucato, Thiago Marraccini Nogueira da Cunha, Sara Solange Oliveira Costa Rocha, Fernanda Maria Palmieri de Carvalho, Daniele Cristina Botega, Jamili Anbar Torquato, Ana Cristina Gimenes, Renato Fraga Righetti
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.261

  • The assessment of new drugs for asthma and COPD: a Delphi study examining the perspectives of Italian payers and clinicians

    Silvia Sommariva, Aureliano P. Finch, Claudio Jommi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.262

  • Mental health, serum biomarkers and survival in severe COPD: a pilot study

    Christian Zilz, Stefan H. Blaas, Michael Pfeifer, Rudolf A. Jörres, Stephan Budweiser
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.265

  • Particulate matters from diesel heavy duty trucks exhaust versus cigarettes emissions: a new educational antismoking instrument

    Cinzia De Marco, Ario Alberto Ruprecht, Paolo Pozzi, Elena Munarini, Anna Chiara Ogliari, Roberto Mazza, Roberto Boffi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.266

  • Chronic respiratory symptoms and associated factors among cement factory workers in Dejen town, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, 2015

    Zemichael Gizaw, Bamlaku Yifred, Takele Tadesse
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.267

  • Acceptability and preference of three inhalation devices assessed by the Handling Questionnaire in asthma and COPD patients

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Massimiliano Povero
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.268

  • The BODECOST Index (BCI): a composite index for assessing the impact of COPD in real life

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Bartolome R. Celli
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.269

  • Differentiation of respiratory epithelium in a 3-dimensional co-culture with fibroblasts embedded in fibrin gel

    Stefan Jockenhoevel, Stefanie Albers, Anja Lena Thiebes, Kai L. Gessenich, Christian G. Cornelissen
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.270

  • Does homeopathic medicine have a preventive effect on respiratory tract infections? A real life observational study

    Gianfranco Maria Beghi, Antonio Maria Morselli-Labate
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.272

  • Increased expression of A Proliferation-Inducing Ligand (APRIL) in lung leukocytes and alveolar epithelial cells in COPD patients with non small cell lung cancer: a possible link between COPD and lung cancer?

    Caroline A. Owen, Francesca Polverino, Maria Laucho-Contreras, Joselyn Rojas Quintero, Miguel Divo, Victor Pinto-Plata, Lynette Sholl, Juan P. de-Torres, Bartolome R. Celli
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.274

  • Placement of self-expandable bifurcated metallic stents without use of fluoroscopic and guidewire guidance to palliate central airway lesions

    Cengiz Özdemir, Sinem Nedime Sökücü, Levent Karasulu, Seda Tural Önür, Levent Dalar
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.308

  • Fluticasone furoate/Vilanterol 92/22 μg once-a-day vs Beclomethasone dipropionate/ Formoterol 100/6 μg b.i.d.: a 12-week cost analysis in mild-to-moderate asthma

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Chiara Distante, Luca Bonadiman, Paola Turco, Sergio Iannazzo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.312

  • Effectiveness, safety and tolerability of a complex homeopathic medicinal product in the prevention of recurrent acute upper respiratory tract infections in children: a multicenter, open, comparative, randomized, controlled clinical trial

    Miek C. Jong, Stephen L. Buskin, Lydia Ilyenko, Irina Kholodova, Julia Burkart, Stephan Weber, Thomas Keller, Petra Klement
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.313

  • Need of education for dry powder inhaler storage and retention – a patient-reported survey

    Birger Norderud Lærum, Gunilla Telg, Georgios Stratelis
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.314

  • Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in young adult patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus in India

    Ravinder Goswami, Abilash Nair, Randeep Guleria, Devasenathipathy Kandasamy, Raju Sharma, Nikhil Tandon, Urvashi B. Singh
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.315

  • Prospective study of the efficacy of antibiotics versus antitussive drugs for the management of URTI-related acute cough in children

    Alessandro Zanasi, Luigi Lanata, Federico Saibene, Giovanni Fontana, Peter V. Dicpinigaitis, Valentina Venier, Francesco De Blasio
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.316

  • Evaluation of the rapid immunochromatographic ODK0501 assay for Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen detection with nasopharyngeal swabs: preliminary report

    Naoki Nishimura, Shoji Suzuki, Torahiko Jinta, Yasuhiko Yamano, Genta Ishikawa, Yutaka Tomishima, Noboru Uchiyama, Naohiko Chohnabayashi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.317

  • High bacterial load of indoor air in hospital wards: the case of University of Gondar teaching hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

    Zemichael Gizaw, Mulat Gebrehiwot, Chalachew Yenew
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.318

  • Most Italians attending a congress on health of elderly people do not know and do not recognize respiratory diseases

    Nicola Ciancio, Claudio M. Sanguinetti, Franco Falcone, Claudio Taranto, Roberto Fasani, Fernando De Benedetto, Onofrio Resta, Fausto De Michele, Roberto Messina, Andrea Rossi, Stefano Nardini, Giuseppe Di Maria
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.319

  • Acid–base balance, serum electrolytes and need for non-invasive ventilation in patients with hypercapnic acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease admitted to an internal medicine ward

    Alfonso Schiavo, Maurizio Renis, Mario Polverino, Arcangelo Iannuzzi, Francesca Polverino
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.320

  • Cultural and linguistic validation of the NHQ-2 Questionnaire: a specific instrument for assessing patient’s usability of inhalation devices

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Massimiliano Povero
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.325

  • Dry-powder inhalers in patients with persistent airflow limitation: usability and preference

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Massimiliano Povero
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.326

  • Preliminary study on the assessment of visceral adipose tissue using dual-energy xray absorptiometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Francesca De Blasio, Erica P.A. Rutten, Emiel F.M. Wouters, Luca Scalfi, Francesco De Blasio, Marco A. Akkermans, Martijn A. Spruit, Frits M.E. Franssen
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.328

  • The effect of positive airway pressure therapy on neurocognitive functions, depression and anxiety in obesity hypoventilation syndrome

    Serap Argun Baris, Dilek Tuncel, Cigdem Ozerdem, Huseyin Kutlu, Tugba Onyilmaz, Ilknur Basyigit, Hasim Boyaci, Fusun Yildiz
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.329

  • Cough: impact, beliefs, and expectations from a national survey

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Massimiliano Mazzolini, Paola Turco, Alessandro Zanasi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.330

  • Efficacy of recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin for the treatment of acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a single arm, non-randomized prospective clinical trial

    Sho Hayakawa, Yasuo Matsuzawa, Tamako Irie, Hagino Rikitake, Noriaki Okada, Yasuo Suzuki
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.343

  • Hemothorax following lung transplantation: incidence, risk factors, and effect on morbidity and mortality

    Aria Hong, Christopher S. King, A. Whitney Walter Brown, Shahzad Ahmad, Oksana A. Shlobin, Sandeep Khandhar, Linda Bogar, Anthony Rongione, Steven D. Nathan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.345

  • Respiratory illness and air pollution from the steel industry: the case of Piquiá de Baixo, Brazil (Preliminary report)

    Carla Valenti, Paolo Pozzi, Alessandra Busia, Roberto Mazza, Paolo Bossi, Cinzia De Marco, Ario Alberto Ruprecht, Alessandro Borgini, Roberto Boffi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.347

  • Personality and unachieved treatment goals related to poor adherence to asthma medication in a newly-developed adherence questionnaire – a population-based study

    Malin Axelsson, Linda Ekerljung, Bo Lundbäck, Jan Lötvall
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.348

  • DNA damage and repair capacity in lymphocyte of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases patients during physical exercise with oxygen supplementation

    Andréa Lúcia Gonçalves da Silva, Thaís Evelyn Karnopp, Augusto Ferreira Weber, Cassia da Luz Goulart, Paloma de Borba Scheneiders, Dannuey Machado Cardoso, Lisiane Lisboa Carvalho, Joel Henrique Ellwanger, Lia Gonçalves Possuelo, Andréia Rosane de Moura Valim
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.349

  • Cost of persistent asthma in Italy

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Chiara Distante, Luca Bonadiman, Paola Turco, Sergio Iannazzo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.350

  • Bibliometric analysis of worldwide publications on multi-, extensively, and totally drug – resistant tuberculosis (2006–2015)

    Waleed M. Sweileh, Adham S. AbuTaha, Ansam F. Sawalha, Suleiman Al-Khalil, Samah W. Al-Jabi, Sa'ed H. Zyoud
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.351

  • Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: a rare case report of a non-smoker and non-atopic patient, with a long history of wheezing since childhood

    Pietro Pirina, Alessandro G. Fois, Antonella Arcadu, Luigi Santoru, Rocco Trisolini, Vincenzo Marras, Giorgio C. Ginesu, Sara Canu, Lorenzo Cordero, Gabriella Diana
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.273

  • Sarcoidosis with prevalent and severe joint localization: a case report

    Livio G. Moccia, Sabrina Castaldo, Emanuela Sirignano, Maddalena Napolitano, Enrica Barra, Alessandro Sanduzzi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.321

  • Lung disease recalling paraseptal emphysema in a patient with Goltz syndrome

    Rosaria Cortese, Salvatore Savasta, Silvia Di Stasi, Tiziana Boggini, Chiara Trabatti, Roberto Dore, Giulia Maria Stella
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.327

  • COPD heterogeneity: implications for management

    Miriam Barrecheguren, Marc Miravitlles
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.309

  • Cost comparison of asthma treatments in 12-week study: caution about matching and short observational follow-up

    David B. Price, Job F.M. van Boven, Lisa M. Law, Alessandra Cifra, R. Brett McQueen
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.346

  • N-acetylcysteine in COPD: why, how, and when?

    Claudio M. Sanguinetti
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.263

  • Health-related quality of life measurement in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: review of the 2009-2014 literature

    Fabio Arpinelli, Mauro Carone, Riccardo Gioacchino, Giorgio Bertolotti
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.264

  • Mometasone furoate nasal spray: a systematic review

    Desiderio Passali, Maria Carla Spinosi, Anna Crisanti, Luisa Maria Bellussi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.311

  • Perimenstrual asthma: from pathophysiology to treatment strategies

    Alessandra Graziottin, Audrey Serafini
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.322

  • Obesity: systemic and pulmonary complications, biochemical abnormalities, and impairment of lung function

    Agnaldo José Lopes, Thiago Thomaz Mafort, Rogério Rufino, Cláudia Henrique Costa
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.323

  • Asthma-related deaths

    Gennaro D’Amato, Carolina Vitale, Antonio Molino, Anna Stanziola, Alessandro Sanduzzi, Alessandro Vatrella, Mauro Mormile, Maurizia Lanza, Giovanna Calabrese, Leonardo Antonicelli
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.331

  • Reviewer acknowledgement 2015

    Fernando De Benedetto, Claudio F. Donner, Claudio M. Sanguinetti
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2016.648