Vol. 11 (2016)

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

Christian Zilz, Stefan H. Blaas, Michael Pfeifer, Rudolf A. Jörres, Stephan Budweiser
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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
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Chronic respiratory symptoms and associated factors among cement factory workers in Dejen town, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, 2015

Zemichael Gizaw, Bamlaku Yifred, Takele Tadesse
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Acceptability and preference of three inhalation devices assessed by the Handling Questionnaire in asthma and COPD patients

Roberto W. Dal Negro, Massimiliano Povero
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The BODECOST Index (BCI): a composite index for assessing the impact of COPD in real life

Roberto W. Dal Negro, Bartolome R. Celli
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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
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Does homeopathic medicine have a preventive effect on respiratory tract infections? A real life observational study

Gianfranco Maria Beghi, Antonio Maria Morselli-Labate
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Need of education for dry powder inhaler storage and retention – a patient-reported survey

Birger Norderud Lærum, Gunilla Telg, Georgios Stratelis
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dry-powder inhalers in patients with persistent airflow limitation: usability and preference

Roberto W. Dal Negro, Massimiliano Povero
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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
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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
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Cough: impact, beliefs, and expectations from a national survey

Roberto W. Dal Negro, Massimiliano Mazzolini, Paola Turco, Alessandro Zanasi
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Cost of persistent asthma in Italy

Roberto W. Dal Negro, Chiara Distante, Luca Bonadiman, Paola Turco, Sergio Iannazzo
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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
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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
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Sarcoidosis with prevalent and severe joint localization: a case report

Livio G. Moccia, Sabrina Castaldo, Emanuela Sirignano, Maddalena Napolitano, Enrica Barra, Alessandro Sanduzzi
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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
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COPD heterogeneity: implications for management

Miriam Barrecheguren, Marc Miravitlles
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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
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N-acetylcysteine in COPD: why, how, and when?

Claudio M. Sanguinetti
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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
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Mometasone furoate nasal spray: a systematic review

Desiderio Passali, Maria Carla Spinosi, Anna Crisanti, Luisa Maria Bellussi
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Perimenstrual asthma: from pathophysiology to treatment strategies

Alessandra Graziottin, Audrey Serafini
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Obesity: systemic and pulmonary complications, biochemical abnormalities, and impairment of lung function

Agnaldo José Lopes, Thiago Thomaz Mafort, Rogério Rufino, Cláudia Henrique Costa
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Asthma-related deaths

Gennaro D’Amato, Carolina Vitale, Antonio Molino, Anna Stanziola, Alessandro Sanduzzi, Alessandro Vatrella, Mauro Mormile, Maurizia Lanza, Giovanna Calabrese, Leonardo Antonicelli
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Erratum to: 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
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Reviewer acknowledgement 2015

Fernando De Benedetto, Claudio F. Donner, Claudio M. Sanguinetti
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Vol. 11 (2016)

Original Research Articles

Case Reports

Editorials

Letters to the Editor

Reviews

Erratum

Reviewer acknowledgement