Vol. 9 (2014)

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Published: 31-12-2014

  • 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, and on behalf of the Consensus Conference 2013 Group
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.357

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

    Jiajia Chen, Qing Yang, Jianrong Huang, Lanjuan Li
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.358

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.359

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.360

  • Increased circulating obestatin in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Yi Lei, Yasha Liang, Xiaojing Liu, Xiaoyang Liao, Fengming Luo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.362

  • Re-admissions to hospital and patient satisfaction among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after telemedicine video consultation - a retrospective pilot study

    Safaa Saleh, Jan Petter Larsen, Johannes Bergsåker-Aspøy, Heidi Grundt
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.363

  • 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, Nalal Adiguzel, Gokay Gungor, Merih Kalamanoglu Balci, Murat Yalcinsoy, Ramazan Kargin, Zuhal Karakurt
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.365

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.366

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.367

  • Mean platelet volume as an inflammation marker in active pulmonary tuberculosis

    Gulsah Gunluoglu, Esra Ertan Yazar, Nurdan Simsek Veske, Ekrem Cengiz Seyhan, Sedat Altin
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.368

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.369

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.370

  • 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 J.R. van Gestel
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.372

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.373

  • 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, and on behalf of The ALT-BPCO Group
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.375

  • 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 S.S. Leitão Filho, Rafael M. Laurino Neto, Carlos A. Malheiros, Giuseppe Insalaco, Claudio F. Donner, Luis Vicente F. Oliveira
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.378

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

    Toru Wakabayashi, Tatsuo Kawashima, Yasuo Matsuzawa
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.379

  • 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 L.G. da Silva
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.382

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.384

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.386

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

    Claudio F. Donner, Alberto Visconti
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.387

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

    Naomi Winn, Jonathan Spratt, Enid Wright, Julie Cox
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.388

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.389

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.392

  • 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, Peride Morlino, Luigi Mosca, Franco Pasqua, Riccardo Pela, Pietro Schino, Alberto Tubaldi, Emmanuele Tupputi, Fernando De Benedetto, and the Buccalin Trial Group
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.393

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

    Yasuyuki Taooka, Gen Takezawa, Miki Ohe, Takeshi Isobe
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.394

  • 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, Dannuy Machado Cardoso, Hildegard Hedwig Pohl, Miriam Beatris Reckziegel, Valeriano Antonio Corbellini, Dulciane Nunes Paiva
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.400

  • A novel diagnostic algorithm for chronic and subacute cough

    Peng Lu, Dan Zhou, Chengzhen Jin
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.401

  • 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, Rocio Sánchez-Silva, Jose Luis López-Villalobos, Francisco J. Sáenz-Coronilla, Elena Arellano-Orden, Ana Montes-Worboys, Miriam Echevarría
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.405

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.410

  • Ventilatory response to exercise of elite soccer players

    Adriano Di Paco, Giosuè A. Catapano, Guido Vagheggini, Stefano Mazzoleni, Matteo Levi Micheli, Nicolino Ambrosino
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.414

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.417

  • 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 Acemoglu4, Ibrahim Pirim
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.418

  • AIMAR survey on COPD phenotypes

    Maria Sandra Magnoni, Andrea Rizzi, Alberto Visconti, Claudio F. Donner
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.419

  • Sensitivity of the COPD assessment test (CAT questionnaire) investigated in a population of 681 consecutive patients referring to a lung clinic: the first Italian specific study

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Luca Bonadiman, Paola Turco
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.420

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

    Giancarlo Garuti, Cristina Reverberi, Angelo Briganti, Monica Massobrio, Francesco Lombardi, Mirco Lusuardi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.371

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

    Giorgio Conti, Jean Mantz, Dan Longrois, Peter Tonner
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.380

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.381

  • COPD: maximization of bronchodilation

    Stefano Nardini, Gianna Camiciottoli, Salvatore Locicero, Rosario Maselli, Franco Pasqua, Giovanni Passalacqua, Riccardo Pela, Alberto Pesci, Alfredo Sebastiani, Alessandro Vatrella
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.385

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.391

  • COPD: adherence to therapy

    Alessandro Sanduzzi, Piero Balbo, Piero Candoli, Giosuè A. Catapano, Paola Contini, Alessio Mattei, Giovanni Puglisi, Luigi Santoiemma, Anna A. Stanziola
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.395

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.398

  • Pharmacologic rationale, efficacy and safety of the fixed-dose co-formulation of indacaterol and glycopyrronium

    Girolamo Pelaia, Rosario Maselli, Luca Gallelli
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.399

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.404

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.411

  • The lungs need to be deflated: effects of glycopyrronium on lung hyperinflation in COPD patients

    Claudio M. Sanguinetti
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.416

  • A combination of predispositions and exposures as responsible for acute eosinophilic pneumonia

    Simona Amiconi, Bertrand Hirl
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.364

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.390

  • Acute pneumonitis consequent on pleurodesis with Viscum album extract: severe chest images but benign clinical course

    Suk Ju Cho, Su Wan Kim, Jee Wo Chang
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.396

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and coronary artery disease

    Gaetano Cicchitto, Valentina Musella, Mario Acitorio, Nicola Capuano, Giuseppe Fiorenzano, Caroline A. Owen, Mario Polverino, Francesca Polverino
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.403

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.383

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.402

  • 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, and on behalf of the ISMAR Investigators
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.406

  • Ultrasonography in lung pathologies: new perspectives

    Libertario Demi, Marcello Demi, Andrea Smargiassi, Riccardo Inchingolo, Francesco Faita, Gino Soldati, and Task Force Group
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.407

  • Effect of β2 -adrenergic receptor gene Arg16Gly polymorphisms on response to long-acting β2-agonist in Chinese Han asthmatic patients

    Yuying Qiu, Deping Zhang, Yu Qin, Kai-Sheng Yin
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.412

  • On the ethics of withholding and withdrawing medical treatment

    Massimo Reichlin
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.374

  • The ethics of forgoing life-sustaining treatment: theoretical considerations and clinical decision making

    Jos V.M. Welie, Henk A.M.J. ten Have
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.421

  • 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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.376

  • Enhancing the diagnosis and management of COPD in Primary care

    Martyn R. Partridge
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.397

  • Integrating COPD care in Italy

    Peter M.A. Calverley
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.408

  • Lung, not only heart

    Annalisa Cogo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.413

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

    Virginia Sanchini, Cecilia Nardini, Giovanni Boniolo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.645

  • Reviewer acknowledgement 2013

    Fernando De Benedetto, Claudio F. Donner, Claudio M. Sanguinetti
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2014.361