Vol. 7 (2012)

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Published: 31-12-2012

  • Rationale for the Turin Conference: Congress 2012

    Claudio F. Donner, Carlo Gulotta
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.588

  • The need to further understand who gets hospitalized for a COPD exacerbation

    Diego J. Maselli, Antonio Anzueto
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.594

  • The overlap phenotype: the (missing) link between asthma and COPD

    Barbara Piras, Marc Miravitlles
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.595

  • Pulmonary function tests and rehabilitation in 2012: beyond sitting position

    Federica Gamna, Roberto Torchio
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.597

  • Perspective on long term oxygen therapy Peter

    Peter Howard
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.603

  • Can high-quality palliative care for respiratory patients be improved?

    Nicolino Ambrosino
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.606

  • Imaging of central airway stenting with multidetector computed tomography

    Giovacchino Pedicelli
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.607

  • Intensive long-term pulmonary rehabilitation program after oesophagectomy, a reflection

    Franco Pasqua
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.609

  • Reasons for inadequate asthma control in children: an important contribution from the “French 6 Cities Study”

    Giuliana Ferrante, Stefania La Grutta
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.610

  • Endobronchial Tubercolosis: a peculiar feature of TB often underdiagnosed

    Lucio Casali, Mariano E. Crapa
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.622

  • Non-HIV Pneumocystis pneumonia: do conventional community-acquired pneumonia guidelines under estimate its severity?

    Nobuhiro Asai, Shinji Motojima, Yoshihiro Ohkuni, Ryo Matsunuma, Kei Nakasima, Takuya Iwasaki, Tamao Nakashita, Yoshihito Otsuka, Norihiro Kaneko
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.589

  • Extrapulmonary features of bronchiectasis: muscle function, exercise capacity, fatigue, and health status

    Ozge Ozalp, Deniz Inal-Ince, Ebru Calik, Naciye Vardar-Yagli, Melda Saglam, Sema Savci, Hulya Arikan, Meral Bosnak-Guclu, Lutfi Coplu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.590

  • Factors associated with hospital admission in patients reaching the emergency department with COPD exacerbation

    Maria Teresa García-Sanz, Carlos Pol-Balado, Concepción Abellás, Juan Carlos Cánive-Gómez, Diana Antón-Sanmartin, Francisco J. González-Barcala
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.593

  • Effects of breathing maneuver and sitting posture on muscle activity in inspiratory accessory muscles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Ki-song Kim, Min-kwang Byun, Won-hwee Lee, Heon-seock Cynn, Oh-yun Kwon, Chung-hwi Yi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.596

  • The sarcoid granuloma: ‘epithelioid’ or ‘lymphocytic-epithelioid’ granuloma?

    Zdravko Kosjerina, Bojan Zaric, Dejan Vuckovic, Dusan Lalosevic, Goran Djenadic, Bruno Murer
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.598

  • Evaluation of pharmacotherapy of obstructive airway diseases in the Montenegrin outpatient care: comparison with two Scandinavian countries

    Natasha Duborija-Kovacevic, Milica Martinovic
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.599

  • Changes in blood hemoglobin and blood gases PaO2 and PaCO2 in severe COPD over a three-year telemonitored program of long-term oxygen treatment

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Silvia Tognella, Luca Bonadiman, Paola Turco
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.602

  • How do patients die in a rehabilitative unit dedicated to advanced respiratory diseases?

    Michele Vitacca, Laura Comini
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.605

  • Rationale and clinical benefits of an intensive long-term pulmonary rehabilitation program after oesophagectomy: preliminary report

    Filippo Lococo, Alfredo Cesario, Silvia Sterzi, Giovanni Magrone, Valentina Dall’Armi, Francesca Mattei, Francesco Varone, Venanzio Porziella, Stefano Margaritora, Pierluigi Granone
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.608

  • Factors related to under-diagnosis and undertreatment of childhood asthma in metropolitan France

    Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Carla Sterlin, Denis Caillaud, Fréderic de Blay, François Lavaud, Denis Charpin, Chantal Raherisson
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.611

  • Multiplanar and two-dimensional imaging of central airway stenting with multidetector computed tomography

    Mehmet Akif Ozgul, Guler Ozgul, Erdogan Cetinkaya, Yasin Abul, Gamze Kirkil, Ekrem Cengiz Seyhan, Emine Kamiloglu, Sule Gul
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.614

  • Prognostic value of p53 and Ki67 expression in fiberoptic bronchial biopsies of patients with non small cell lung cancer

    Nicola Ciancio, Maria Grazia Galasso, Raffaele Campisi, Laura Bivona, Marcello Migliore, Giuseppe U. Di Maria
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.616

  • Management of kyphoscoliosis patients with respiratory failure in the intensive care unit and during long term follow up

    Nalan Adıgüzel, Zuhal Karakurt, Gökay Güngör, Özlem Yazıcıoğlu Moçin, Merih Balcı, Cüneyt Saltürk, Feyza Kargın, Huriye Berk Takır, Ayşem Güven, Tülay Yarkın
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.617

  • Flexible bronchoscopy may decrease respiratory muscle strength: premedicational midazolam in focus

    Baykal Tulek, Fikret Kanat, Sule Tol, Mecit Suerdem
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.618

  • Factors associated with health-related quality of life in adults with asthma. A cross-sectional study

    Francisco-Javier Gonzalez-Barcala, Ramon de la Fuente-Cid, Mónica Tafalla, Javier Nuevo, Francisco Caamaño-Isorna
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.619

  • Endobronchial tuberculosis: histopathological subsets and microbiological results

    Sevket Ozkaya, Salih Bilgin, Serhat Findik, Hayriye Çete Kök, Canan Yuksel, Atilla Güven Atıcı
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.621

  • Right sided arcus aorta as a cause of dyspnea and chronic cough

    Sevket Ozkaya, Bilal Sengul, Semra Hamsici, Serhat Findik, Unal Sahin, Aziz Gumus, Halit Cinarka
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.624

  • Prominent features of platelet count, plateletcrit, mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width in pulmonary tuberculosis

    Füsun Şahin, Esra Yazar, Pınar Yıldız
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.625

  • Dynamics of regional lung aeration determined by electrical impedance tomography in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

    Sven Pulletz, Matthias Kott, Gunnar Elke, Dirk Schädler, Barbara Vogt, Norbert Weiler, Inéz Frerichs
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.631

  • BMI can influence adult males’ and females’ airway hyperresponsiveness differently

    Bruno Sposato, Marco Scalese, Nicola Scichilone, Andrea Pammolli, Massimo Tosti Balducci, Maria Giovanna Migliorini, Raffaele Scala
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.632

  • A pilot survey on the quality of life in respiratory rehabilitation carried out in COPD patients with severe respiratory failure: preliminary data of a novel Inpatient Respiratory Rehabilitation Questionnaire (IRRQ)

    Franco Pasqua, Annalisa Alesii, Katja Geraneo, Stefania Di Toro, Giuseppe La Torre, Antonella Sferrazza, Maria Grazia Mastrullo, Luigino Calzetta, Stefano Bonassi, Vittorio Cardaci, Alfredo Cesario
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.633

  • C-reactive protein as a predictor of mortality in patients affected with severe sepsis in intensive care unit

    Özkan Devran, Zuhal Karakurt, Nalan Adıgüzel, Gökay Güngör, Özlem Yazıcıoğlu Moçin, Merih Kalamanoğlu Balcı, Ece Çelik, Cüneyt Saltürk, Huriye Berk Takır, Feyza Kargın, Adnan Yılmaz
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.634

  • A survey of the burden of allergic rhinitis in Hungary from a specialist’s perspective

    Mária Szilasi, Gabriella Gálffy, Károly Fónay, Zsuzsa Márk, Zoltán Rónai, Zsuzsanna Szalai, Magdolna E. Szilasi, Marianna Budai, Veronika Müller, Attila Somfay, Ildikó Horváth, Lilla Tamási
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.636

  • Temporal patterns in severe hemoptysis requiring bronchial artery embolization

    Ignasi Garcia-Olivé, Jose Antonio Fiz, Jose Sanz-Santos, Felipe Andreo, Estefanía Sánchez-Martínez, Jaume Sampere, Jordi Muchart, Josep Maria Michavila, Juan Ruiz-Manzano
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.637

  • Stress associated with hospitalization in patients with COPD: the role of social support and health related quality of life

    Magdalena Medinas-Amorós, Juan José Montaño-Moreno, Maria José Centeno-Flores, Victoria Ferrer-Pérez, Feliu Renom-Sotorra, Belen Martín-López, Catalina Alorda-Quetglas
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.638

  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease in our asthma patients: the presence of dysphagia can influence pulmonary function

    Gulfidan Aras, Dilek Kanmaz, Figen Kadakal, Sevim Purisa, Kenan Sonmez, Esin Tuncay, Arzu Ozdemir
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.640

  • Endotoxin markers in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with interstitial lung diseases

    Bogumiła Szponar, Lennart Larsson, Joanna Domagała-Kulawik
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.641

  • Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

    Ilaria Campo, Zamir Kadija, Francesca Mariani, Elena Paracchini, Giuseppe Rodi, Francesco Mojoli, Antonio Braschi, Maurizio Luisetti
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.591

  • Anatomy and neuro-pathophysiology of the cough reflex arc

    Mario Polverino, Francesca Polverino, Marco Fasolino, Filippo Andò, Antonio Alfieri, Francesco De Blasio
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.592

  • Montelukast versus inhaled corticosteroids in the management of pediatric mild persistent asthma

    Alessandra Scaparrotta, Sabrina Di Pillo, Marina Attanasi, Daniele Rapino, Anna Cingolani, Nicola Pietro Consilvio, Marcello Verini, Francesco Chiarelli
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.642

  • Nintedanib (BIBF 1120) for IPF: a tomorrow therapy?

    Sabina A. Antoniu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.628

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: diagnostic pitfalls and therapeutic challenges

    Paolo Spagnolo, Roberto Tonelli, Elisabetta Cocconcelli, Alessandro Stefani, Luca Richeldi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.629

  • Evaluation of current methods to detect the mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor in non-small cell lung cancer patients

    Jasmina Obradovic, Vladimir Jurisic
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.639

  • Propylthiouracil-induced lupus-like or vasculitis syndrome

    Cuneyt Tetikkurt, Mehmet Yuruyen, Seza Tetikkurt, Nihal Bayar, Imran Ozdemir
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.601

  • Analysis of two cases with bronchopulmonary neurofibromatosis

    Ting Yuan, Bai-ling Luo, Qi-hua Gu, Ji Yao
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.604

  • Aspiration of tracheoesophageal prosthesis in a laryngectomized patient

    Sergio C. Conte, Elena De Nardi, Federico Conte, Stefano Nardini
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.612

  • Iatrogenic Cushing’s syndrome with inhaled steroid plus antidepressant drugs

    Ozlem Celik, Mutlu Niyazoglu, Hikmet Soylu, Pinar Kadioglu
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.613

  • Anti-reflux procedure for difficult-to-treat asthmatic children, case report and literature review

    Zhi-Wei Hu, Zhong-Gao Wang, Ji-Min Wu, Song-Tao Tan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.615

  • In situ thrombosis in pulmonary arterial aneurysms due to Behçet’s disease and efficacy of ımmunosuppressive therapy

    Sevket Ozkaya, Unal Sahin, Aziz Gumus, Filiz Taşçı, Halit Çınarka, Asiye Yavuz
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.620

  • Bilateral pulmonary sequestration in the elderly adult

    Ersin Sukru Erden, Hanifi Bayarogullari, Hatice Bilgic, Tulin Yetim, Eyup Buyukkaya
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.623

  • Dieulafoy’s disease of the bronchus: a possible mistake

    Emanuela E. Barisione, Gabriele G. Ferretti, Silvia S. Ravera, Mario M. Salio
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.627

  • Bronchial cast hiding a lung cancer

    Marcello Migliore, Nicola Ciancio, Riccardo Giuliano, Giuseppe Di Maria
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.630

  • Development of imatinibmesylate-induced interstitial lung disease 2 weeks after discontinuation of the treatment: a case report

    Shota Nakashima, Tomoyuki Kakugawa, Hiroko Motomura, Katsuji Hirano, Eisuke Sasaki, Yasuhiro Nagata, Akitoshi Kinoshita, Noriho Sakamoto, Yuji Ishimatsu, Hiroshi Mukae, Shigeru Kohno
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2012.635