Vol. 13 (2018)

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Published: 31-12-2018

  • Case finding of Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: never wasted time!

    Bruno Balbi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.86
  • OSAS: its burden increases, not enough the awareness

    Antonio Sanna, Donato Lacedonia
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.207

  • Reference values for spirometry in elderly individuals: a cross-sectional study of different reference equations

    Joana Belo, Teresa Palmeiro, Iolanda Caires, Ana L. Papoila, Marta Alves, Pedro Carreiro-Martins, Maria A. Botelho, Nuno Neuparth
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.71
  • Home exercise improves the quality of sleep and daytime sleepiness of elderlies: a randomized controlled trial

    Glauber Sá Brandão, Glaucia Sá Brandão Freitas Gomes, Glaudson Sá Brandão, Antônia A. Callou Sampaio, Claudio F. Donner, Luis V.F. Oliveira, Aquiles Assunção Camelier
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.74
  • Assessment of osteoporosis using the FRAX method and the importance of vitamin D levels in COPD patients

    Ceyda Anar, Melike Yüksel Yavuz, Filiz Güldaval, Dilek Kalenci
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.92
  • Obstructive sleep apnea knowledge and attitudes among recent medical graduates training in Ecuador

    Iván Chérrez-Ojeda, Juan Carlos Calderón, Andrea Fernández García, Donna B. Jeffe, Ilka Santoro, Emanuel Vanegas, Annia Cherrez, José Cano, Freddy Betancourt, Daniel Simancas-Racines
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.98
  • Influenza and influenza-like syndromes: the subjects’ beliefs, the attitude to prevention and treatment, and the impact in Italian general population

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Alessandro Zanasi, Paola Turco, Massimiliano Povero
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.107
  • Association of sleep quality with excessive daytime somnolence and quality of life of elderlies of community

    Glauber Sá Brandão, Fernanda Warken Rosa Camelier, Antônia Adonis Callou Sampaio, Glaudson Sá Brandão, Anderson Soares Silva, Glaucia Sá Brandão Freitas Gomes, Claudio F. Donner, Luis Vicente Franco Oliveira, Aquiles Assunção Camelier
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.110
  • Examining the social status, risk factors and lifestyle changes of tuberculosis patients in Sri Lanka during the treatment period: a cross-sectional study

    Madapathage Gayan Buddhika Senanake, Sumudu Indika Wickramasinghe, Sudath Samaraweera, Pubudu De Silva, Sisira Edirippulige
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.113
  • Quick relaxation exercise for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: explorative randomized controlled trial

    Eleonora Volpato, Paolo Banfi, Antonello Nicolini, Francesco Pagnini
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.125
  • Delay and inequalities in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: the case of two Nordic countries

    Ida Pesonen, Lisa Carlson, Nicola Murgia, Riitta Kaarteenaho, Carl Magnus Sköld, Marjukka Myllärniemi, Giovanni Murgia
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.140
  • Outdoor air pollution and respiratory health: a bibliometric analysis of publications in peer-reviewed journals (1900 – 2017)

    Waleed M. Sweileh, Samah W. Al-Jabi, Sa’ed H. Zyoud, Ansam F. Sawalha
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.146
  • Fluticasone furoate/Vilanterol 92/22 μg once-a-day vs Beclomethasone dipropionate/Formoterol 100/6 μg b.I.D.: a 12-month comparison of outcomes in mild-to-moderate asthma

    Roberto W. Dal Negro, Luca Bonadiman, Paola Turco
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.155
  • Nurses and physicians’ viewpoints about decision making of do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR)

    Masoud Fallahi, Somaye Mahdavikian, Alireza Abdi, Fariba Borhani, Parvin Taghizadeh, Behzad Hematpoor
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.161
  • Predictors of yearly influenza vaccination in hospitalized and community-based patients

    Stephanie Attard Camilleri, Juanita Camilleri Casingena, Kentaro Yamagata, Martin Balzan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.164
  • 5-hydroxymethylcytosine but not MTAP methylation status can stratify malignant pleural mesothelioma based on the lineage of origin

    Matteo Bosio, Elena Salvaterra, Francesca Datturi, Patrizia Morbini, Michele Zorzetto, Simona Inghilleri, Stefano Tomaselli, Patrizia Mangiarotti, Federica Meloni, Isa Cerveri, Giulia Maria Stella
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.170
  • Prevalence, risk factors, and impact of lung cancer on outcomes of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a study from the Middle East

    Sherif Mohamed, Hassan Bayoumi, Nashwa Abd El-Aziz, Ehab Mousa, Yasser Gamal
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.191
  • The effect of delaying initiation with umeclidinium/vilanterol in patients with COPD: an observational administrative claims database analysis using marginal structural models

    Beth Hahn, Ami R. Buikema, Lee Brekke, Amy Anderson, Eleena Koep, Damon Van Voorhis, Lucie Sharpsten, Riju Ray, Richard H. Stanford
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.194
  • Implementing TB control in a rural, resource-limited setting: the stop-TB Italia project in Senegal

    Mama Moussa Diaw, Mamoudou Ndiaye, Niccolò Riccardi, Riccardo Ungaro, Riccardo Alagna, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Luigi Codecasa, Claudio Viscoli, Laura Ambra Nicolini, Giorgio Besozzi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.203
  • Assessment of survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using quantitative HRCT indexes

    Sebastiano Emanuele Torrisi, Stefano Palmucci, Alessandro Stefano, Giorgio Russo, Alfredo Gaetano Torcitto, Daniele Falsaperla, Mauro Gioè, Mauro Pavone, Ada Vancheri, Gianluca Sambataro, Domenico Sambataro, Letizia Antonella Mauro, Emanuele Grassedonio, Antonio Basile, Carlo Vancheri
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.206

  • Pulmonary Actinomycosis attributable to Actinomyces meyeri presenting as cardiac tamponade: a case report

    Saori Nishizawa, Keisuke Anan, Kazunori Tobino, Masanobu Okahisa, Yuki Goto, Kojin Murakami, Takuto Sueyasu, Miyuki Munechika, Kohei Yoshimine, Mai Yoshino
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.158
  • Asthma-like symptoms: is it always a pulmonary issue?

    Davide Piloni, Claudio Tirelli, Rita Di Domenica, Valentina Conio, Amelia Grosso, Vanessa Ronzoni, Filippo Antonacci, Pasquale Totaro, Angelo G. Corsico
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.167
  • Acute respiratory failure as presentation of late-onset Pompe disease complicating the diagnostic process as a labyrinth: a case report

    Francesco Menzella, Luca Codeluppi, Mirco Lusuardi, Carla Galeone, Franco Valzania, Nicola Facciolongo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.176
  • An uncommon cause of hemoptysis: aortobronchial fistula

    Roberto Tonelli, Matteo Fontana, Filippo Gozzi, Ivana Castaniere, Alessandro Marchioni, Riccardo Fantini, Francesca Coppi, Filippo Natali, Elisabetta Rovatti, Enrico Clini
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.179

  • The patient needing prolonged mechanical ventilation: a narrative review

    Nicolino Ambrosino
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.104
  • Tuberculosis in South Asia: a tide in the affairs of men

    Buddha Basnyat, Maxine Caws, Zarir Udwadia
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.116
  • Criteria for enhancing mucus transport: a systematic scoping review

    Alison Pieterse, Susan D. Hanekom
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.143
  • State of the art in tracheal surgery: a brief literature review

    Mohsen Ibrahim, Alessandra Siciliani, Erino Angelo Rendina
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.182
  • Management of severe acute exacerbations of COPD: an updated narrative review

    Antoni Torres, Ernesto Crisafulli, Enric Barbeta, Antonella Ielpo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.188
  • Revisiting cefditoren for the treatment of community-acquired infections caused by human-adapted respiratory pathogens in adults

    María-José Giménez, Lorenzo Aguilar, Juan José Granizo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.197
  • From CPAP to tailored therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea

    Peter A. Cistulli, Kate Sutherland, Kristina Kairaitis, Brendon J. Yee
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.212
  • Utility of the six-minute walk test in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    Lisa Lancaster
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.215

  • Non-typeable Haemophilus Influenzae detection in the lower airways of patients with lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Krishna B. Sriram
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.122
  • Onsite production of medical air: is purity a problem?

    Paul Edwards, Patricia-Ann Therriault, Ira Katz
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.131
  • Effect of pirfenidone on wound healing in lung transplant patients

    Amber Mortensen, Lauren Cherrier, Rajat Walia
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.149
  • Breathlessness, but not cough, suggests chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in elderly smokers with stable heart failure

    Enrico M. Clini, Sara Roversi, Bianca Beghè, Michela Schito, Martina Garofalo, Mariarita Stendardo, Valentina Ruggieri, Roberto Tonelli, Alessandro Fucili, Roberto D’Amico, Federico Banchelli, Leonardo M. Fabbri
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.185

  • XII AIST 2018 Conference: “The thousand faces of cough: clinical and therapeutic updates”

    Alessandro Zanasi, Antonio M. Morselli-Labate, Massimiliano Mazzolini, Marianna Mastroroberto, Roberto W. Dal Negro, Ivan Poliacek, Alyn H. Morice, Sara Maio, Giovanni Viegi, Jamie Koufman, Francesco Torresan, Alexandros Ioannou, Daniele Mandolesi, Elisa Liverani, Amedeo Montale, Franco Bazzoli, Fabio Baldi, Maurizio Zompatori, Giovanni A. Fontana, Ahmad Kantar, Peter Dicpinigaitis, Clive Page, Surinder S. Birring, Francesco Tursi
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2018.152