May 2014

Editorial Board
Published in issue: May 2014
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Review Articles

Hookah, is it really harmless?
• Ruben Blachman-Braun,
• Raquel Lira Del Mazo-Rodríguez,
• Gustavo López-Sámano,
• Ivette Buendía-Roldán
Published online: February 10, 2014
p661-667

Metastatic pulmonary calcification: State-of-the-art review focused on imaging findings
• Luciana Camara Belém,
• Gláucia Zanetti,
• Arthur Soares Souza Jr.,
• ...
• Luiz Felipe Nobre,
• Rosana Souza Rodrigues,
• Edson Marchiori
Published online: February 07, 2014
p668-676

Original Articles

Asthma and Allergy

Indoor molds and lung function in healthy adults
• Samu Hernberg,
• Penpatra Sripaiboonkij,
• Reginald Quansah,
• Jouni J.K. Jaakkola,
• Maritta S. Jaakkola
Published online: March 20, 2014
p677-684

Five-fold increase in use of inhaled corticosteroids over 18 years in the general adult population in West Sweden
• Linda Ekerljung,
• Anders Bjerg,
• Apostolos Bossios,
• ...
• Göran Wennergren,
• Jan Lötvall,
• Bo Lundbäck
Published online: March 17, 2014
p685-693

Guidance on handheld inhalers in asthma and COPD guidelines
• P.N. Richard Dekhuijzen,
• Leif Bjermer,
• Federico Lavorini,
• Vincent Ninane,
• Mathieu Molimard,
• John Haughney
Published online: March 03, 2014
p694-700
Trends in the prevalence of asthma, rhinitis, and eczema in 15 year old adolescents over an 8 year period
• Jeong-Lim Kim,
• Jonas Brisman,
• Maria Al Åberg,
• Heléne Bertéus Forslund,
• Anna Winkvist,
• Kjell Torén
Published online: March 24, 2014
p701-708

Potential role of pentosidine on susceptibility to small airway closure in elderly and smoking asthma
• Hiroshi Kanazawa,
• Shigenori Kyoh,
• Yoshihiro Tochino,
• Kazuhisa Asai,
• Kazuto Hirata
Published online: March 18, 2014
p709-715

Bronchiectasis/Cystic Fibrosis


Exploration of the impact of ‘mild phenotypes’ ON median age at death IN the UK CF registry
• Z.H. Hoo,
• M.J. Wildman,
• M.D. Teare
Published online: March 13, 2014
p716-721

COPD


Home non-invasive ventilation use following acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in COPD
• Jonathan A. Galli,
• Jason S. Krahnke,
• A. James Mamary,
• Kartik Shenoy,
• Huaqing Zhao,
• Gerard J. Criner
Published online: March 24, 2014
p722-728

Understanding the GOLD 2011 Strategy as applied to a real-world COPD population
• Jørgen Vestbo,
• Claus Vogelmeier,
• Mark Small,
• Victoria Higgins
Published online: March 17, 2014
p729-736

Multicentric study on the beta-blocker use and relation with exacerbations in COPD
• Luis Puente-Maestu,
• Myriam Calle,
• Ángel Ortega-González,
• ...
• Bernardino Alcázar,
• Gema Tirado-Conde
• on behalf of the GEMEPOC Group
Published online: February 24, 2014
p737-744
Determinants of exercise capacity in obese and non-obese COPD patients
• Diego A. Rodríguez,
• Judith Garcia-Aymerich,
• Jose L. Valera,
• ...
• Josep M. Antó,
• Josep Roca
• on behalf of the PAC-COPD Study Group
Published online: February 14, 2014
p745-751

Airway hyperresponsiveness and development of lung function in adolescence and adulthood
• Lotte Harmsen,
• Charlotte S. Ulrik,
• Celeste Porsbjerg,
• Simon F. Thomsen,
• Claus Holst,
• Vibeke Backer
Published online: January 27, 2014
p752-757

Environmental & Occupational Lung Disease


Divers revisited: The ventilatory response to carbon dioxide in experienced scuba divers
• Christopher Matthew Norton Earing,
• Damian John McKeon,
• Hans-Peter Kubis
Published online: February 24, 2014
p758-765

Interstitial Lung Disease


Peripheral CD4+ cell prevalence and pleuropulmonary manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
• Krisztina Vincze,
• Zsuzsanna Kovats,
• Aron Cseh,
• ...
• Lilla Tamasi,
• György Losonczy,
• Veronika Müller
Published online: February 20, 2014
p766-774

Serial chitotriosidase measurements in sarcoidosis – Two to five year follow-up study
• Matevž Harlander,
• Barbara Salobir,
• Mirjana Zupančič,
• Marija Dolenšek,
• Tanja Bavčar Vodovnik,
• Marjeta Terčelj
Published online: February 18, 2014
p775-782

Expression of toll-like receptor 2 and 4 is increased in the respiratory epithelial cells of chronic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia patients
• Heounjeong Go,
• Jaemoon Koh,
• Hye Sung Kim,
• Yoon Kyung Jeon,
• Doo Hyun Chung
Published online: January 23, 2014
p783-792

A cohort study of interstitial lung diseases in central Denmark
• Charlotte Hyldgaard,
• Ole Hilberg,
• Audrey Muller,
• Elisabeth Bendstrup
Published online: March 17, 2014
p793-799

Pulmonary Infections


Are airways structural abnormalities more frequent in children with recurrent lower respiratory tract infections?
• Mikel Santiago-Burruchaga,
• Rafael Zalacain-Jorge,
• Carlos Vazquez-Cordero
Published online: March 24, 2014
p800-805

Predictors and impact of time to clinical stability in community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia
• Kazuto Takada,
• Shuuichi Matsumoto,
• Eiji Kojima,
• ...
• Daiki Goto,
• Takahiro Shimizu,
• Kango Nohara
Published online: February 21, 2014
p806-812

Letters to the Editor

CT screening in COPD: Impact on lung cancer mortality
de Torres JP, Casanova C, Marin JM et al. Exploring the impact of screening with low-dose CT on lung cancer mortality in mild to moderate COPD patients: A pilot study. Respir Med 2013; 107: 702–707
• R.P. Young,
• R.J. Hopkins
Published online: February 13, 2014
p813-814
Response to “Exploring the impact of screening with low-dose CT on lung cancer mortality in mild to moderate COPD patients”
• Juan P. de-Torres,
• Javier J. Zulueta
Published online: February 18, 2014
p815

Multidetector computed tomography angiography for pre-embolization assessment in cystic fibrosis patients with massive haemoptysis
• Rosa María Girón Moreno,
• Paloma Caballero,
• Alfonsa Friera
Published online: January 13, 2014
p816-817