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Relationship between pneumonitis induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors and the underlying parenchymal status: a retrospective study
In patients with primary or secondary lung tumour treated by immune checkpoint inhibitors, immune-related pneumonitis induced by these agents is preferentially located within lung areas involved by tumour and/or radiation fields
Predictors of loss to follow-up of tuberculosis cases under the DOTS programme in Namibia
Loss to follow-up of tuberculosis patients is an important barrier to ending TB in high-TB-burden countries. The integration of social welfare among young and/or middle-aged men is critical in reducing loss to follow-up of TB patients.
Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation Conference 2020
Read the abstracts from the ERS Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation Conference 2020
Regional distribution of high-attenuation areas on chest computed tomography in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Even when found in small regions of the lungs, high-attenuation areas, a CT-based quantitative measure of subclinical ILD, are associated with biomarkers of lung remodelling, risk of interstitial lung abnormalities and all-cause mortality

Latest Articles

12-year adherence to inhaled corticosteroids in adult-onset asthma
Iida Vähätalo, Pinja Ilmarinen, Leena E. Tuomisto, Minna Tommola, Onni Niemelä, Lauri Lehtimäki, Pentti Nieminen, Hannu Kankaanranta

ERJ Open Research Jan 2020, 6 (1) 00324-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00324-2019
“Understanding the mechanism of bronchial thermoplasty using airway volume assessed by computed tomography” David Langton, Peter B. Noble, Frank Thien and Graham M. Donovan. ERJ Open Res 2019; 5: 00272-2019.
ERJ Open Research Jan 2020, 6 (1) 00272-2019-ERR; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.50272-2019
Design and conduct of facility-based surveillance for severe childhood pneumonia in the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial
Suzanne M. Simkovich, Lindsay J. Underhill, Miles A. Kirby, Dina Goodman, Mary E. Crocker, Shakir Hossen, John P. McCracken, Oscar de León, Lisa M. Thompson, Sarada S. Garg, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Gurusamy Thangavel, Ghislaine Rosa, Jennifer L. Peel, Thomas F. Clasen, Eric D. McCollum, William Checkley

ERJ Open Research Jan 2020, 6 (1) 00308-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00308-2019
Population-based survey of antimycobacterial drug use among patients with non-tuberculosis mycobacterial pulmonary disease
Kiyohiko Izumi, Kozo Morimoto, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Manabu Ato, Naoki Hasegawa, Satoshi Mitarai

ERJ Open Research Jan 2020, 6 (1) 00097-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00097-2019
Is pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with interferon-β therapy for multiple sclerosis reversible? A case study to explore the complexity
Anastasia Anthi, Eleni Stagaki, Loukianos Rallidis, Dimitrios Konstantonis, Maria-Eleftheria Evangelopoulos, Konstantinos Voumvourakis, Apostolos Armaganidis, Stylianos E. Orfanos

ERJ Open Research Jan 2020, 6 (1) 00328-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00328-2019
Factors associated with delay in treatment initiation for pulmonary tuberculosis
David J. Roberts, Trish Mannes, Neville Q. Verlander, Charlotte Anderson

ERJ Open Research Jan 2020, 6 (1) 00161-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00161-2019