ERJ Open Research: 6 (2)

01 April 2020; volume 6, issue 2

Editorials

Open Access
Global burden of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers
Eleni Papoutsi, Vassilis G. Giannakoulis, Vasiliki Ntella, Sofia Pappa, Paraskevi Katsaounou

ERJ Open Res 6: 00195-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00195-2020 Published 5 July 2020
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Editorial comment on: Global burden of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers
Alyn H. Morice

ERJ Open Res 6: 50195-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.50195-2020 Published 5 July 2020
Open Access
Skin autofluorescence: early sign of lung function deterioration?
Emiel F.M. Wouters, Niki L. Reynaert

ERJ Open Res 6: 00368-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00368-2020 Published 20 July 2020
Open Access
Should we worry about children's exposure to third-hand by-products generated from electronic nicotine delivery systems?
Sridesh Nath, Patrick Geraghty

ERJ Open Res 6: 00194-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00194-2020 Published 20 July 2020

Congress Highlights

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ERS International Congress, Madrid, 2019: highlights from the Respiratory Infections Assembly
Cristina Calarasu, Kiarina D. Chichirelo-Konstantynovych, Stefan Frent

ERJ Open Res 6: 00316-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00316-2019 Published 11 May 2020
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ERS International Congress, Madrid, 2019: highlights from the Sleep and Clinical Physiology Assembly
Andrea Crespo, Sébastien Baillieul, Esther Marhuenda, Matteo Bradicich, Vasileios Andrianopoulos, Zafeiris Louvaris, Mathieu Marillier, Isaac Almendros

ERJ Open Res 6: 00373-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00373-2019 Published 20 July 2020
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ERS International Congress, Madrid, 2019: highlights from the Clinical Techniques, Imaging and Endoscopy Assembly
Julia d'Hooghe, Haizea Alvarez Martinez, Pia Iben Pietersen, Christian B. Laursen, Nicole Hersch, Ádám Domonkos Tárnoki, Simon Walsh, Jouke Annema, Daniela Gompelmann

ERJ Open Res 6: 00116-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00116-2020 Published 20 July 2020
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ERS International Congress, Madrid, 2019: highlights from the Paediatric Assembly
Raffaella Nenna, Monique Slaats, Refika Ersu, David Lo, Sejal Seglani, Claire Nissenbaum, Alex R. Horsley, Marijke Proesmans, Laura Petrarca, Emma Williams, Theodore Dassios, Cristina Ardura-Garcia, Liesbeth Duijts, Honorata Marczak, Deborah Snijders, Robbert Rottier, Cho-Ming Chao, Marielle W. Pijnenburg, Jonathan Grigg

ERJ Open Res 6: 00063-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00063-2020 Published 20 July 2020
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ERS International Congress, Madrid, 2019: highlights from the Thoracic Oncology Assembly
Adrien Costantini, Clementine Bostantzoglou, Torsten Gerriet Blum

ERJ Open Res 6: 00131-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00131-2020 Published 20 July 2020

Reviews

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Cough-provocation tests with hypertonic aerosols
Heikki O. Koskela, Hanna M. Nurmi, Minna K. Purokivi

ERJ Open Res 6: 00338-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00338-2019 Published 19 April 2020
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Relationship between dietary patterns and COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Michael K. Parvizian, Manreet Dhaliwal, Jeremy Li, Imran Satia, Om P. Kurmi

ERJ Open Res 6: 00168-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00168-2019 Published 11 May 2020
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Predicting and preventing hospital readmission for exacerbations of COPD
Chia Wei Kong, Tom M.A. Wilkinson

ERJ Open Res 6: 00325-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00325-2019 Published 11 May 2020
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The role of interleukin-17 in asthma: a protective response?
Gareth M. Hynes, Timothy S.C. Hinks

ERJ Open Res 6: 00364-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00364-2019 Published 26 May 2020
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Registries and collaborative studies for primary ciliary dyskinesia in Europe
Cristina Ardura-Garcia, Myrofora Goutaki, Siobhán B. Carr, Suzanne Crowley, Florian S. Halbeisen, Kim G. Nielsen, Petra Pennekamp, Johanna Raidt, Guillaume Thouvenin, Panayiotis K. Yiallouros, Heymut Omran, Claudia E. Kuehni

ERJ Open Res 6: 00005-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00005-2020 Published 26 May 2020
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D-dimer as an indicator of prognosis in SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review
Sofia Vidali, Daniele Morosetti, Elsa Cossu, Maria Luisa Eliana Luisi, Silvia Pancani, Vittorio Semeraro, Guglielmo Consales

ERJ Open Res 6: 00260-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00260-2020 Published 13 July 2020
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Smoking status and second-hand smoke biomarkers in COPD, asthma and healthy controls
Matteo Bradicich, Macé M. Schuurmans

ERJ Open Res 6: 00192-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00192-2019 Published 20 July 2020

Study protocol

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Variability in airway inflammation, symptoms, lung function and reliever use in asthma: anti-inflammatory reliever hypothesis and STIFLE study design
Tim Harrison, Ian D. Pavord, James D. Chalmers, Glenn Whelan, Malin Fagerås, Annika Rutgersson, Laura Belton, Shahid Siddiqui, Per Gustafson

ERJ Open Res 6: 00333-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00333-2019 Published 8 June 2020

Original articles

COVID-19
- Open Access
  Epidemiological features and medical care-seeking process of patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China
  Jing Hua, Rongzhang Chen, Liming Zhao, Xiaodong Wu, Qian Guo, Chunfeng He, Tian Li, Xiaoyu Ren, Zhongmin Liu, Qiang Li, Feilong Wang
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00142-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00142-2020 Published 27 April 2020
Cough
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  Prevalence and incidence of, and risk factors for chronic cough in the adult population: the Rotterdam Study
  Johnmary T. Arinze, Emmely W. de Roos, Leila Karimi, Katia M.C. Verhamme, Bruno H. Stricker, Guy G. Brusselle
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00300-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00300-2019 Published 19 April 2020
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  Persistence of chronic cough in a community-based population
  Anne M. Lätti, Juha Pekkanen, Heikki O. Koskela
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00229-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00229-2019 Published 26 May 2020
Lung cancer
- Open Access
  A microsimulation model to assess the economic impact of immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer
  Clémence Legoupil, Didier Debieuvre, Aurelien Marabelle, Stefan Michiels, Raïssa Kapso, Benjamin Besse, Julia Bonastre
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00174-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00174-2019 Published 19 April 2020
COPD
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  Management of acute COPD exacerbations in Australia: do we follow the guidelines?
  Joyce L. Cousins, Richard Wood-Baker, Peter A.B. Wark, Ian A. Yang, Peter G. Gibson, Anastasia Hutchinson, Dimitar Sajkov, Sarah A. Hiles, Sameh Samuel, Vanessa M. McDonald
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00270-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00270-2019 Published 19 April 2020
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  Efficacy and safety of two doses of budesonide/formoterol fumarate metered dose inhaler in COPD
  Nicola A. Hanania, Alberto Papi, Antonio Anzueto, Fernando J. Martinez, Kimberly A. Rossman, Christy S. Cappelletti, Elizabeth A. Duncan, Jack S. Nyberg, Paul M. Dorinsky
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00187-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00187-2019 Published 27 April 2020
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  Survival benefit of lung transplantation compared with medical management and pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with end-stage COPD
  Irina Timofte, Marniker Wijesinha, Roumen Vesselinov, June Kim, Robert Reed, Pablo G. Sanchez, Nicholas Ladikos, Si Pham, Zachary Kon, Keshava Rajagopal, Steven M. Scharf, Robert Wise, Alice L. Sternberg, David Kaczorowski, Bartley Griffith, Michael Terrin, Aldo Iacono
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00177-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00177-2019 Published 27 April 2020
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  High cytomegalovirus serology and subsequent COPD-related mortality: a longitudinal study
  Raffaella Nenna, Jing Zhai, Samuel E. Packard, Amber Spangenberg, Duane L. Sherrill, Fernando D. Martinez, Marilyn Halonen, Stefano Guerra
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00062-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00062-2020 Published 27 April 2020
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  Measures of lung function and their relationship with advanced glycation end-products
  Suneela Zaigham, Margaretha Persson, Amra Jujic, Sophia Frantz, Yan Borné, Andrei Malinovschi, Per Wollmer, Gunnar Engström
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00356-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00356-2019 Published 1 June 2020
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  Advanced nursing practice in COPD exacerbations: the solution for a gap in Switzerland?
  Gabriela Schmid-Mohler, Christian Clarenbach, Gabi Brenner, Malcolm Kohler, Eva Horvath, Marc Spielmanns, Heidi Petry
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00354-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00354-2019 Published 15 June 2020
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  Rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps in COPD
  Marte Rystad Øie, Sarah Bettina Dahlslett, Malcolm Sue-Chu, Anne-S. Helvik, Sverre Karmhus Steinsvåg, Wenche Moe Thorstensen
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00015-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00015-2020 Published 5 July 2020
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  Breathlessness and opioid prescribing in COPD in general practice: a cross-sectional, observational study
  David C. Currow, Miriam J. Johnson, Allan Pollack, Diana H. Ferreira, Slavica Kochovska, Magnus Ekström, Christopher Harrison
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00299-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00299-2019 Published 5 July 2020
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  Low serum free light chain is associated with risk of COPD exacerbation
  Kazuya Tanimura, Susumu Sato, Atsuyasu Sato, Naoya Tanabe, Koichi Hasegawa, Kiyoshi Uemasu, Yoko Hamakawa, Toyohiro Hirai, Shigeo Muro
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00288-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00288-2019 Published 5 July 2020
Interstitial lung disease
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  Prognostic impact of pre-existing interstitial lung disease in non-HIV patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia
  Shohei Hamada, Hidenori Ichiyasu, Megumi Inaba, Hiroshi Takahashi, Tomoki Sadamatsu, Kimitaka Akaike, Aiko Masunaga, Yasumasa Tashiro, Naomi Hirata, Takeshi Yoshinaga, Takuro Sakagami
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00306-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00306-2019 Published 4 May 2020
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  Acute exacerbation of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias related to chemotherapy for lung cancer: nationwide surveillance in Japan
  Yuji Minegishi, Akihiko Gemma, Sakae Homma, Kazuma Kishi, Arata Azuma, Takashi Ogura, Naoki Hamada, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Noboru Hattori, Yasuhiko Nishioka, Kiminobu Tanizawa, Takeshi Johkoh, Takuma Yokoyama, Kazutaka Mori, Yoshio Taguchi, Masahito Ebina, Naohiko Inase, Koichi Hagiwara, Hiroshi Ohnishi, Hiroshi Mukae, Yoshikazu Inoue, Kazuyoshi Kuwano, Hirofumi Chiba, Ken Ohta, Yoshinori Tanino, Fumikazu Sakai, Yukihiko Sugiyama
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00184-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00184-2019 Published 26 May 2020
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  Trends in systemic sclerosis and systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary arterial hypertension mortality in the USA
  Pailin Ratanawatkul, Joshua J. Solomon, Darlene Kim, Marjorie P. George, Lia R. Matarrese McGibbon, M. Kristen Demoruelle, Mehrnaz Maleki-Fischbach, Isabelle Amigues, Liudmila Kastsianok, Evans R. Fernández Pérez
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00309-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00309-2019 Published 15 June 2020
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  Prospective multicentre study on the safety and utility of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy with endobronchial balloon
  Minoru Inomata, Naoyuki Kuse, Nobuyasu Awano, Mari Tone, Hanako Yoshimura, Tatsunori Jo, Jonsu Minami, Kohei Takada, Bae Yuan, Toshio Kumasaka, Hideaki Yamakawa, Shintaro Sato, Kazunori Tobino, Hidekazu Matsushima, Tamiko Takemura, Takehiro Izumo
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00008-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00008-2020 Published 22 June 2020
Tuberculosis
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  Mobilising community networks for early identification of tuberculosis and treatment initiation in Cambodia: an evaluation of a seed-and-recruit model
  Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Kiesha Prem, Sovannary Tuot, Chetra Ork, Sothearith Eng, Tripti Pande, Monyrath Chry, Li Yang Hsu, Siyan Yi
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00368-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00368-2019 Published 4 May 2020
Pulmonary vascular disease
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  Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in Saudi Arabia: preliminary results from the SAUDIPH registry
  Abdullah M. Aldalaan, Sarfraz A. Saleemi, Ihab Weheba, Abeer Abdelsayed, Pekka Hämmäinen, Maha M. Aleid, Fatima Alzubi, Hamdeia Zaytoun, Nadeen Alharbi
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00218-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00218-2019 Published 11 May 2020
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  Sex-specific and age-related seasonal variations regarding incidence and in-hospital mortality of pulmonary embolism in Germany
  Karsten Keller, Lukas Hobohm, Thomas Münzel, Stavros V. Konstantinides, Mareike Lankeit
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00181-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00181-2020 Published 22 June 2020
Sleep
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  Effect of ventilation therapy on mortality rate among obesity hypoventilation syndrome and obstructive sleep apnoea patients
  Hanna-Riikka Kreivi, Tuomas Itäluoma, Adel Bachour
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00101-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00101-2019 Published 11 May 2020
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  Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia reduces sleep apnoea severity: a randomised controlled trial
  Alexander Sweetman, Leon Lack, R. Doug McEvoy, Nick A. Antic, Simon Smith, Ching Li Chai-Coetzer, James Douglas, Amanda O'Grady, Nicola Dunn, Jan Robinson, Denzil Paul, Danny Eckert, Peter G. Catcheside
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00161-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00161-2020 Published 17 May 2020
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  Predictive equation for optimal continuous positive airway pressure in children with obstructive sleep apnoea
  Joelle Chong, Ram Bajpai, Oon Hoe Teoh, Arun Pugalenthi, John C. Allen, Zai Ru Cheng, Soh Gin Tan, Meilan Lim, Jasmine Tan, Anne Goh, Yi Hua Tan, Biju Thomas
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00312-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00312-2019 Published 8 June 2020
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  Effect of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on permeability, inflammation and mucus production of human epithelial cells
  Sandra Grau-Bartual, Ahmed M. Al-Jumaily, Paul M. Young, Daniela Traini, Maliheh Ghadiri
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00327-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00327-2019 Published 8 June 2020
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  SAS Care 1: sleep-disordered breathing in acute stroke and transient ischaemic attack – prevalence, evolution and association with functional outcome at 3 months, a prospective observational polysomnography study
  Sebastian R. Ott, Francesco Fanfulla, Silvia Miano, Thomas Horvath, Andrea Seiler, Corrado Bernasconi, Carlo W. Cereda, Anne-Kathrin Brill, Peter Young, Lino Nobili, Mauro Manconi, Claudio L.A. Bassetti
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00334-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00334-2019 Published 15 June 2020
Respiratory infections
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  Repeat assessment of examination signs among children in Malawi with fast-breathing pneumonia
  Jennifer L. Lenahan, Evangelyn Nkwopara, Melda Phiri, Tisungane Mvalo, Mari T. Couasnon, Kali Turner, Chifundo Ndamala, Eric D. McCollum, Susanne May, Amy Sarah Ginsburg
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00275-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00275-2019 Published 26 May 2020
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  Pulmonary tularaemia: a differential diagnosis to lung cancer
  Astrid Kravdal, Øystein Olav Stubhaug, Anne Grete Wågø, Magnus Steien Sætereng, Dag Amundsen, Ruta Piekuviene, Annette Kristiansen
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00093-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00093-2019 Published 29 June 2020
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  Ability of the LACE index to predict 30-day hospital readmissions in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
  Claudia C. Dobler, Maryam Hakim, Sidhartha Singh, Matthew Jennings, Grant Waterer, Frances L. Garden
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00301-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00301-2019 Published 20 July 2020
Lung transplantation
- Open Access
  Shorter telomere length following lung transplantation is associated with clinically significant leukopenia and decreased chronic lung allograft dysfunction-free survival
  Andrew M. Courtwright, Anthony M. Lamattina, Mai Takahashi, Anil J. Trindade, Gary M. Hunninghake, Ivan O. Rosas, Suneet Agarwal, Benjamin A. Raby, Hilary J. Goldberg, Souheil El-Chemaly
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00003-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00003-2020 Published 15 June 2020
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  Quantity and quality of antigravity muscles in patients undergoing living-donor lobar lung transplantation: 1-year longitudinal analysis using chest computed tomography images
  Yohei Oshima, Susumu Sato, Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa, Yuji Yoshioka, Nana Shimamura, Ryota Hamada, Manabu Nankaku, Akira Tamaki, Hiroshi Date, Shuichi Matsuda
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00205-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00205-2019 Published 5 July 2020
Asthma
- Open Access
  The impact of a heat and moisture exchange mask on respiratory symptoms and airway response to exercise in asthma
  Anna R. Jackson, James H. Hull, James G. Hopker, Hannah Fletcher, William Gowers, Surinder S. Birring, John W. Dickinson
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00271-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00271-2019 Published 22 June 2020
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  Annual changes in the prevalence of asthma may be related to air pollution in Fukuoka: 29 years of observation
  Hiroshi Odajima, Toshiaki Kawano, Masatoshi Wakatsuki, Yuko Akaminea, Koki Okabe, Tuyoshi Oki, Hiroshi Matsuzaki, Yoko Murakami, Mihoko Iwata, Naohiko Taba, Chikako Motomura, Satoshi Honjo, Takahito Ninomiya
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00166-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00166-2020 Published 29 June 2020
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  Fluctuation-based clustering reveals phenotypes of patients with different asthma severity
  Anja Jochmann, Luca Artusio, Hoda Sharifian, Angela Jamalzadeh, Louise J. Fleming, Andrew Bush, Urs Frey, Edgar Delgado-Eckert
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00007-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00007-2019 Published 5 July 2020
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  Small airway function in obese individuals with self-reported asthma
  Beno W. Oppenheimer, Roberta M. Goldring, Israa Soghier, David Smith, Manish Parikh, Kenneth I. Berger
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00371-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00371-2019 Published 20 July 2020
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  Serum periostin reflects dynamic hyperinflation in patients with asthma
  Takamitsu Asano, Hiroyuki Ohbayashi, Mitsue Ariga, Osamu Furuta, Sahori Kudo, Junya Ono, Kenji Izuhara
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00347-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00347-2019 Published 20 July 2020
Lung function
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  Differences in lung clearance index and functional residual capacity between two commercial multiple-breath nitrogen washout devices in healthy children and adults
  Annelies M. Zwitserloot, Evelyne J. van den Born, Lena H.A. Raaijmakers, Wouter E. Stalman, Marjanne van Smaalen, Maarten van den Berge, Monika Gappa, Gerard H. Koppelman, Brigitte W.M. Willemse
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00247-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00247-2019 Published 29 June 2020
Paediatric pulmonology
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  Assessing paediatric exercise-induced bronchoconstriction using electromyography
  Pascal B. Keijzer, Mattiènne R. van der Kamp, Boony J. Thio, Frans H.C. de Jongh, Jean M.M. Driessen
  
  ERJ Open Res 6: 00298-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00298-2019 Published 29 June 2020

Original research letters

Open Access
Evidence from a mouse model on the dangers of thirdhand electronic cigarette exposure during early life
Hui Chen, Gerard Li, Venkata Sita Rama Raju Allam, Baoming Wang, Yik Lung Chan, Claudia Scarfo, Maiken Ueland, Ronald Shimmon, Shanlin Fu, Paul Foster, Brian G. Oliver

ERJ Open Res 6: 00022-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00022-2020 Published 19 April 2020
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Ivacaftor decreases monocyte sensitivity to interferon-γ in people with cystic fibrosis
Katherine B. Hisert, Timothy P. Birkland, Kelly Q. Schoenfelt, Matthew E. Long, Brenda Grogan, Suzanne Carter, W. Conrad Liles, Edward F. McKone, Lev Becker, Anne M. Manicone

ERJ Open Res 6: 00318-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00318-2019 Published 19 April 2020
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Low adherence to inhaled corticosteroids/long-acting β₂-agonists and biologic treatment in severe asthmatics
Marco Caminati, Andrea Vianello, Margherita Andretta, Anna Michela Menti, Silvia Tognella, Luca Degli Esposti, Claudio Micheletto, Chiara Bovo, Gianenrico Senna

ERJ Open Res 6: 00017-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00017-2020 Published 27 April 2020
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Lack of evidence for the involvement of Merkel cell polyomavirus in pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Fanélie Jouenne, Jérôme Le Goff, Emmanuelle Bugnet, Maud Salmona, Véronique Meignin, Gwenaël Lorillon, Aurélie Sadoux, Janine Cherot, Céleste Lebbé, Samia Mourah, Abdellatif Tazi

ERJ Open Res 6: 00230-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00230-2019 Published 11 May 2020
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Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: a consequence of vaping
Caroline M. Patterson, Kamen Valchanov, Allanah Barker, Martin Goddard, Huina Yang, Angus G. Butchart

ERJ Open Res 6: 00013-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00013-2020 Published 17 May 2020
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A survey of specialist opinions on biomarker use in severe asthma in Australia: scepticism but hope?
J. Michael Ramsahai, Jodie L. Simpson, Liam Heaney, Nicola Gallagher, Peter A.B. Wark

ERJ Open Res 6: 00113-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00113-2020 Published 26 May 2020
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Doxycycline for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in outpatients: who benefits?
Patricia van Velzen, Gerben ter Riet, Paul Brinkman, Peter J. Sterk, Jan M. Prins

ERJ Open Res 6: 00099-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00099-2020 Published 26 May 2020
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SARS-CoV-2: minireview and review of first case in Foshan, China
Lixin Zhou, Weibiao Wen, Honglian Bai, Fengyun Wang, Haiming Yan, Chang Li, Minfeng Liang, Jiarong Zhong, Jinsong Shao, Tieou Yu, Xinhua Qiang, Xiaofan Mao, Kairong Lin, Zhanwen Guan, Yinong Ye, Wei Luo

ERJ Open Res 6: 00090-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00090-2020 Published 22 June 2020
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Tracheobronchomegaly, cough and recurrent chest infection: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
Imran Satia, Benny Dua, Nina Singh, Kieran Killian, Paul M. O'Byrne

ERJ Open Res 6: 00138-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00138-2020 Published 29 June 2020
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Estimates of the initial impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on overall mortality: evidence from Italy
Sara Conti, Pietro Ferrara, Carla Fornari, Sergio Harari, Fabiana Madotto, Andrea Silenzi, Alberto Zucchi, Lamberto Manzoli, Lorenzo G. Mantovani

ERJ Open Res 6: 00179-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00179-2020 Published 29 June 2020
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Ventilating two patients with one ventilator: technical setup and laboratory testing
Frans H.C. de Jongh, Heder J. de Vries, Rob S.P. Warnaar, Eline Oppersma, Rudolf Verdaasdonk, Leo M.A. Heunks, Jonne Doorduin

ERJ Open Res 6: 00256-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00256-2020 Published 5 July 2020
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Individual circadian preference (chronotype) is associated with asthma and allergic symptoms among adolescents
Prasun Haldar, Anne-Elie Carsin, Smriti Debnath, Santi Gopal Maity, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Arghya Bandyopadhayay, Saibal Moitra, Manolis Kogevinas, Subhabrata Moitra

ERJ Open Res 6: 00226-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00226-2020 Published 5 July 2020
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COVID-19 necrotising pneumonia and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a challenge for anticoagulation
Suzanne Goursaud, Martin Mombrun, Damien du Cheyron

ERJ Open Res 6: 00182-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00182-2020 Published 5 July 2020
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Proning reduces ventilation heterogeneity in patients with elevated BMI: implications for COVID-19 pneumonia management?
Brody H. Foy, Christopher E. Brightling, Salman Siddiqui

ERJ Open Res 6: 00292-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00292-2020 Published 13 July 2020
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False-negative RT-PCR in SARS-CoV-2 disease: experience from an Italian COVID-19 unit
Marcello Di Paolo, Alessandra Iacovelli, Federica Olmati, Ilaria Menichini, Alessandra Oliva, Martina Carnevalini, Elda Graziani, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Paolo Palange

ERJ Open Res 6: 00324-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00324-2020 Published 13 July 2020
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension in breast cancer patients on HER2-targeted therapy: a review of FDA Adverse Events Reporting System data
Godsfavour Umoru, Matthew Taitano, Sarah Beshay, Polly Niravath, Sandeep Sahay

ERJ Open Res 6: 00199-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00199-2020 Published 20 July 2020
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Time taken from primary care referral to a specialist centre diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an opportunity to improve patient outcomes?
Christopher J. Brereton, Timothy Wallis, Michelle Casey, Lynn Fox, Katarina Pontopiddan, Diane Laws, Jennifer Graves, Vanessa Titmuss, Sarah Kearney, Sian Evans, Alison Grove, Samreen Hamid, Luca Richeldi, Katherine M.A. O'Reilly, Sophie V. Fletcher, Mark G. Jones

ERJ Open Res 6: 00120-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00120-2020 Published 20 July 2020
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Low D_LCO predicts all-cause hospital admissions in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction or diastolic dysfunction
Mathieu D. Saint-Pierre, Joseph Abdulnour, Roland Sabbagh, J. Alberto Neder

ERJ Open Res 6: 00095-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00095-2020 Published 20 July 2020
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ERJ Open Res 6: 00169-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00169-2020 Published 20 July 2020

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ERJ Open Res 6: 00028-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00028-2020 Published 11 May 2020
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ERJ Open Res 6: 00111-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00111-2020 Published 17 May 2020
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ERJ Open Res 6: 00198-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00198-2020 Published 26 May 2020
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ERJ Open Res 6: 00220-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00220-2020 Published 1 June 2020
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ERJ Open Res 6: 00173-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00173-2020 Published 20 July 2020
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ERJ Open Res 6: 00252-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00252-2020 Published 20 July 2020

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