ERJ Open Research: 7 (1)

01 January 2021; volume 7, issue 1

Reviews

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Systematic review of diagnostic methods for acute respiratory distress syndrome
Laura A. Hagens, Nanon F.L. Heijnen, Marry R. Smit, Marcus J. Schultz, Dennis C.J.J. Bergmans, Ronny M. Schnabel, Lieuwe D.J. Bos

ERJ Open Res 7: 00504-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00504-2020 Published 18 January 2021
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Sex disparities in cystic fibrosis: review on the effect of female sex hormones on lung pathophysiology and outcomes
Grace Y. Lam, Jodi Goodwin, Pearce G. Wilcox, Bradley S. Quon

ERJ Open Res 7: 00475-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00475-2020 Published 18 January 2021
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Severe asthma: adding new evidence – Latin American Thoracic Society
Gabriel García, Miguel Bergna, Juan C. Vásquez, Maria C. Cano Salas, José L. Miguel, Carlos Celis Preciado, Agustin Acuña Izcaray, Manuel Barros Monge, Natalia García Batista, Ignacio Zabert, José L. Mayorga, Renato Casanova Mendoza, Martha Gutierrez, Maria F. Montero Arias, Luzcenelia Urtecho Perez, Miguel Antúnez, Victoria Williams Derby, Alejandra Villatoro Azméquita, Luis Motiño, M. Alenita De Oliveira, Diana Rey Sanchez, Marisol Arroyo, Mario Rodriguez

ERJ Open Res 7: 00318-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00318-2020 Published 18 January 2021
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Do probiotics help prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients? A systematic review with meta-analysis
Jie Zhao, Lei-qing Li, Cheng-yang Chen, Gen-sheng Zhang, Wei Cui, Bao-ping Tian

ERJ Open Res 7: 00302-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00302-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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Highlights from the Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation 2020 Conference
Adelaide Withers, Tiffany Choi Ching Man, Rebecca D'Cruz, Heder de Vries, Christoph Fisser, Carla Ribeiro, Neeraj Shah, Marine Van Hollebecke, Bettine A.H. Vosse, Leo Heunks, Maxime Patout

ERJ Open Res 7: 00752-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00752-2020 Published 8 February 2021
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Assessment of recent evidence for the management of patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease: a systematic review
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, Toby M. Maher, Edward E. Philpot, Ali Ashrafzadeh, Oliver Distler

ERJ Open Res 7: 00235-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00235-2020 Published 22 February 2021
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The safety of cardioselective β₁-blockers in asthma: literature review and search of global pharmacovigilance safety reports
Miriam Bennett, Catherina L. Chang, Michael Tatley, Ruth Savage, Robert J. Hancox

ERJ Open Res 7: 00801-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00801-2020 Published 1 March 2021

Congress highlights

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ERS International Congress 2020: highlights from the General Pneumology Assembly
Luke Daines, Joren Buekers, Beatriz Abascal Bolado, Janwillem W.H. Kocks, Guido Vagheggini, Vitalii Poberezhets, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Hilary Pinnock, Lowie E.G.W. Vanfleteren

ERJ Open Res 7: 00841-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00841-2020 Published 8 February 2021
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ERS International Congress 2020 Virtual: highlights from the Allied Respiratory Professionals Assembly
Elizabeth Smith, Max Thomas, Ebru Calik-Kutukcu, Irene Torres-Sánchez, Maria Granados-Santiago, Juan Carlos Quijano-Campos, Karl Sylvester, Chris Burtin, Andreja Sajnic, Jana De Brandt, Joana Cruz

ERJ Open Res 7: 00808-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00808-2020 Published 8 February 2021

Original articles

COVID-19
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  COPD in the time of COVID-19: an analysis of acute exacerbations and reported behavioural changes in patients with COPD
  Hamish McAuley, Kate Hadley, Omer Elneima, Christopher E. Brightling, Rachael A. Evans, Michael C. Steiner, Neil J. Greening
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00718-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00718-2020 Published 18 January 2021
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  Outcomes of COVID-19 patients treated with continuous positive airway pressure outside the intensive care unit
  Rosanna Vaschetto, Francesco Barone-Adesi, Fabrizio Racca, Claudio Pissaia, Carlo Maestrone, Davide Colombo, Carlo Olivieri, Nello De Vita, Erminio Santangelo, Lorenza Scotti, Luigi Castello, Tiziana Cena, Martina Taverna, Luca Grillenzoni, Maria Adele Moschella, Gianluca Airoldi, Silvio Borrè, Francesco Mojoli, Francesco Della Corte, Marta Baggiani, Sara Baino, Piero Balbo, Simona Bazzano, Valeria Bonato, Sara Carbonati, Federico Crimaldi, Veronica Daffara, Luca De Col, Matteo Maestrone, Mario Malerba, Federica Moroni, Raffaella Perucca, Mario Pirisi, Valentina Rondi, Daniela Rosalba, Letizia Vanni, Francesca Vigone, Paolo Navalesi, Gianmaria Cammarota
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00541-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00541-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Severe outcomes of COVID-19 among patients with COPD and asthma
  Erik Soeren Halvard Hansen, Amalie Lykkemark Moeller, Vibeke Backer, Mikkel Porsborg Andersen, Lars Kober, Kristian Kragholm, Christian Torp-Pedersen
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00594-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00594-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Heparin-binding protein levels correlate with aggravation and multiorgan damage in severe COVID-19
  Mingshan Xue, Yifeng Zeng, Hui-Qi Qu, Teng Zhang, Ning Li, Huimin Huang, Peiyan Zheng, Haisheng Hu, Luqian Zhou, Zhifeng Duan, Yong Zhang, Wei Bao, Li-feng Tian, Hakon Hakonarson, Nanshan Zhong, Xiaohua Douglas Zhang, Baoqing Sun
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00741-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00741-2020 Published 1 February 2021
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  Chest radiography is a poor predictor of respiratory symptoms and functional impairment in survivors of severe COVID-19 pneumonia
  Rebecca F. D'Cruz, Michael D. Waller, Felicity Perrin, Jimstan Periselneris, Sam Norton, Laura-Jane Smith, Tanya Patrick, David Walder, Amadea Heitmann, Kai Lee, Rajiv Madula, William McNulty, Patricia Macedo, Rebecca Lyall, Geoffrey Warwick, James B. Galloway, Surinder S. Birring, Amit Patel, Irem Patel, Caroline J. Jolley
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00655-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00655-2020 Published 8 February 2021
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  Underestimation of COVID-19 mortality during the pandemic
  Stacey Kung, Marjan Doppen, Melissa Black, Irene Braithwaite, Ciléin Kearns, Mark Weatherall, Richard Beasley, Nethmi Kearns
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00766-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00766-2020 Published 15 February 2021
Respiratory infections
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  Longitudinal non-cystic fibrosis trends of pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus disease from 2010 to 2017: spread of the “globally successful clone” in Asia
  Aristine Cheng, Hsin-Yun Sun, Yi-Tzu Tsai, Po-Liang Lu, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Yi-Tzu Lee, Yung-Chih Wang, Po-Yu Liu, Jung-Yien Chien, Po-Ren Hsueh, Shu-Yuan Chang, Un-In Wu, Wang-Huei Sheng, Yee-Chun Chen, Shan-Chwen Chang
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00191-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00191-2020 Published 18 January 2021
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  Statin use is associated with reduced mortality after respiratory viral infection
  Juan Antonio Franco-Peláez, Laura Esteban-Lucia, María de los Ángeles Zambrano Chacón, Ana María Pello-Lázaro, Ana María Venegas Rodriguez, Luis Nieto Roca, Camila Sofia García-Talavera, Andrea Kallmeyer Mayor, Felipe Villar Alvarez, Ricardo Fernandez Roblas, Oscar Gonzalez-Lorenzo, José Tuñón, Borja Ibañez, Alvaro Aceña
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00365-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00365-2020 Published 1 February 2021
Tuberculosis
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  Collaborative tuberculosis/HIV activities in the European Region
  Gerard de Vries, Sarah van de Berg, Anke van Dam, Sayohat Hasanova, Manish Pareek, Marieke J. van der Werf, Daria N. Podlekareva
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00721-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00721-2020 Published 18 January 2021
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  Outcomes with a shorter multidrug-resistant tuberculosis regimen from Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
  Philipp du Cros, Atadjan Khamraev, Zinaida Tigay, Tleubergen Abdrasuliev, Jane Greig, Graham Cooke, Krzysztof Herboczek, Tanya Pylypenko, Catherine Berry, Amrita Ronnachit, David Lister, Sebastian Dietrich, Cono Ariti, Khasan Safaev, Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa, Nargiza Parpieva, Mirzagalib Tillashaikhov, Jay Achar
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00537-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00537-2020 Published 8 February 2021
Cystic fibrosis
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  Avatar acceptability: views from the Australian Cystic Fibrosis community on the use of personalised organoid technology to guide treatment decisions
  Laura K. Fawcett, Claire E. Wakefield, Sheila Sivam, Peter G. Middleton, Peter Wark, John Widger, Adam Jaffe, Shafagh A. Waters
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00448-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00448-2020 Published 18 January 2021
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  Lumacaftor/ivacaftor-associated health stabilisation in adults with severe cystic fibrosis
  Susannah J. King, Dominic Keating, Elyssa Williams, Eldho Paul, Brigitte M. Borg, Felicity Finlayson, Brenda M. Button, John W. Wilson, Tom Kotsimbos
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00203-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00203-2020 Published 1 February 2021
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  First clinical trials of the inhaled epithelial sodium channel inhibitor BI 1265162 in healthy volunteers
  Alison Mackie, Juliane Rascher, Marion Schmid, Verena Endriss, Tobias Brand, Wolfgang Seibold
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00447-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00447-2020 Published 1 February 2021
Primary ciliary dyskinesia
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  CiliarMove: new software for evaluating ciliary beat frequency helps find novel mutations by a Portuguese multidisciplinary team on primary ciliary dyskinesia
  Pedro Sampaio, Mónica Ferro da Silva, Inês Vale, Mónica Roxo-Rosa, Andreia Pinto, Carolina Constant, Luisa Pereira, Carla M. Quintão, Susana S. Lopes
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00792-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00792-2020 Published 8 February 2021
Lung biology
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  Extended lifespan of bronchial epithelial cells maintains normal cellular phenotype and transcriptome integrity
  Jonathan O'Loughlin, Robert J. Hall, Sangita Bhaker, Michael A. Portelli, Amanda Henry, Vincent Pang, David O. Bates, Tyson V. Sharp, Ian Sayers
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00254-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00254-2020 Published 18 January 2021
Critical care
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  Validation of the Swedevox registry of continuous positive airway pressure, long-term mechanical ventilator and long-term oxygen therapy
  Magnus Ekström, Dirk Albrecht, Susanne Andersson, Ludger Grote, Birgitta Kärrsten Rundström, Andreas Palm, Jenny Theorell-Haglöw, Josefin Wahlberg, Bengt Midgren
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00340-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00340-2020 Published 18 January 2021
Smoking
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  Losartan reduces cigarette smoke-induced airway inflammation and mucus hypersecretion
  Michael D. Kim, Nathalie Baumlin, John S. Dennis, Makoto Yoshida, Adrian Kis, Carolina Aguiar, Andreas Schmid, Eliana Mendes, Matthias Salathe
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00394-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00394-2020 Published 25 January 2021
COPD
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  Endoscopic lung volume reduction with endobronchial valves in very low D_LCO patients: results from the German Registry – Lungenemphysemregister e.V.
  Pavlina Lenga, Christoph Ruwwe-Glösenkamp, Christian Grah, Joachim Pfannschmidt, Jens Rückert, Stephan Eggeling, Sven Gläser, Bernd Schmidt, Paul Schneider, Sylke Kurz, Gunda Leschber, Andreas Gebhardt, Birgit Becke, Olaf Schega, Jakob Borchardt, Ralf-Harto Hübner
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00449-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00449-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Aerosol delivery aspects within a high-flow therapy system in COPD patients
  Yasmin M. Madney, Nabila Ibrahim Laz, Ahmed A. Elberry, Hoda Rabea, Mohamed E.A. Abdelrahim
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00422-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00422-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Aspiration and severe exacerbations in COPD: a prospective study
  Lydia Cvejic, Nadine Guiney, Tiffany Nicholson, Kenneth K. Lau, Paul Finlay, Kais Hamza, Christian Osadnik, Paul Leong, Martin MacDonald, Paul T. King, Philip G. Bardin
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00735-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00735-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis in Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease: clinical characteristics and prognostic impact
  Yuji Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Tsujino, Tomoki Kuge, Fukuko Okabe, Takahiro Kawasaki, Takanori Matsuki, Hiroyuki Kagawa, Mari Miki, Keisuke Miki, Masahide Mori, Hiroshi Kida
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00765-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00765-2020 Published 1 February 2021
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  Treatable cardiac disease in hospitalised COPD exacerbations
  Paul Leong, Martin I. MacDonald, Paul T. King, Christian R. Osadnik, Brian S. Ko, Shane A. Landry, Kais Hamza, Ahilan Kugenasan, John M. Troupis, Philip G. Bardin
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00756-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00756-2020 Published 8 February 2021
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  Predictors of pulmonary rehabilitation completion in the UK
  Philip W. Stone, Katherine Hickman, Michael C. Steiner, C. Michael Roberts, Jennifer K. Quint, Sally J. Singh
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00509-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00509-2020 Published 8 February 2021
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  Blood eosinophils on hospital admission for COPD exacerbation do not predict the recurrence of moderate and severe relapses
  Balázs Csoma, András Bikov, Ferenc Tóth, György Losonczy, Veronika Müller, Zsófia Lázár
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00543-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00543-2020 Published 8 February 2021
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  Efficacy of indacaterol/glycopyrronium versus salmeterol/fluticasone in current and ex-smokers: a pooled analysis of IGNITE trials
  David M.G. Halpin, Claus F. Vogelmeier, Karen Mezzi, Pritam Gupta, Konstantinos Kostikas, Jadwiga A. Wedzicha
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00816-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00816-2020 Published 22 February 2021
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  Cardiac biomarkers and long-term outcomes of exacerbations of COPD: a long-term follow-up of two cohorts
  Eskandarain Shafuddin, Sarah M. Fairweather, Catherina L. Chang, Christine Tuffery, Robert J. Hancox
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00531-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00531-2020 Published 22 February 2021
Asthma and COPD
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  Validation of a diagnosis-agnostic symptom questionnaire for asthma and/or COPD
  Niklas Karlsson, Mark J. Atkinson, Hana Müllerová, Marianna Alacqua, Christina Keen, Rod Hughes, Christer Janson, Barry Make, David Price, Helen K. Reddel
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00828-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00828-2020 Published 1 February 2021
Asthma
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  ICS-formoterol reliever versus ICS and short-acting β₂-agonist reliever in asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  Lee Hatter, Pepa Bruce, Irene Braithwaite, Mark Holliday, James Fingleton, Mark Weatherall, Richard Beasley
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00701-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00701-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Bronchodilator reversibility as a diagnostic test for adult asthma: findings from the population-based Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study
  Daniel J. Tan, Caroline J. Lodge, Adrian J. Lowe, Dinh S. Bui, Gayan Bowatte, David P. Johns, Garun S. Hamilton, Paul S. Thomas, Michael J. Abramson, E. Haydn Walters, Jennifer L. Perret, Shyamali C. Dharmage
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00042-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00042-2020 Published 8 February 2021
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  Long-term adherence to inhaled corticosteroids and asthma control in adult-onset asthma
  Iida Vähätalo, Hannu Kankaanranta, Leena E. Tuomisto, Onni Niemelä, Lauri Lehtimäki, Pinja Ilmarinen
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00715-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00715-2020 Published 8 February 2021
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  Respiratory subtype of relapsing polychondritis frequently presents as difficult asthma: a descriptive study of respiratory involvement in relapsing polychondritis with 13 patients from a single UK centre
  Shirish Dubey, Colin Gelder, Grace Pink, Asad Ali, Christopher Taylor, Joanna Shakespeare, Susan Townsend, Patrick Murphy, Nicholas Hart, David D'Cruz
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00170-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00170-2020 Published 15 February 2021
Lung cancer and IPF
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  The DIAMORFOSIS (DIAgnosis and Management Of lung canceR and FibrOSIS) survey: international survey and call for consensus
  Argyris Tzouvelekis, Katerina Antoniou, Michael Kreuter, Matthew Evison, Torsten G. Blum, Venerino Poletti, Bogdan Grigoriu, Carlo Vancheri, Paolo Spagnolo, Theodoros Karampitsakos, Francesco Bonella, Athol Wells, Ganesh Raghu, Maria Molina-Molina, Daniel A. Culver, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Nesrin Mogulkoc, Stefano Elia, Jacques Cadranel, Demosthenes Bouros
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00529-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00529-2020 Published 25 January 2021
Interstitial lung disease
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  Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the UK: analysis of the British Thoracic Society electronic registry between 2013 and 2019
  Lisa G. Spencer, Maria Loughenbury, Nazia Chaudhuri, Monica Spiteri, Helen Parfrey
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00187-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00187-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions to improve symptom control, functional exercise capacity and quality of life in interstitial lung disease: an evidence synthesis
  Sabrina Bajwah, Jill Colquitt, Emma Loveman, Claudia Bausewein, Howard Almond, Adejoke Oluyase, Mendy Dzingina, Matthew Maddocks, Irene J. Higginson, Athol Wells
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00107-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00107-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Indications and patterns of use of benzodiazepines and opioids in severe interstitial lung disease: a population-based longitudinal study
  Jenny Genberg, Joanna M. Davies, Zainab Ahmadi, David Currow, Miriam J. Johnson, Hanan Tanash, Sabrina Bajwah, Magnus Ekström
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00716-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00716-2020 Published 1 February 2021
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  Treatment with antifibrotic agents in idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis with usual interstitial pneumonia
  Keishi Sugino, Hirotaka Ono, Hiroshige Shimizu, Takeyuki Kurosawa, Keiko Matsumoto, Masahiro Ando, Kiyoshi Mori, Eiyasu Tsuboi, Sakae Homma, Kazuma Kishi
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00196-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00196-2020 Published 1 March 2021
Pulmonary vascular disease
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  Response to exercise in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with combination therapy
  Mari Nishizaki, Aiko Ogawa, Hiromi Matsubara
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00725-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00725-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Direct oral anticoagulant therapy in patients with morbid obesity after intermediate- or high-risk pulmonary emboli
  Daniel J. Lachant, Christina Bach, Alexander Fe, R. James White, Neil A. Lachant
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00554-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00554-2020 Published 1 February 2021
Mechanical ventilation
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  Non-interventional monitoring of expiratory flow limitation during experimental mechanical ventilation
  Giorgos Marinakis, Michael Paraschos, Maria Patrani, Theodoros Tsoutsouras, Miltos Vassiliou
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00264-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00264-2020 Published 25 January 2021
Lung transplantation
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  Donor-derived, cell-free DNA levels by next-generation targeted sequencing are elevated in allograft rejection after lung transplantation
  Kiran K. Khush, Iwijn De Vlaminck, Helen Luikart, David J. Ross, Mark R. Nicolls
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00462-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00462-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Near-normal aerobic capacity in long-term survivors after lung transplantation
  Berta Saez-Gimenez, Miriam Barrecheguren, Maria Antònia Ramon, Alba Gomez-Garrido, Carlos Bravo, Víctor Monforte, Manuel López-Meseguer, Cristina Berastegui, Eva Revilla, Christian Romero, Rosalía Laporta, Sonia Fernández-Rozas, Javier Redel-Montero, Amparo Solé, Mercedes de la Torre, Luis Puente, Antonio Roman, Susana Gómez-Ollés, Iñigo Ojanguren
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00381-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00381-2020 Published 1 February 2021
Lung function
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  The impact of changing to the Global Lung Function Initiative reference equations for transfer factor in paediatrics
  Paul D. Burns, James Y. Paton
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00412-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00412-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Controlled versus free breathing for multiple breath nitrogen washout in healthy adults
  Blake M. Handley, Edward Jeagal, Robin E. Schoeffel, Tanya Badal, David G. Chapman, Catherine E. Farrow, Gregory G. King, Paul D. Robinson, Stephen Milne, Cindy Thamrin
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00435-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00435-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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  Pulmonary function tests in type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis
  Jesús Díez-Manglano, Uxua Asìn Samper
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00371-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00371-2020 Published 1 February 2021
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  Improving spirometry testing by understanding patient preferences
  Barbara Johnson, Irene Steenbruggen, Brian L. Graham, Courtney Coleman
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00712-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00712-2020 Published 8 February 2021
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  Reliability of maximum oxygen uptake in cardiopulmonary exercise testing with continuous laryngoscopy
  Mette Engan, Ida Jansrud Hammer, Marianne Bekken, Thomas Halvorsen, Zoe Louise Fretheim-Kelly, Maria Vollsæter, Lars Peder Vatshelle Bovim, Ola Drange Røksund, Hege Clemm
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00825-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00825-2020 Published 15 February 2021
Neuromuscular disorders
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  Unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis: inspiratory muscles, breathlessness and exercise capacity
  Mayra Caleffi Pereira, Letícia Z. Cardenas, Jeferson G. Ferreira, Vinícius C. Iamonti, Pauliane Vieira Santana, André Apanavicius, Pedro Caruso, Angelo Fernandez, Carlos R.R. de Carvalho, Daniel Langer, André L.P. de Albuquerque
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00357-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00357-2019 Published 1 February 2021
Lung imaging
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  Lung ultrasound patterns in paediatric pneumonia in Mozambique and Pakistan
  Amy Sarah Ginsburg, Pio Vitorino, Zunera Qasim, Jennifer L. Lenahan, Jun Hwang, Alessandro Lamorte, Marta Valente, Benazir Balouch, Carmen Muñoz Almagro, M. Imran Nisar, Susanne May, Fyezah Jehan, Quique Bassat, Giovanni Volpicelli
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00518-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00518-2020 Published 1 February 2021
Sleep
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  Feasibility of three-dimensional facial imaging and printing for producing customised nasal masks for continuous positive airway pressure
  Kelvin Duong, Joel Glover, Alexander C. Perry, Deborah Olmstead, Mark Ungrin, Pina Colarusso, Joanna E. MacLean, Andrew R. Martin
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00632-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00632-2020 Published 1 February 2021
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  Evaluation of a multicomponent grading system for obstructive sleep apnoea: the Baveno classification
  Winfried J. Randerath, Simon Herkenrath, Marcel Treml, Ludger Grote, Jan Hedner, Maria Rosaria Bonsignore, Jean Louis Pépin, Silke Ryan, Sophia Schiza, Johan Verbraecken, Walter T. McNicholas, Athanasia Pataka, Pawel Sliwinski, Özen K. Basoglu
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00928-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00928-2020 Published 1 March 2021
Basic science
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  Development and validation of an open-source, disposable, 3D-printed in vitro environmental exposure system for Transwell culture inserts
  Abiram Chandiramohan, Mohammedhossein Dabaghi, Jennifer A. Aguiar, Nicholas Tiessen, Mary Stewart, Quynh T. Cao, Jenny P. Nguyen, Nima Makhdami, Gerard Cox, Andrew C. Doxey, Jeremy A. Hirota
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00705-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00705-2020 Published 15 February 2021
Cough
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  Characterisation of cough evoked by inhaled treprostinil and treprostinil palmitil
  Richard W. Chapman, Michel R. Corboz, Carlos Fernandez, Eugene Sullivan, Andy Stautberg, Adam J. Plaunt, Donna M. Konicek, Vladimir Malinin, Zhili Li, David Cipolla, Walter Perkins
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00592-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00592-2020 Published 15 February 2021
Clinical practice
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  A syndromic approach to assess diagnosis and management of patients presenting with respiratory symptoms to healthcare facilities in Vietnam
  Wan-Chun Huang, Gregory J. Fox, Ngoc Yen Pham, Thu Anh Nguyen, Van Giap Vu, Quy Chau Ngo, Viet Nhung Nguyen, Stephen Jan, Joel Negin, Thi Tuyet Lan Le, Guy B. Marks
  
  ERJ Open Res 7: 00572-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00572-2020 Published 1 March 2021

Original research letters

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Higher interleukin-6 levels and changes in transforming growth factor-β are associated with lung impairment in pulmonary tuberculosis
Akshay N. Gupte, Sriram Selvaraju, Sanjay Gaikwad, Vidya Mave, Pavan Kumar, Subash Babu, Bruno B. Andrade, William Checkley, Robert Bollinger, Amita Gupta

ERJ Open Res 7: 00390-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00390-2020 Published 18 January 2021
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The six million dollar man
Mathilde Volpato, Stefan Nowak, Jean Luc Bourrain, Pascal Demoly, Engi Ahmed, Arnaud Bourdin, Jeremy Charriot

ERJ Open Res 7: 00341-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00341-2020 Published 18 January 2021
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Pulmonary hypertension in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia is associated with multiple clinical conditions
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00078-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00078-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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Newly developed multiple-breath washout reference equations from the CHILD Cohort Study: implications of poorly fitting equations
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00301-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00301-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00610-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00610-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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Endoscopic transoesophageal fine-needle aspiration with convex probe bronchoscope for diagnosis of coeliac lymphadenopathy
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00532-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00532-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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Performance and safety of diagnostic procedures in superior vena cava syndrome
Catherine Boily-Daoust, Alexandre Plante, Cedrick Adam, Marc Fortin

ERJ Open Res 7: 00392-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00392-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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Is asthma a risk factor for COVID-19? Are phenotypes important?
Xavier Muñoz, Florencia Pilia, Iñigo Ojanguren, Christian Romero-Mesones, María-Jesús Cruz

ERJ Open Res 7: 00216-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00216-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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Higher body mass index is associated with increased lung stiffness and less airway obstruction in individuals with asthma and fixed airflow obstruction
Sandra Rutting, David G. Chapman, Tanya Badal, Farid Sanai, Sabine C. Zimmermann, Cindy Thamrin, Gregory G. King, Katrina O. Tonga

ERJ Open Res 7: 00336-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00336-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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Challenges in understanding host genetics and severity of community-acquired pneumonia
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00745-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00745-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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Placing a mask on COVID-19 patients during high-flow nasal cannula therapy reduces aerosol particle dispersion
Jie Li, James B. Fink, Ahmad A. Elshafei, Laurel M. Stewart, Hannah J. Barbian, Sara H. Mirza, Lena Al-Harthi, David Vines, Stephan Ehrmann

ERJ Open Res 7: 00519-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00519-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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Soft cervical collar in obstructive sleep apnoea: a pilot study
Philippe Bordier, Aurélia Lataste, Sébastien Orazio, Jérémy Papin, Frédéric Robert, Ghalia Bourenane

ERJ Open Res 7: 00431-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00431-2020 Published 25 January 2021
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The impact of the first COVID-19 surge on severe asthma patients in the UK. Which is worse: the virus or the lockdown?
Steven J. Smith, John Busby, Liam G. Heaney, Paul E. Pfeffer, David J. Jackson, Freda Yang, Stephen J. Fowler, Andrew Menzies-Gow, Elfatih Idris, Thomas Brown, Robin Gore, Shoaib Faruqi, Paddy Dennison, James W. Dodd, Simon Doe, Adel H. Mansur, Radhika Priyadarshi, Joshua Holmes, Andrew Hearn, Hamsa Al-Aqqad, Lola Loewenthal, Angela Cooper, Lauren Fox, Mayurun Selvan, Michael G. Crooks, Alison Thompson, Daniel Higbee, Michelle Fawdon, Vishal Nathwani, LeanneJo Holmes, Rekha Chaudhuri

ERJ Open Res 7: 00768-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00768-2020 Published 1 February 2021
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Impact of COVID-19 on COPD and asthma admissions, and the pandemic from a patient's perspective
Dominic L. Sykes, Shoaib Faruqi, Luke Holdsworth, Michael G. Crooks

ERJ Open Res 7: 00822-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00822-2020 Published 8 February 2021
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The role of high-flow nasal therapy in bronchiectasis: a post hoc analysis
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00711-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00711-2020 Published 8 February 2021
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00807-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00807-2020 Published 15 February 2021
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Duration of rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of developing interstitial lung disease
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00633-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00633-2020 Published 22 February 2021
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Prevalence of stress urinary incontinence in women presenting for evaluation of chronic cough
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00012-2021; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00012-2021 Published 22 February 2021
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Thrombolysis for massive pulmonary embolisms in morbid obesity: a multisite case–control study
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00762-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00762-2020 Published 1 March 2021
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00970-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00970-2020 Published 1 March 2021

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Primary care and the COVID-19 pandemic: Schrödinger's cat
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00730-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00730-2020 Published 1 February 2021
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Conditional expanding post-exposure prophylaxis: a potential new tool for tuberculosis control
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ERJ Open Res 7: 00723-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00723-2020 Published 15 February 2021

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