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    Pediatric Pulmonology: Volume 55, Issue 6

    i, 1295-1521, E1-E9
    June 2020
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Cover Image, Volume 55, Number 6, June 2020

Maria Elena Cavicchiolo MD,  Elisabetta Lolli BSN,  Daniele Trevisanuto MD,  Eugenio Baraldi MD, 
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  • First Published: 08 May 2020
Cover Image, Volume 55, Number 6, June 2020 Volume 55 Issue 6, 2020

Cover Caption: The cover image is based on the Letter to the Editor Managing a tertiary-level NICU in the time of COVID-19: Lessons learned from a high-risk zone by Maria Elena Cavicchiolo et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.24788

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Issue Information

  • Pages: 1295-1302
  • First Published: 08 May 2020

EDITORIAL

To Bx, or not to Bx, that is the question

William A. Gower MD, MS,  James S. Hagood MD, 
  • Pages: 1303-1304
  • First Published: 04 May 2020

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Benign spindle cell tumor surrounding the bronchovascular structures in a 14-year-old male with neurofibromatosis type I

Eun Lee MD, PhD,  Sang Yun Song MD, PhD,  Yoo Duk Choi MD, PhD,  Hoon Kook MD, PhD,  Hee Jo Baek MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1305-1307
  • First Published: 28 April 2020

Managing a tertiary-level NICU in the time of COVID-19: Lessons learned from a high-risk zone

Maria Elena Cavicchiolo MD,  Elisabetta Lolli BSN,  Daniele Trevisanuto MD,  Eugenio Baraldi MD, 
  • Pages: 1308-1310
  • First Published: 21 April 2020

REVIEWS

Extracorporeal and advanced therapies for progressive refractory near-fatal acute severe asthma in children

Shivanand S. Medar MD,  Giles J. Peek MD, FRCS, CTh,  Deepa Rastogi MD, 
  • Pages: 1311-1319
  • First Published: 30 March 2020

Predictors of response to medications for asthma in pediatric patients: A systematic review of the literature

Carlos E. Rodriguez-Martinez MD, MSc, PhD(c),  Monica P. Sossa-Briceño MD, MSc,  Jose A. Castro-Rodriguez MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1320-1331
  • First Published: 16 April 2020

COMMENTARY

Why is Coronavirus Disease 2019 not as severe in children?—A look at type 2 alveolar cells

Daniel D. Im MD, 
  • Pages: 1332-1333
  • First Published: 20 April 2020

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Asthma

Cardiac autonomic modulation assessed by heart rate variability in children with asthma

Ozeia S. Franco PhD,  Abelardo O. S. Júnior BS,  Luis U. Signori PhD,  Silvio O. M. Prietsch MD, PhD,  Linjie Zhang MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1334-1339
  • First Published: 02 March 2020

Residential instability, neighborhood deprivation, and pediatric asthma outcomes

Adolfo L. Molina MD,  Yamilé Molina PhD,  Susan C. Walley MD,  Chang L. Wu MD,  Aowen Zhu PhD,  Gabriela R. Oates PhD, 
  • Pages: 1340-1348
  • First Published: 10 April 2020

Analysis of 25-hydroxy cholecalciferol, immunoglobulin E, and vitamin D receptor single nucleotide polymorphisms (Apa1, Taq1, and Bsm1), among sample of Egyptian children with bronchial asthma: A case-control study

Ahmed El-Abd Ahmed MD,  Mohammed H. Hassan MD,  Rana Toghan MD,  Nagwan I. Rashwan MD, 
  • Pages: 1349-1358
  • First Published: 20 April 2020

Neonatal Lung Disease

Utilization trends of respiratory medication in premature infants discharged on home oxygen therapy

Heather White BS,  Alice Berenson BS,  Javed Mannan MD, MPH,  Henry A. Feldman PhD,  Lawrence Rhein MD, MPH,  RHO Study Group , 
  • Pages: 1359-1365
  • First Published: 29 April 2020

Regional ventilation inhomogeneity in survivors of extremely preterm birth

Michele Arigliani MD,  Elena Valentini MD,  Chiara Stocco MD,  Carlo De Pieri MD,  Luigi Castriotta MD,  Vincenzo Barbato MD,  Elisa Cuberli,  Maria Orsaria MD,  Luigi Cattarossi MD,  Paola Cogo MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1366-1374
  • First Published: 25 March 2020

Cystic Fibrosis—Pediatric & Adult

Association of vitamin D status with lung function measurements in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis

Ioanna Loukou MD, MSc, PhD,  Maria Moustaki MD, PhD,  Olympia Sardeli MD,  Marina Plyta MSc,  Konstantinos Douros MD, MSc, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1375-1380
  • First Published: 24 July 2019

Lung function determinants and mortality of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis in South Africa 2007-2016

Natalie J. Vandenbroucke MD,  Marco Zampoli MD,  Brenda Morrow PhD, 
  • Pages: 1381-1387
  • First Published: 16 March 2020

Thymidine-auxotrophic Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variant bacteremia in a patient with cystic fibrosis

Dilair C. de Souza MSc,  Laura L. Cogo PhD,  Jussara K. Palmeiro PhD,  Libera M. Dalla-Costa PhD,  Ana P. de Oliveira Tomaz,  Carlos A. Riedi PhD,  Nelson A. Rosario Filho PhD, 
  • Pages: 1388-1393
  • First Published: 16 March 2020

Comparison of a handheld turbine spirometer to conventional spirometry in children with cystic fibrosis

Nicholas Avdimiretz MD, FRCPC,  David Wilson RCPT(P),  Hartmut Grasemann MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1394-1399
  • First Published: 23 March 2020
Open Access

Long-term effects of ivacaftor on nonpulmonary outcomes in individuals with cystic fibrosis, heterozygous for a S1251N mutation

M (Marcella) Burghard MSc,  G (Gitte) Berkers MD, MSc,  S (Sophie) Ghijsen,  FM (Francis) Hollander-Kraaijeveld RD,  KM (Karin) de Winter-de Groot MD PhD,  CK (Kors) van der Ent MD,  HGM (Harry) Heijerman MD,  T (Tim) Takken PhD,  HJ (Erik) Hulzebos PhD, 
  • Pages: 1400-1405
  • First Published: 31 March 2020

Improvements in frailty contribute to substantial improvements in quality of life after lung transplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis

Alyssa A. Perez MD, EdM,  Steven R. Hays MD,  Allison Soong MPH,  Ying Gao MS,  John R. Greenland MD, PhD,  Lorriana E. Leard MD,  Rupal J. Shah MD, MS,  Jeffrey Golden MD,  Jasleen Kukreja MD, MPH,  Aida Venado MD,  Mary Ellen Kleinhenz MD,  Jonathan P. Singer MD, 
  • Pages: 1406-1413
  • First Published: 01 April 2020

Infection and Immunity

Sphingosine signaling dysfunction in airway cells as a potential contributor to progression from protracted bacterial bronchitis to bronchiectasis in children

Sandra Hodge PhD,  Matthew Macowan BSc (Hons),  Hong Liu MSc,  Rhys Hamon BSc (Hons),  Alice C.-H. Chen PhD,  Julie M. Marchant PhD,  Susan J. Pizzutto PhD,  John W. Upham PhD,  Anne B. Chang PhD, 
  • Pages: 1414-1423
  • First Published: 16 March 2020

Novel coronavirus infection in children outside of Wuhan, China

Qinxue Shen MD,  Wei Guo MD, PHD,  Ting Guo MD,  Jinhua Li MD, PHD,  Wenlong He MD, PHD,  Shanshan Ni MD,  Xiaoli Ouyang MD,  Jiyang Liu MD,  Yuanlin Xie MD,  Xin Tan MD,  Zhiguo Zhou MD,  Hong Peng MD, PHD, 
  • Pages: 1424-1429
  • First Published: 07 April 2020

Clinical characteristics of a case series of children with coronavirus disease 2019

Li Zhu MD,  Jian Wang MD,  Rui Huang MD, PhD,  Longgen Liu MD,  Haiyan Zhao MD,  Chao Wu MD, PhD,  Chuanwu Zhu MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1430-1432
  • First Published: 08 April 2020

Cell & Animal Studies

Open Access

Overexpression of miR-455-5p affects retinol (vitamin A) absorption by downregulating STRA6 in a nitrofen-induced CDH with lung hypoplasia rat model

Jintao Zheng MD,  Qiuming He MD,  Huajian Tang,  Jiequan Li,  Huiyu Xu,  Xiangming Mao MD,  Guoqing Liu MD, 
  • Pages: 1433-1439
  • First Published: 01 April 2020

Heme oxygenase-1 alleviates eosinophilic inflammation by inhibiting STAT3-SOCS3 signaling

Xiaoliang Lin MD,  Jiajia Lv MD,  Dandan Ge MSc,  Haitao Bai MD,  Yungang Yang MD,  Jinzhun Wu MSc, 
  • Pages: 1440-1447
  • First Published: 16 April 2020

Outcomes

Effect of breastfeeding duration on lung function, respiratory symptoms and allergic diseases in school-age children

Olga Gorlanova,  Rhea Appenzeller,  Yasmin S. Mahmoud,  Kathryn A. Ramsey,  Jakob Usemann,  Fabienne Decrue,  Claudia E. Kuehni,  Martin Röösli,  Philipp Latzin,  Oliver Fuchs,  Andras Soti,  Urs Frey,  On behalf of the BILD Study Group, 
  • Pages: 1448-1455
  • First Published: 17 March 2020

Therapy at 30 days of life predicts lung function at 6 to 12 months in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Etze Chotzoglou MD,  Holly L. Hedrick MD,  Lisa M. Herkert MSN, CRNP,  Matthew A. Goldshore MD, PhD, MPH,  Natalie E. Rintoul MD,  Howard B. Panitch MD, 
  • Pages: 1456-1467
  • First Published: 19 March 2020

Assessment of sidestream end-tidal capnography in ventilated infants on the neonatal unit

Emma Williams MBBS,  Theodore Dassios PhD,  Anne Greenough MD, 
  • Pages: 1468-1473
  • First Published: 18 March 2020

Readmission drivers for children with medical complexity: Home nursing shortages cause health crises

Sarah A. Sobotka MD, MSc,  Emma Lynch MPH,  Monica E. Peek MD, MPH, MSc,  Robert J. Graham MD, 
  • Pages: 1474-1480
  • First Published: 25 March 2020

PCD, PIG, NEHI, CHILD, and Rare Diseases

Cobalamin C deficiency presenting with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and pulmonary microangiopathy

Jinrong Liu MD,  Xiaolei Tang MD,  Chunju Zhou MD,  Hui Xu MD,  Haiming Yang MD,  Ruxuan He MD,  Huimin Li MD,  Shunying Zhao MD, 
  • Pages: 1481-1486
  • First Published: 15 April 2020

PCD, PIG, NEHI, Child, and Rare Diseases

Supernumerary intrathoracic rib, a rare congenital anomaly: Case report and review of the literature

Eleanor D. Muise MD,  Edward Y. Lee MD, MPH,  Harriet J. Paltiel MD,  Jonathan M. Gaffin MD, MMSc, 
  • Pages: 1487-1489
  • First Published: 20 April 2020

Imaging

Lung ultrasound: A useful additional tool in clinician's hands to identify pulmonary atelectasis in children with neuromuscular disease

Nicola Ullmann MD,  Maria Luisa D'Andrea MD,  Anna Gioachin MD,  Bruno Papia MD,  Maria Beatrice Chiarini Testa MD,  Claudio Cherchi MD,  Caterina Bock MD,  Paolo Tomà MD,  Renato Cutrera PhD, 
  • Pages: 1490-1494
  • First Published: 16 April 2020

Sleep & Breathing

Etiologies of apnea of infancy

Daniella Ginsburg MD,  Kanwaljeet Maken MD,  Douglas Deming MD,  Mark Welch DO,  Ramiz Fargo MD,  Prabhleen Kaur,  Michael Terry BS,  Larry Tinsley MD,  Mariam Ischander MBChB, 
  • Pages: 1495-1502
  • First Published: 14 April 2020

Diagnostic Testing

Development and validation of an algorithm of diagnostic and procedural codes for the identification of children hospitalized with a tracheostomy in Ontario, Canada

Brianna McKelvie MD,  Kiersten Pianosi MD,  Jason Chan MSc,  Anne Tsampalieros MD, PhD,  Eric I. Benchimol MD, PhD,  Kristian I. Macdonald MD,  Julie Strychowsky MD,  Jean-Philippe Vaccani MD,  James D. McNally MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1503-1511
  • First Published: 06 April 2020

Normal range of values for contractility and relaxation parameters of inspiratory muscles in healthy children: An exploratory study

Maria Lira PT,  Guilherme Fregonezi PhD,  Ana A. Marcelino MSc,  Antonio Sarmento PhD,  Vanessa R. Resqueti PhD, 
  • Pages: 1512-1520
  • First Published: 16 April 2020

UPCOMING EVENTS

Upcoming events of interest

  • Page: 1521
  • First Published: 08 May 2020

CASE REPORTS

Open Access

Right atrial cardiac myxoma and multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms: Is there a causal relationship?

Rohit Batra MD,  Edward Malec MD, PhD,  Birthe Heitkoetter MD,  Julia Stegger MD,  Felix Kleinerueschkamp MD,  Katarzyna Januszewska MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: E1-E3
  • First Published: 03 April 2020

COVID-19 infection in a paucisymptomatic infant: Raising the index of suspicion in epidemic settings

Daniele Canarutto MD,  Alessio Priolo MD,  Gianni Russo MD,  Marco Pitea MD,  Maria Cristina Vigone MD,  Graziano Barera MD, 
  • Pages: E4-E5
  • First Published: 06 April 2020

The isolation period should be longer: Lesson from a child infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Chongqing, China

Jilei Lin MD,  Jun Duan Msc,  Tingdan Tan Msc,  Zhou Fu MD,  Jihong Dai MD, 
  • Pages: E6-E9
  • First Published: 03 April 2020