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Occupational Exposure to Talc Increases the Risk of Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Occupational Cohort Studies

Che-Jui Chang,  Yu-Kang Tu,  Pau-Chung Chen,  Hsiao-Yu Yang, 
  • First Published: 31 August 2017
Review Article
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Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Current and Future Perspectives

Scott D. Collum,  Javier Amione-Guerra,  Ana S. Cruz-Solbes,  Amara DiFrancesco,  Adriana M. Hernandez,  Ankit Hanmandlu,  Keith Youker,  Ashrith Guha,  Harry Karmouty-Quintana, 
  • First Published: 13 February 2017
Research Article
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Impaired Hemorheology in Exacerbations of COPD

Erhan Ugurlu,  Emine Kilic-Toprak,  Ilknur Can,  Ozgen Kilic-Erkek,  Goksel Altinisik,  Melek Bor-Kucukatay, 
  • First Published: 27 September 2017
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Right Ventricular Remodeling and Dysfunction in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Meta-Analysis

Abdirashit Maripov,  Argen Mamazhakypov,  Meerim Sartmyrzaeva,  Almaz Akunov,  Kubatbek Muratali uulu,  Melis Duishobaev,  Meerim Cholponbaeva,  Akylbek Sydykov,  Akpay Sarybaev, 
  • First Published: 26 July 2017
Review Article
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Approach to Hemoptysis in the Modern Era

Sébastien Gagnon,  Nicholas Quigley,  Hervé Dutau,  Antoine Delage,  Marc Fortin, 
  • First Published: 21 December 2017
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Mechanical Ventilation during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Patients with Acute Severe Respiratory Failure

Zhongheng Zhang,  Wan-Jie Gu,  Kun Chen,  Hongying Ni, 
  • First Published: 03 January 2017
Research Article
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Circulating Clusterin and Osteopontin Levels in Asthma and Asthmatic Pregnancy

Brigitta Dombai,  István Ivancsó,  András Bikov,  Dóra Oroszi,  Anikó Bohács,  Veronika Müller,  János Rigó Jr.,  Barna Vásárhelyi,  György Losonczy,  Lilla Tamási, 
  • First Published: 23 October 2017
Clinical Study
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Comparison of Comfort and Effectiveness of Total Face Mask and Oronasal Mask in Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure: A Clinical Trial

Somayeh Sadeghi,  Atefeh Fakharian,  Peiman Nasri,  Arda Kiani, 
  • First Published: 08 February 2017
Research Article
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An Algorithmic Approach for Assessment of Mediastinal Lesions Using Conventional Transbronchial Needle Aspiration and Endoscopic Ultrasonography in a Single Procedure

Andrew Burkett,  Harmanjatinder S. Sekhon,  Craig Burkett,  Shaheed W. Hakim,  Kayvan Amjadi, 
  • First Published: 14 June 2017
Editorial
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Oxygen Therapy and Ventilatory Support

Wan-Jie Gu,  Zhongheng Zhang,  Sven Van Poucke, 
  • First Published: 14 May 2017
Research Article
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Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Still Lots to Learn and a Need for Standardized Data Collection Instruments

T. J. Marrie,  G. J. Tyrrell,  Sumit R. Majumdar,  Dean T. Eurich, 
  • First Published: 23 March 2017
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Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax Admitted in Emergency Unit: Does First Episode Differ from Recurrence? A Cross-Sectional Study

S. Kepka,  J. C. Dalphin,  A. L. Parmentier,  J. B. Pretalli,  M. Gantelet,  N. Bernard,  F. Mauny,  T. Desmettre, 
  • First Published: 30 March 2017
Review Article
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Future Directions and Molecular Basis of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Kubra Aykac,  Yasemin Ozsurekci,  Sevgen Tanir Basaranoglu, 
  • First Published: 15 October 2017
Research Article
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Readability and Suitability of COPD Consumer Information

Kathryn Fullmann,  David F. Blackburn,  Mark E. Fenton,  Holly Mansell, 
  • First Published: 29 August 2017
Review Article
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Harmful Effects of Hyperoxia in Postcardiac Arrest, Sepsis, Traumatic Brain Injury, or Stroke: The Importance of Individualized Oxygen Therapy in Critically Ill Patients

Jean-Louis Vincent,  Fabio Silvio Taccone,  Xinrong He, 
  • First Published: 26 January 2017
Research Article
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Effect of Antipyretic Therapy on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis Receiving Mechanical Ventilation Treatment

Sheng Ye,  Dan Xu,  Chenmei Zhang,  Mengyao Li,  Yanyi Zhang, 
  • First Published: 12 March 2017
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Efficacy of Various Scoring Systems for Predicting the 28-Day Survival Rate among Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Requiring Emergency Intensive Care

Zhihong Feng,  Tao Wang,  Ping Liu,  Sipeng Chen,  Han Xiao,  Ning Xia,  Zhiming Luo,  Bing Wei,  Xiuhong Nie, 
  • First Published: 25 May 2017
Clinical Study
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The Effect of the Treatment with Heated Humidified High-Flow Nasal Cannula on Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome in China: A Single-Center Experience

Ge Zheng,  Xiao-qiu Huang,  Hui-hui Zhao,  Guo-Xing Jin,  Bin Wang, 
  • First Published: 12 January 2017
Research Article
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Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis with Nonneutropenic Patients

Qidong Zhuang,  Hongying Ma,  Yun Zhang,  Lei Chen,  Li Wang,  Lin Zheng,  Zaichun Deng,  Zhongbo Chen, 
  • First Published: 13 November 2017
Review Article
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Saudi Arabia and Gulf Countries: A Review

Hawra Al-Ghafli,  Sahal Al-Hajoj, 
  • First Published: 27 February 2017
Research Article
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Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalizations in Canada

Ian Mitchell,  Isabelle Defoy,  ElizaBeth Grubb, 
  • First Published: 07 November 2017
Clinical Study
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Assessment of Aerobic Exercise Adverse Effects during COPD Exacerbation Hospitalization

Caroline Knaut,  Carolina Bonfanti Mesquita,  Laura M. O. Caram,  Renata Ferrari,  Victor Zuniga Dourado,  Irma de Godoy,  Suzana Erico Tanni, 
  • First Published: 06 February 2017
Research Article
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Role of Adult Asthma Education in Improving Asthma Control and Reducing Emergency Room Utilization and Hospital Admissions in an Inner City Hospital

Rashmi Mishra,  Muhammad Kashif,  Sindhaghatta Venkatram,  Teresa George,  Kristina Luo,  Gilda Diaz-Fuentes, 
  • First Published: 04 May 2017
Research Article
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Primary and Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Prevalence, Clinical Features, and In-Hospital Mortality

Takuya Onuki,  Sho Ueda,  Masatoshi Yamaoka,  Yoshiaki Sekiya,  Hitoshi Yamada,  Naoki Kawakami,  Yuichi Araki,  Yoko Wakai,  Kazuhito Saito,  Masaharu Inagaki,  Naoki Matsumiya, 
  • First Published: 13 March 2017
Research Article
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Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation: A Single Canadian Institution Review

Katie Kinaschuk,  Sabin J. Bozso,  Kieran Halloran,  Ali Kapasi,  Kathy Jackson,  Jayan Nagendran, 
  • First Published: 29 August 2017
Research Article
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Assessing Survival and Grading the Severity of Complications in Octogenarians Undergoing Pulmonary Lobectomy

Andrew Feczko,  Elizabeth McKeown,  Jennifer L. Wilson,  Brian E. Louie,  Ralph W. Aye,  Jed A. Gorden,  Eric Vallières,  Alexander S. Farivar, 
  • First Published: 08 February 2017
Research Article
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Comparison of the Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Levels in Adolescents at Three Schools Located Three Different Distances from a Large Steel Mill

Murat Acat,  Yusuf Aydemir,  Onur Yazıcı,  Mahmut Turğut,  Mustafa Çörtük,  Murat Çakar,  Zehra Yaşar,  Sami Deniz,  Erdoğan Çetinkaya, 
  • First Published: 06 February 2017
Research Article
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The Global Lung Function Initiative 2012 Equations Are as Well-Suited as Local Population Derived Equations to a Sample of Healthy Professional Firefighters

Flynn Slattery,  Tjard Schermer,  Adrian Esterman,  Kylie Johnston,  Alan Crockett, 
  • First Published: 25 May 2017
Research Article
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County Smoke-Free Laws and Asthma Discharges: Evidence from 17 US States

Glenn M. Landers,  Patricia Ketsche,  Mark L. Diana,  Claudia Campbell, 
  • First Published: 14 May 2017
Research Article
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Computed Tomography Findings of Pulmonary Mycobacterium simiae Infection

Ayeh Baghizadeh,  Payam Mehrian,  Poopak Farnia, 
  • First Published: 03 January 2017
Research Article
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Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Systemic Sclerosis Lung Disease

Natalie K. Kozij,  John T. Granton,  Philip E. Silkoff,  John Thenganatt,  Shobha Chakravorty,  Sindhu R. Johnson, 
  • First Published: 14 February 2017
Research Article
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Feasibility of Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Bronchoscopic Cryobiopsy without Fluoroscopy for Lung Parenchymal Lesions

Chih-Hao Chang,  Chung-Shu Lee,  Shih-Hong Li,  Fu-Tsai Chung,  Chih-Wei Wang,  Yu-Hsiang Juan,  Han-Chung Hu,  Li-Fu Li,  Ning-Hung Chen,  Cheng-Ta Yang,  Kuo-Chin Kao, 
  • First Published: 15 November 2017
Research Article
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Preliminary Results of the Adoption and Application of the Integrated Comprehensive Care Bundle Care Program When Treating Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Jason R. Guertin,  James M. Bowen,  Carolyn Gosse,  Gord Blackhouse,  Daria J. O’Reilly,  Emanuel Baltaga,  Gerard Cox,  Donna Johnson,  Brandi Le Blanc,  Jane Loncke,  Stewart Pugsley,  Ravi Sivakumaran,  Laura Wheatley,  Kevin Smith,  Jean-Eric Tarride, 
  • First Published: 07 August 2017
Research Article
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Hypercapnic Ventilatory Response in the Weaning of Patients with Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

Chung-Shu Lee,  Ning-Hung Chen,  Li-Pang Chuang,  Chih-Hao Chang,  Li-Fu Li,  Shih-Wei Lin,  Hsiung-Ying Huang, 
  • First Published: 30 October 2017
Research Article
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Investigation on Risk Factors of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Patients in Intensive Care Unit

Li Chang,  Yun Dong,  Ping Zhou, 
  • First Published: 17 December 2017
Research Article
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Geographical Variation and Factors Associated with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Manitoba

David E. Dawe,  Harminder Singh,  Lahiru Wickramasinghe,  Marshall W. Pitz,  Mahmoud Torabi, 
  • First Published: 21 June 2017
Clinical Study
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Effect of High-Flow Nasal Cannula versus Conventional Oxygen Therapy for Patients with Thoracoscopic Lobectomy after Extubation

Yuetian Yu,  Xiaozhe Qian,  Chunyan Liu,  Cheng Zhu, 
  • First Published: 19 February 2017
Research Article
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Clara Cell Protein Expression in Mechanically Ventilated Term and Preterm Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome and at Risk of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Pilot Study

José Guzmán-Bárcenas,  Antonio Calderón-Moore,  Héctor Baptista-González,  Claudine Irles, 
  • First Published: 11 April 2017
Research Article
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Differential Expression of Serum Proteins in Rats with Allergic Asthma: A Study Based on the Nanoliter Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography Technique

Xingke Yan,  Ao Zhang,  Lu Yu,  Cheng Chen,  Haifu Cui, 
  • First Published: 11 April 2017
Research Article
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Comparison of Different Disease-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Measurements in Patients with Long-Term Noninvasive Ventilation

Toru Oga,  Hiroyuki Taniguchi,  Hideo Kita,  Tomomasa Tsuboi,  Keisuke Tomii,  Morihide Ando,  Eiji Kojima,  Hiromi Tomioka,  Yoshio Taguchi,  Yusuke Kaji,  Ryoji Maekura,  Toru Hiraga,  Naoki Sakai,  Tomoki Kimura,  Michiaki Mishima,  Wolfram Windisch,  Kazuo Chin, 
  • First Published: 15 May 2017
Research Article
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The Burden of Illness Related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations in Québec, Canada

Tam Dang-Tan,  Shiyuan Zhang,  Ruben V. Tavares,  Melissa Stutz,  Afisi S. Ismaila,  Julie Vaillancourt,  Diane Corriveau,  Richard H. Stanford,  Xiwu Lin,  Gilbert A. Nadeau,  Alexander Simidchiev,  Daria Parsons,  John S. Sampalis, 
  • First Published: 20 June 2017
Review Article
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Thin Air Resulting in High Pressure: Mountain Sickness and Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension

Jan Grimminger,  Manuel Richter,  Khodr Tello,  Natascha Sommer,  Henning Gall,  Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, 
  • First Published: 27 March 2017
Research Article
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Insufficient Humidification of Respiratory Gases in Patients Who Are Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia at a Paediatric and Adult Intensive Care Unit

Yukari Tanaka,  Sachiko Iwata,  Masahiro Kinoshita,  Kennosuke Tsuda,  Shoichiro Tanaka,  Naoko Hara,  Ryota Shindou,  Eimei Harada,  Ryouji Kijima,  Osamu Yamaga,  Hitoe Ohkuma,  Kazuo Ushijima,  Teruo Sakamoto,  Yushiro Yamashita,  Osuke Iwata, 
  • First Published: 20 April 2017
Research Article
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The Effect of Mechanical Ventilation on TASK-1 Expression in the Brain in a Rat Model

Buqi Na,  Hong Zhang,  Guangfa Wang,  Li Dai,  Guoguang Xia, 
  • First Published: 28 September 2017
Erratum
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Erratum to “Prevalence of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Studies”

Maria B. Ospina,  Donald C. Voaklander,  Michael K. Stickland,  Malcolm King,  Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan,  Brian H. Rowe, 
  • First Published: 05 November 2017

Review Article
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Outdoor Environment and Pediatric Asthma: An Update on the Evidence from North America

Jenna Pollock,  Lu Shi,  Ronald W. Gimbel, 
  • First Published: 23 January 2017
Research Article
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Body Height of Children with Bronchial Asthma of Various Severities

Tatiana I. Eliseeva,  Natalia A. Geppe,  Elena V. Tush,  Olga V. Khaletskaya,  Ivan I. Balabolkin,  Vilya A. Bulgakova,  Nailya I. Kubysheva,  Stanislav K. Ignatov, 
  • First Published: 26 July 2017
Research Article
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Risk Factors of Mortality from All Asbestos-Related Diseases: A Competing Risk Analysis

Rafael Abós-Herràndiz,  Teresa Rodriguez-Blanco,  Isabel Garcia-Allas,  Isabel-Magdalena Rosell-Murphy,  Constança Albertí-Casas,  Josep Tarrés,  Illona Krier-Günther,  Xavier Martinez-Artés,  Ramon Orriols,  Isidre Grimau-Malet,  Jaume Canela-Soler, 
  • First Published: 07 June 2017
Research Article
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Investigating Cost Implications of Incorporating Level III At-Home Testing into a Polysomnography Based Sleep Medicine Program Using Administrative Data

Samuel Alan Stewart,  Erika Penz,  Mark Fenton,  Robert Skomro, 
  • First Published: 16 July 2017
Research Article
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Rainfall-Associated Bronchospasm Epidemics: The Epidemiological Effects of Air Pollutants and Weather Variables

Kambiz Masoumi,  Maryam Haddadzadeh Shoushtari,  Arash Forouzan,  Ali Asgari Darian,  Maryam Dastoorpoor,  Pegah Ebrahimzadeh,  Hamidreza Aghababaeian, 
  • First Published: 27 September 2017
Research Article
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The Role of Serotonin Transporter in Human Lung Development and in Neonatal Lung Disorders

E. C. C. Castro,  P. Sen,  W. T. Parks,  C. Langston,  C. Galambos, 
  • First Published: 20 February 2017
Research Article
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Metabolomics in COPD Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation

Spyridon Fortis,  Elizabeth R. Lusczek,  Craig R. Weinert,  Greg J. Beilman, 
  • First Published: 17 December 2017
Research Article
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Safety and Performance Characteristics of Outpatient Medical Thoracoscopy and Indwelling Pleural Catheter Insertion for Evaluation and Diagnosis of Pleural Disease at a Tertiary Center in Canada

Robert Kyskan,  Pen Li,  Sunita Mulpuru,  Carolina Souza,  Kayvan Amjadi, 
  • First Published: 30 August 2017
Research Article
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Is There a Correlation between New Scoring Systems and Systemic Inflammation in Stable Bronchiectasis?

Hikmet Coban,  Adil Can Gungen, 
  • First Published: 15 November 2017
Editorial
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Pulmonary Hypertension due to Lung Diseases and/or Hypoxia: What Do We Actually Know?

Djuro Kosanovic,  Emilio A. Herrera,  Akylbek Sydykov,  Stylianos E. Orfanos,  Elie El Agha, 
  • First Published: 28 August 2017