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Special Issue: Bronchiectasis - The forgotten epidemic

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BMC Pulmonary Medicine is pleased to announce the release of "Bronchiectasis: The forgotten worldwide epidemic", a special issue, which aims to bring attention to one of the most neglected respiratory diseases of modern times. The thematic series is guest edited by Dr Sanjay Chotirmall and Dr James Chalmers.

Announcement: We are recruiting new Associate Editors

We are recruiting new Associate Editors to join our international editorial board, helping to provide expertise on a wide range of different subject disciplines.

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Featured article: Pneumonia-related morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation

Bacterial respiratory infections are one of the major complications following lung transplantation, contributing to increased morbidity and mortality rates among recipients. This study explores the epidemiology and outcomes for patients developing bacterial respiratory infections during the post-operative period.

Content type: Research article
| 13 July 2018

Relative lymphocyte count as an indicator of 3-year mortality in elderly people with severe COPD

Authors: Domenico Acanfora, Pietro Scicchitano, Mauro Carone, Chiara Acanfora, Giuseppe Piscosquito, Roberto Maestri, Annapaola Zito, Ilaria Dentamaro, Marialaura Longobardi, Gerardo Casucci, Raffaele Antonelli-Incalzi and Marco Matteo Ciccone
Content type: Research article
| 13 July 2018

Association between six-minute walk test parameters and the health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease

Authors: Kazuma Yagi, Takanori Asakura, Ho Namkoong, Shoji Suzuki, Takahiro Asami, Satoshi Okamori, Tatsuya Kusumoto, Yohei Funatsu, Hirofumi Kamata, Tomoyasu Nishimura, Makoto Ishii, Tomoko Betsuyaku and Naoki Hasegawa
Content type: Research article
| 13 July 2018

Cell distribution and cytokine levels in induced sputum from healthy subjects and patients with asthma after using different nebulizer techniques

Authors: Sinem Koc-Günel, Ralf Schubert, Stefan Zielen and Martin Rosewich
Content type: Research article
| 11 July 2018

Do airway inflammation and airway responsiveness markers at the start of apprenticeship predict their evolution during initial training? A longitudinal study among apprentice bakers, pastry makers and hairdressers

Authors: Valérie Demange, Denis Zmirou-Navier, Abraham Bohadana and Pascal Wild
Content type: Case report
| 11 July 2018

Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in a woman with cervical cancer treated with cediranib and durvalumab

Authors: Dante A. Suffredini, Jung-Min Lee, Cody J. Peer, Drew Pratt, David E. Kleiner, Jason M. Elinoff and Michael A. Solomon

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| 1 October 2012

The modified Medical Research Council scale for the assessment of dyspnea in daily living in obesity: a pilot study

Authors: Claire Launois, Coralie Barbe, Eric Bertin, Julie Nardi, Jeanne-Marie Perotin, Sandra Dury, François Lebargy and Gaëtan Deslee
Content type: Research article
| 5 August 2013

Reference values for the 6-minute walk test in healthy children and adolescents in Switzerland

Authors: Silvia Ulrich, Florian F Hildenbrand, Ursula Treder, Manuel Fischler, Stephan Keusch, Rudolf Speich and Margrit Fasnacht
Content type: Research article
| 18 April 2015

Comparing new treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – a network meta-analysis

Authors: Emma Loveman, Vicky R Copley, David A Scott, Jill L Colquitt, Andrew J Clegg and Katherine MA O’Reilly
Content type: Research article
| 19 May 2009

Economic burden of asthma: a systematic review

Authors: Katayoun Bahadori, Mary M Doyle-Waters, Carlo Marra, Larry Lynd, Kadria Alasaly, John Swiston and Js Mark FitzGerald
Content type: Study protocol
| 8 September 2013

Benefits and costs of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a multi-centre randomised controlled equivalence trial

Authors: Anne E Holland, Ajay Mahal, Catherine J Hill, Annemarie L Lee, Angela T Burge, Rosemary Moore, Caroline Nicolson, Paul O’Halloran, Narelle S Cox, Aroub Lahham, Rebecca Ndongo, Emily Bell and Christine F McDonald

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Aims and scope

BMC Pulmonary Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of pulmonary and associated disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

Editor

Cecilia Devoto, BioMed Central

Section Editors

Sanjay Chotirmall, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Craig Hersh, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Joerg Mattes, University of Newcastle
Montserrat Sanchez-Cespedes, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBELL
Raffaele Scala, Unità Operativa Pneumologia, UTSIR e Endoscopia Toracica
Giovanni Sotgiu, University of Sassari
Giuseppe Verlato, University of Verona

Sanjay Chotirmall, Section Editor

Assistant Professor Sanjay H. Chotirmall graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland with an honors degree and the college's gold medal in Microbiology. He currently heads the Translational Respiratory Research Group at LKC Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and has been on the editorial board of BMC Pulmonary Medicine since 2013.

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Relative lymphocyte count as an indicator of 3-year mortality in elderly people with severe COPD

Association between six-minute walk test parameters and the health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease

Cell distribution and cytokine levels in induced sputum from healthy subjects and patients with asthma after using different nebulizer techniques

Do airway inflammation and airway responsiveness markers at the start of apprenticeship predict their evolution during initial training? A longitudinal study among apprentice bakers, pastry makers and hairdressers

Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in a woman with cervical cancer treated with cediranib and durvalumab

The modified Medical Research Council scale for the assessment of dyspnea in daily living in obesity: a pilot study

Reference values for the 6-minute walk test in healthy children and adolescents in Switzerland

Comparing new treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – a network meta-analysis

Economic burden of asthma: a systematic review

Benefits and costs of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a multi-centre randomised controlled equivalence trial

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Sanjay Chotirmall, Section Editor

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Brains versus brawn: reduced brain investment in army ant soldiers

Deep genetic divergence among Bale monkeys in continuous forest and forest fragments

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