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Featured article: The association between e-cigarette use and asthma among never combustible cigarette smokers: BRFSS 2016 & 2017
A large survey suggests that the odds of asthma is increased in individuals using e-cigarettes with no history of smoking combustible cigarettes. It highlights the need for longitudinal studies of pulmonary health in young e-cigarette-using adults.
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.
Read MoreAnnouncement: 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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A case report of exogenous lipoid pneumonia associated with avocado/soybean unsaponifiables
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Major comorbidities lead to the risk of adverse cardiovascular events in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients using inhaled long-acting bronchodilators: a case-control study
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Indwelling pleural catheters for malignancy-associated pleural effusion: report on a single centre’s ten years of experience
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Assessing effects of personal behaviors and environmental exposure on asthma episodes: a diary-based approach
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The modified Medical Research Council scale for the assessment of dyspnea in daily living in obesity: a pilot study
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Reference values for the 6-minute walk test in healthy children and adolescents in Switzerland
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Economic burden of asthma: a systematic review
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Comparing new treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – a network meta-analysis
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Benefits and costs of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a multi-centre randomised controlled equivalence trial
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.
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Editor
- Tamara Hughes, BMC, UK
Section Editors
- Sanjay Chotirmall, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
- Isis Fernandez, Helmholtz Zentrum München
- 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
Assistant Editor
- Matthew Hickey, BioMed Central
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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