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Featured article: Sampling strategies of cryobiopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases

Image: Pixabay © Image: Pixabay In this observational, retrospective cohort study, a team of researchers describe an effective sampling strategy for trans-bronchial lung cryobiopsy on a large cohort of patients with suspected diffuse parenchymal lung disease.

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.

Content type: Case report
| 22 February 2019

Hypoxia due to intrapulmonary vascular dilatation in a toddler with a congenital portacaval shunt: case report

Authors: Mohammed T. Alsamri, Mohamed A. Hamdan, Mohamed Sulaiman, Hassib Narchi and Abdul-Kader Souid
Content type: Case report
| 21 February 2019

The impact of early diagnosis on the prognosis of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma with massive lung involvement: a case report

Authors: Tomohiro Yabushita, Satoshi Yoshioka, Takeru Furumiya, Momoko Nakamura, Daisuke Yamashita, Yukihiro Imai and Takayuki Ishikawa
Content type: Research article
| 21 February 2019

Prognostic significance of crazy paving ground grass opacities in non-HIV Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: an observational cohort study

Authors: Shogo Kumagai, Machiko Arita, Takashi Koyama, Takao Kumazawa, Daiki Inoue, Atsushi Nakagawa, Yusuke Kaji, Kenjiro Furuta, Motonari Fukui, Keisuke Tomii, Yoshio Taguchi, Hiromi Tomioka and Tadashi Ishida
Content type: Case report
| 21 February 2019

Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis with concomitant disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with AIDS from a nonendemic region (California)

Authors: Julian Choi, Kia Nikoomanesh, Jusleen Uppal and Sharon Wang
Content type: Research article
| 20 February 2019

A spatial analysis of geographic variation and factors associated with hospitalization for bacterial pneumonia in Korea

Authors: Agnus M. Kim, Sungchan Kang, Jong Heon Park, Tae Ho Yoon and Yoon Kim

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Content type: Research article
| 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
| 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: 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: 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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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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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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Hypoxia due to intrapulmonary vascular dilatation in a toddler with a congenital portacaval shunt: case report

The impact of early diagnosis on the prognosis of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma with massive lung involvement: a case report

Prognostic significance of crazy paving ground grass opacities in non-HIV Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: an observational cohort study

Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis with concomitant disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with AIDS from a nonendemic region (California)

A spatial analysis of geographic variation and factors associated with hospitalization for bacterial pneumonia in Korea

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

Economic burden of asthma: a systematic review

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

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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Respectful maternity care – the way forward

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The obesity-paradox: impact of body composition on cancer survival

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