BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Call for papers: Bronchiectasis - The forgotten epidemic

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Bronchiectasis remains one of the most neglected respiratory diseases of modern times.

BMC Pulmonary Medicine is pleased to invite submissions to the thematic series 'Bronchiectasis: The forgotten epidemic' guest edited by Dr Sanjay Chotirmall and Dr James Chalmers.

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Acute respiratory failure is a frequent complication in elderly patients especially if suffering from chronic cardio-pulmonary diseases.This review reports and critically analyzes the management of acute respiratory failure in elderly people.

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Azithromycin for idiopathic acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a retrospective single-center study

Kodai Kawamura, Kazuya Ichikado, Yuko Yasuda, Keisuke Anan and Moritaka Suga

Published on: 19 June 2017
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Three-dimensional substructure measurements for the differential diagnosis of ground glass nodules

Mingzheng Peng, Gang Yu, Chengzhong Zhang, Cuidi Li and Jinwu Wang

Published on: 19 June 2017
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White matter lesions characterise brain involvement in moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but cerebral atrophy does not

Catherine A. Spilling, Paul W. Jones, James W. Dodd and Thomas R. Barrick

Published on: 19 June 2017
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Monitoring the electric activity of the diaphragm during noninvasive positive pressure ventilation: a case report

Fabia Diniz-Silva, Anna Miethke-Morais, Adriano M. Alencar, Henrique T. Moriya, Pedro Caruso, Eduardo L. V. Costa and Juliana C. Ferreira

Published on: 17 June 2017
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Health coaching to improve self-management and quality of life for low income patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Beatrice Huang, Rachel Willard-Grace, Denise De Vore, Jessica Wolf, Chris Chirinos, Stephanie Tsao, Danielle Hessler, George Su and David H. Thom

Published on: 9 June 2017

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

Claire Launois, Coralie Barbe, Eric Bertin, Julie Nardi, Jeanne-Marie Perotin, Sandra Dury, François Lebargy and Gaëtan Deslee

Published on: 1 October 2012
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Reference values for the 6-minute walk test in healthy children and adolescents in Switzerland

Silvia Ulrich, Florian F Hildenbrand, Ursula Treder, Manuel Fischler, Stephan Keusch, Rudolf Speich and Margrit Fasnacht

Published on: 5 August 2013
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Comparing new treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – a network meta-analysis

Emma Loveman, Vicky R Copley, David A Scott, Jill L Colquitt, Andrew J Clegg and Katherine MA O’Reilly

Published on: 18 April 2015
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Benefits and costs of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a multi-centre randomised controlled equivalence trial

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

Published on: 8 September 2013
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Economic burden of asthma: a systematic review

Katayoun Bahadori, Mary M Doyle-Waters, Carlo Marra, Larry Lynd, Kadria Alasaly, John Swiston and Js Mark FitzGerald

Published on: 19 May 2009

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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.

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Benjamin Ragen, 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

Craig Hersh, Section Editor

Dr. Hersh is a physician-scientist in the Channing Division of Network Medicine

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Vulnerability: Newly arrived immigrant and refugee children and the right to good health

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Euthanasia for people with psychiatric disorders or dementia

Published on: 23 June 2017