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  1. Minimising postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after thoracic surgery is of utmost importance. A major factor contributing to PPCs is the driving pressure, which is determined by the ratio of tidal vo...

    Authors: Ming-zi An, Cheng-yun Xu, Yue-ru Hou, Zhen-ping Li, Te-sheng Gao and Qing-he Zhou
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:353
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  3. Long-term hospital stay is associated with functional decline in patients with pneumonia, especially in the elderly. Among elderly patients with pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia is a major category. Clinical de...

    Authors: Takao Wakabayashi, Sugihiro Hamaguchi and Konosuke Morimoto
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:351
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  4. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in adults remains less recognized and understood, both socially and clinically, compared to influenza virus infection. This retrospective study aims to delineate and...

    Authors: Jiahua Tian, Congyue Liu, Xunling Wang, Ling Zhang, Guoying Zhong, Guichuan Huang, Hongping Wang, Hao Hu, Ling Gong and Daishun Liu
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:350
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  5. Tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE) may occasionally show similar cytological and biochemical picture including ADA. In such cases, differentiating TPE and MPE is challengin...

    Authors: Mohammad Fazle Rabbi, Mushfiq Newaz Ahmed, Md. Shafiqul Alam Patowary, Syed Rezaul Huq, S. M. Abdur Razzaque, Hossain Md. Arafat, Tasnuva Nahar and Mohammad Azmain Iktidar
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:349
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:380

  6. Some research found that elevated plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) concentrations and poor prognosis are associated in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, more studies need to be carried out to verify thi...

    Authors: Wei-Wei Peng, Ying Liu, Huan-Huan Sha, Shao-Di Wen, Ying Fang and Guo-Ren Zhou
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:348
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  8. No multivariable model incorporating erector spinae muscle (ESM) has been developed to predict clinical outcomes in older patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP). This study aimed to construct...

    Authors: Na Shang, Qiujing Li, Huizhen Liu, Junyu Li and Shubin Guo
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:346
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  9. COVID-19-related acute pulmonary thromboembolism (APE) is associated with poor outcomes in patients with COVID-19. There are studies investigating the association between thrombus burden and high risk of early...

    Authors: Umran Ozden Sertcelik, Erdem Ozkan, Ahmet Sertcelik and Aysegul Karalezli
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:345
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  10. CYFRA 21 − 1 is a useful marker for diagnosing and monitoring lung cancer. However, its stability remains unclear. Moreover, while its applicability to screening is now being investigated, CYFRA 21 − 1 levels ...

    Authors: Asami Minamibata, Yoshihito Kono, Taichiro Arimoto, Yoshinori Marunaka and Koichi Takayama
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:344
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  11. Diaphragmatic dysfunction is known to be associated with difficulties weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation and is related to worse patient outcomes yet our understanding of how to prevent diaphragmatic...

    Authors: Hong Pu, Gordon S. Doig, Yu Lv, Xiaoxiao Wu, Fu Yang, Shurong Zhang, Zongan Liang, Yan Zhou and Yan Kang
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:343
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:396

  12. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia remains a major public health concern. Vital sign indices—shock index (SI; heart rate [HR]/systolic blood pressure [SBP]), shock index age (SIA, SI × age), MinPuls...

    Authors: Piyaphat Udompongpaiboon, Teeraphat Reangvilaikul and Veerapong Vattanavanit
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:342
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  13. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lung infection has represented a global challenge. Intriguingly, it has been shown that the alveolar lung epithelium expresses little Angiotensin Co...

    Authors: Hafez Al-Momani, Safaa Mashal, Dua’a Al Balawi, Muna Almasri, Abdel-Ellah AL-Shudifat, Ashraf I Khasawneh, Jeffrey Pearson and Christopher Ward
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:341
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  14. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. However, there are some patients who are not diagnosed early and correctly through routine method...

    Authors: Qi Lin, Chaofeng Zhang, Huixin Weng, Yating Lin, Yucang Lin and Zhipeng Ruan
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:340
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  16. The role of thyroid hormones in cancers has been discussed in observational studies; however, the causal relationship between them remains controversial.

    Authors: Xinhui Wang, Xue Liu, Yuchen Li, Mulin Tang, Xue Meng, Yuwei Chai, Li Zhang and Haiqing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:338
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  17. Mounting evidences have highlighted the association between metabolites and cardiovascular diseases. Our previous works have demonstrated that circulating metabolite, trimethylamine oxide, was associated with ...

    Authors: Yicheng Yang, Beilan Yang, Bingyang Liu, Yanru Liang, Qin Luo, Zhihui Zhao, Zhihong Liu, Qixian Zeng and Changming Xiong
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:313
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  18. Many types of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) may transition to progressive chronic-fibrosing ILDs with rapid lung function decline and a negative survival prognosis. In real-world clinical settings, forced ...

    Authors: David Singer, Benjamin Chastek, Andrew Sargent, Jonathan C. Johnson, Sharash Shetty, Craig Conoscenti and Elana J. Bernstein
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:337
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  19. Endobronchial ultrasonography-guided transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy (EBUS-TBNA) has been used for more than 10 years in China. Its clinical application and diagnostic value in different diseases with ...

    Authors: Chun-li Tang, Zheng Zhu, Chang-hao Zhong, Zi-qing Zhou, Hui-qi Zhou, Rong-mei Geng, Xiao-bo Chen, Yu Chen and Shi-yue Li
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:336
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  20. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the world with nearly 90% of cases caused by tobacco smoking. Nearly 40% of people with COPD are diagnosed with depression wh...

    Authors: Jessica Floyd, Jennifer Mallow, Kesheng Wang, Stephen M. Davis, Roger Carpenter and Laurie Theeke
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:335
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  21. Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) of the tracheobronchial tree is very rare with a high risk for recurrence and metastasis. The diagnosis of AdCC by histologic and immunohistochemical means has been well...

    Authors: Bing Zhou, Ting Duan, Xianwei Liu and Lizi Peng
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:334
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  22. High drive and high effort during spontaneous breathing can generate patient self-inflicted lung injury (P-SILI) due to uncontrolled high transpulmonary and transvascular pressures, with deterioration of respi...

    Authors: José Manuel Serrano Simón, Carolina Joya Montosa, Juan Francisco Martínez Carmona, Manuel Jesús Delgado Amaya, Javier Luna Castro, Ashlen Rodríguez Carmona, José Castaño Pérez, Marina Rodríguez Delgado, Guillermo Besso Centeno and José Antonio Benítez Lozano
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:333
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  24. We conducted a retrospective observational study to explore the potential application of impulse oscillometry (IOS) as an alternative to high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) for detecting pulmonary invol...

    Authors: Wen-Chien Cheng, Shih-Hsin Chang, Wei-Chun Chen, Bing-Ru Wu, Chia-Hung Chen, Chi-Chien Lin, Wu-Huei Hsu, Joung-Liang Lan and Der-Yuan Chen
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:331
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  25. Pneumonia is a respiratory infection with an increasing incidence with age. However, limited evidence has identified factors associated with its outcome among different age groups, especially in the elderly an...

    Authors: Brandon Chongthanadon, Netiporn Thirawattanasoot and Onlak Ruangsomboon
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:330
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  26. The Corona Virus Disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic has strained healthcare systems worldwide, necessitating the early prediction of patients requiring critical care. This study aimed to analyze the laboratory ex...

    Authors: Guobin Wu, Yunya Zhu, Xingting Qiu, Xiaoliang Yuan, Xiaojing Mi and Rong Zhou
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:329
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  27. Knowledge on predicting pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) contagiosity in the hospital admission setting is limited. The objective was to assess clinical and radiological criteria to predict PTB contagiosity.

    Authors: Markus Unnewehr, Florian Meyer-Oschatz, Hendrik Friederichs, Wolfram Windisch and Bernhard Schaaf
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:328
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  28. Restrictive spirometry pattern (RSP), defined as reduced forced vital capacity (FVC) in absence of airflow obstruction (AFO), is associated with increased risk of mortality in general population. However, evid...

    Authors: Shuyuan Yang, Chi Kuen Chan, Maggie Haitian Wang, Chi Chiu Leung, Lai Bun Tai and Lap Ah Tse
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:327
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  29. Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) constitutes a tool with great research potential due to its advantages over in vivo and in vitro models. Despite its important contribution to lung reconditioning, this technique ...

    Authors: Claudia Hernández-Jiménez, Javier Martínez-Cortés, J. Raúl Olmos-Zuñiga, Rogelio Jasso-Victoria, María Teresa López-Pérez, Néstor Emmanuel Díaz-Martínez, Marcelino Alonso-Gómez, Axel Edmundo Guzmán-Cedillo, Matilde Baltazares-Lipp, Miguel Gaxiola-Gaxiola, Adriana Méndez-Bernal, Adrián Polo-Jeréz, Juan Carlos Vázquez-Minero, Oscar Hernández-Pérez and Christopher O. Fernández-Solís
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:326
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  30. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic progressive interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology, is characterized by continuous damage to alveolar epithelial cells, abnormal repair of alveolar tissue,...

    Authors: Qingyin Liu, Xue Liu, Guoyu Wang, Fan Wu, Yuan Hou and Huaman Liu
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:325
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  31. Pulmonary inflammatory leiomyosarcoma (PILMS) is a rare type of myogenic tumor with prominent lymphohistiocytic infiltration. Despite their histological similarities, PILMS is immunohistochemically and genetic...

    Authors: Takahiro Shibayama, Kaishi Satomi, Ryota Tanaka, Akihiko Yoshida, Kiyotaka Nagahama, Akimasa Hayashi, Takashi Hibiya, Kazuharu Suda, Masachika Fujiwara and Junji Shibahara
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:324
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  32. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-limiting disorder that is characterised by respiratory tract inflammation that is mediated by a range of microbial pathogens. Small colony variants (SCVs) of common respiratory p...

    Authors: Harrigan Ryan, Emma Ballard, Rebecca E. Stockwell, Christine Duplancic, Rachel M. Thomson, Kimberley Smith and Scott C. Bell
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:323
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  33. This study was performed to validate the epidemiology, initial treatment, and clinical practice of lung cancer patients in the Hokushin region, Japan.

    Authors: Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshikazu Nishino, Tomoya Takiguchi, Shintaro Kanda, Kengo Otsuki, Yuriko Tanaka, Yozo Nakazawa, Ken-ichi Ito, Ryuji Hayashi, Kazuo Yasumoto, Hidetaka Uramoto, Yasuo Hirono, Tomoe Makino, Mitsutoshi Nakada, Seiji Yano and Tomonobu Koizumi
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:322
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  34. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a type of breathing problem during sleep caused by the blockage of the upper airway, which can cause cessation of airflow. There is limited research on the prevalence of OSA in...

    Authors: Salim Abdallah Salim, Jasmit Shah, Jumaa Bwika and Sayed K. Ali
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:321
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  36. To analyze the characteristics and prognostic values of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) fusion gene partner, gene subtype and abundance in tumor tissues of advanced Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) patients...

    Authors: Yuan Yang, Baohua Lu, Mingming Hu, Qunhui Wang, Mei Jiang, Tongmei Zhang and Zhe Liu
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:319
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  37. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are two major age-related diseases prevalent in the elderly. However, it is unclear whether there is a higher prevalence of one or ...

    Authors: Hong Chen, Xiaojia Luo, Yuejun Du, Chenyun He, Yanjun Lu, Zixuan Shi and Jin Zhou
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:318
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  40. Previous studies have shown mortality benefits with corticosteroids in Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). However, there is inconsistency regarding the use of methylprednisolone over dexamethasone in COVID-19,...

    Authors: Khalid Al Sulaiman, Ohoud Aljuhani, Ghazwa B. Korayem, Ali Altebainawi, Reham Alharbi, Maha Assadoon, Ramesh Vishwakarma, Nadia H. Ismail, Asma A. Alshehri, Faisal E. Al Mutairi, Mashael AlFaifi, Abdullah F. Alharthi, Abeer A. Alenazi, Mai Alalawi, Omar Al Zumai, Hussain Al Haji…
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:315
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:392

  41. There is a considerable diagnostic delay in the diagnosis ‘benign acquired subglottic stenosis in adults’ (SGS, diagnosed by the reference standard, i.e. laryngo- or bronchoscopy). Patients are frequently misd...

    Authors: Juliëtta H.C. Schuering, Ilan J. Y. Halperin, Maarten K. Ninaber, Luuk N.A. Willems, Peter Paul G. van Benthem, Elisabeth V. Sjögren and Antonius P.M. Langeveld
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:314
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  42. During the fifth wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Japan, which took place between June and September 2021, a significant number of COVID-19 cases with deterioration occurred in unvac...

    Authors: Yoko Shibata, Kenji Omae, Hiroyuki Minemura, Yasuhito Suzuki, Takefumi Nikaido, Yoshinori Tanino, Atsuro Fukuhara, Ryuzo Kanno, Hiroyuki Saito, Shuzo Suzuki, Taeko Ishii, Yayoi Inokoshi, Eiichiro Sando, Hirofumi Sakuma, Tatsuho Kobayashi, Hiroaki Kume…
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:312
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  44. The study evaluates the impact of the time between commencing non-invasive ventilation (NIV) support and initiation of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) in a cohort of critically ill pat...

    Authors: María P. Fuset-Cabanes, LLuisa Hernández-Platero, Joan Sabater-Riera, Miguel Gordillo-Benitez, Fabio Di Paolo, Paola Cárdenas-Campos, Krystel Maisterra-Santos, María Pons-Serra, Paola Sastre-Pérez, Alejandro García-Zaloña, Javiera Puentes-Yañez and Xosé Pérez-Fernández
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:310
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  46. This study aimed to compare the predictive value of two diagnostic criteria for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants with gestational age (GA) < 32 weeks for death or severe respiratory morbidit...

    Authors: Xin Wang, Yang-Ke Lu, Yan-Yan Wu, Da-Peng Liu, Jing Guo, Ming-Chao Li, YingYuan Wang, Rui Li, Xiao-Yuan Zhang and Wen-Qing Kang
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:308
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  47. Development of pleural effusion (PE) following CABG is common. Post-CABG PE are divided into early- (within 30 days of surgery) and delayed-onset (30 days–1 year) which are likely due to distinct pathological ...

    Authors: Hugh Welch, Jessica Harris, Maria Pufulete, Arnaldo Dimagli, Umberto Benedetto and Nick Maskell
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:307
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  48. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a great number of patients required Mechanical Ventilation (MV). Tracheostomy is the preferred procedure when difficult weaning is presented. Surgical techniques available for per...

    Authors: Alejandro González-Muñoz, Camilo Ramírez-Giraldo, Jorge David Peña Suárez, Jaime Lozano-Herrera, Isabella Vargas Mendoza and David Rene Rodriguez Lima
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:306
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  50. A high mortality rate has always been observed in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU); however, there are few reported predictive models regarding...

    Authors: Jingjing Pan, Wei Bu, Tao Guo, Zhi Geng and Min Shao
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:303
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