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Age modification of ozone associations with cardiovascular disease risk in adults: a potential role for soluble P-selectin and blood pressure

Drew B. Day, Merlise A. Clyde, Jianbang Xiang, Feng Li, Xiaoxing Cui, Jinhan Mo, Jicheng Gong, Charl... More >>

Assessment of a respiratory face mask for capturing air pollutants
and pathogens including human influenza and rhinoviruses

S. Steve Zhou, Salimatu Lukula, Cory Chiossone, Raymond W. Nims, Donna B. Suchmann, M. Khalid Ijaz More >>

Relationship between free and total malondialdehyde, a well-established marker of oxidative stress, in various types of human biospecimens

Xiaoxing Cui, Jicheng Gong, Hailong Han, Linchen He, Yanbo Teng, Teresa Tetley, Rudy Sinharay, Kian ... More >>

Cough Section more

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cough—Chinese Thoracic Society (CTS) Asthma Consortium

Kefang Lai, Huahao Shen, Xin Zhou, Zhongmin Qiu, Shaoxi Cai, Kewu Huang, Qiuping Wang, Changzheng Wa... More >>

Cough frequency monitors: can they discriminate patient from environmental coughs?

Stefan T. Kulnik, Natalie M. Williams, Lalit Kalra, John Moxham, Surinder S. Birring More >>

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Original Article

The use of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy-guided microwave ablation in patients with multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules: a retrospective study of 26 cases
Siwei Wang, Chi Su, Jing Li, Na Yin, Chunpei Wu, Rong Gao, Shuai Zhang, Xiaojun Wang, Zhenzhong Lin, Dongxue Li, Jingwen Hu, Ming Li
Narrow true lumen favors future complication even in small diameter of type B aortic dissection
Ken Nakamura, Ri Sho, Kimihiro Kobayashi, Shingo Nakai, Ai Ishizawa, Daisuke Watanabe, Hideaki Uchino, Takao Shimanuki, Tetsuro Uchida
Comparison of three methods in the surgical treatment of mediastinal roof tumors
Qian Zheng, Yong-Fu Ma, Sha-Sha Jiang, Si Yu-Wen, Yan Xu, Yang Liu
Postoperative radiotherapy after extirpative surgery may not improve survival in patients with Masaoka-Koga stage IIB thymoma: a propensity-matched study based on the SEER database
Hui Wang, Song Guan, Zheng Liu, Yinpeng Li, Jingjing Yan
Anticoagulant therapy in adult with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial
Yanan Zhou, Yanping Yang, Ying Wang, Dongni Hou, Yuanlin Song
Outcomes of lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema: unilateral and bilateral
Rocio Castillo-Larios, Alejandra Yu Lee-Mateus, Daniel Hernandez-Rojas, Priyanka Pulipaka, Mathew Thomas, Samuel Jacob, Magdy M. El-Sayed Ahmed, Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, David Abia-Trujillo, Ian A. Makey
Safety and efficacy of thrombolytic therapy in the treatment of early pulmonary embolism after thoracic surgery
Dong Ning, Lin Zhou, Mao-Yong Fu, Guidong Shi
Pathological responses of primary tumor and lymph nodes in non-small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy: a retrospective real-world study
Weipeng Shao, Chengwei Zhao, Hui Li, Jian Sun, Bobo Li, Zhan Liu, Feng Chen, Jie Liu, Xiaokang Guo, Hongbo Guo
Reverse triggering in patients with acute brain injury undergoing controlled ventilation
Xu-Ying Luo, Yi-Min Zhou, Jianfang Zhou, Xuan He, Guang-Qiang Chen, Hong-Liang Li, Yan-Lin Yang, Linlin Zhang, Jian-Xin Zhou
Nomogram model for predicting long-term survival in esophageal cancer patients with metastasis after treatment: a SEER-based study
Xiaomei Li, Daosheng Li, Shuming Qin, Hong Ye, Min Lin
The impact of age on the efficacy of radiotherapy in pleural mesothelioma patients receiving trimodality therapy: a population-based study of the SEER database
Jun Yang, Liang Xia, Hui Jie, Tengyong Wang, Chenglin Guo, Chengwu Liu, Hu Liao, Jiandong Mei, Qiang Pu, Lunxu Liu
Radiomic score is prognostic in clinical stage I lung adenocarcinoma ≤2 cm undergoing surgery
Ju Ae Park, Duy Pham, Hongkun Wang, Sandeep Khandhar, Michael J. Weyant, Kei Suzuki
Efficacy and outcome analysis: monotherapy and combination therapy of S-1 for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Feiyi Cao, Wenjing Wang, Cuiping Gu, Yao Zhou, Ying Jin, Wei Hong
Integrated bioinformatics and machine learning algorithms reveal the unfolded protein response pathways and immune infiltration in acute myocardial infarction
Yang Bai, Zequn Niu, Zhenyu Yang, Yi Sun, Weidong Yan, Anshi Wu, Changwei Wei
Comparison of the use of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in anti-melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 positive dermatomyositis and other systemic rheumatic diseases associated with acute respiratory failure based on a single-center retrospective study
Lifeng Wang, Xueling Wu, Shuangjun He, Xiaodong Wang, Weijun Wang, Yi Chen, Cuiying Xie
Changes in stent-graft orientation after frozen elephant trunk treatment in aortic arch aneurysm
Yosuke Takahashi, Akimasa Morisaki, Kenta Nishiya, Gouki Inno, Takumi Kawase, Yukihiro Nishimoto, Munehide Nagao, Kazuki Noda, Ryo Nangoya, Toshihiko Shibata
Evaluation of the safety of drainless uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a two-institution retrospective study
Satoshi Takamori, Hiroki Ebana, Marina Nakatsuka, Aki Kobayashi, Makoto Endo
Association between reflux esophagitis and pulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Huanyu Qian, Lixia Wang, Jie Xu, Tao He, Jian Liu, Zhijun Duan
Incidence of early persistent pain after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a single-centre prospective cohort study
Louisa N. Spaans, Lois Vriens, Rudi M. H. Roumen, Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen, R. Arthur Bouwman, Frank J. C. van den Broek
Safety and efficacy of a novel quantitative phase I exercise in patients after cardiopulmonary bypass: a single-blind, prospective, non-randomized study
Yang Yang, Yan Jin, Cheng Chen, Qingwan Zheng, Min Ge, Lei Wang, Ya-Peng Wang
Risk of treatment-related toxicity from EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer
Zhifei Li, Hongyuan Chu, Sicheng Huang, Runze Li, Bin Qiu, Fengwei Tan, Qi Xue, Shugeng Gao, Jie He
Utility of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test in perioperative assessment of patients with mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Bora Lee, Wonjun Ji, Sei Won Lee, Chang-Min Choi, Yeon-Mok Oh, Jae Seung Lee
Sulforaphane attenuates phosgene-induced acute lung injury via the Nrf2-HO-1/NQO1 pathway
Qianying Lu, Siyu Huang, Yanmei Zhao, Sifan Yu, Mingyu Shi, Junfeng Li, Yangfan Liang, Haojun Fan, Shike Hou
Sivelestat sodium alleviated sepsis-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting TGF-β/Smad signaling pathways through upregulating microRNA-744-5p
Jin Qian, Ke-Jun Liu, Chang-Hui Zhong, Li-Na Xian, Zhi-Hua Hu
The impact of immune markers on thymectomy prognosis in thymoma-myasthenia gravis
Hao Wang, Yang Shi, Zirong Wang, Yu Shi, Yongqiang Chen, Yuan Chen
Chest drainage outcomes by water seal versus low suction on digital drainage systems after lung resection: retrospective study
Takahiro Honda, Shunsuke Tauchi
A propensity score-matched analysis to evaluate the benefit of adjuvant therapy on disease recurrence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after R0 esophagectomy
Yuqin Cao, Qingqing Hu, Yajie Zhang, Chengqiang Li, Yuan Zhou, Yongjing Zhang, Hong Qiu, Hecheng Li
Right anterior mini-thoracotomy as first-line strategy for isolated aortic valve replacement: a retrospective study
Mi Hee Lim, Chee-Hoon Lee, Min Ho Ju, Hyung Gon Je
Impact of multimorbidity on risk stratification and prognosis in elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction
Yizhen Qin, Hualong Qin, Biwen Yang, Lin Chen, Chao Chen, Jialiang Xu, Feng Xue, Tingbo Jiang, Mingzhu Xu
Aspirin use is associated with the reduced mortality risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with sepsis: a retrospective study using the MIMIC-IV database
Zhao Yu, Yuan-Yuan Qian
Immunotherapy in operable non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of efficacy between neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy and perioperative immunotherapy
Zhe He, Qihang Zhu, Xin Xia, Junhan Wu, Haiping Xiao, Guibin Qiao, Yong Tang
Predicting the invasiveness of ground-glass opacity predominant lung adenocarcinoma with clinical stage Ia: a CT-based semantic and radiomics analysis
Yunqing Zhao, Zhaoxiang Ye, Qingna Yan, Haoran Sun, Fengnian Zhao
Association between patient medications and postoperative outcomes in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer
Steven Tohmasi, Daniel B. Eaton Jr, Nikki E. Rossetti, Carley Pickett, Brendan T. Heiden, Yan Yan, Theodore S. Thomas, Deepika Gopukumar, Mayank R. Patel, Ana A. Baumann, Daniel Kreisel, Ruben G. Nava, Whitney S. Brandt, Bryan F. Meyers, Benjamin D. Kozower, Su-Hsin Chang, Varun Puri, Martin W. Schoen
Comparative prognosis of long-term follow-up over 10 years and dropout from follow-up after resection of lung cancer
Yasushi Mizukami, Miho Aoyagi, Yoshiki Chiba, Kazuki Sato, Hirofumi Adachi
A robotic-assisted thymectomy is equivalent to a transsternal resection in large thymomas
Shaikha Al-Thani, Mohamed Rahouma, Jonathan Villena-Vargas, Oliver Chow, Sebron Harrison, Benjamin Lee, Nasser Altorki, Jeffrey Port
Prognostic significance using histologic subtype in stage I lung adenocarcinoma
Hyun Woo Jeon, Young-Du Kim, Sung Bo Sim, Mi Hyoung Moon
A comparative diagnostic yield among cytologic examination, cell block and closed pleural biopsy in exudative pleural effusion
Worawat Chumpangern, Apichart So-ngern, Praewpanit Toomsongkram, Nipon Chaisuriya, Wipa Reechaipichitkul, Itthiphat Arunsurat, Pailin Ratanawatkul
Initial results of uniportal and robot-assisted subxiphoid thymectomy
Takahiro Negi, Mizuki Morota, Daisuke Tochii, Sachiko Tochii, Takashi Suda
Analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and viral coinfection in southern Guangzhou after the COVID-19 pandemic
Xiongting Wu, Rong Chen, Di Mo, Yinyan Wang, Yuxiao Xia, Mengzhang He
Mendelian randomization study on the causal relationship between chronic hepatitis B/C virus infection and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Huaiqing Qi, Jun Guo
Risk factor analysis and predictive model development for air leakage after thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection
Jiekun Qian, Feilong Guo, Maohui Chen, Hongjin Wang, Bingqiang Cai, Yongcong Zhang, Shuliang Zhang, Taidui Zeng, Guanglei Huang, Xu Li, Xiuyi Yu, Bin Zheng, Chun Chen
The effect of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction on the bronchodilator response
Firas Ido, Michael DiRico, Meng-Shan Lin, Deborah Stahlnecker
Opioid use in thoracic surgery: a retrospective study on postoperative complications
Jerry Xiao, Duc T. Nguyen, Zoe K. Lichtenberg, Elsie Rizk, Leonora M. Meisenbach, Ray Chihara, Edward A. Graviss, Min P. Kim
Imbalance of intestinal flora activates inflammatory response contributing to acute lung injury
Ying He, Shunhong Wang, Huina Lu, Qiongqiong Zhang, Xia Chen, Yan Yang, Jing Feng, Yubo Chen
The value of anxiety and depression in predicting physical function and major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Jianlong Wang, Tianle Li, Yan Gu, Bin Su, Hui Wang, Chaohui Lai, Yingwu Liu
Treatment approaches and outcomes of major chest wall resections and reconstructions in patients with soft tissue and bone sarcomas: a retrospective observational study
Andrej Ozaniak, Dominika Galova, Iva Benesova, Robert Lischke, Zuzana Ozaniak Strizova
Feasibility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery as a redo chest approach for lung resection in patients with a history of surgical procedures on the same side
Jean-Baptiste Menager, Valeria Musso, Justin Issard, Delphine Mitilian, Dominique Fabre, Olaf Mercier, Elie Fadel
Cost-effectiveness and postoperative outcomes of spontaneous vs. mechanical ventilation during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a retrospective study
Jingyan Wang, Yanran Zhou, Zongming Jiang, Shenghua Yi, Yulong Wang
Ameliorating lipopolysaccharide induced acute lung injury with Lianhua Qingke: focus on pulmonary endothelial barrier protection
Yan Ma, Yunlong Hou, Yu Han, Yi Liu, Ningxin Han, Yujie Yin, Xiaoqi Wang, Peipei Jin, Zhuo He, Jiemeng Sun, Yuanjie Hao, Jing Guo, Tongxing Wang, Wei Feng, Hui Qi, Zhenhua Jia
The efficacy of neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors in lung squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma: a systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis
Junguo Dong, Qixia Wang, Runchen Wang, Kaiwen Ye, Zhiming Ye, Jiayu Lin, Hengrui Liang, Wei Wang
Gut microbiota and metabolites associated with immunotherapy efficacy in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: a pilot study
Liyang Sun, Xueting Wang, Huimin Zhou, Rui Li, Ming Meng, Giandomenico Roviello, Byeongsang Oh, Lingxin Feng, Zhuang Yu, Jing Wang
CLCA1 and BPIFB1 are potential novel biomarkers for asthma: an iTRAQ analysis
Tianci Chai, Yinji Liu, Yuwei Zeng, Sung-Yoon Kang, Jie Li
Epidemiological characteristics of severe community-acquired pneumonia in children admitted to two tertiary hospitals in Shihezi, Xinjiang Region, China in 2023: a cross-sectional analysis
Ran Ma, Zubi Liu, Li Zhang, Cailing Chen, Bo Yuan, Yanfeng Luo, Pedro J. Marcos, Pierre Tattevin, Wei Zhang
Effect of COVID-19 vaccine in adults infected with the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2: a retrospective cohort study
Xing Lv, Heng Zhao, Xiaona Niu, Yunfu Wu, Mingming Wang, Jie Chen, Liqiang Song
Two versus three to four cycles of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in real-world practice
Jinxian He, Gaofeng Liang, Hongyan Yu, Weiyu Shen, Jose M. Pimiento, Christopher J. Anker, Kazuo Koyanagi, Jiacong Liu, Jian Hu
Correlation of hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet score with prognosis in patients with stage III squamous lung cancer
Jing-Chen Huo, Yue Wang, Jing-Wei Su, Sui Liu, Atsushi Osoegawa, Zhong-Fei Jia, Yu-Xiang Wang, Jie Yang
Safety and feasibility of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy combined with immunotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a prospective single-group phase II clinical study
Lei Cheng, Xinyi Wang, Haixia Shen, Jin Wang, Yang Yang, Wei Wu, Rashid Mehmood, Dijian Shen, Youhua Jiang, Yongling Ji
Prevalence and influencing factors of pulmonary nodules in hospitalized patients with diabetes
Yanqiu Jiang, Aijie Huang, Chenxiao Liu, Mian Wu, Jiaqi Chen, Honghong Lu
The diagnostic value of hydroxyproline combined with tuberculosis infection T lymphocyte spot assay in pulmonary tuberculosis
Yuchen Zhai, Jingjing Ren, Zhengyuan Ding, Feifan Xu, Shengyan Qu, Keyun Bian, Jinling Chen, Min Yao, Fan Yao, Bin Liu, Ming Ni
The fear of cancer recurrence in elderly patients after endoscopic submucosal dissection for early esophageal cancer: a cross-sectional study
Jing Wang, Ting Chen, Wen Li, Maosha Wang, Hua Yang, Feng Liu
The optimal stereotactic body radiotherapy dose with immunotherapy for pulmonary oligometastases: a retrospective cohort study
Xiajing Qian, Zhengxuying Fang, Wei Jiang, Jianbo Chou, Yunyun Lu, Salma K. Jabbour, Robert A. Ramirez, Yi Lu

Review Article

Artificial intelligence applications in personalizing lung cancer management: state of the art and future perspectives
Filippo Lococo, Galal Ghaly, Sara Flamini, Annalisa Campanella, Marco Chiappetta, Emilio Bria, Emanuele Vita, Giampaolo Tortora, Jessica Evangelista, Carolina Sassorossi, Maria Teresa Congedo, Vincenzo Valentini, Evis Sala, Alfredo Cesario, Stefano Margaritora, Luca Boldrini, Abdelrahman Mohammed
Clinical practice guidelines in adult diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy: systematic review of the literature and quality appraisal with AGREE II
Wei Huang, Fanqi Wu, Liang Tian, Chao Xu, Hong Wang
Acute esophageal necrosis in the post-operative period: a narrative review of presentation, management, and outcomes
Samantha J. Seitter, Alexander J. Rossi, Jonathan M. Hernandez, Naris Nilubol, David S. Schrump
Patient-reported outcomes following esophagectomy
Alicia M. Bonanno, Felix G. Fernandez
Rethinking how mobile units can catalyze progress on lung cancer screening: a scoping review of what we have learned
Shama D. Karanth, Joel Divaker, Marissa Blair, Jhanelle E. Gray, Bruno Hochhegger, Erin Kobetz, Tiago Machuca, Mindaugas Rackauskas, Danting Yang, Estelamari Rodriguez, Matthew B. Schabath, Hyung-Suk Yoon, Dejana Braithwaite
Comparative efficacy of doxycycline and its analogues with autologous blood patch pleurodesis for persistent air leak following secondary spontaneous pneumothorax in adults—a systematic review
Milind Bhagat, Ajay Krishan Adusumilli, Ananta Ghimire, Roy Joseph Cho
Patient-reported assessments of chronic cough in clinical trials: accessory or primary endpoints?
Ewan Christopher Mackay, Richard Douglas Turner, Peter Siu Pan Cho, Surinder S. Birring
Chest wall resections for advanced breast cancer: a narrative review
Natalie Baldes, Konstantinos Grapatsas, Fabian Dörr, Hruy Menghesha, Martin Schuler, Anja Welt, Martin Stuschke, Rainer Kimmig, Oliver Hoffmann, Servet Bölükbas
Advantages and rational application of indocyanine green fluorescence in pulmonary nodule surgery: a narrative review
Bo Dai, Ao Yu, Gefei Zhao, Yiqing Wang, Yong Zhou, Kena Ni
Review Article 
Management of incidental lung nodules <8 mm in diameter
Marcelo Sánchez, Mariana Benegas, Ivan Vollmer
Published online: 22 August 2018
Original Article 
Modified SEIR and AI prediction of the epidemics trend of COVID-19 in China under public health interventions
Zifeng Yang, Zhiqi Zeng, Ke Wang, Sook-San Wong, Wenhua Liang, Mark Zanin, Peng Liu, Xudong Cao, Zhongqiang Gao, Zhitong Mai, Jingyi Liang, Xiaoqing Liu, Shiyue Li, Yimin Li, Feng Ye, Weijie Guan, Yifan Yang, Fei Li, Shengmei Luo, Yuqi Xie, Bin Liu, Zhoulang Wang, Shaobo Zhang, Yaonan Wang, Nanshan Zhong, Jianxing He
Published online: 23 March 2020
Review Article 
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in lung cancer: an overview and update
Gillian Bethune, Drew Bethune, Neale Ridgway, Zhaolin Xu
Published online: 11 March 2010
Guideline of Cough Section 
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cough—Chinese Thoracic Society (CTS) Asthma Consortium
Kefang Lai, Huahao Shen, Xin Zhou, Zhongmin Qiu, Shaoxi Cai, Kewu Huang, Qiuping Wang, Changzheng Wang, Jiangtao Lin, Chuangli Hao, Lingfei Kong, Shunan Zhang, Yaolong Chen, Wei Luo, Mei Jiang, Jiaxing Xie, Nanshan Zhong
Published online: 28 November 2018
Review Article 
Revisiting signs, strengths and weaknesses of Standard Chest Radiography in patients of Acute Dyspnea in the Emergency Department
Luciano Cardinale, Giovanni Volpicelli, Alessandro Lamorte, Jessica Martino, Andrea veltri
Published online: 21 August 2012
Review Article 
Lung transplant in end-staged chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients: a concise review
Fahad Aziz, Sudheer Penupolu, Xin Xu, Jianxing He
Published online: 11 June 2010
Review Article 
A review of current and novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Rokhsara Rafii, Maya M. Juarez, Timothy E. Albertson, Andrew L. Chan
Published online: 02 February 2013
Editorial 
Classification of drugs to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB): evidence and perspectives
Adrian Rendon, Simon Tiberi, Anna Scardigli, Lia D’Ambrosio, Rosella Centis, Jose A. Caminero, Giovanni Battista Migliori
Published online: 01 October 2016
Review Article 
Pleural infection-current diagnosis and management
Andrew Rosenstengel, YC Gary Lee
Published online: 30 April 2012
Review Article 
Role of cannabis in cardiovascular disorders
Hemant Goyal, Hamza H. Awad, Jalal K. Ghali
Published online: 31 July 2017
Original Article 
D-dimer value in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism—may it exclude only?
Magdalena Sikora-Skrabaka, Damian Skrabaka, Paolo Ruggeri, Gaetano Caramori, Szymon Skoczyński, Adam Barczyk
Published online: 29 March 2019
Editorial 
SIRS, qSOFA and new sepsis definition
Paul E. Marik, Abdalsamih M. Taeb
Published online: 25 April 2017
Review Article on Pollutional Haze 
The impact of PM2.5 on the human respiratory system
Yu-Fei Xing, Yue-Hua Xu, Min-Hua Shi, Yi-Xin Lian
Published online: 30 January 2016
Review Article 
Superior sulcus (Pancoast) tumors: current evidence on diagnosis and radical treatment
Christophoros N. Foroulis, Paul Zarogoulidis, Kaid Darwiche, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Ilias Karapantzos, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Haidong Huang, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis
Published online: 30 September 2013
Practical Biostatistics 
How to Calculate Sample Size in Randomized Controlled Trial?
Baoliang Zhong
Published online: 11 December 2009
Original Article 
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic marker in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients: a retrospective study
Ying Wang, Mohan Ju, Cuicui Chen, Dong Yang, Dongni Hou, Xinjun Tang, Xiaodan Zhu, Donghui Zhang, Lilin Wang, Shimeng Ji, Jinjun Jiang, Yuanlin Song
Published online: 31 January 2018
Statistic Corner 
Longitudinal studies
Edward Joseph Caruana, Marius Roman, Jules Hernández-Sánchez, Piergiorgio Solli
Published online: 28 November 2015
Review Article 
Sleep disorder in patients with chronic liver disease: a narrative review
Neeraj Mukesh Shah, Akanksha Mimi Malhotra, Georgios Kaltsakas
Published online: 15 October 2020

Original Article

Suppressive oligonucleotides inhibit inflammation in a murine model of mechanical ventilator induced lung injury
Julia Scheiermann, Dennis M. Klinman
Five-year update on the mouse model of orthotopic lung transplantation: Scientific uses, tricks of the trade, and tips for success
Xue Lin, Wenjun Li, Jiaming Lai, Mikio Okazaki, Seiichiro Sugimoto, Sumiharu Yamamoto, Xingan Wang, Andrew E. Gelman, Daniel Kreisel, Alexander Sasha Krupnick
A pooled analysis of advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer patients with stable treated brain metastases in two phase II trials receiving bevacizumab and pemetrexed as second-line therapy
Matthew A. Gubens, Jody C. Chuang, Wallace Akerley, Corey J. Langer, Christelle Clément- Duchêne, Melanie San Pedro-Salcedo, A. Dimitrios Colevas, Konstantin Dragnev, Mark A. Socinski, Heather A. Wakelee
Pleurodesis: a comparison of two sclerosing agents for pleural effusions in Mozambique
Ivo Figueiredo, Anilsa Cossa, Anila Hassane, José Sousa, Joaquim Pondo, João Teixeira, Kevan Akrami, Susannah K. Graves, Atul Malhotra, Elizabete A. Nunes

Review Article

Atypical antibody responses to influenza
Dalton Hermans, Richard J. Webby, Sook-San Wong
What can individuals do to reduce personal health risks from air pollution?
Robert Laumbach, Qingyu Meng, Howard Kipen
The role of rotors in atrial fibrillation
David E. Krummen, Vijay Swarup, Sanjiv M. Narayan
Current outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: evidence from randomized controlled trials
Daniel Fudulu, Umberto Benedetto, Gustavo Guida Pecchinenda, Pierpaolo Chivasso, Vito Domenico Bruno, Filippo Rapetto, Alan Bryan, Gianni Davide Angelini
Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum
Mario D. Terán, Malcolm V. Brock
Improving radiotherapy planning, delivery accuracy, and normal tissue sparing using cutting edge technologies
Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Indrin J. Chetty
Esophageal cancer: staging system and guidelines for staging and treatment
Mark F. Berry
Implementing the new IASLC/ATS/ERS classification of lung adenocarcinomas: results from international and Chinese cohorts
Ming-Ching Lee, Kyuichi Kadota, Daniel Buitrago, David R. Jones, Prasad S. Adusumilli
Premature menopause in young breast cancer: effects on quality of life and treatment interventions
Shoshana M. Rosenberg, Ann H. Partridge
Strategies for the acquisition of transcriptional and epigenetic information in single cells
Guang Li, Elda Dzilic, Nick Flores, Alice Shieh, Sean M. Wu
The role of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β in the infarcted myocardium
Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis
Utility of cardiac magnetic resonance for evaluation of mitral regurgitation prior to mitral valve surgery
Neil K. Mehta, Jiwon Kim, Jonathan Y. Siden, Sara Rodriguez-Diego, Javid Alakbarli, Antonino Di Franco, Jonathan W. Weinsaft
Adjuvant, neoadjuvant, and definitive radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Gwendolyn Cramer, Charles B. Simone II, Theresa M. Busch, Keith A. Cengel

Editorial

Conservatism strikes back: later is better than earlier dialysis for acute kidney injury
Dana Bielopolski, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Sleep and critical illness: bridging the two pillars at the ATS 2016
Stuti J. Jaiswal, Atul Malhotra, Robert L. Owens
Temperature and duration targets during post-arrest care: choosing the right prescription for the right patient
John C. Greenwood, Abhishek Bhardwaj, Benjamin S. Abella
Examining the paradox of high high-density lipoprotein and elevated cardiovascular risk
Kavisha Singh, Anand Rohatgi
Mortality after red blood cell transfusions from previously pregnant donors: complexities in the interpretation of large data
Susan Kuldanek, Christopher C. Silliman
Optogenetic tools for cell biological applications
Abhirup Mukherjee, Nicole A. Repina, David V. Schaffer, Ravi S. Kane
Editorial on “Transcription factor SPZ1 promotes TWIST-mediated epithelial—mesenchymal transition and oncogenesis in human liver cancer”
Dan J. Raz
Editorial on “Can CT-PET and endoscopic assessment post-neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy predict residual disease in esophageal cancer”
Chia-Ju Liu, Wei Lu
The hemodynamic impact of acute nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is it safe?
Bo Xu, Reena Mehra
Tumor spread through air space (STAS) is an important predictor of clinical outcome in stage IA lung adenocarcinoma
Hui-Zi Chen, Erin M. Bertino, Kai He
Antiviral prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus reactivation in immune competent patients—the jury remains out
Sara A. Mansfield, Charles H. Cook
Allosterically targeting EGFR drug-resistance gatekeeper mutations
Nicholas Spellmon, Chunying Li, Zhe Yang
Imaging homeostatic sleep pressure and circadian rhythm in the human brain
Zhuo Fang, Hengyi Rao
Tumor mutational burden (TMB) as a biomarker of response to immunotherapy in small cell lung cancer
Yanis Boumber

Letter to the Editor

Response to “VATS vs. thoracotomy regarding postoperative chronic pain”
Emine Ozgur Bayman, Kalpaj R. Parekh, John Keech, Timothy J. Brennan
The role of a decision analysis in treatment of T2N0 esophageal cancer
Tara R. Semenkovich, Bryan F. Meyers, Benjamin D. Kozower, Varun Puri

Case Report

Intraoperative near-infrared imaging can identify subcentimeter colorectal cancer lung metastases during pulmonary metastasectomy
Andrew D. Newton, Jarrod D. Predina, Lydia G. Frenzel-Sulyok, Michael H. Shin, Yiqing Wang, Sunil Singhal
A novel strategy for cardiopulmonary support during lung transplantation
Ramiro Fernandez, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Ankit Bharat

Review Article on Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Left ventricular assist device driveline infections: recent advances and future goals
Anne-Marie Leuck

Short Communication of Interventional Pulmonology Corner

Endobronchial ultrasound—guidance for interstitial photodynamic therapy of locally advanced lung cancer—a new interventional concept
Kassem Harris, Emily Oakley, David Bellnier, Gal Shafirstein

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