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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

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

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A retrospective study of risk factors contributing to hemocoagulase-induced hypofibrinogenemia in hemoptysis patients
Fei Zou, Yuenan Xiao, Jiahuan Li, Yongyi Wang
Efficacy, pharmacokinetics, and safety of nebulized HL231 inhalation solution in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized trial
Qingyuan Hu, Li Zhao, Guoping Yang, Fuqiang Wen, Lihua Xie, Zuke Xiao, Feng Chen, Qing He, Tao Bian, Hao Xiong, Fangqiong Li, Yun Yue, Yaming Li, Lin Luo, Zhu Luo
Apneic oxygenation during robotic-assisted bronchoscopy: a retrospective study on safety and diagnostic yield
Kim Styrvoky, Alexandra L. Levine, Andrew D. Nguyen, Mark Vollenweider, Ali Z. Jiwani
Development and validation of a pneumonia severity prediction model using AI analysis of abdominal and paravertebral intramuscular fat on chest CT in COVID-19 patients
Bin Lin, Xiao Luo, Liangji Lu, Kaipeng Jin, Zhiyuan Gao, Baoxin Qian, Shuyue Wang, Peiyu Huang, Minming Zhang
Differences in pulmonary nodular consolidation features among drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis and multidrug/extensively-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis: a multi-national multi-center study
Sheng-Nan Tang, Xi-Ling Huang, Alena Skrahina, Qiu-Ting Zheng, Aleh Tarasau, Dzmitri Klimuk, Sofia Alexandru, Valeriu Crudu, Michael Harris, Darrell E. Hurt, Irada Akhundova, Zaza Avaliani, Sergo Vashakidze, Natalia Shubladze, Guang-Ping Zheng, Xiao-Hui Bao, Andrei Alexandru Muntean, Irina Strambu, Dragos-Cosmin Zaharia, Eugenia Ghita, Miron Bogdan, Roxana Munteanu, Victor Spinu, Alexandra Cristea, Catalina Ene, Valery Kirichenko, Eduard Snezhko, Vassili Kovalev, Alexander Tuzikov, Andrei Gabrielian, Alex Rosenthal, Pu-Xuan Lu, Aliaksandr Skrahin, Yì Xiáng J. Wáng
Bronchodilator response as an independent predictor of severity in bronchiectasis
Yu Ri Kang, Hyun Lee, Hayoung Choi, Seung Won Ra, Yeon-Mok Oh, Ki Hyun Seo, Jae Sung Choi, Ho Sung Lee, Jiwon Lyu, Jihye Lee, Jin-Young Kim, Kyeong-Deok Kim, Ju Ock Na
Development of a scoring system based on a nomogram to identify malignant pleural effusion
Jieying Li, Huan Hou, Jinming Gao
Duration of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support and survival outcomes: a retrospective analysis for lung transplant recipients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Xiao Xiao, Bo Xu, Murong Huang, Hongyi Wang, Chunlan Hu, Peng Li, Jiawei Wang, Wenjun Xu, Guangjian Zhang, Chunxiao Hu
Development and validation of a predictive model for continuous renal replacement therapy in patients undergoing venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Jinquan Xie, Luyin Han, Yaqi Ouyang, Songqiao Liu, Zhenting Liang, Yin Xi, Xiaoli Chen, Ya Wang, Jianchun Li, Yikun Liu, Yutong He, Jiao Li, Li Zhao, Lihui Yang, Wei Lai, You Shang, Lingjuan Liu, Xiaoqing Liu, Yimin Li, Yonghao Xu
Semi-quantitative software evaluation of COVID-19 CT examinations—correlation with clinical parameters
Nicoleta Trif, Christopher Kloth, Susanne Martina Büttner, Nadine Egenrieder, Daniel Wolf, Stefan Andreas Schmidt, Daniel Vogele, Nico Sollmann, Franziska Flack, Lynn Peters, Beate Grüner, Bettina Jungwirth, Steffen Stenger, Thomas Stamminger, Meinrad Beer
Single-use flexible bronchoscopy with the Boston Scientific® EXALTTM Model B—an academic quaternary centre experience
Noreen Tangney, Emily O’Reilly, Mairead O’Donnell, Anne O’Mahony, Kevin Deasy, Hisham Ibrahim, Andre Pozza, Marcus Peter Kennedy
A comprehensive analysis of antihypertensive medications and their impact on lung cancer incidence and all-cause mortality: a population-based study in South Korea
Juwhan Choi, Seunghun Lee, Dongwoo Kang, Jungkuk Lee, Kyungdo Han, Sue In Choi, Eun Joo Lee, Sung Yong Lee
Disease burden of interstitial lung disease and pulmonary sarcoidosis from 1992 to 2021 and prediction of future disease burden trend in China
Zhiqin Xie, Yunyu Du, Li Zhou, Wanyin Xiong, Min Zhang, Tianxin Xiang, Zhen Yang
Buffalo chest after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum for pectus excavatum: results of the Chest Wall International Group (CWIG) survey
Francesco Donati, Marcelo Martinez-Ferro, Manuel Lopez, Michele Torre
Continuing immune checkpoint inhibitors after pseudoprogression improves survival in lung cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Aiben Huang, Mei Xie, Chongchong Wu, Jie Gao, Xidong Ma, Hui Deng, Jialin Song, Jing Liu, Jie Yao, Xuwen Lin, Xin Zhang, Xinyu Bao, Yiming Liu, Xuelei Zang, Fangping Ren, Li Pang, Jin Qian, Zhiqiang Xue, Lei Pan, Xinying Xue
Bioinformatics and experimental animal model reveal the prognostic value of immunogenic cell death-related proteins in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Meng Li, Jingyang Sun, Rongxuan Jiang, Liren Hou, Yihan Lin, Huanhuan Dong, Meng Fan, Zhiying Wang, Chenyu Liang, Hui Ren, Guangjian Zhang, Yanpeng Zhang
SYVN1 aggravates esophageal squamous cell carcinoma development by activating NF-κB pathway to facilitate macrophage M2 polarization
Kang Wang, Nan Yang, Yuan Qiu, Zhao Huang, Yi Shen, Jing Luo
Protective effects of estradiol on neuroinflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related depression
Jianing Lu, Yuanyuan Li, Zili Zhang, Jingyi Xu, Guizhen Zhang, Xiaoyan Luo, Haichun Zheng, Wenju Lu, Qinghui Huang
Incidence, timing, and outcomes of tracheostomy in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome patients across three nations—an individual patient data analysis
Carolina Cáfaro, Paula Rodrigues Sanches, Roberto Rabello Filho, Siebe G. Blok, Michela Botta, Elisa Estenssoro, Juliana Carvalho Ferreira, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Anna Motos, Ary Serpa Neto, Marcus J. Schultz, Antoni Torres, Anissa M. Tsonas, Frederique Paulus, Michael J. Brenner, David M. P. van Meenen; for the SATI-COVID-19, the CIBERESUCICOVID and the PRoVENT-COVID investigators
U-shaped threshold-balanced extensive pleural lavage system for empyema: a retrospective case-control study on drainage efficiency and clinical outcomes
Min Liu, Meirong Qiu, Fang Mi, Meng Hu, Longcai Zhuo
Evaluating the effectiveness of staged versus simultaneous bilateral lung volume reduction surgery in patients with severe emphysema
Bryan F. Vaca-Cartagena, Alejandra Yu Lee-Mateus, Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, David Abia-Trujillo, Rocio Castillo-Larios, Hesham E. Khaled Khalifa, Lana M. Al-Botros, Mohammad Alomari, Tathagat Narula, Sadia Z. Shah, Mathew Thomas, Ian A. Makey
Quality of life in patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis and with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in real-life clinical practice
Olga Alexandrovna Suvorova, Natalia Vladimirovna Trushenko, Baina Baatrovna Lavginova, Iulia Alekseevna Levina, Svetlana Yuryevna Chikina, Zamira Magomedovna Merzhoeva, Galina Vasilyevna Nekludova, Sergey Nikolaevich Avdeev
Robotic-assisted versus minimally invasive mitral valve repair: a claims data analysis of clinical and cost outcomes
Kazuki Noda, Yosuke Takahashi, Akimasa Morisaki, Kenta Nishiya, Goki Inno, Takumi Kawase, Yukihiro Nishimoto, Munehide Nagao, Ryo Nangoya, Toshihiko Shibata
Ultrasound superiority in detecting micro rib lesions for post-coronavirus disease 2019 chest wall pain: a comparative retrospective study
Xiu-Ming Wang, Fang Liu, Zhi-Yong Bai, Ya-Kui Wang, Chang-Feng Zhong, Gui-Jun Lu, Hua-Bin Zhang
A computed tomography-based lung radiomics nomogram to identify acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a multi-institutional validation study
Xiuxiu Zhou, Yanqing Ma, Taohu Zhou, Xiaoxia Xie, Yueze Li, Yu Guan, Yi Wang, Jie Li, Hanxiao Zhang, Shiyuan Liu, Li Fan
Innovation for using dielectric properties to distinguish lung tumor from normal lung tissues and preliminary exploration for the relevance with metabolic features
Lijuan Wang, Shaobin Li, Hu Zhou, Huajie Li, Nengke Lin, Qiang Huang, Hongfeng Yu, Zhizhi Wang, Zhiming Chen, Yin Zhang, Di Lu
Efficacy and survival of photodynamic treatment for tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma: a two-center retrospective analysis
Luoqi Yang, Jun Teng, Heng Zou, Lijun Zhou, Lu Wang, Nan Zhang, Hongwu Wang
Structured training and early outcomes in major pulmonary resections by a junior thoracic surgeon: a retrospective observational study
Seha Ahn, Youngkyu Moon
Wuhu decoction regulates ROS/AMPK/mTOR pathway-mediated dendritic cells autophagy and pyroptosis for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus-induced asthma
Yi Ding, Jing Luo, Yi-Jue Deng, Jing-Lei Liu, Meng-Qing Wang, Yan Hu
Prognostic significance of the 9th TNM lung cancer staging system in SCLC
Yansu Wang, Yang Liu, Yao Fu, Ruru Sun, Shuang Li, Shuang Zhang
Impact of sarcopenia on early surgical outcomes in elderly patients following lung cancer surgery: a prospective cohort study
Hyeok Sang Woo, Kwon Joong Na, Taeyoung Yun, Ji Hyeon Park, Bubse Na, Samina Park, Hyun Joo Lee, Chang Hyun Kang, Young Tae Kim, In Kyu Park
Construction of a multimodal artificial intelligence model for differentiating benign and malignant anterior mediastinal tumors
Yunxi Zhang, Pingshan Yang, Qingyi Zhu, Kangyao Zeng, Songwang Cai
Utilization and outcomes of lung transplant from donors with cancer: a UNOS study
Yizhan Guo, Kentaro Noda, Masashi Furukawa, John P. Ryan, Pablo G. Sanchez
Long-term outcomes after pleural decortication for patients with chronic sterile, non-malignant pleural effusion
Hee Chul Yang, Austin Drysch, Chitaru Kurihara, Dean P. Schraufnagel, Samuel S. Kim, Ankit Bharat, Kalvin C. Lung
Modalities of follow-up after surgical plication for diaphragmatic paralysis
Lucie Duponchelle, Erik Kovacs, Delphine Gamondes, Gabrielle Drevet, Mamadou Toure, Segolène Turquier, Valentin Soldea, Bertrand Aupecle, Jean-Michel Maury, Jean-Charles Glerant, François Tronc
The hospital length of stay and mortality and its risk and protective factors among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jiejuan Zhang, Jing Pan, Xiali Lu
Dosimetric comparison between biaxially rotational dynamic radiation therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Kouta Hirotaki, Kenji Makita, Masashi Wakabayashi, Masaki Nakamura, Kento Tomizawa, Satoe Kitou, Takashi Ninomiya, Masashi Ito
Application of tubeless anesthesia for enhanced recovery after thoracoscopic wedge resection of the lung: a randomized trial
Xiaoling Li, Shaohua Guo, Weidong Liang, Haiyu Xie, Zhiyong Wu, Rui Han, Yi Wang, Liuqing Yuan
Integrative analysis of fatty acid metabolism and identification of ANLN as a novel prognostic marker in lung adenocarcinoma
Fangfang Yang, Peng Jiang, Xingfa Huo, Xiao Xu, Na Zhou, Xiaochun Zhang
The efficacy and safety of improved laser ablation in the lung: a pilot study
Hang Su, Jianxia Chen, Jixin Shu, Jiachang Chi, Chang Chen, Ye Gu, Zhiyi Dong
Development of a machine learning-based nomogram for predicting chronic postsurgical pain after uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Jie Jiang, Ye Shi, Yunhong Han, Hui Cao, Qin Wang, Feng Liu, Benhao Zhou
P3H1 promotes malignant progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and modulates the immune microenvironment
Yu Gu, Chen Fang, Qinsong Yang, Kai Xie, Wei Jiang, Youzhi Hong, Haitao Ma, Yu Feng
Clinical efficacy of robot-assisted thymectomy for large thymomas: a dual analysis of national and single-institution data
Hee Chul Yang, Charles D. Logan, Austin Chang, Joseph Shilati, Maxime Visa, Kalvin Lung, Ankit Bharat, Samuel S. Kim
Construction and identification of a prognostic and therapeutic signature based on ferroptosis-related oxidative stress genes in lung adenocarcinoma
Da Yao, Feng Jin, Zhaohua Xia
Enhanced protein carbonylation is associated with prolonged fibrin clot lysis in patients with advanced lung cancer: impact on long-term mortality
Grzegorz Królczyk, Elżbieta Broniatowska, Michał Zabczyk, Anetta Undas
Risk and prognostic patterns of viral-associated invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: impact of corticosteroid and antibiotic exposure in non-neutropenic hosts
Furui Liu, Zhaojun Wang, Yulong Hai, Haiyang Wu, Yonghong Yang, Wenling Chen, Ying Yang, Yuanyuan Meng, Jinyuan Zhu
CT-based body composition and inflammatory nutritional biomarker nomogram for predicting early postoperative recurrence of non-small cell lung cancer: a multicenter study
Fei Zou, Jinhong Zhao, Linhua Zhong, Lianggen Gong, Jiahui Jiang, Jiale Hu, Wei Zeng, Lan Liu, Yongjie Zhou
Comparative diagnostic efficacy of ultrasound-guided, medical thoracoscopic, and blind pleural biopsy in tuberculous pleurisy
Xiaoli Bao, Tao Tao, Nan Tang
Patients with multivalvular infective endocarditis demonstrate adverse cardiac remodeling before surgery with increased postoperative mortality risk
Qianxian Li, Shuanglei Zhao, Mingxiu Wen, Yi Hu, Zhou Liu, Jiangang Wang, Jie Han, Wenjian Jiang, Hongjia Zhang, Ming Gong
Impact of surgical aortic valve and coronary intervention volume on transcatheter aortic valve replacement outcomes
Siyu Zhang, Shuang Hu, Zhe Zheng, Chenfei Rao
Nonlinear association between systemic immune-inflammation index and in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional study
Wei Guo, Huaiqing Qi, Zhenghao Wu, Kexin Zhang, Jun Guo
Correlation between serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and clinical characteristics of patients with coronary heart disease: a cross-sectional study
Xueting Yang, Tenglu Zhang, Jing Wang, Kaixin Zhang, Junhong Wang, Zhijun Han, Renrong Wang
The hemoglobin-albumin-lymphocyte-platelet (HALP) score as a prognostic factor in patients with pneumonia aged 75 years and older
Noriko Hayama, Hiroaki Ihara, Yuki Muto, Shinji Sasada, Mitsuhiro Fujii, Kazuhisa Takahashi
Efficacy and outcomes of total tubeless single-port thoracoscopic wedge resection for peripheral pulmonary nodules
Chuanquan Lin, Zhang Yang, Hao Chen, Shaojia Chen, Rui Tong, Ziqi Yin, Kexin Li, Kai Chen, Chi Xu, Bin Zheng, Chun Chen, Wei Zheng, Guobing Xu
Association between glycemic variability in patients with traumatic lung injury and risk of in-hospital death: a retrospective analysis based on the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database
Hong Wang, Fanghao Liu, Lihong Dong, Yue Zhang, Xixiang Yang, Wei Yi
Efficacy and safety of intercostal nerve block for postoperative analgesia in patients with stage III tuberculous empyema: a retrospective study based on propensity score matching
Qian Li, Chunyu Duan, Chao Ding, Peijia Luo, Yongbin Han, Zhenwei Fan
Does surgical margin affect recurrence and survival after pulmonary segmentectomy for cT1 lung cancer?
Abid Donlagic, Edoardo Zanfrini, Etienne Abdelnour-Berchtold, Jean Yannis Perentes, Thorsten Krueger, Céline Forster, Michel Gonzalez
Clinical characteristics and treatment challenges of esophageal sarcomatoid carcinoma: a single-center retrospective cohort study
Chen Chen, Lide Xu, Wenqi Li, Xinyu Zhang, Qiuju Zhang, Chenguang Zhao, Rui Han, Fang Li, Qian Hong
Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients with EGFR-TKI resistance: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Xiaojing Zhang, Xiao Zhong, Linlin Wang
Optimizing coronary computed tomography angiography image quality with motion-compensated reconstruction: a prospective electrocardiogram-triggered mode with second-generation dual-layer spectral detector computed tomography
Linyan Huang, Fei Zhao, Zhilin Zhong, Jierui Zheng, Shen Gui, Shengmei Liu, Yinqiu Wang, Haiwei Liu, Xianfeng Chen, Liqing Peng
A nomogram for preoperative prediction of invasiveness in solitary pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a multicenter study
Xiaocui Liu, Dan Wang, Xiuying Yang, Xiaofei Yue, Chuansheng Zheng, Liming Xia, Xuefeng Kan
Inferior pulmonary ligament dissection after thoracoscopic bullectomy for primary pneumothorax prevents recurrence
Chih-Wei Lin, Ya-Fen Wu, Kam-Hong Kam, Yueh-Lin Wu, Yung-Cheng Yang, Zih-Cen Lin, Jia-Ming Chang
Evaluating mortality risk in elderly lung transplant patients
Taisuke Kaiho, Ambalavanan Arunachalam, Yudai Miyashita, Benjamin Louis Thomae, Austin Chang, Amanda Kamar, G. R. Scott Budinger, Ankit Bharat, Chitaru Kurihara
A bibliometric analysis of macrophages associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from 2005 to 2025
Hui Wang, Qian Xue, Cheng Yang, Jiabing Tong, Zegeng Li, Xiangming Fang, Qinjun Yang
Clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis analysis of stage IB non-small cell lung cancer—a retrospective study from a Chinese medical center
Yuchen Zhang, Guangyin Zhao, Hongyu Zhang, Yifan Guo, Jie Gu, Chunlai Lu, Di Ge
Safety and early outcomes of nighttime lung transplantation with a surgical multidisciplinary team in a low-volume center
Shih-Kang Tseng, Pin-Li Chou, Wei-Hsun Chen, Kuo-Sheng Liu, Hsin-Yueh Fang, Han-Chung Hu, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Chia-Hui Cheng, Yin-Kai Chao, Yun-Hen Liu, Kuo-Chin Kao, Chien-Hung Chiu
Effects of speech therapy with or without transcutaneous electrical stimulation on patients with vocal cord paralysis after thoracic surgery
Jingwei Sun, Lu Wang, Yang Gao, Yuquan Bai, Yifeng Yin, He Xu, Wenyu Hu, Weibo Cao, Yuanquan Zhang, Jinbo Zhao, Daqing Zhao
The impact of preoperative percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy on pleural recurrence in clinically early-stage non-small cell lung cancer
Taeyoung Yun, Sangjun Lee, Ji Hyeon Park, Bubse Na, Kwon Joong Na, Hyun Joo Lee, In Kyu Park, Chang Hyun Kang, Young Tae Kim, Samina Park
The efficacy of azvudine in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a retrospective single-center cohort analysis
Hong Lei, Ya-Wen Ye, Yue-Juan Zhou, Yan-Fei Mao, Yu Fang, Pei-Pei Chen, Wen-Wen You, Shu Li, Yan-Yan Xu
Analysis of efficacy and safety of intensity-modulated radiotherapy with “Target-Ring” strategy for stage IVA large-volume thymoma and thymic carcinoma: a single-center study
Dongshu Chang, Zhiguang Fu, Jing Li, Yupeng Di, Xuan Wang, Haifeng Pang, Yong Wang, Yingjie Wang
Risk factors and clinical outcomes of serum Aspergillus galactomannan antigen (AGA) positivity in lung transplantation
Amanda Kamar, Yudai Miyashita, Taisuke Kaiho, Austin Chang, Benjamin Louis Thomae, Ambalavanan Arunachalam, Chitaru Kurihara
Physical activity reduces cancer mortality but not cardiovascular or all-cause mortality in obstructive sleep apnea: a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)-based analysis
Liwen Chen, Liangfeng Liu, Guanwen He, Yangbin Xu, Rifu Wei
Fusion of 2.5D deep transfer learning and radiomics for predicting benign and malignant Lung Imaging Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS) 3 and 4A nodules
Kui Wang, Xiaoxiao Huang, Xiaoxin Huang, Xingyu Mu, Lijuan Liu, Guanqiao Jin
Long-term follow-up results of the thymic cysts diagnosed by chest magnetic resonance imaging: single center retrospective study
Ju Sik Yun, Woo Roe Choe, Kook Joo Na, Won Gi Jeong, Sang Yun Song
Development and validation of a CT-based comprehensive nomogram for differentiating benign from malignant subcentimeter solid nodules
Ke Zhang, Wei-Wei Jing, Jin Jiang, Hong-Bo Xu, Rui-Yu Lin, Yun-Dan Zhang, Fa-Jin Lv
Combinations of predictors of exercise-induced oxygen desaturation after lung resection: a retrospective observational study
Taizo Goya, Taro Naka, Natsuko Takara, Tomonori Furugen, Takao Teruya, Kojiro Furukawa, Naoki Yamada
Perioperative changing patterns of systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII) and outcomes in stage I–III non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study
Yanling Miao, Chunxia Li, Yongrui Zhang, Zhenhui Li, Yanli Li, Yijia Sun, Xia Zheng, Jing Ai, Lizhu Liu, Ruimin You, Changling Tu, Tao Zhang, Xiaobo Chen
Elimination of routine chest X-rays after lung resection: a quality improvement initiative
Baptiste Vasey, Margaux Laurent, Marco Stefano Demarchi, Frédéric Triponez, Wolfram Karenovics, Benoît Bédat
Clinical and dosimetric risk factors for radiation pneumonitis after proton therapy in lung cancer patients: a retrospective study
Nannan Wei, Zhuping Su, Shuanghu Yuan, Hongyan Zhang, Xiaoming Lu, Tao Zhou, Ning Liu
EGFR-TKIs with or without stereotactic body radiotherapy to primary lesion in the advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer
Ze Yuan, Dan Tao, Dingyi Yang, Yong Jiang, Erha Munai, Siwei Zeng, Wei Zhou, Yongzhong Wu
Comparisons of respiratory mechanics in patients under different variations of noisy pressure support ventilation during ventilator weaning
Zhenjie Jiang, Guixia Peng, Yufeng Liang, Jiesen Zhang, Qiuxue Deng, Dongyu Ma, Faquan Chen, Qingwen Sun, Yingzhi Wang, Jing Zhou, Zhimin Lin, Zhigang Deng, Ling Sang, Yuanda Xu
Diagnostic performance of Aspergillus-specific immunoglobulin G immunochromatographic and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay testing in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: comparative analysis across subtypes and influencing factors
Jie-Lin Duan, Chun Lu, Ying Jiang, Zhi-Wen Chen, Hong-Kai Wu, Zi-Hao Liu, Pan-Rui Huang, Wei-Jie Guan, Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, Malcolm D. Richardson, Christopher P. Eades, Lin-Ling Cheng
The global, regional, and national burden of early, middle, and late-onset esophageal cancer and trends from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Zongyuan Li, Jili Li, Cheng Yu, Jianqi Hao, Jiantong Sun, Yi Chen, Jian Zhang, Kejia Zhao, Feng Lin
Risk factors for ICU-acquired weakness in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mingming Zhao, Ya Fan, Ting Wu, Lin Yu, Hongxia Li, Hongyan Zeng, Yanping Wu
High PD-L1 expression correlates with lymph node metastasis in patients who have undergone radical surgery for primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma
Hidenobu Iwai, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Makoto Tomoyasu, Wataru Shigeeda, Yuka Kaneko, Hironaga Kanno, Ryotaro Endo, Hiroyuki Deguchi, Hajime Saito
The role of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with thymoma and thymic carcinoma following surgery: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis
Yunrui Xu, Minghui Yang, Congcong Xu, Yuyang Li, Sikai Wu, Pasan Witharana, William C. Cho, Jianfei Shen, Chengchu Zhu
Integrated bulk sequencing and single-cell transcriptomic profiling implicates neutrophil-driven hypoxia in atrial fibrillation development
Huanjie Huang, Huai Wang, Yaozong Guan, Tang Zhang, Dongyan Liang, Hao Liu, Jianfeng Zhang
Comparative study of perioperative and short-to-medium-term outcomes between thoracotomy and thoracoscopy after neoadjuvant therapy for stage IIB and IIIA non-small cell lung cancer
Yang Liu, Kunfang Gu, Shuangyang Dai, Yang Wo, Rongjian Xu
Efficacy and safety of ceftazidime-avibactam versus standard antibiotic therapy for resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jingdong Li, Zhe Dong, Liting Tang, Lu Liu, Shan Yu
Research on the correlation between lung adenocarcinoma and necrosis by sodium overload
Jianxu Yuan, Dalin Zhou, Shengjie Yu
Analysis of prognostic factors and construction of a prediction model for patients with initially treated severe pulmonary tuberculosis
Yu Xue, Sibo Long, Xuan Lei, Jing Zhang, Wensheng Li, Lingjuan Zhao, Yan Liu, Huan Li, Zhifeng Liu, Ruyun Zhang, Yanqin Chen, Guirong Wang, Shubin Guo, Li Wen
Lung protective ventilation alleviates intracerebral hemorrhage-induced secondary brain and lung injury in mice via the Nrf2/HO‑1 pathway
Siyu He, Yi Wang, Qiang Guo
Risk factors of up-Stage and lymph node metastasis for clinical stage IA3 non-small cell lung cancer
Nozomu Motono, Masahito Ishikawa, Shun Iwai, Yoshihito Iijima, Hidetaka Uramoto
Efficacy and safety of datopotamab deruxtecan in advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer patients: a systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis
Henrique Kim, Paulo Victor Zattar Ribeiro, Álvaro Lopes de Oliveira, Helano Carioca Freitas, Vladmir Cláudio Cordeiro de Lima
Incidence and prognosis of brain metastases in esophageal carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Haojun Hong, Jiapeng Ding, Chang Yuan, Cong Qi, Chenyang Jing, Xinyi Fan, Boyao Yu, Yuxin Yang, Chunguang Li, Zhichao Liu, Zhigang Li
Efficacy of OM-85 (Broncho-Vaxom) for prevention of acute exacerbations in patients with chronic airway diseases or chronic bronchitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jonghoo Lee, Jae-Uk Song
Comparative efficacy and safety of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors versus docetaxel in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Siyu Liao, Rongjiang Li, Qi Chen, Jian Zheng
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the vaccinated: a cross-sectional survey
Mengyuan Chen, Xiang Xue, Faguang Luo, Yongba Chen, Wenfeng Zhan, Jian Shuai, Dan Xu, Bo Lv
Clinical characteristics of hospitalized lung cancer patients with concomitant idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study
Ruxuan Chen, Yang Zhao, Chi Shao, Xiangning Liu, Hui Huang, Ji Li, Kai Xu, Ruili Pan, Keqi Chen, Mengzhao Wang
Predicting targeted therapy resistance in non-small cell lung cancer using multimodal machine learning
Peiying Hua, Andrea Olofson, Faraz Farhadi, Liesbeth Hondelink, Gregory Tsongalis, Konstantin Dragnev, Dagmar Hoegemann Savellano, Arief Suriawinata, Laura Tafe, Saeed Hassanpour
Characterization of pleural metastasis in non-small cell carcinomas undergoing intraoperative frozen section examination
Ji Hyun Park, Jung Suk Kim, Jung Eun Lee, Yoon Jin Cha, Hyo Sup Shim, Su-Jin Shin
Diagnostic performance and safety of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in the study of interstitial lung diseases: a single-center experience
Roi Soto-Feijoo, Honorio J. Martínez-Martínez, Lucía Ferreiro, Juan Suárez-Antelo, Juan Díaz-Garel, José R. Antúnez, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, Anaberta Bermúdez, Francisco Gude, Luis Valdés
Developing a prediction model for persistent airflow limitation in asthmatic children
Shiqiu Xiong, Xinyu Jia, Wei Chen, Chuanhe Liu
Research trends in epigenetic studies on lung cancer: a bibliometric and visual analysis of the past decade
Chenjie Wang, Haidi Gu, Zhenyue He
Efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Tong Chen, Jing Zhang, Qingjun Wu, Mingzhong Zhang
Whole-lung computed tomography radiomics combined with clinical features for differentiating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from drug-sensitive tuberculosis: a retrospective multi-center study
Shulin Song, Song Chen, Canling Chen, Donghui Gan, Di Wu, Qindong Zhu, Guanqiao Jin, Yibo Lu
Sex differences in cardiovascular outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Sopida Thammongkolchai, Nonthikorn Theerasuwipakorn, Paisit Kosum, Piyoros Lertsanguansinchai, Choutchung Tinakorn Na Ayudhya, Thitima Limjaroen, Chaisiri Wanlapakorn, Vorarit Lertsuwunseri, Suphot Srimahachota, Wacin Buddhari, Siriporn Athisakul
NUF2 promotes the malignant development of lung adenocarcinoma through the mTORC1 signaling pathway via binding to BUB1B
Kai Zhang, Libao Liu, Jiannan Xu, Weibin Wu
Survival risk prediction nomogram for patients with resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma receiving neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy followed by surgery: a retrospective study
Zhe He, Qihang Zhu, Junhan Wu, Xin Xia, Yong Tang, Rixin Chen, Guibin Qiao
Global trends and hotspots of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in pulmonary tuberculosis: a bibliometric and visualization analysis
Min Xu, Jiahui He, Jianju Feng
Effect of the tubeless approach on the non-operative lung in thoracic surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Zihao Liu, Hengrui Liang, Haoxiang Yuan, Runchen Wang, Chudong Wang, Qinglong Dong, Lixia Liang, Shuben Li, Hanyu Yang, Jianxing He
Identification of risk factors for malnutrition in patients with severe pneumonia and development of a predictive model to guide personalized enteral nutrition care
Fang Yang, Peibei Zhang, Hongyi Sun, Qingye Zhang
Bibliometric examination of neoadjuvant immunotherapy in esophageal cancer: insights, trends, collaborative networks, and prospective directions
Sheng Chen, Haixia Wang, Min Zhao, Rongjian Xu
16S rRNA sequencing-based analysis of sputum microbiome in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: retrospective cohort study
Shuo Li, Yongni Xu, Yi Wu, Zhining Zhao
The diagnostic implications of the pleural fluid cell differentiation
Krishan Bansal, Wei Wei Ee, Sonia Patole, Andrew Medford, Nick Maskell, Steven Walker, David Arnold
Association between age-adjusted visceral adiposity index and obstructive sleep apnea: a study based on NHANES 2015–2018
Jinzhan Chen, Yijiao Xu, Jiaxin Liu, Hongni Jiang, Ning Zhang
Clinical characteristics of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in 20 non-HIV-infected patients
Wen Wang, Qiongya Mo, Qian Yu, Xuchun Ding
Advantages of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy in localizing pulmonary nodules challenging to traditional hook-wire localization: a comparative study on precision localization dilemmas
Kai Fu, Shu Pan, Zi-Qing Shen, Jia-Wei Chen, Jun Zhao, Xin-Yu Song, Zi-Jian Li, Guo-Cai Mao
Efficacy and safety of self-expandable metallic stent on benign tracheobronchial stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mingyue Fan, Shiyue Li, Wanyuan Rao, Xiaobo Chen, Zhuquan Su
Survival prognosis and clinical experience of HeartCon-type left ventricular assist device implantation for treating patients with end-stage heart failure: a single-center retrospective study from China
Xiaocheng Liu, Wei Wang, Yunqiang Zhang, Zhengqing Wang, Shutang Ren, Shifu Wang, Kegang Jia, Yongde Wang, Yahong Yu, Xiujuan Zhang, Jianming Li
Tacrolimus overdosing in lung transplant recipients: clinical manifestations and management
Eirini Chatzidaki, Macé M. Schuurmans, Jérôme Bonzon, René Hage
Intrathoracic retention time of pericardial fat pads without pedicle in bronchial stump coverage: insights from a retrospective study
Wataru Shigeeda, Makoto Tomoyasu, Yuka Kaneko, Ryuuichi Yoshimura, Hironaga Kanno, Ryotaro Endo, Hiroyuki Deguchi, Hajime Saito
The utility of three-dimensional computed tomography bronchography and angiography technology in pulmonary sequestration surgery
Da Li, Guoqiu Xu, Lei Jiang, Xi Liu, Jian Tang
Predictive and prognostic value of genetic aberrations of EGFR-TKI treatment: a real-world analysis of EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer
Yuxin Cheng, Ye Liu, Xin Lv, Fufeng Wang, Min Wei, Jiani Yin, Chunhong He, Shu Su, Fangjun Chen, Lifeng Wang
Second primary lung cancer and treatment strategy after lobectomy vs. segmentectomy for first primary lung cancer
Yota Suzuki, Zihan Feng, Summer N. Mazur, Sangmin Kim, Neil A. Christie, Ryan M. Levy, James D. Luketich, Rodney J. Landreneau, Matthew J. Schuchert
What is the optimal dose of N-acetylcysteine in adult patients with bronchiectasis?—data from the RIBRON registry
Grace Oscullo, Raúl Méndez, Casilda Olveira, Rosa Girón, Marta García-Clemente, Luis Máiz, Oriol Sibila, Rafael Golpe, Juan Luis Rodríguez-Hermosa, Esther Barreiro, Concepción Prados, Juan Rodríguez-Lopez, David de la Rosa, Miguel Ángel Martinez-García
Intrathecal pemetrexed in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) resistant refractory leptomeningeal metastasis lung adenocarcinoma: a retrospective study
Rongrong Yao, Hao Lin, Jing Li, Mengxi Ge, Xiaohua Liang, Xinli Zhou
Learning curve and outcomes of young surgeons in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy using bent-tip thoracoscopic forceps for lung cancer
Yasushi Mizukami, Yoshiki Chiba, Kazuki Sato, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Wataru Arai, Ryunosuke Maki, Hirofumi Adachi
Real-world oncologic outcomes of thoracoscopic and open tracheal cancer resection
Alexander Pohlman, Bilal Odeh, Julia M. Coughlin, Wissam Raad, James Lubawski, Zaid M. Abdelsattar
Virtual vs. reality in cone-beam CT-guided robotic-assisted bronchoscopy
An Thi Nhat Ho, Xiaoyue Ma, Paul J. Christos, Alessia Pedoto, Robert P. Lee, Catherine L. Oberg, Rastko Rakočević, Matthew J. Bott, Mohit Chawla, Bryan C. Husta, Or Kalchiem-Dekel
A bibliometric analysis of research trends and global perspectives on lung large cell neuroendocrine cancer
Xi Wang, Lunan Wu, Chen Pan, Shisheng Xu
Impact of the corona virus disease 2019 pandemic on the prevalence of common respiratory pathogens in hospitalized young patients with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia
Wenting Xu, Yuan Zhang, Yuanmei Gao, Xue Li
Global insights into lung cancer-related depression and anxiety from 2005 to 2025: a bibliometric analysis
Fang Wei, Yun-Yun Zhou, Zheng-Yu Li, Xue Zhang, Li-Fen Zheng, Hong-Xia Li, Heng Yang, Ji-Qing Hao
Mapping the research trends and hotspots on lung transplant nursing: insights from bibliometric analysis
Haiqing Zhou, Hui Gong, Chanyu Jiang, Xiaoli Li, Ruting Gu, Wenchao Bian, Yaru Sun
Robotic-assisted thymectomy for locally advanced thymic malignancy: technical refinement and oncologic outcomes from a 20-year cohort
Hongbin Zhang, Luyu Huang, Zhongmin Li, Feng Li, Ziming Wang, Aron Elsner, Andreas Meisel, Jens-C. Rueckert
Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy imaging features of malignant lung nodules: results from a prospective in vitro study
Zi-Rui Wang, Hang Yu, Bo Yang, Jie Gao, Rui-Ji Chen, Yi Xu, Zhen Yang, Liang-An Chen
SH3BGRL2 as a vital tumor suppressor and prognostic factor in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Kaiyan Chen, Rui Zhu, Fanrong Zhang, Jiaoyue Jin, Minran Huang, Lisha Ying, Yun Fan, Dan Su, Hongchuan Jin
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
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 
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
Review Article 
Role of cannabis in cardiovascular disorders
Hemant Goyal, Hamza H. Awad, Jalal K. Ghali
Published online: 31 July 2017
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 
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 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 
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
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
Editorial 
SIRS, qSOFA and new sepsis definition
Paul E. Marik, Abdalsamih M. Taeb
Published online: 25 April 2017
Statistic Corner 
Longitudinal studies
Edward Joseph Caruana, Marius Roman, Jules Hernández-Sánchez, Piergiorgio Solli
Published online: 28 November 2015
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
Review Article 
Pleural infection-current diagnosis and management
Andrew Rosenstengel, YC Gary Lee
Published online: 30 April 2012
Practical Biostatistics 
How to Calculate Sample Size in Randomized Controlled Trial?
Baoliang Zhong
Published online: 11 December 2009
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
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

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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