Vol 7, No 5 (May 29, 2015) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Cheol-Hong Kim, Hee Sung Lee, Ju-Hee Park, Jeong-Hee Choi, Seung-Hun Jang, Yong-Bum Park, Myung Goo Lee, In Gyu Hyun, Kun Il Kim, Hyoung Soo Kim, Sung Woo Cho, Won Yong Lee, Eung-Joong Kim, Haeyoung Kim, Jung Weon Shim, Young Hee Choi

PDF Pages: 822-833 Full Text (5757) Open Access

Thoracoscopic double sleeve lobectomy in 13 patients: a series report from multi-centers

Jun Huang, Jingpei Li, Yuan Qiu, Xin Xu, Dmitrii Sekhniaidze, Hanzhang Chen, Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Jianxing He

PDF Pages: 834-842 Full Text (4662) Open Access

Clinical characteristics of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients with gender, age, and physiology staging at Okinawa Chubu Hospital

Tomoo Kishaba, Yousuke Shimaoka, Hajime Fukuyama, Hiroaki Nagano, Yuichiro Nei, Shin Yamashiro, Hitoshi Tamaki

PDF Pages: 843-849 Full Text (5440) Open Access

Expression of paired basic amino acid-cleaving enzyme 4 (PACE4) correlated with prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients

Yun-En Lin, Qi-Nian Wu, Xiao-Dong Lin, Guang-Qiu Li, Ya-Jie Zhang

PDF Pages: 850-860 Full Text (4480) Open Access

One-stage hybrid procedure without sternotomy for treating thoracic aortic pathologies that involve distal aortic arch: a single-center preliminary study

Changwei Ren, Xi Guo, Lizhong Sun, Lianjun Huang, Yongqiang Lai, Shangdong Xu

PDF Pages: 861-867 Full Text (3089) Open Access

Screening for pectus excavatum among primary students and establishment of a pectus excavatum screening program in Dongguan, China

Xusen Zou, Yanqing Lin, Hui Jin, Sumei Cai, Xin Xu, Weiqiang Yin, Qingshan Geng, Jiuhao Chen, Bing Liang, Jianxing He, Wei Li

PDF Pages: 868-874 Full Text (3866) Open Access

Clinical features and mutation status of EGFR, KRAS, BRAF, EML4-ALK and ROS1 between surgical resection samples and non surgical resection samples in lung cancer

Wentao Li, Jichen Qu, Zhifei Xu

PDF Pages: 875-880 Full Text (3913) Open Access

Benefit of initial dual-therapy on stroke prevention in Chinese hypertensive patients: a real world cohort study

Jin-Ming Yu, Qun-Yu Kong, Tian Shen, Yu-Song He, Ji-Wei Wang, Yan-Ping Zhao

PDF Pages: 881-889 Full Text (3725) Open Access

Kinetics of plasma microRNA-499 expression in acute myocardial infarction

Xi Chen, Lizhu Zhang, Tong Su, Heng Li, Qiang Huang, Dan Wu, Chengjian Yang, Zhijun Han

PDF Pages: 890-896 Full Text (4579) Open Access

The use of an online pictorial Epworth Sleepiness Scale in the assessment of age and gender specific differences in excessive daytime sleepiness

Panagis Drakatos, Ramesh Ghiassi, Ian Jarrold, Judy Harris, Athar Abidi, Abdel Douiri, Nicholas Hart, Christopher Kosky, Adrian J. Williams, Martyn R. Partridge, Joerg Steier

PDF Pages: 897-902 Full Text (4756) Open Access

Brief Report

Post-treatment change in Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-stimulated tumor necrosis factor-alpha release in patients with active tuberculosis

Chang Ho Kim, Seung Soo Yoo, Shin Yup Lee, Seung Ick Cha, Jae Yong Park, Jaehee Lee

PDF Pages: 903-907 Full Text (4070) Open Access

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the lung: a reactive lesion or a true neoplasm?

Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Davide Patrini, Lasha Gvinianidze, Wen Ling Woo, Elaine Borg, David Lawrence

PDF Pages: 908-911 Full Text (5081) Open Access

Sleep and Ventilation Column (Guest Editor: Joerg Steier)¹

Established vascular effects of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea—an update

Annette Marie Wons, Malcolm Kohler

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Epidemiological aspects of obstructive sleep apnea

John F. Garvey, Martino F. Pengo, Panagis Drakatos, Brian D. Kent

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Central sleep apnoea—a clinical review

Rexford T. Muza

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Patients’ preference of established and emerging treatment options for obstructive sleep apnoea

Tessa Campbell, Martino F. Pengo, Joerg Steier

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Respiratory management of the obese patient undergoing surgery

Luke E. Hodgson, Patrick B. Murphy, Nicholas Hart

PDF Pages: 943-952 Full Text (13545) Open Access

Statistic Corner²

Artificial neural networks for small dataset analysis

Antonello Pasini

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Case Report

Beware the ‘raised right hemidiaphragm’ in a female patient with previous pneumothorax surgery: liver herniation through a massive endometrosis-related diaphragmatic fenestration

Peter S. Y. Yu, Alan D. L. Sihoe

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Migratory eosinophilic alveolitis caused by radiation therapy

Jun Hyeok Lim, Hae-Seong Nam, Hun Jung Kim, Chang-Hwan Choi, In-Suh Park, Jae Hwa Cho, Jeong-Seon Ryu, Seung Min Kwak, Hong Lyeol Lee

PDF Pages: E117-E121 Full Text (4044) Open Access

Single incision thoracoscopic lobectomy through a 2.5 cm skin incision

Hee Chul Yang, Dongsub Noh

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Malignant glomus tumor in pleural cavity

Feng Lin, Mei Yang, Qiang Pu, Lin Ma, Chengwu Liu, Jiandong Mei, Chenglin Guo, Lunxu Liu

PDF Pages: E126-E130 Full Text (4846) Open Access

Fixation of sternal fracture using absorbable plating system, three years follow-up

Khalil Ahmad, Niels Katballe, Hans Pilegaard

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Letter to the Editor

Protocolized weaning from mechanical strategy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: respiratory therapists versus physician directed—who guides best?

Emre Erbabacan, Ma. Isabel González Pérez, Guniz M. Koksal, Antonio M. Esquinas

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Author response to letter to the editor “Protocolized weaning from mechanical strategy in COPD: respiratory therapists versus physician directed—who guides best?”

Cenk Kirakli, Ozlem Ediboglu, Ilknur Naz, Pinar Cimen, Dursun Tatar

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News

The AME Special Competition 2015: 4 rounds, 27 contestants, countless lessons learned about China

Alan D. L. Sihoe

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Expert Consensus

Expert consensus on image-guided radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary tumors—2015 edition

Bao-Dong Liu, Xiu-Yi Zhi

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Disclosure:

1. The series “Sleep and Ventilation Column” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Joerg Steier served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

2. The series “Statistics Corner” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Luca Bertolaccini served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

Vol 7, No 5 (May 29, 2015): Journal of Thoracic Disease

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