Vol 15, No 3 (March 31, 2023): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

As minimal as possible
Travis C. Geraci
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
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:943-945
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Minimally invasive sleeve lobectomy: it is important to pass excellent techniques to the next generation
Kazuo Nakagawa
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
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:946-949
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Risk of short- and long-term pulmonary complications should be determined before surgery for tuberculosis-destroyed lung
Dong Won Park, Bo-Guen Kim, Yong Ho Jeong, Hyo Jun Jang, Bumhee Yang, Sumin Shin, Hyun Lee
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
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:950-952
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Emerging new evidence for the treatment of pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma
Tomohiro Akaba, Ken Arimura, Etsuko Tagaya
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
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:953-955
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Pulmonary segmentectomy for early stage non-small cell lung cancer: when, for which cases and how
Natsumi Matsuura, Toshiki Yajima
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
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:956-959
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Video double-lumen tubes: how much room for improvement can they provide?
David Lopez-Lopez, Patricia Neira-Somoza, Rocio Mato-Bua, Oscar Pato-Lopez
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:960-963
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Patient centred care for spontaneous pneumomediastinum: a step in the right direction
Avinash Aujayeb
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
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:964-966
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Original Article

Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized children with community-acquired pneumonia in Guangzhou: a 10-year study
Yuan Li, Yingying Zhai, Yuneng Lin, Chengyu Lu, Zhentao He, Shangzhi Wu, Cui Yang, Rong Zhou, Wenkuan Liu, Dehui Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
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:967-976
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Techniques and outcomes of percutaneous aortic anastomosis leak closure after frozen elephant trunk procedure for aortic dissection
Junzhou Pu, Guangyuan Song, Yutong Ke, Xiaohai Ma, Wenhui Wu, Hongjia Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:977-984
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The role of the RAPID score in surgical planning for empyema
Ashley A. Liou, Braden Anderson, Courtney Whitehurst, Sabine Roman, Christian Beltran, Tayler Acton, Jeannine Foster, Obinna Nwokem, Idrees Mogri, Kendall Hammonds, Heath D. White, Alejandro C. Arroliga, Shekhar Ghamande
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:985-993
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Does the residual aorta dilate after replacement of the bicuspid aortic valve and ascending aorta?
Yuki Yoshioka, Shin Yajima, Ryoto Sakaniwa, Naoki Tadokoro, Satoshi Kainuma, Naonori Kawamoto, Takashi Kakuta, Hitoshi Matsuda, Tomoyuki Fujita, Satsuki Fukushima
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:994-1008
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Risk factors for late-onset pulmonary fistula after pulmonary segmentectomy
Natsuko Kawatani, Toshiki Yajima, Kimihiro Shimizu, Toshiteru Nagashima, Yoichi Ohtaki, Kai Obayashi, Seshiru Nakazawa, Tomohiro Yazawa, Ken Shirabe
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
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:1009-1017
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ADCY9 functions as a novel cancer suppressor gene in lung adenocarcinoma
Yijie Tang, Tianyi Wang, Anping Zhang, Jiaqi Zhu, Tingting Zhou, You-Lang Zhou, Jiahai Shi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1018-1035
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Risks and outcome of fatal respiratory events after lung cancer surgery: cohort study in South Korea
Tak Kyu Oh, In-Ae Song, Insung Hwang, Jung-Won Hwang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1036-1045
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Multi-level analysis and evaluation of organizational improvements in thoracic surgery according to a Value-Based HealthCare approach
Riccardo Orlandi, Marco Scarci, Ugo Cioffi, Angelo Guttadauro, Gianluca Peschi, Enrico Mario Cassina, Pierluigi Filosso, Federico Raveglia
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1046-1056
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Does arterial cannulation site for aortic dissection repair impact surgical outcomes?
Anthony Lemaire, Dov Levine, Joshua Chao, Marlena E. Sabatino, Hirohisa Ikegami, Manabu Takebe, Mark J. Russo, Leonard Y. Lee
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1057-1062
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Prediction of postoperative pulmonary complications in older patients undergoing lobectomy for lung cancer based on skeletal muscle mass
Seung-Wan Hong, Song-Am Lee, Seong-Hyop Kim
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1063-1074
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Clinicopathological features and surgical outcomes of lobectomy combined with segmentectomy: a cohort study
Seshiru Nakazawa, Kimihiro Shimizu, Tomohiro Yazawa, Natsuko Kawatani, Kai Obayashi, Yoichi Ohtaki, Takayuki Kosaka, Toshiki Yajima, Ken Shirabe
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1075-1085
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Effect of initiative pulmonary bullectomy on the risk of post-operative pneumothorax in patients with esophageal carcinoma: a propensity score-matched analysis
Longfei Zhu, Lingmin Zhang, Tianyu Sun, Ruwen Wang, Bin Jiang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1086-1095
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Preoperative detection of pleural adhesions using dynamic chest radiography: prospective analysis
Takuya Watanabe, Eriko Suzuki, Naoko Yoshii, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Shogo Yobita, Suiha Uchiyama, Kensuke Iguchi, Minori Nakamura, Takumi Endo, Masayuki Tanahashi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1096-1105
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Narrowing the therapeutic window?—A case-control study on the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the primary UICC stage of NSCLC
Isabella B. Metelmann, Sebastian Kraemer, Matthias Steinert, Stephan Kersting, Alexandra Busemann
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1106-1114
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Effectiveness of pulmonary artery catheter monitoring for patients with cardiogenic shock of various causes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jinho Lee, Jung-Bok Lee, Ah-Ram Kim, Junho Hyun, Sang-Eun Lee, Min-Seok Kim
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1115-1123
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Association between time of onset and Omicron BA.2 RNA clearance time in children: a retrospective cohort study
Youli Chen, Jianhui Huang, Jisong Xu, Zhaojie Liu, Tianlai Lin
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1124-1132
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Surgery for thoracic oligoprogression in metastatic renal cell cancer in the era of new systemic therapies
Uyen-Thao Le, Bernward Passlick, Severin Schmid
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
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:1133-1141
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Identified optimal candidates for pulmonary resection in octogenarians with non-small cell lung cancer: a web-based predictive model
Yizhou Peng, Yang Wo, Pengcheng Liu, Chongze Yuan, Zhigang Wu, Yan Shang, Hui Hong, Yihua Sun
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
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:1142-1154
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One hundred cases of primary spontaneous pneumomediastinum: leukocytosis is common, pleural effusions and age over 40 are rare
Clinton T. Morgan, Jeffrey P. Kanne, Erik E. Lewis, James D. Maloney, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Daniel P. McCarthy
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1155-1162
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Experimental study on the suppressive effect of B3GNT3 on the apoptosis of lung adenocarcinoma cells and its application in early screening for lung adenocarcinoma
Zhifeng Shuai, Fang Peng, Yanbo Lv, Luoning Zheng, Mengyu Chai, Haiying Dong, Shaoqing Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1163-1176
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Features of osteoporosis in male patients with bronchiectasis, a cross-sectional study
Gang Xu, Jun Zhao, Feng Liu, Danyan Cai, Congrui Feng, Liuqian Wang, Yanjun Zeng, Yuanling Liu, Sizhi Wu, Yuluo Chen, Wei Ma
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1177-1185
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Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors versus chemotherapy in the second-line treatment of advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis and systematic review
Kanghao Zhu, Hui Chen, Congcong Xu, Dong Chen, Zixian Jin, Sijia Ren, Pasan Witharana, Baofu Chen, Jianfei Shen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1186-1195
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CT-based decision tree model for predicting EGFR mutation status in synchronous multiple primary lung cancers
Yingwei Luo, Shuangjiang Li, Huiyun Ma, Wenbiao Zhang, Baocong Liu, Chuanmiao Xie, Qiong Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1196-1209
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Long-term follow up and comparison between conservative and interventional therapy in postoperative bronchopleural fistula—a cohort study
Yinghua Wang, Minfang Zhu, Yan Pan, Kaiyan Yu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1210-1216
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A retrospective analysis of treatment selection and risk factors of treatment failure and recurrence in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax
Takahito Nakano, Hiroyuki Kaneda, Kento Fukumoto, Hiroshi Matsui, Yohei Taniguchi, Tomohito Saito, Tomohiro Murakawa
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1217-1227
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Esophageal stenting with minimally-invasive surgical intervention for delayed spontaneous esophageal perforation
Chien-Hung Chiu, Osbert Qi Yao Leow, Yu-Chao Wang, Wei-Hsun Chen, Hsin-Yueh Fang, Yin-Kai Chao, Jules Lin
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1228-1235
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Effect of different pre-hospital first aid methods on the efficacy and prognosis of acute myocardial infarction with left heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Tianmei Lin, Xiaomei Chen, Qiongyue Wu, Lijiao Zou, Shuhong Wu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1236-1246
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YTHDC2-mediated m6A mRNA modification of Id3 suppresses cisplatin resistance in non-small cell lung cancer
Xifan Wang, Yu’an Hu, Xiaoqing Li, Chuandong Zhu, Fangfang Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1247-1257
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Early computed tomography after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation on in-hospital survival: a retrospective cohort study
Hongjie Tong, Xiaoling Zhang, Kun Chen, Wei Hu, Qiao Gu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1258-1266
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Development and validation of a novel M1 macrophage-related gene prognostic signature for lung cancer
Shumin Zhu, Yanming Li, Yafei Mao, Xinyuan Li, Shichao Gao, Yulan Geng, Jin Ma
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1267-1278
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Perioperative outcomes of neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus chemotherapy and neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective comparative cohort study
Hai Zhang, Zhenyang Zhang, Litao Yang, Bomeng Wu, Ying Chen, Haiquan He, Cui Li, Wanli Lin, Jiangbo Lin
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1279-1288
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LncRNA HOXD-AS2 regulates miR-3681-5p/DCP1A axis to promote the progression of non-small cell lung cancer
Yuanyuan Zhang, Haitao Ma
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1289-1301
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PTMA binds to HMGB1 to regulate mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and thus affect the malignant progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Shaogeng Chen, Rongqi He, Xianzuan Lin, Wanfei Zhang, Heshan Chen, Rongyu Xu, Mingqiang Kang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1302-1318
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Construction and validation of a tumor mutational burden and immune-related prognostic model for predicting the prognosis of patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma
Yuting Zhou, Min Xu, Kai Zhao, Baodong Liu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1319-1334
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A novel anoikis-related gene signature to predict the prognosis, immune infiltration, and therapeutic outcome of lung adenocarcinoma
Yanyan Wang, Chengkai Xie, Yuan Su
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1335-1352
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SNHG 12 and hsa-miR-140-5P may play an important role in the ceRNA network related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Junyu Zhai, Fanli Guo, Xiaonan Zhou, Kai Zhu, Jun Li, Chunsheng Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
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:1353-1363
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A uniport subxiphoid approach with a modified sternum retractor is safe and feasible for anterior mediastinal tumors
Teng Mao, Xuefei Zhang, Yu Yang, Ning Xu, Wentao Fang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1364-1372
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Tumor necrosis factor-related lncRNAs predict prognosis and immunotherapy response for patients with lung adenocarcinoma
Jin-Hua Chen, Xuan Wu, Zi-Ming Wang, Zi-Yang Liu, Bao-Xia He, Wen-Ping Song, Wen-Zhou Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1373-1386
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A novel pyroptosis-related model for prognostic prediction in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a bioinformatics analysis
Qi Shi, Meichen Liu, Shuo Wang, Pengpeng Ding, Yuefu Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1387-1397
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Comparison of clinical effects between regional arterial embolization combined with surgery and simple surgery in the treatment of tuberculosis-destroyed lung—a retrospective comparative cohort study
Xiaolin Wang, Nan Jiang, Zhengxun Zhang, Lu Han
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1398-1405
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Integrating single-cell and bulk RNA sequencing to develop a cancer-associated fibroblast-related signature for immune infiltration prediction and prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma
Xiulin Huang, Hui Xiao, Yongxin Shi, Suqin Ben
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1406-1425
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Surgery is a promising strategy for improving overall survival for stage III-N2 non-small cell lung cancer patients
Jie Yang, Chao Jiang, Yue Wang, Rong Qiu, Jingwei Su, Changjiang Liu, Li Jing
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1426-1432
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Increased TIM-3 expression in tumor-associated macrophages predicts a poorer prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study
Chi Zhang, Liyun Xu, Yongbin Ma, Yanyan Huang, Lu Zhou, Hanbo Le, Zhijun Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1433-1444
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Deletion of LCMR1 in alveolar type II cells induces lethal impairment of lung structure and function in adult mice
Yueming Wang, Chunsun Li, Zhen Wu, Yu Dai, Lu Liu, Liangan Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1445-1459
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Proteomic investigation and biomarker identification of lung and spleen deficiency syndrome in HIV/AIDS immunological nonresponders
Yi-Ting Wang, Shao-Xiu Ji, Xin-Yi Xia, Ting-Jun Wan, Jia-Xi Zou, Bai-Xue Li, Qian-Nan Hu, Xin Chen, Jie Mu, Quan-Sheng Feng, Li Wen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1460-1472
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Case Series

Surgical resection of mediastinal ectopic thyroid tissue: a case series
Yasaman Motlaghzadeh, Shannon Nesbit, H. Henry Guo, Eric Yang, Kaniksha Desai, Natalie S. Lui
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1473-1481
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Surgical Technique

Improved complete portal 4-port robotic lobectomy for lung cancer: Hamamatsu Method KAI
Kazuhito Funai, Akikazu Kawase, Yusuke Takanashi, Kiyomichi Mizuno, Norihiko Shiiya
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1482-1485
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Study Protocol

A randomized controlled phase III trial protocol: perioperative pirfenidone therapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer combined with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis to confirm the preventative effect against postoperative acute exacerbation: the PIII-PEOPLE study (NEJ034)
Yuichi Sakairi, Ichiro Yoshino, Takekazu Iwata, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Kazuyoshi Kuwano, Arata Azuma, Shuji Sakai, Kunihiko Kobayashi; on behalf of the North East Japan Study Group
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1486-1493
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Review Article

Comparison of laparoscopic vs. robotic paraesophageal hernia repair: a systematic review
Himani Bhatt, Benjamin Wei
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1494-1502
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Editorial on Current Status of Diagnosis and Forecast of COVID-191

COVID-19 focused series: diagnosis and forecast of COVID-19
Tao Xu, Jing Cheng, Zifeng Yang, Wenda Guan, Zhiqi Zeng
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1503-1505
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Original Article on Current Status of Diagnosis and Forecast of COVID-191

Prediction models for respiratory outcomes in patients with COVID-19: integration of quantitative computed tomography parameters, demographics, and laboratory features
Jieun Kang, Jiyeon Kang, Woo Jung Seo, So Hee Park, Hyung Koo Kang, Hye Kyeong Park, JongHoon Hyun, Je Eun Song, Yee Gyung Kwak, Ki Hwan Kim, Yeon Soo Kim, Sung-Soon Lee, Hyeon-Kyoung Koo
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1506-1516
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Brief Report on Current Status of Diagnosis and Forecast of COVID-191

Real-time assessment of COVID-19 epidemic in Guangdong Province, China using mathematical models
Zhiqi Zeng, Wei Qu, Ruibin Liu, Wenda Guan, Jingyi Liang, Zhijie Lin, Eric H. Y. Lau, Chitin Hon, Zifeng Yang, Jianxing He
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2023;
15
(3)
:1517-1522
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Disclosure

1. The series “Current Status of Diagnosis and Forecast of COVID-19” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Jing Cheng, Tao Xu, Zifeng Yang, Wenda Guan served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.