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Vaping and CBD: can new technology overcome old problems?	232
Case-based discussion: neonates on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for undiagnosed recalcitrant pulmonary hypertension—management challenges	154
Rectal organoid morphometric analysis (ROMA)—re: optimising measurements automatically	115
E-cigarette use in young adults and adolescents: not so safe?	113
Fibrosing mediastinitis: ‘haemoptysis in the Heartland’	87
Strengthening the evidence base to support stronger regulation of social media based advertising of e-cigarette products to youth	82
Serum IgA isotypes are associated with percent emphysema, wall thickness and lung function decline	76
Ablation for lung cancer: hot or cold intervention	76
Lung development genes, adult lung function and cardiovascular comorbidities	73
Correction: British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2023	65
Complex coexistence of COPD and cardiovascular disease	60
Is the provision of a national opt-out tobacco dependence treatment service in acute hospitals in England equitable? A national cohort study	60
Emulated trial investigating effects of multiple treatments: estimating combined effects of mucoactive nebulisers in cystic fibrosis using registry data	59
Mechanisms driving immunopathogenesis of viral exacerbations in chronic respiratory disease	57
Ultrafine particles and health: the next frontier in understanding air pollution hazards	57
What constitutes meaningful gain in skeletal muscle strength in COPD?	57
Upstaging of screen-detected lung cancers during diagnostic assessment	56
At-risk registers integrated into primary care to stop asthma crises in the UK: cluster randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation	52
Neuropsychiatric diagnoses after montelukast initiation in paediatric patients with asthma	50
Ultra-low-dose CT versus chest X-ray for patients suspected of pulmonary disease at the emergency department: a multicentre randomised clinical trial	50
TB PCR in BAL and EBUS-TBNA samples for the diagnosis of pulmonary and mediastinal lymph node TB: retrospective TRiBE study	41
British Thoracic Society Guideline for pleural disease	41
Toxic metals and lung health: silent poisons?	40
Muscle memory: genetic factors underlying functional impairment in COPD	39
Paediatric asthma hospitalisations continue to decrease in Finland and Sweden between 2015 and 2020	39

Beyond detection: what happens after lung cancer screening matters more	39
Ageing and ivacaftor: unravelling the long-term effects	38
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with suboptimal asthma care in the UK: the SABINA healthCARe-Based envirONmental cost of treatment (CARBON) study	37
Intensive care unit interventions to promote sleep and circadian biology in reducing incident delirium: a scoping review	36
Activation of epithelial and inflammatory pathways in adolescent elite athletes exposed to intense exercise and air pollution	36
Tool in lesion verification of shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy with cone beam CT in sampling peripheral pulmonary nodules	34
Lung function as independent predictor of cardiovascular disease risk: implications for practice and policy	34
COPD in Africa: risk factors, hospitalisation, readmission and associated outcomes—a systematic review and meta-analysis	33
Stretching the diagnosis: tracheobronchomegaly in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency or coexisting Mounier-Kuhn syndrome?	32
Association between vitamin D status at 3 years and eosinophilic asthma in 6-year-old children with a history of severe bronchiolitis	31
Short-term exposure to ultrafine particles and asthma hospital admissions in children in Copenhagen, Denmark	31
Lower airway microbiota in COPD and healthy controls	31
Delayed presentation of pulmonary Echinococcus in a patient with no major risk factors	31
Correction: RAGE-induced ILC2 expansion in acute lung injury due to haemorrhagic shock	31
Global asthma and pest control: bugs and WASPs	30
‘Mind the gap’	30
Impact of sex on severe asthma: a cross-sectional retrospective analysis of UK primary and specialist care	30
Prevalence of lung cysts in adolescents and adults with a germlineDICER1pathogenic/likely pathogenic variant: a report from the National Institutes of Health and International Pleuropulmonary B	29
Implications of the 2022 lung function update and GLI global reference equations among patients with interstitial lung disease	28
Differentiation of malignant from benign pleural effusions based on artificial intelligence	28
Non-invasive ventilation: interpretation of ventilator supplied data	28
Disproportionate increase in COPD exacerbation risk for 3 months after discontinuing LAMA or ICS: insights from the FLAME trial	28
Smart steps forward: the role of wearables in long-term rehabilitation after lung transplantation	27
Smartphones: a useful option for the pulmonary rehab toolkit?	27
Topological data analysis identifies molecular phenotypes of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	26
Air athletes breathe: weighing benefits against harm	26
Adolescent exercise capacity predicts higher exercise tolerance later in life when compounded by anaemia in patients with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations	26
Case of hot tub lung showing a shadow distribution consistent with unequal ventilation	26
Quantitative BAL: a suitable method for the assessment of epithelial lining fluid in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency?	25
Testosterone and lung function: bigger lungs, slower decline or some combination of both?	25
Highlights from this issue	25
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of biologic and targeted synthetic therapies in sarcoidosis	25
Medical management of inpatients with tobacco dependency	24
Functional impairment in COPD can be predicted using genomic-derived data	24
Opt-out tobacco dependency treatment for inpatients: confronting entrenched inequalities but under threat	24
Correction: British thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2022	24
Early experience of a new national lung allocation scheme in the UK based on clinical urgency	24
Sleep-disordered breathing in children and adults with intellectual disability: mind the gap!	24
Basement membrane repair response biomarker PRO-C4 predicts progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: analysis of the PFBIO and PROFILE cohorts	23
Impact of ambient air pollution on lung function in preterm-born school-aged children	23
Single-cell mapping reveals CXCL11 as a driver of mucus production and inflammation in influenza A virus exacerbation in COPD	23
Web-based physical activity promotion in young people with CF: a randomised controlled trial	23
British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on pulmonary rehabilitation	22
Sex-based differences in effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis	22
Recent trends in asthma diagnosis, preschool wheeze diagnosis and asthma exacerbations in English children and adolescents: a SABINA Jr study	22
Invasive pulmonary infection caused byTrichoderma longibrachiatum	22
Journal club	21
Untangling the web between menopause and respiratory disease	21
Comparing tests in the absence of a reference standard	21
Silicone depositions: an unusual finding in the explanted and newly transplanted lungs	21

MAC attack: MSCs and macrophages join forces against chronic lung infection	21
Effects of azithromycin in severe eosinophilic asthma with concomitant monoclonal antibody treatment	21
Heat-related hospitalisations for asthma – challenges for research	21
Understanding the effectiveness of different exercise training programme designs on V̇O2peakin COPD: a component network meta-analysis	21
Peripheral airway balloon dilation: a standalone technique for lung nodule biopsy or just another tool in the armamentarium?	20
Fixing lung health in the UK: accelerating respiratory research and innovation	20
Why asthma progresses to COPD: environmental and genetic drivers	20
Association of fluoroquinolones with the risk of spontaneous pneumothorax: nationwide case–time–control study	20
Tracheobronchial amyloidosis: visualising airway lesions with CT post processing	20
Comprehensive analysis of environmental exposure to hazardous trace elements and lung function: a national cross-sectional study	20
Observational UK cohort study to describe intermittent oral corticosteroid prescribing patterns and their association with adverse outcomes in asthma	20
Combined effect of ozone and household air pollution on COPD in people aged less than 50 years old	19
Questioned role of adjunctive corticosteroids in non-HIV Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: to give or not to give	19
Small nodules, big implications: rethinking diagnostic value in robotic-assisted bronchoscopy	19
Atomoxetine plus oxybutynin for obstructive sleep apnoea: a randomised-controlled trial with detailed pathophysiology	19
Decline in prevalence of tuberculosis following an intensive case finding campaign and the COVID-19 pandemic in an urban Ugandan community	19
No association between troponin and COPD without cardiovascular influence: findings from a population-based cohort (SCAPIS)	19
Early prediction of bronchopulmonary dysplasia by urinary metabolomics: a case–control study	18
Association between maternal asthma and impaired infant lung function is diminished by inhaled corticosteroid use in pregnancy	18
Factors associated with guideline-concordant maintenance inhaled medication for COPD: a population-based, longitudinal cohort study	18
Thymoma with mysterious ossification in a young female	18
Reduced lung function and health-related quality of life after treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in Gambian children: a cross-sectional comparative study	18
Searching, again, for answers in all the wrong places	18
Mediators of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD): systematic review and meta-analyses	18
Effect of simvastatin on postoperative complications in patients undergoing one-lung ventilation during surgery: the Prevention HARP-2 randomised controlled trial	18
Blood eosinophils take centre stage in predicting the response to sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT): a familiar twist	18
Correction: Impact of COVID-19 national lockdown on asthma exacerbations: interrupted time-series analysis of English primary care data	17
Rare case of bilateral lung nodules	17
Effect of mesenchymal stem cells on the host response in severe community-acquired pneumonia	17
Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on lung cancer survival in England: an analysis of the rapid cancer registration dataset	17
MUC5B, telomere length and longitudinal quantitative interstitial lung changes: the MESA Lung Study	17
Correlates of 5-year decline in 6-min walk distance in the COPDGene cohort	17
Maternal eating disorders and respiratory outcomes in childhood: findings from the EU Child Cohort Network	17
Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation during outpatient-managed acute COPD exacerbation: the latest new PR model?	17
Inequalities in care and the burden of wheeze and asthma in young children from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds	17
Epithelial damage and ageing: the perfect storm	17
Is acetazolamide a ‘REMedy’ for rapid eye movement-predominant obstructive sleep apnoea?	17
Cause-specific mortality in COPD subpopulations: a cohort study of 339 647 people in England	16
COPD basal cells are primed towards secretory to multiciliated cell imbalance driving increased resilience to environmental stressors	16
Clinical and cost-effectiveness of SPACE for COPD delivered as a pulmonary rehabilitation maintenance programme: a randomised controlled trial	16
Variability in forced expiratory volume in 1 s in children with symptomatically well-controlled asthma	16
Effect of time of day and seasonal variation on bronchodilator responsiveness: the SPIRO-TIMETRY study	16
Variability: the law of life?	16
Maternal prenatal carotenoids and child lung function: exploration of modifying factors	16
Variability in sensitivity to inflammation in muscle and lung of patients with COPD may underlie susceptibility to lung function decline	16
Health economic model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation services integrated within lung cancer screening in the United Kingdom	15
Pulmonary arterio-venous malformation on endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy	15
Real-world effectiveness and safety of nirsevimab, RSV maternal vaccine and RSV vaccines for older adults: a living systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Computational fluid dynamics model predictions of inhaled corticosteroid deposition in patients with severe asthma	14
Time to next procedure in patients with malignant pleural effusion undergoing aspiration: derivation and initial validation of the RED score	14
Correction: What’s hot that the other lot got	14
What’s new in pleural disease?	14
Improving lung cancer screening: the role and challenges of risk prediction models	14
Classifying ARDS by dynamic or static oxygenation impairment or are other approaches needed for greater value	14
Time to move out of the shadows: ILA in patients with lung cancer	14
Circulating miRNAs and childhood asthma ICS response: a stratified analysis in the intervention arm of an RCT with vitamin D effect modification	14
Persistent alveolar inflammatory response in critically ill patients with COVID-19 is associated with mortality	14
Haemoptysis in an adolescent post vertebral body tethering surgery for scoliosis	13
British Thoracic Society Guideline for diagnosing and monitoring paediatric sleep-disordered breathing	13
Spirometry phenotypes at 8 years in children born extremely preterm or with extremely low birth weight	13
Is it time to re-evaluate the levels of evidence in medical research: commentary on inhaled corticosteroids in COPD	13
Feast of data and methods: how advancing epidemiology brings COPD, diet and plasma proteomics to the table	13
Novel electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy system for the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary nodules: a prospective, multicentre study	13
Sex differences in COPD in relation to smoking exposure: a population-based cohort study	13
New statement and new hope for patients with refractory chronic cough	13
Atopic and non-atopic effects of fish oil supplementation during pregnancy	13
Selective androgen receptor modulation for muscle weakness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised control trial	13
Understanding the bidirectional relationship between chronic respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease using genetic evidence	13
Challenging the gold standard: the limitations of molecular assays for detection ofMycobacterium tuberculosisheteroresistance	13
Collagen neoepitopes in sarcoidosis: what do they tell us?	13
To progress or not to progress: new insights into the evolution of pleuropulmonary blastomas come from studying lung cysts in adolescents and adults withDICER1-related tumour predisposition	12
Identifying a hyperinflammatory subphenotype of ARDS associated with worse outcomes: may ferritin help?	12
Air pollution, genetic susceptibility and risk of progression from asthma to COPD	12
Disparities in lung function trajectories among tobacco-exposed individuals	12
Donor lung allocation scheme: how can we measure success?	12
Angiosarcoma of the pulmonary artery as an unexpected evolution of an apparent pulmonary thromboembolism	12
Granules of truth: unpacking the eosinophilic endotype in bronchiectasis	12
Safety, feasibility and efficacy of exercise as an airway clearance technique in cystic fibrosis: a randomised pilot feasibility trial	12
Journal club	12
Multiple intrathoracic extramedullary haematopoiesis as visualised on medical thoracoscopy	12

Laryngeal widening and adequate ventilation by expiratory pressure load training improve aerobic capacity in COPD: a randomised controlled trial	12
Effects of enhanced recovery after surgery plus pulmonary rehabilitation on complications after video-assisted lung cancer surgery: a multicentre randomised controlled trial	11
Cytisinicline for smoking cessation in individuals with self-reported COPD: a post hoc analysis of the ORCA-2 and ORCA-3 trials	11
Clinical presentation and prognosis of acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism in patients with concomitant upper-extremity versus lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis	11
Symptom-related screening programme for early detection of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension after acute pulmonary embolism: the SYSPPE study	11
Advanced MicroRNA delivery for lung inflammatory therapy: surfactant protein A controls cellular internalisation and degradation of extracellular vesicles	11
A long time ago, in an airway far, far away: early changes in the proximal airways in IPF and their response to drug treatment	11
Assessing causal relationships between diabetes mellitus and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a Mendelian randomisation study	11
Asthma exacerbations are associated with a decline in lung function: a longitudinal population-based study	11
Improving uptake of lung cancer screening: an observational study on the impact of timed appointments and reminders	11
Journal club	11
Type-2 inflammation: a key treatable trait associated with lung function decline in chronic airways disease	11
High-flow nasal oxygen: benefits are hard to show in COVID-19 patients with mild hypoxaemia	11
Role of inflammasomes in acute respiratory distress syndrome	11
Prevalence and assessment of exercise-induced desaturation in lymphangioleiomyomatosis	11
Consolidation with pseudocavitation	11
Disease monitoring using lung function trajectory in lymphangioleiomyomatosis: assessment in two national cohorts	10
Correction: Night shift work is associated with an increased risk of asthma	10
Artificial stone silicosis arrives in the UK: a tragic case of history repeating	10
Definition of diaphragmatic sleep disordered breathing and clinical meaning in Duchenne muscular dystrophy	10
Remote vision-based digital patient monitoring of pulse and respiratory rates in acute medical wards	10
Enhanced diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy using a multiplex droplet digital PCR assay targeting circulating mycobacterial DNA	10
Comparative estimate of glucose-lowering therapies on risk of incident pneumonia and severe sepsis: an analysis of real-world cohort data	10
Improvements of the shape and strength of the diaphragm after endoscopic lung volume reduction	10
Oscillatory positive expiratory pressure therapy in COPD (O-COPD): a randomised controlled trial	10
Journal club	10
Automatic analysis of bronchus-artery dimensions to diagnose and monitor airways disease in cystic fibrosis	10
Immediate smoking cessation support during lung cancer screening: long-term outcomes from two randomised controlled trials	9
Risk of hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other interstitial lung diseases following organic dust exposure	9
Optimising breathlessness triggered services for older people with advanced diseases: a multicentre economic study (OPTBreathe)	9
Journal club	9
Mobile instant messaging supported brief physical exercise intervention for smoking cessation: a community-based, cluster randomised controlled trial	9
Journal club	9
Usual interstitial pneumonia on CT: same pattern, different prognosis	9
Combining tuberculin skin test with follow-on interferon gamma release assay markedly improves screening of household contacts	9
Optimised oxygenation improves functional capacity during daily activities in patients with COPD on long-term oxygen therapy: a randomised crossover trial	9
Journal club	9
Respiratory research in the UK: investing for the next 10 years	9
Sex differences in expiratory airflow among survivors born before 28 weeks’ gestation or under 1000 g birthweight, and normal birthweight controls	9
Impact of air pollution on lung function in cystic fibrosis over a decade in London: a UK CF Registry study	9
Association of blood eosinophils and exhaled nitric oxide with exacerbations in patients with asthma, COPD and asthma+COPD: the NOVELTY study	9
Journal club	9
How ExACTly does exercise compare as an alternative to traditional airway clearance techniques in people with cystic fibrosis?	9
Tobacco industry ownership of pharmaceutical companies: an international survey of people with respiratory disease	8
LAMA and ICS discontinuation in COPD: run-in to an exacerbation?	8
Mild elevation of pulmonary vascular resistance predicts mortality regardless of mean pulmonary artery pressure in mild interstitial lung disease	8
Aligning management of chronic cough in asthma with BTS/NICE/SIGN guidance	8
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: the missing link?	8
Tracheal stenosis after endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration	8
Highlights from this issue	8
Future risk projection to engage �near-miss� individuals in lung cancer screening eligibility: an analysis of ILST data	8
Impacts of sex and gender on severe asthma	8
Bacterial multiplex polymerase chain reaction tests for the diagnosis and management of pneumonia: ready for prime time?	8
Patient stratification using plasma cytokines and their regulators in sepsis: relationship to outcomes, treatment effect and leucocyte transcriptomic subphenotypes	8
Rare occurrence of tracheal acinic cell carcinoma causing central airway obstruction in a young adult	8
Decoding pulmonary nodules: can machine learning enhance malignancy risk stratification?	8
Smoking cessation within lung cancer screening: how much more evidence is needed?	8
Spontaneous intrapulmonary haemorrhage in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome	8
Post-pandemic tuberculosis incidence: potential success of active case finding?	8
Impact of COPD on cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in people with established cardiovascular disease	8
Environmental pollutants exposure-derived extracellular vesicles: crucial players in respiratory disorders	8
Higher SARS-CoV-2 detection of oropharyngeal compared with nasopharyngeal or saliva specimen for molecular testing: a multicentre randomised comparative accuracy study	8
Antenatal exposures to tobacco and biomass or fossil fuels and wheezing in early childhood in South Africa	8
In search of the elusive biomarker(s): a proteomics analysis in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease	8
Th2 high and mast cell gene signatures are associated with corticosteroid sensitivity in COPD	7
Pulmonary artery angiosarcoma	7
Impact of radiographer immediate reporting of X-rays of the chest from general practice on the lung cancer pathway (radioX): a randomised controlled trial	7
Correction: Safety, feasibility and efficacy of exercise as an airway clearance technique in cystic fibrosis: a randomised pilot feasibility trial	7
Thorax at 80	7
Understanding the aetiology of lung function impairment: the crucial role of age of onset	7
Multimodality curative-intent treatment in NSCLC: an unprecedented era of change 2017–2025	7
Extensive airway remodelling in severe COPD imparts resiliency to environmental stressors	7
Similar movements, different messages: are sit-to-stand tests interchangeable in people with COPD?	7
Endobronchial obstruction of the left middle lobe	7
Non-cigarette tobacco products, aryl-hydrocarbon receptor repressor gene methylation and smoking-related health outcomes	7
Nocturnal gastro-oesophageal reflux and pulmonary abnormalities on chest CT in a general population: the Swedish CArdioPulmonary BioImage Study	7
Antibiotic pharmacokinetics in infected pleural effusions	7
All that pops is not necessarily a pneumothorax!	7
Cost-related non-adherence to medications among adults with asthma in the USA, 2011–2022	7
Accuracy of Xpert Ultra for the diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis in a low TB burden country: a prospective multicentre study	7
Xpert Ultra for diagnosing tuberculosis at bronchoscopy: thoughts on practical applications	7
Associations of interstitial lung disease subtype and CT pattern with lung function and survival	7
Chronic berylliosis disease: uncommon pulmonary granulomas beyond sarcoidosis	7
Rebound in asthma exacerbations following relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions: a longitudinal population-based study (COVIDENCE UK)	7
Cardiac MRI in the assessment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and response to treatment	7
2024 BTS/NICE/SIGN asthma guidelines have the potential to improve UK asthma outcomes, but we must act now	7
Is it truly chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension? A case of pulmonary hypertension with proptosis	6
Journal club	6
Mucosal associated invariant T cells in ARDS: MAIT cells set fire to macrophages via cytokines	6
Journal club	6
Inventing the wheel: understanding heterogeneity of response to skeletal muscle dysfunction interventions in women with COPD	6
British Thoracic Society Guideline for pleural disease	6
Journal club	6
Review of the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2021, 24–26 November 2021	6
Unravelling the obesity–asthma connection in childhood and adolescence: does body shape matter?	6