Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Article	Citations
False-positive and false-negative COVID-19 cases: respiratory prevention and management strategies, vaccination, and further perspectives	95
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis	84
Pulmonary fibrosis secondary to COVID-19: a narrative review	78
Mesenchymal stromal cells for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis, and COVID-19 infection: optimizing the therapeutic potential	43
Dupilumab-induced hypereosinophilia: review of the literature and algorithm proposal for clinical management	41
Pre-existing COPD is associated with an increased risk of mortality and severity in COVID-19: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis	38
The COVID-19 pandemic: a target for surfactant therapy?	34
Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bronchiectasis: infection, inflammation, and therapies	31
Development of elexacaftor – tezacaftor – ivacaftor: Highly effective CFTR modulation for the majority of people with Cystic Fibrosis	28
Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex - disease burden, unmet needs, and advances in treatment developments	27
Strategies for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of COPD in low- and middle- income countries: the importance of primary care	25
Reduced risk of COVID-19 hospitalization in asthmatic and COPD patients: a benefit of inhaled corticosteroids?	24
COVID-19 Smart Diagnosis in the Emergency Department: all-in in Practice	23
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in HIV	22
The right interface for the right patient in noninvasive ventilation: a systematic review	22
Pulmonary fibrosis associated with rheumatoid arthritis: from pathophysiology to treatment strategies	21
Extra-pulmonary manifestations of COPD and the role of pulmonary rehabilitation: a symptom-centered approach	21
Cardiorespiratory and skeletal muscle damage due to COVID-19: making the urgent case for rehabilitation	20
Convalescent plasma therapy in COVID-19: Unravelling the data using the principles of antibody therapy	20
Mediastinal lymphadenopathy: a practical approach	20
Sleep apnea is associated with the increase of certain genera of Ruminococcaceae and Lachnospiraceae in the gut microbiome of hypertensive patients	20
COVID-19 patients require multi-disciplinary rehabilitation approaches to address persisting symptom profiles and restore pre-COVID quality of life	19
Ibuprofen and COVID-19 disease: separating the myths from facts	18
Tuberculosis in children with severe acute malnutrition	18
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management of chronic noninfectious respiratory diseases	17

Lung function parameters among Australian Aboriginal ‘apparently healthy’ adults: an Australian Caucasian and Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI-2012) various ethnic norms comparative study	17
Outcomes of acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19 patients compared to the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Influences of environmental exposures on preterm lung disease	17
Critical analysis of spirometric patterns in correlation to chest computed tomography among adult Indigenous Australians with chronic airway diseases	17
DNA methylation in pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer	16
Does methylprednisolone reduce the mortality risk in hospitalized COVID-19 patients? A meta-analysis of randomized control trials	16
Machine learning in asthma research: moving toward a more integrated approach	16
Current state of the art and future perspectives with immunotherapy in the management of small cell lung cancer	15
Pediatric bronchoscopy: recent advances and clinical challenges	14
HIV TB coinfection - perspectives from India	13
Functional tests associated with sarcopenia in moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	13
Prediction of stroke-associated pneumonia by the A2DS2, AIS-APS, and ISAN scores: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
A comprehensive clinical guide forPneumocystis jiroveciipneumonia: a missing therapeutic target in HIV-uninfected patients	12
Role of acute exacerbations in skeletal muscle impairment in COPD	12
An effective drug against COVID-19: reality or dream?	12
Clinical features associated with a doctor-diagnosis of bronchiectasis in the Severe Asthma Network in Italy (SANI) registry	12
The diagnostic value of CEA for lung cancer-related malignant pleural effusion in China: a meta-analysis	12
COPD in Biomass exposed nonsmokers: a different phenotype	12
Effectiveness, safety and efficacy of INTELLiVENT–adaptive support ventilation, a closed–loop ventilation mode for use in ICU patients – a systematic review	12
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with COPD	12
SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and vaccine escape, from Alpha to Omicron and beyond	12
COVID-19 clinical phenotypes and short-term outcomes: differences between the first and the second wave of pandemic in Italy	12
Bilevel and continuous positive airway pressure and factors linked to all-cause mortality in COVID-19 patients in an intermediate respiratory intensive care unit in Italy	12
Management of progressive pulmonary fibrosis associated with connective tissue disease	12
Not all nebulizers are created equal: Considerations in choosing a nebulizer for aerosol delivery during mechanical ventilation	12
Health impact of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current and emerging evidence	11
Association between sarcoidosis and diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Corticosteroids treatment in severe patients with COVID-19: a propensity score matching study	11
Comorbidities and mortality risk factors for patients with bronchiectasis	11
COVID-19 first anniversary review of cases, hospitalization, and mortality in the UK	11
Ten things you need to know about intensive care unit management of mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19	11
Managing thrombosis and cardiovascular complications of COVID-19: answering the questions in COVID-19-associated coagulopathy	11
Obstructive sleep apnea: personalizing CPAP alternative therapies to individual physiology	11
Cognitive function and life quality of patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome in China	10
Myofunctional therapy for OSA: a meta-analysis	10
Which one is superior in predicting 30 and 90 days mortality after COPD exacerbation: DECAF, CURB-65, PSI, BAP-65, PLR, NLR	10
Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy in children	10
Identification and management of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: evidence-based Japanese consensus statements	10
The Glasgow Prognostic Score and fibrinogen to albumin ratio as prognostic factors in hospitalized patients with COVID-19	10
Management of acute upper respiratory tract infection: the role of early intervention	10
Advances in understanding of mechanisms related to increased cardiovascular risk in COPD	9
Immune checkpoint inhibitors: a new landscape for extensive stage small cell lung cancer treatment	9
Management of COVID-19 from the pulmonologist’s perspective: a narrative review	9
Step-up and step-down approaches in the treatment of asthma	9
A multidisciplinary approach to the management of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease: a clinical perspective	9
Predictive biomarkers for response to omalizumab in patients with severe allergic asthma: a meta-analysis	9
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: a disease beyond TB and preparedness in India	9
COVID-19 ‘asymptomatic’ patients: an old wives’ tale	9
Masks in COVID-19: let’s unmask the evidence	9
A multimodal approach to detect and monitor early lung disease in cystic fibrosis	8

Socioeconomic determinants of respiratory health in patients with cystic fibrosis: implications for treatment strategies	8
Overprescription of short-acting β2-agonists is associated with poor asthma symptom control: results from five Middle Eastern countries included in the SABINA International (III) study	8
High-flow versus conventional nasal cannula oxygen supplementation therapy and risk of hypoxia in gastrointestinal endoscopies: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Association of mild cognitive impairment and characteristic of COPD and overall health status in a cohort study	8
A narrative review of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: microbiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management challenges	8
Insight into diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis with special focus on nucleic acid amplification tests	8
The use of tobramycin for Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a review	8
An expert overview of pulmonary fibrosis in sarcoidosis	8
Recommendations for COPD management in Central and Eastern Europe	8
Managing cystic fibrosis in children aged 6-11yrs: a critical review of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor combination therapy	8
IL-26 in asthma and COPD	8
Personal protective equipment in the siege of respiratory viral pandemics: strides made and next steps	7
Real-life survey on severe asthma patients during COVID-19 lockdown in Italy	7
The emerging role of mycophenolate mofetil in interstitial lung diseases	7
Factors and mechanisms contributing to the development of preschool wheezing disorders	7
Novel therapeutic approaches targeting endotypes of severe airway disease	7
Therapeutic effect of statins on airway remodeling during asthma	7
Asthma and COPD medicines prescription-claims: A time-series analysis of England’s national prescriptions during the COVID-19 pandemic (Jan 2019 to Oct 2020)	7
LncRNA HOXC-AS3 increases non-small cell lung cancer cell migration and invasion by sponging premature miR-96	7
Effects of different corticosteroid therapy on severe COVID-19 patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	7
Understanding hydrogen sulfide signaling in neonatal airway disease	7
Chest radiographs may assist in predicting the outcome in the early phase of Covid-19. UK district general hospital experience of Covid-19 first wave	7
The individual and societal prices of non-adherence to continuous positive airway pressure, contributors, and strategies for improvement	7
Severe pediatric asthma endotypes: current limits and future perspectives	7
Influenza and pneumonia-attributed deaths among cancer patients in the United States; a population-based study	7
Vascular endothelial damage in COPD: current functional assessment methods and future perspectives	6
Effects of select dietary supplements on the prevention and treatment of viral respiratory tract infections: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials	6
Reorganizing the respiratory high dependency unit for pandemics	6
The impacts of parity on spirometric parameters: a systematic review	6
The ‘clinically significant’ bronchodilator responsiveness (BDR) in children: a comparative study between six definitions of scholarly societies and a mini-review	6
Impact of renal function on the prognosis of acute pulmonary embolism patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Diagnostic value of fractional exhaled nitric oxide in differentiating the asthma-COPD overlap from COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Pharmacotherapy for obstructive sleep apnea: targeting specific pathophysiological traits	6
Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular events in elderly patients	6
Predictors of invasive mechanical ventilation in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a retrospective study from Jordan	6
Redox signaling and antioxidant therapies in acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Thoracic ultrasound-guided real-time pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of pleural diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Clinico-pathological features in fatal COVID-19 infection: a preliminary experience of a tertiary care center in North India using postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling	6
Prediction value of procalcitonin combining CURB-65 for 90-day mortality in community-acquired pneumonia	6
Applications of cryobiopsy in airway, pleural, and parenchymal disease	5
Urine biomarkers of pulmonary tuberculosis	5
Invasive modalities for the diagnosis of peripheral lung nodules	5
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes induce airway hyperresponsiveness in human bronchi by stimulating sensory C-fibers and increasing the release of neuronal acetylcholine	5
Robotic bronchoscopy: potential in diagnosing and treating lung cancer	5
Selexipag for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension	5
Safety and efficacy of glucocorticoids in the treatment of COVID-19: A meta-analysis of randomized control trials	5
Current evidence on the effect of highly effective CFTR modulation on interleukin-8 in cystic fibrosis	5
Respiratory management in the premature neonate	5
The role of peripheral muscle fatigability on exercise intolerance in COPD	5
The value of perioperative physical activity in older patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer	5
Pyoderma gangrenosum with pulmonary involvement: a pulmonary special report and literature review	5
Fixed dexmedetomidine infusion versus fixed-dose midazolam bolus as primary sedative for maintaining intra-procedural sedation during endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration:	5
Leveraging “big data” in respiratory medicine – data science, causal inference, and precision medicine	5
Understanding the pathophysiology of typical acute respiratory distress syndrome and severe COVID-19	5
Epithelial alarmins: a new target to treat chronic respiratory diseases	5
A narrative review of new research progress regarding the use of airway stents in benign airway stenosis	5
Connection between PD-L1 expression and standardized uptake value in NSCLC: an early prognostic treatment combination	5
Long-term noninvasive ventilation in COPD: current evidence and future directions	5
Medium-dose ICS-containing FDCs reduce all-cause mortality in COPD patients: an in-depth analysis of dual and triple therapies	5
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: current therapy and emerging targets	5
The potential of volatile organic compound analysis for pathogen detection and disease monitoring in patients with cystic fibrosis	5
Indacaterol/glycopyrronium/mometasone fixed dose combination for uncontrolled asthma	5
The prevention and management strategies for neonatal chronic lung disease	4
Bronchoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic: effect on current practices and strategies to reduce procedure-associated transmission	4
Therapeutic and anti-inflammatory effects of baricitinib on mortality, ICU transfer, clinical improvement, and CRS-related laboratory parameters of hospitalized patients with moderate to severe COVID-	4
Childhood asthma as a risk factor for adult chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Complications and safety analysis of diagnostic bronchoscopy in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Phenotype and endotype based treatment of preschool wheeze	4
Is mild asthma truly mild? The patients’ real-life setting	4
Change in mortality rates of respiratory disease during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Risk factors associated with mortality in hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a meta-analysis	4
Personalised management and supporting individuals to live with their asthma in a primary care setting	4
Demystifying idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: time for more etiology-focused nomenclature in interstitial lung disease	4
Thinking outside the box: a review of gastrointestinal symptoms and complications in cystic fibrosis	4
The prevalence of oropharyngeal dysphagia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Management of COPD patients during COVID: difficulties and experiences	4
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer: targeting the complexity of the pharmacological interconnection	4
Procalcitonin as a biomarker to guide treatments for patients with lower respiratory tract infections	4
Antiviral treatment selection for SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia	4
Amikacin liposome inhalation suspension as a treatment for patients with refractory mycobacterium avium complex lung infection	4

Developments in smoking cessation interventions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the past 5 years: a scoping review	4
Clinical characteristics, treatment patterns and adherence in patients with asthma on multiple inhaler triple therapy: a review of findings	4
Management of adult asthma and chronic rhinitis as one airway disease	4
Defining response to therapy with biologics in severe asthma: from global evaluation to super response and remission	4
The effect of high flow nasal oxygen therapy in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Mesenchymal stromal cell therapy for chronic lung diseases: experimental and clinical evidence	4
The triad: respiratory microbiome – virus – immune response in the pathophysiology of pulmonary viral infections	4
Inhaled interferons beta and SARS-COV2 infection: a preliminary therapeutic perspective	4
Risk factors of chronic cough in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Changes of peripheral lymphocyte subset in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the whole course of disease	4
Contemporary management and treatment strategies for asthma during pregnancy	4
Impact of patients’ attitudes and dynamics in needs and life experiences during their journey in COPD: an ethnographic study	4
Clinical progression and changes of chest CT findings among asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Wuhan, China	4
Ventilation management in acute respiratory failure related to COVID-19 versus ARDS from another origin – a descriptive narrative review	3
Reply to Han et al.: impact on mortality of triple ICS/LABA/LAMA therapy in a population of COPD patients including also subjects with asthma-like profile	3
Mortality of intubated patients with COVID-19 during first and subsequent waves: a meta-analysis involving 363,660 patients from 43 countries	3
Pharmacokinetics of antibiotics for pleural infection	3
Spirometry in atrial fibrillation: what’s the catch?	3
Pediatric sleep apnea and viral respiratory infections: what do clinicians need to know?	3
Airway disease in hematologic malignancies	3
Lung and diaphragm protective ventilation: a synthesis of recent data	3
Aclidinium bromide/formoterol fumarate as a treatment for COPD: an update	3
Impact of aging on immune function in the pathogenesis of pulmonary diseases: potential for therapeutic targets	3
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients with acute respiratory failure: a guide for the clinician	3
Respiratory disturbances in fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of case control studies	3
Glycosylated hemoglobin as a predictor of mortality in severe pneumonia by COVID-19	3
Asthma and COVID-19: lessons learned and questions that remain	3
Effective early diagnosis for NSCLC: an algorithm	3
Effects of high-flow nasal oxygen cannula versus other noninvasive ventilation in extubated patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	3
Endobronchial ultrasound with a guide sheath during bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions	3
High flow nasal cannula in the pediatric intensive care unit	3
Respiratory comorbidities in severe asthma: focus on the pediatric age	3
Up-to-date guidance towards improving medication adherence in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	3
Biopsy and re-biopsy for PD-L1 expression in NSCLC. association between PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitor efficacy through treatment in NSCLC. A pilot study	3
Advances in lung cancer surgery: the role of segmentectomy in early–stage management	3
Association between depression and COPD: results from the NHANES 2013–2018 and a bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis	3
Clinical, radiologic, and physiologic features of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) with and without emphysema	3
Status of inhalable antimicrobial agents for lung infection: progress and prospects	3
Practical approaches to the diagnosis of asthma in school-age children	3
Imaging modalities during navigational bronchoscopy	3
Noninvasive electrical stimulation of oropharyngeal muscles in obstructive sleep apnea	3
Blood eosinophils in COPD: friend or foe?	3
Interactions between calcium regulatory pathways and mechanosensitive channels in airways	3
Severe acute asthma at the pediatric intensive care unit: can we link the clinical phenotypes to immunological endotypes?	3
Mechanisms underlying corticosteroid resistance in patients with asthma: a review of current knowledge	3
Vaccination and modern management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – a narrative review	3
Our current understanding of and approach to the management of lung cancer with pulmonary hypertension	3
A scoping review of longitudinal airway microbiota studies	3
What should the recommendations be for lifestyle factors in obstructive sleep apnea?	2
Pulmonary recovery after COVID-19 – a review	2
Exploring the complex relationship between the lung microbiome and ventilator-associated pneumonia	2
Current best clinical practices for monitoring of interstitial lung disease	2
The paradigm shift from polycythemia to anemia in COPD: the critical role of the renin–angiotensin system inhibitors	2
A glimpse in post-COVID pathophysiology: the role of exhaled breath condensate pH as an early marker of residual alveolar inflammation	2
Letter to the editor: “Clinical controversies in the management of acute pulmonary embolism”	2
Personalized medicine targeting different ARDS phenotypes: The future of pharmacotherapy for ARDS?	2
Association between biomarkers of tobacco consumption and lung cancer risk among daily smokers	2
Validity of the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	2
Demystifying controversies in preschool wheeze	2
Diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis by multi-targeted loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay based on SYBR Green I reaction: comparison with GeneXpert® MTB/RIF assay	2
The role of imaging techniques in understanding and evaluating the long-term pulmonary effects of COVID-19	2
Recent advancements in understanding the genetic involvement of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency associated lung disease: a look at future precision medicine approaches	2
Multidisciplinary consensus on inhaled therapy in asthma	2
Interaction between occupational radon exposure and tobacco smoke: a systematic review	2
The paradigm shift in the approach to management of latent tuberculosis infection in high tuberculosis burden countries	2
Assessment and treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder: a guide for the clinician	2
Understanding rare infections post-lung transplantation	2
Intermittent abdominal pressure ventilation management in neuromuscular diseases: a Delphi panel Consensus	2
Interstitial lung diseases: never forget to think about it in primary care	2
Vocal cord dysfunction/inducible laryngeal obstruction: novel diagnostics and therapeutics	2
Stratification of patients with KRAS-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer: improving prognostics	2
DNA repair in lung cancer: a large-scale quantitative analysis for polymorphisms in DNA repairing pathway genes and lung cancer susceptibility	2
Reply to: ‘evaluating triple ICS/LABA/LAMA therapies for COPD patients: a network meta-analysis of ETHOS, KRONOS, IMPACT, and TRILOGY studies’	2
Personalized approaches to bronchiectasis	2
Impact of indoor environment on children’s pulmonary health	2
Recent advances in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension: lessons from the upfront combination of ambrisentan and tadalafil	2
Advantages and drawbacks of helmet noninvasive support in acute respiratory failure	2
A Delphi consensus statement for the management of post-COVID interstitial lung disease	2
Management of pulmonary arterial hypertension during pregnancy	2
Diagnosis and management of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease	2
The impact of air pollution on asthma: clinical outcomes, current epidemiology, and health disparities	2
Persistent respiratory symptoms associated with post-Covid condition (Long Covid) in children: a systematic review and analysis of current gaps and future perspectives	2
A critical review of the respiratory benefits and harms of orally administered opioids for dyspnea management in COPD	2
Effects of cardiorespiratory rehabilitation program on submaximal exercise in patients with long-COVID-19 conditions: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and recommendations for future	2
Understanding persistent breathlessness: impact on patients and optimal approaches to symptomatic reduction – an overview	2
Diaphragmatic ultrasound in weaning ventilated patients: a reliable predictor?	2
Investigational approaches for unmet need in severe asthma	2
How to recognize patients at risk of self-inflicted lung injury	2
Occupational chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder: prevalence and prevention	2
Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and depressive symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	2