Pulmonology

Papers
(The TQCC of Pulmonology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
High-dose inhaled NO for the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia after cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass: A proof-of-concept prospective randomised study355
Smoking exposure trajectories and pulmonary function in early adulthood in a Brazilian cohort164
Issue 2 - “Update on adverse respiratory effects of indoor air pollution”. Part 2): Indoor air pollution and respiratory diseases: Perspectives from Italy and some other GARD countries60
Mixed squamous cell and glandular papilloma of the bronchus53
Exposed posters53
Single breath nitrogen test as predictor of lung function decline and COPD over an 8-year follow-up49
Intensity of exercise in people with COPD enrolled in community-based physical activities47
Intra- and interobserver agreement of inspiratory capacity during cardio pulmonary exercise test46
“ Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres ”: Is it time to divide Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis in three different forms?45
The Vacinómetro® initiative: an eleven-year monitorization of influenza vaccination coverage rates among risk groups in Portugal40
Effect of elexacaftor–tezacaftor–ivacaftor modulator on lung structure in cystic fibrosis39
Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD): May axial myopathy influence respiratory dysfunction?37
Reproducibility, validity, and reliability of the incremental step test for subjects with moderate to severe asthma36
Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma: Atypical presentation35
Flow-controlled ventilation may reduce mechanical power and increase ventilatory efficiency in severe coronavirus disease-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome33
Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration biopsy of isolated anterior mediastinal masses32
Chylothorax as an unusual presentation of Bosutinib therapy toxicity30
A study of the psychometric properties of the Brazilian–Portuguese version of Bronchiectasis Health Questionnaire30
Blood pressure and sleep during a 12-month stay at Concordia Station (3233 m), Antarctica29
Diaphragm thickening fraction and inspiratory effort in patients with SARS-COV II pneumonia receiving different non-invasive respiratory supports27
Prevascular mediastinal angyomiolipoma. A case report26
What do we know about macrolides immunomodulatory therapeutic potential in respiratory disease in 202325
The public health impact of e-cigarette use: Revisiting Geoffrey Rose's prevention strategies25
Differences in exercise capacity and health-related quality of life according to the body mass index in patients with COPD25
Acute respiratory distress due to a bronchogenic cyst submitted to percutaneous drainage followed by thoracoscopic resection24
Regarding the prognostic factors in patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer treated with crizotinib24
Effects of asymmetric nasal high-flow cannula on carbon dioxide in hypercapnic patients: A randomised crossover physiological pilot study23
Prescribing and adjusting exercise training in chronic respiratory diseases – Expert-based practical recommendations23
Never Give Up: Lesson learned from a severe COVID-19 patient22
Geographical variation in lung function: Results from the multicentric cross-sectional BOLD study22
A contribution towards a world without tobacco – The TabacoPed study21
Prone position for acute respiratory distress syndrome and the hazards of meta-analysis20
Functional impairment during post-acute COVID-19 phase: Preliminary finding in 56 patients20
Increased plasma interleukin-1β is associated with accelerated lung function decline in non-smokers19
COPD treatment – a conceptual review based on critical endpoints19
Endotypes in bronchiectasis: moving towards precision medicine. A narrative review19
The London chest activity of daily living revisited19
Correspondence: “Maintaining pulmonary rehabilitation benefits: Key factors in COPD patient recovery”18
Efficacy and safety of high-flow nasal cannula therapy in elderly patients with acute respiratory failure17
Red cell distribution in critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease17
High altitudes and partial pressure of arterial oxygen in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - A systematic review and meta-analysis17
Tobacco and COVID-19: A position from Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia. Authors’ reply17
Reliability and validity of the Chester step test in patients with interstitial lung disease16
In pursuit of personalized medicine in fibrotic interstitial lung diseases. Divide and conquer15
Should there be a tailored guided management plan for children with post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans and bronchiectasis?14
IMAGES: Nocardia pneumonia – A surprising and rare pulmonary infection mimicking lung cancer14
Oral Communications14
Virtual reality for COPD rehabilitation: a technological perspective13
The diagnostic performance and optimal strategy of cone beam CT-assisted bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis13
Factors associated with non-completion of latent tuberculosis infection treatment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A non-matched case control study13
Baseline dependent minimally important differences for clinical outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation in people with COPD13
Helmet continuous positive airway pressure for patients’ transport using a single oxygen cylinder: A bench study13
Dynamic hyperinflation, chronotropic intolerance and abnormal heart rate recovery in non-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients-reflections in the mirror13
Commented posters13
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) and early atherosclerosis: The role of microbiota and EVs12
Cardio-pulmonary-exercise testing, stress-induced right ventricular diastolic dysfunction and exercise capacity in non-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease11
Images: Secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in brucellosis11
Plasmapheresis reduces cytokine and immune cell levels in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)11
Organizing pneumonia associated with optic neuromyelitis: Coincidental occurrence or causal association?11
An extremely rare case of Langerhans cell hyperplasia in the thymus11
Is there any physiological reason to train expiratory muscles in people with mild COPD?11
Performance of helmet CPAP using different configurations: Turbine-driven ventilators vs Venturi devices10
Can we rely on single use bronchoscopes in central airway obstruction management? A preliminary, open label randomised controlled trial10
Effectiveness of a remote simulation training in mechanical ventilation among trainees10
Clustering patients with COVID-19 according to respiratory support requirements, and its impact on short- and long-term outcome (RECOVID study)10
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction causing Acute Respiratory Failure in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy9
Influence of inhalation device, active substance, and drug formulation on the compliance of patients with obstructive pulmonary diseases. A physicians’ perspective9
Application and internal validation of lung ultrasound score in COVID-19 setting: The ECOVITA observational study9
Development and evaluation of spirometry reference equations at high altitude9
Low tumour interleukin-1β expression predicts a limited effect of adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with completely resected lung adenocarcinoma: An identification and validation study9
Different disease, same challenges: Social determinants of tuberculosis and COVID-199
Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency in Greece: Focus on rare variants9
Vocal cord palsy in interstitial lung disease: Involvement of architectural distortion by pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis9
Effect of exercise training on modulating the TH17/TREG imbalance in individuals with severe COPD: A randomized controlled trial9
Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of the Turkish version of the Duke Activity Status Index in patients with pulmonary hypertension9
Anatomic lung recruitment in the early phase of severe COVID-19-pneumonia9
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease9
Ventilator configuration in children on long term home ventilation during the COVID19 pandemic9
Application and internal validation of lung ultrasound score in COVID-19 setting: The ECOVITA observational study. Authors’ reply9
Diagnostic accuracy of TB-LAMP assay in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis–a case-control study in northern India9
Comparison of thoracic surgery training in the Iberian Peninsula: A call for European uniformity8
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Portugal: Trends from the last decade8
How COVID-19 changed our bronchoscopy procedures: A comparison with the Portuguese Pulmonology Society Recommendations8
Association between respiratory distress time and invasive mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients: A multicentre regional cohort study8
T790M-EGFR mutation frequency in advanced NSCLC patients on progression from a previous TKI therapy: results from a Portuguese study8
COVID-19 pneumonia and ROX index: Time to set a new threshold for patients admitted outside the ICU. Authors’ reply8
Use of Helmet CPAP in COVID-19 – A practical review8
Can the post-COVID-19 functional status scale discriminate between patients with different levels of fatigue, quality of life and functional performance?8
COVID-19 pneumonia and ROX index: Time to set a new threshold for patients admitted outside the ICU. Author's reply8
Posteres8
Corrigenda 2 to Oral Communications8
The COPD assessment test and the modified Medical Research Council scale are not equivalent when related to the maximal exercise capacity in COPD patients8
Intermittent versus equivalent constant-load cycle training in COVID-19 patients8
Stratifying risk outcomes among adult COVID-19 inpatients with high flow oxygen: The R4 score8
Respiratory function in patients post-infection by COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis7
Correspondence: Synergistic effect of public health and social work in the pre-detection of tuberculous pleurisy7
Impact of the 2022 ATS/ERS update criteria on the bronchodilator responsiveness test result7
Redundancy in sarcoidosis granulomas7
Primary pleural lymphoma – A rare diagnosis7
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided cryobiopsy of a rare epicardial tumour7
Preaface to the series: How can we do it7
Association of the methionine sulfoxide reductase A rs10903323 gene polymorphism with functional activity and oxidative modification of alpha-1-antitrypsin in COPD patients7
Dynamic hyperinflation in patients with severe asthma compared to healthy adults7
Effectiveness and safety of a new helmet CPAP configuration allowing tidal volume monitoring in patients with COVID-197
Unraveling the resurgence of pertussis: Insights into epidemiology and global health strategies7
Impact of treating obesity hypoventilation syndrome on body mass index7
Relapsed malignant pleural mesothelioma: An impressive response to Nivolumab monotherapy7
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations’ management in Portuguese hospitals – EvaluateCOPDpt, a multicentre, observational, prospective study7
Tele-consultation: A new promised land?7
Sex-dependent GOAL screening performance in adults at risk for obstructive sleep apnea6
Impact of CFTR large deletions and insertions on the clinical and laboratory severity of cystic fibrosis: a serial case report6
Diagnostic and therapeutic approach of central sleep apnea in heart failure – the role of adaptive servo-ventilation. A statement of the Portuguese society of pulmonology and the Portuguese sleep asso6
A series of narrative reviews on air pollution and respiratory health for Pulmonology: Why it is important and who should read it6
Validity and reliability of the one-minute sit-to-stand test for the measurement of cardio-respiratory responses in children with cystic fibrosis6
Small airways’ function in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome6
Association between lung function and dyspnoea and its variation in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study6
Handgrip strength and respiratory disease mortality: Longitudinal analyses from SHARE6
The benefit of macrolide therapy in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia is only present in patients with bacteremia6
Unvaccinated COVID-19 patients in the ICU: Views from both sides of the barrier6
Encephalitis in non-small-cell lung cancer6
Non-invasive ventilation in post-extubation respiratory failure due to Reinke's edema6
Epidemic after pandemic: Dengue surpasses COVID-19 in number of deaths6
The “serial switcher” in severe asthma6
The effects of hidden female smokers on the association between smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Korean adults6
Will smoking on beaches become a thing of the past? Bibione: The first smoke-free beach in Italy5
Issue 2 - “Update on adverse respiratory effects of indoor air pollution” Part 1): Indoor air pollution and respiratory diseases: A general update and a Portuguese perspective5
Coffee shops, a hub for TB clusters?5
Results of surgery versus stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung cancer5
Efficacy and safety of high-flow nasal cannula therapy in elderly patients with acute respiratory failure. Authors´reply5
Pregnancy in patients with Alpha 1 Antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency and the role of intravenous AAT therapy. Authors’ reply5
Reference values for six-minute walk distance and six-minute walk work in Caucasian adults5
ROX monitoring in critical COVID-19 patients treated with high flow oxygen: A real added value compared to the respiratory rate?5
Transcutaneous capnometry-guided exercise in respiratory settings5
Pulmonary vein stenosis mimicking interstitial lung disease5
Screening of inhalation technique and treatment adherence in asthma, COPD and ACO patients5
Defective exercise-related expiratory muscle recruitment in patients with PHOX2B mutations: A clue to neural determinants of the congenital central hypoventilation syndrome5
In memoriam of Jordi Mancebo5
Utility of solar-powered oxygen delivery in a resource-constrained setting5
Back to the roots of medicine: It's severe asthma patient-reported symptoms that matter!5
Implementing nitrogen multiple breath washout as a clinical tool – A feasibility study5
Show me your skin and I will tell you who you are5
Reversibility of venous dilatation and parenchymal changes density in Sars-Cov-2 pneumonia: toward the definition of a peculiar pattern5
Why not a 95-95-95 strategy for influenza by 2030?5
A potentially life-threatening complication of lung metastasis thermal-ablation5
Cycling biologic therapy for severe asthma5
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