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Original research article
Health-care professionals have a responsibility to be attentive to patients’ adherence behavior but it could be difficult to identify poor adherence in the context of clinical practice. Assessment of personali...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:42
Published on: 5 December 2016
Original research article
Hemothorax after lung transplantation may result in increased post-operative morbidity and mortality. Risk factors for developing hemothorax and the outcomes of patients who develop hemothorax have not been we...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:40
Published on: 15 November 2016
Original research article
This report is based on an independent study carried out by medical professionals of the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (National Cancer Institute) in Milan, Italy, and aimed to assess the inc...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:41
Published on: 9 November 2016
Original research article
Coagulation abnormalities are involved in the pathogenesis of acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF). The administration of recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin (rhTM), which has bot...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:38
Published on: 7 November 2016
Letter to the Editor
In the absence of randomisation, observational studies must take extra care to create treatment groups that are comparable in terms of key characteristics. Various matching methods exist which can create sound...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:39
Published on: 2 November 2016
Review
Despite major advances in the treatment of asthma and the development of several asthma guidelines, people still die of asthma currently. According to WHO estimates, approximately 250,000 people die prematurel...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:37
Published on: 12 October 2016
Original research article
The aim of this study is to evaluate the presence of neurocognitive dysfunctions, depression and anxiety and the effect of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy on these alterations in Obesity Hypoventilation...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:35
Published on: 11 October 2016
Original research article
Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) was shown to be increased in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared to control subjects with comparable body mass index (BMI). Our aim was to determin...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:33
Published on: 4 October 2016
Original research article
Cough is one of the most common discomforts affecting general population, which can disrupt subjects’ quality of life due to its physical, social, and psychological effects. Aim of the study was to investigate...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:34
Published on: 27 September 2016
Case report
Goltz syndrome is a rare, genetic disorder mainly occurring in female patients.
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:36
Published on: 13 September 2016
Original research article
Inhalation devices represent per sé critical factors because they can affect the therapeutic outcomes independently of the drug used. The role of patients’ usability and preference (PUP) for Dry Powder Inhalers (...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:31
Published on: 5 September 2016
Original research article
An increasing number of inhalation devices are presently available in the market. They are differently characterized in terms of their handling and usability, both factors which may affect the outcomes of resp...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:32
Published on: 23 August 2016
Review
The prevalence of asthma is about 9,7 % in women and 5,5 % in men.
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:30
Published on: 1 August 2016
Review
Obesity is currently one of the major epidemics of this millennium and affects individuals throughout the world. It causes multiple systemic complications, some of which result in severe impairment of organs a...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:28
Published on: 12 July 2016
Original research article
The air inhaled by people is abundantly populated with microorganisms which also are called bioaerosols. Bioaerosols is a colloidal suspension, formed by liquid droplets and particles of solid matter in the ai...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:24
Published on: 5 July 2016
Original research article
The present study reports the results of a survey jointly carried out by three Italian respiratory scientific associations (AIMAR, AIPO, SIMeR) together with an important Federation of elderly patients (FederA...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:26
Published on: 5 July 2016
Case report
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown origin, characterized by the formation of granulomas without central necrosis. Each organ and tissue can be affected by the disease, but in most cases...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:27
Published on: 29 June 2016
Original research article
Early identification and control of pathogenic bacteria are important in the treatment of pneumonia. Currently, two rapid antigen detection kits for pneumococcal pneumonia are available: one uses urine samples...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:25
Published on: 20 June 2016
Original research article
Acute cough is one of the most frequent symptoms prompting a visit to a health care provider, usually following a viral upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). The disproportionate use of antibiotics in chil...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:29
Published on: 13 June 2016
Original research article
Dry powder inhalers (DPIs) are the most commonly used devices in asthma treatment in the Nordic countries. As new DPIs become available, patients are likely to be exposed to more than one type of device, with ...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:21
Published on: 8 June 2016
Original research article
Asthma is a disease with high cost for the National Health Service. Two of the most recent LABA/ICS combinations for persistent bronchial asthma are Beclomethasone dipropionate/Formoterol (B/F) delivered via t...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:20
Published on: 6 June 2016
Original research article
Hypoventilation produces or worsens respiratory acidosis in patients with hypercapnia due to acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). In these patients acid–base and hydroelectrol...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:23
Published on: 25 May 2016
Original research article
The present study was initiated to investigate the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of complex homeopathic CalSuli-4-02 tablets on prevention of recurrent acute upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs)...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:19
Published on: 16 May 2016
Original research article
There is limited information on prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in patients with type-1-diabetes. We assessed the prevalence of PTB in patients with type-1-diabetes attending the outpatient-clinic i...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:22
Published on: 10 May 2016
Review
The inflammatory diseases of the nose, rhino-pharynx and paranasal sinuses (allergic and non allergic rhinitis, NARES; rhinosinusitis with/without nasal polyposis, adenoidal hypertrophy with/without middle ear...
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2016 11:18
Published on: 2 May 2016
