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  1. The current study builds upon the work of others in looking at influencing factors of aspiration pneumonia in people with a swallowing problem. This study differs from previous researches on this topic, focusi...

    Authors: Judi Hibberd, Jenni Fraser, Claire Chapman, Hannah McQueen and Adrian Wilson
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:39
  2. Pregnant women with asthma are recommended to maintain optimal therapeutic management during pregnancy. Uncontrolled, symptomatic asthma may increase the risk of adverse peri-natal outcomes; thus adequate regu...

    Authors: Insu Yilmaz, Ferda Oner Erkekol, Sevki Celen, Mujdegul Zayifoglu Karaca, Omur Aydin, Gulfem Celik, Zeynep Misirligil and Dilsad Mungan
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:38
  3. Surfactant Protein D (SP-D) is an important marker in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Serum SP-D levels increase while lung production of SP-D decreases in COPD. SP-D is a specific biomarker for ...

    Authors: Berna Akinci Ozyurek, Sevinc Sarinc Ulasli, Serife Savas Bozbas, Nilufer Bayraktar and Sule Akcay
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:36
  4. Th-2 cytokine milieu including interleukin 4 (IL-4) was detected in fibrotic lung diseases. Chronic extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) may be also accompanied by marked fibrogenesis. The aim of this study was...

    Authors: Martina Sterclova, Radoslav Matej, Petra Mandakova, Jelena Skibova and Martina Vasakova
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:35
  5. To investigate whether 2 cardiac troponins [conventional troponin-T(cTnT) and high sensitive troponin-T(hsTnT)] combined with simplified pulmonary embolism severity index (sPESI), or either test alone are usef...

    Authors: Savas Ozsu, Yasin Abul, Asim Orem, Funda Oztuna, Yilmaz Bulbul, Huseyin Yaman and Tevfik Ozlu
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:34
  6. Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are a leading cause of morbidity and also represent a cause of death in some parts of the world. The treatment of RTIs implies a continuous search for stronger therapies and...

    Authors: Fernando De Benedetto and Gianfranco Sevieri
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:33
  7. Tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) is a pathologic condition in which softening of tracheal and bronchial cartilage causes the dynamic narrowing of transverse or sagittal diameters of tracheobronchial lumen; an exces...

    Authors: Roberto W Dal Negro, Silvia Tognella, Massimo Guerriero and Claudio Micheletto
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:32
  8. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) assists breathing and thus improves oxygenation in patients with Kyphoscoliosis. The benefits of short- and long-term intermittent nocturnal in such patients have been reported p...

    Authors: Antonio M Esquinas, Yoshinori Matsuoka, Nalan Adıgüzel and Zuhal Karakurt
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:31
  9. Up to now very few data on allergic sensitization to rodent allergens in Western Europe and Italy are available, and there are no information at district level.

    Authors: Gennaro Liccardi, Gennaro Baldi, Anna Ciccarelli, Marina Cutajar, Maria D’Amato, Domenico Gargano, Domenico Giannattasio, Gennaro Leone, Mario Lo Schiavo, Francesco Madonna, Giovanni Menna, Carmen Montera, Antonio Pio, Maria Russo, Antonello Salzillo, Anna Stanziola…
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:30
  10. Behçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis with unknown aetiology, where, besides genetic predisposition, an immune dysregulation involving T and B lymphocytes and hyperactive neutrophils contribute to dis...

    Authors: Kamel Hamzaoui, Anissa Berraies, Wajih Kaabachi, Jamel Ammar and Agnès Hamzaoui
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:29
  11. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is often associated with comorbidities, especially cardiovascular, that have a heavy burden in terms of hospitalization and mortality. Since no conclusive data exis...

    Authors: Giorgio Fumagalli, Fabrizio Fabiani, Silvia Forte, Massimiliano Napolitano, Paolo Marinelli, Paolo Palange, Antonella Pentassuglia, Stefano Carlone and Claudio Maria Sanguinetti
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:28
  12. Since its original description in 1956 the association between interstitial lung disease and polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) has become well established. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) can be a sig...

    Authors: Ivano Salimbene, Ilaria Leli and Salvatore Valente
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:27
  13. Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease characterized by the formation of noncaseating granulomas in various tissues. Cutaneous involvement occurs in 20 to 35 percent of the patients and may be the initial manifesta...

    Authors: Halil Yanardag, Cuneyt Tetikkurt, Muammer Bilir, Sabriye Demirci and Aydin Iscimen
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:26
  14. Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis (IPH) is characterized by the triad of iron deficiency anemia, pulmonary infiltrates and haemoptysis with no recognizable cause. Since the first description of its associatio...

    Authors: Kamal Kumar Singhal, Ashok K Janmeja, Rakhee Sodhi and Rajpal S Punia
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:25
  15. GPs currently deal with COPD. The aim of this study was to review COPD management, data collection in medical records, and adherence to GOLD guidelines of 12 GPs from rural areas of Northern Italy and to assess c...

    Authors: Enrica Bertella, Alessandro Zadra and Michele Vitacca
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:24
  16. IgG4-related lung disease is commonly associated with autoimmune pancreatitis. Recently, isolated IgG4-related interstitial lung disease (ILD) without other organ involvement has newly been reported in two cas...

    Authors: Thomas Wibmer, Cornelia Kropf-Sanchen, Stefan Rüdiger, Ioanna Blanta, Kathrin M Stoiber, Wolfgang Rottbauer and Christian Schumann
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:22
  17. The editors of Mutlidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine would like to thank all of our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 7 (2012).

    Authors: Fernando De Benedetto, Claudio F Donner and Claudio M Sanguinetti
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:6
  18. To investigate the utilization of PET-CT in target volume delineation for three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and atelectasis.

    Authors: Li-Jie Yin, Xiao-Bin Yu, Yan-Gang Ren, Guang-Hai Gu, Tian-Gui Ding and Zhi Lu
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:21
  19. Acute respiratory tract infections are the common causes for admission to emergency department. Appropriate diagnosis and initiating treatment on time are important for reducing morbidity and mortality rate du...

    Authors: Dursun Tatar, Gunes Senol, Ceyda Anar and Gultekin Tibet
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:20
  20. The six-minute walk test (6MWT) is widely used because it is both simple and reliable as a measure of exercise capacity. Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) usually show a limited cap...

    Authors: Antonello Nicolini, Federico Merliak and Cornelius Barlascini
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:19
  21. The aim of this study is to evaluate feasibility, safety and efficacy of accessing the pleural space with the patient supine or in lateral recumbent position, under constant ultrasonic guidance along the costo...

    Authors: Gino Soldati, Andrea Smargiassi, Riccardo Inchingolo, Sara Sher, Salvatore Valente and Giuseppe Maria Corbo
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:18
  22. Grass pollens are significant elicitors of IgE-mediated allergic disease in the world and timothy (Phleum pratense) is one of the most important pollens of the family. Molecular and biochemical characterizatio...

    Authors: Alessandra Scaparrotta, Marcello Verini, Nicola Pietro Consilvio, Anna Cingolani, Daniele Rapino, Marina Attanasi, Marzia Cerasa, Sabrina Di Pillo and Francesco Chiarelli
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:17
  23. Although diffuse alveolar hemorrhage complicating warfarin therapy is rare, it generally has a worsening clinical course and can be a life threatening condition. A 56-year-old male who had undergone a pulmonar...

    Authors: Jong Hoo Lee and Su Wan Kim
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:16
  24. Arnold Chiari Malformation (ACM) is defined as a condition where part of the cerebellar tissue herniates into the cervical canal toward the medulla and spinal cord resulting in a number of clinical manifestati...

    Authors: Raffaele Campisi, Nicola Ciancio, Laura Bivona, Annalisa Di Maria and Giuseppe Di Maria
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:15
  25. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) is a rare yet important global emerging nosocomial pathogen with multi-drug resistance. To the best of our knowledge, there is only one case report describing the com...

    Authors: Tsang Wai Kan Kassel, Lee Ka Lok Ryan and Allen Li
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:14
  26. Treatment of tuberculosis has many side effects. Thrombocytopenia is a serious side effect of such treatment and occurs mostly due to rifampicin (RIF). There are very few reported cases of thrombocytopenia due...

    Authors: Fatih Yakar, Namşan Yildiz, Aysun Yakar and Zeki Kılıçaslan
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:13
  27. The prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases has increased dramatically during the past few decades not only in industrialized countries. Urban air pollution from motor vehicles has been indicated as one of ...

    Authors: Gennaro D’Amato, Carlos E Baena-Cagnani, Lorenzo Cecchi, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Carlos Nunes, Ignacio Ansotegui, Maria D’Amato, Gennaro Liccardi, Matteo Sofia and Walter G Canonica
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:12
  28. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) in long-distance drivers located in the Zonguldak area and to show the correlation between OSAS and traffic accide...

    Authors: Muhammed E Akkoyunlu, Remzi Altın, Levent Kart, Figen Atalay, Tacettin Örnek, Mehmet Bayram and Meltem Tor
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:10
  29. Both obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and coronary artery calcification (CAC) are considered to be related with the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD). In this study we evaluate the association b...

    Authors: Bilal Arik, Mehmet Fatih Inci, Cesur Gumus, Kenan Varol, Meltem Refiker Ege, Omer Tamer Dogan and Ali Zorlu
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:9
  30. Chest-X-ray has several limitations in detecting the extent of pulmonary disease in sarcoidosis. It might not reflect the degree of pulmonary involvement in patients with sarcoidosis when compared to computed ...

    Authors: Fatih Ors, Seyfettin Gumus, Mehmet Aydogan, Sebahattin Sari, Samet Verim and Omer Deniz
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:8
  31. Effort tolerance and daily physical activity (DPA) are predictive of quality of life and survival in COPD patients, but still remain difficult to assess based on their daily life.

    Authors: Nicoleta Bertici, Ovidiu Fira-Mlădinescu, Cristian Oancea and Voicu Tudorache
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:7
  32. Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous multisystem disorder of unclear etiology that involves any organ, most commonly the lung and the lymph nodes. It is hypothesized that the disease derives from the interaction bet...

    Authors: Ilaria Leli, Ivano Salimbene, Francesco Varone, Leonello Fuso and Salvatore Valente
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:5
  33. Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) are a major cause of morbidity, mortality, prolonged hospital stay, and increased cost of care. Physiotherapy (PT) programs in post-surgical and critical area patien...

    Authors: Dewi Nurul Makhabah, Federica Martino and Nicolino Ambrosino
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:4
  34. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may increase perioperative complications. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship among postoperative pulmonary complication, snoring and STOP questionnaire in pat...

    Authors: Ahmet Ursavaş, Tahir Güven, Funda Coskun, Ercüment Ege and Aysun Yılmazlar
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:3
  35. Renal metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer is rather uncommon. The mechanism underlying the occurrence of metastasis in this site is still not well understood. We report a case of a 53-year-old Chinese w...

    Authors: Jun Cai, Gai Liang, Zhiqiang Cai, Ting Yang, Shuang Li and Jiyuan Yang
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:2
  36. Do standards exist to improve communication in a medical setting? What are the minimal requirements to make our communication with patients and their family clear and simple? International literature, as well ...

    Authors: Silvia Rossi Ferrario and George Cremona
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2013 8:1
  37. Exposure to inhaled endotoxins (lipopolysaccharides, LPS) of Gram-negative bacteria commonly found in indoor environments and assessed in secondary tobacco smoke, has been associated with airway inflammation a...

    Authors: Bogumiła Szponar, Lennart Larsson and Joanna Domagała-Kulawik
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2012 7:54
  38. The prevalence of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in Turkey is reported as 11.6%. Studies of pulmonary function in asthmatics have demonstrated a correlation between lung resistance and the occurrence o...

    Authors: Gulfidan Aras, Dilek Kanmaz, Figen Kadakal, Sevim Purisa, Kenan Sonmez, Esin Tuncay and Arzu Ozdemir
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2012 7:53
  39. Many different methods were developed to detect commonly known mutations and to screen new mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor in non-small cell lung cancer patients. Some of these methods are so...

    Authors: Jasmina Obradovic and Vladimir Jurisic
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2012 7:52
  40. The objective of this study was to determine stress levels during hospitalization in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). We wanted to relate stress to previous level of quality of life ...

    Authors: Magdalena Medinas-Amorós, Juan José Montaño-Moreno, Maria José Centeno-Flores, Victoria Ferrer-Pérez, Feliu Renom-Sotorra, Belen Martín-López and Catalina Alorda-Quetglas
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2012 7:51
  41. Although some authors have suggested that there is some seasonal periodicity in hemoptysis, temporal patterns of hemoptysis have been poorly investigated. The aim of this study is to describe the temporal patt...

    Authors: Ignasi Garcia-Olivé, Jose Antonio Fiz, Jose Sanz-Santos, Felipe Andreo, Estefanía Sánchez-Martínez, Jaume Sampere, Jordi Muchart, Josep Maria Michavila and Juan Ruiz-Manzano
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2012 7:50
  42. The casual and severity distribution of allergic rhinitis (AR) in Hungary is unknown.

    Authors: Mária Szilasi, Gabriella Gálffy, Károly Fónay, Zsuzsa Márk, Zoltán Rónai, Zsuzsanna Szalai, Magdolna E Szilasi, Marianna Budai, Veronika Müller, Attila Somfay, Ildikó Horváth and Lilla Tamási
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2012 7:49
  43. Imatinibmesylate (imatinib) is a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor administered to patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Although imatinib-associated interstitia...

    Authors: Shota Nakashima, Tomoyuki Kakugawa, Hiroko Motomura, Katsuji Hirano, Eisuke Sasaki, Yasuhiro Nagata, Akitoshi Kinoshita, Noriho Sakamoto, Yuji Ishimatsu, Hiroshi Mukae and Shigeru Kohno
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2012 7:48
  44. Severe sepsis is a primary cause of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU). Numerous biomarkers have been assessed to predict outcome and CRP is widely used. However, the relevance for mortal...

    Authors: Özkan Devran, Zuhal Karakurt, Nalan Adıgüzel, Gökay Güngör, Özlem Yazıcıoğlu Moçin, Merih Kalamanoğlu Balcı, Ece Çelik, Cüneyt Saltürk, Huriye Berk Takır, Feyza Kargın and Adnan Yılmaz
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2012 7:47
  45. Measuring the state of health is a method for quantifying the impact of an illness on the day-to-day life, health and wellbeing of a patient, providing a quantitative measure of an individual’s quality of life...

    Authors: Franco Pasqua, Annalisa Alesii, Katja Geraneo, Stefania Di Toro, Giuseppe La Torre, Antonella Sferrazza, Maria Grazia Mastrullo, Luigino Calzetta, Stefano Bonassi, Vittorio Cardaci and Alfredo Cesario
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2012 7:46
  46. Epidemiological data indicate that obesity is a risk factor for asthma, but scientific literature is still debating the association between changes in body mass index (BMI) and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR).

    Authors: Bruno Sposato, Marco Scalese, Nicola Scichilone, Andrea Pammolli, Massimo Tosti Balducci, Maria Giovanna Migliorini and Raffaele Scala
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2012 7:45
  47. Lung tissue of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is heterogeneously damaged and prone to develop atelectasis. During inflation, atelectatic regions may exhibit alveolar recruitment accom...

    Authors: Sven Pulletz, Matthias Kott, Gunnar Elke, Dirk Schädler, Barbara Vogt, Norbert Weiler and Inéz Frerichs
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2012 7:44