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Original Articles

• Epidemiology

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    Indoor air quality, ventilation and respiratory health in elderly residents living in nursing homes in Europe

    Malek Bentayeb, Dan Norback, Micha Bednarek, Alfred Bernard, Guihong Cai, Sonia Cerrai, Konstantinos Kostas Eleftheriou, Christina Gratziou, Gitte Juel Holst, François Lavaud, Jacek Nasilowski, Piersante Sestini, Giuseppe Sarno, Torben Sigsgaard, Gunilla Wieslander, Jan Zielinski, Giovanni Viegi, Isabella Annesi-Maesano on behalf of the GERIE Study

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1228-1238; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00082414 Published 30 April 2015

• COPD

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    Global and regional trends in COPD mortality, 1990–2010

    Peter G.J. Burney, Jaymini Patel, Roger Newson, Cosetta Minelli, Mohsen Naghavi

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1239-1247; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00142414 Published 30 April 2015

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    Obesity as a susceptibility factor to indoor particulate matter health effects in COPD

    Meredith C. McCormack, Andrew J. Belli, Deepak A. Kaji, Elizabeth C. Matsui, Emily P. Brigham, Roger D. Peng, Cortlandt Sellers, D'Ann L. Williams, Gregory B. Diette, Patrick N. Breysse, Nadia N. Hansel

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1248-1257; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00081414 Published 30 April 2015

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    Imprinting of the COPD airway epithelium for dedifferentiation and mesenchymal transition

    Sophie T. Gohy, Cloé Hupin, Chantal Fregimilicka, Bruno R. Detry, Caroline Bouzin, Héloïse Gaide Chevronay, Marylène Lecocq, Birgit Weynand, Maha Z. Ladjemi, Christophe E. Pierreux, Philippe Birembaut, Myriam Polette, Charles Pilette

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1258-1272; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00135814 Published 30 April 2015

• Asthma

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    Nebulised budesonide using a novel device in patients with oral steroid-dependent asthma

    Claus Vogelmeier, Peter Kardos, Thomas Hofmann, Sebastian Canisius, Gerhard Scheuch, Bernhard Muellinger, Karlheinz Nocker, Guenter Menz, Klaus F. Rabe

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1273-1282; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00152014 Published 30 April 2015

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• Lung function

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    Use of forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in 1 second quality criteria for determining a valid test

    John L. Hankinson, Bill Eschenbacher, Mary Townsend, Janet Stocks, Philip H. Quanjer

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1283-1292; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00116814 Published 30 April 2015

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• Pulmonary vascular diseases

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    Riociguat for the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a long-term extension study (CHEST-2)

    Gérald Simonneau, Andrea M. D’Armini, Hossein-Ardeschir Ghofrani, Friedrich Grimminger, Marius M. Hoeper, Pavel Jansa, Nick H. Kim, Chen Wang, Martin R. Wilkins, Arno Fritsch, Neil Davie, Pablo Colorado, Eckhard Mayer

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1293-1302; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00087114 Published 30 April 2015

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    Riociguat for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension: a long-term extension study (PATENT-2)

    Lewis J. Rubin, Nazzareno Galiè, Friedrich Grimminger, Ekkehard Grünig, Marc Humbert, Zhi-Cheng Jing, Anne Keogh, David Langleben, Arno Fritsch, Flavia Menezes, Neil Davie, Hossein-Ardeschir Ghofrani

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1303-1313; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00090614 Published 30 April 2015

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    PATENT PLUS: a blinded, randomised and extension study of riociguat plus sildenafil in pulmonary arterial hypertension

    Nazzareno Galiè, Katharina Müller, Andrea-Viviana Scalise, Ekkehard Grünig

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1314-1322; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00105914 Published 30 April 2015

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    Age-adjusted high-sensitivity troponin T cut-off value for risk stratification of pulmonary embolism

    Anja Kaeberich, Valerie Seeber, David Jiménez, Maciej Kostrubiec, Claudia Dellas, Gerd Hasenfuß, Evangelos Giannitsis, Piotr Pruszczyk, Stavros Konstantinides, Mareike Lankeit

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1323-1331; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00174514 Published 30 April 2015

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• Sleep

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    Obstructive respiratory events and premature atrial contractions after cardioversion

    Dominik Linz, Mathias Hohl, Christian Ukena, Felix Mahfoud, Klaus Wirth, Hans-Ruprecht Neuberger, Michael Böhm

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1332-1340; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00175714 Published 30 April 2015

• Critical care

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    Complicated grief after death of a relative in the intensive care unit

    Nancy Kentish-Barnes, Marine Chaize, Valérie Seegers, Stéphane Legriel, Alain Cariou, Samir Jaber, Jean-Yves Lefrant, Bernard Floccard, Anne Renault, Isabelle Vinatier, Armelle Mathonnet, Danielle Reuter, Olivier Guisset, Zoé Cohen-Solal, Christophe Cracco, Amélie Seguin, Jacques Durand-Gasselin, Béatrice Éon, Marina Thirion, Jean-Philippe Rigaud, Bénédicte Philippon-Jouve, Laurent Argaud, Renaud Chouquer, Mélanie Adda, Céline Dedrie, Hugues Georges, Eddy Lebas, Nathalie Rolin, Pierre-Edouard Bollaert, Lucien Lecuyer, Gérard Viquesnel, Marc Léone, Ludivine Chalumeau-Lemoine, Maïté Garrouste, Benoit Schlemmer, Sylvie Chevret, Bruno Falissard, Élie Azoulay

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1341-1352; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00160014 Published 30 April 2015

• Respiratory infections

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    Bacteraemia and antibiotic-resistant pathogens in community acquired pneumonia: risk and prognosis

    Antoni Torres, Catia Cillóniz, Miquel Ferrer, Albert Gabarrús, Eva Polverino, Santiago Villegas, Francesc Marco, Josep Mensa, Rosario Menéndez, Michael Niederman

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1353-1363; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00152514 Published 30 April 2015

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• Tuberculosis

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    Incidence of occupational latent tuberculosis infection in South African healthcare workers

    Shahieda Adams, Rodney Ehrlich, Roslynn Baatjies, Richard N. van Zyl-Smit, Qonita Said-Hartley, Rodney Dawson, Keertan Dheda

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1364-1373; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00138414 Published 30 April 2015

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• Interstitial lung diseases

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    Unified baseline and longitudinal mortality prediction in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    Brett Ley, Williamson Z. Bradford, Derek Weycker, Eric Vittinghoff, Roland M. du Bois, Harold R. Collard

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1374-1381; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00146314 Published 30 April 2015

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    Safety and pharmacokinetics of nintedanib and pirfenidone in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    Takashi Ogura, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Arata Azuma, Yoshikazu Inoue, Yasuhiro Kondoh, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Masashi Bando, Shinji Abe, Yoshiro Mochizuki, Kingo Chida, Matthias Klüglich, Tsuyoshi Fujimoto, Kotaro Okazaki, Yusuke Tadayasu, Wataru Sakamoto, Yukihiko Sugiyama

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1382-1392; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00198013 Published 30 April 2015

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    Oral immunotherapy with type V collagen in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    David S. Wilkes, Terrence Chew, Kevin R. Flaherty, Sarah Frye, Kevin F. Gibson, Naftali Kaminski, Michael J. Klemsz, Wade Lange, Imre Noth, Katia Rothhaar

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1393-1402; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00105314 Published 30 April 2015

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• Lung cancer

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    BioCAST/IFCT-1002: epidemiological and molecular features of lung cancer in never-smokers

    Sébastien Couraud, Pierre-Jean Souquet, Christophe Paris, Pascal Dô, Hélène Doubre, Eric Pichon, Adrien Dixmier, Isabelle Monnet, Bénédicte Etienne-Mastroianni, Michel Vincent, Jean Trédaniel, Marielle Perrichon, Pascal Foucher, Bruno Coudert, Denis Moro-Sibilot, Eric Dansin, Stéphanie Labonne, Pascale Missy, Franck Morin, Hélène Blanché, Gérard Zalcman on behalf of The French Cooperative Intergroup IFCT

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1403-1414; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00097214 Published 30 April 2015

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    No impact of passive smoke on the somatic profile of lung cancers in never-smokers

    Sébastien Couraud, Didier Debieuvre, Lionel Moreau, Patrick Dumont, Jacques Margery, Elisabeth Quoix, Bernard Duvert, Laurent Cellerin, Nathalie Baize, Bruno Taviot, Marie Coudurier, Jacques Cadranel, Pascale Missy, Franck Morin, Jean-François Mornex, Gérard Zalcman, Pierre-Jean Souquet onbehalf of the BioCAST/IFCT-1002 study investigators

    European Respiratory Journal 45 (5) 1415-1425; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00097314 Published 30 April 2015

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