Thorax

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Beware, vaping e-cigarettes around children is adversely impacting their lung health	166
Vaping and CBD: can new technology overcome old problems?	110
Case-based discussion: neonates on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for undiagnosed recalcitrant pulmonary hypertension—management challenges	104
Rectal organoid morphometric analysis (ROMA)—re: optimising measurements automatically	98
Correction:British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2023	85
E-cigarette use in young adults and adolescents: not so safe?	84
Fibrosing mediastinitis: ‘haemoptysis in the Heartland’	79
Strengthening the evidence base to support stronger regulation of social media based advertising of e-cigarette products to youth	75
Ultrafine particles and health: the next frontier in understanding air pollution hazards	74
Lung development genes, adult lung function and cardiovascular comorbidities	59
Serum IgA isotypes are associated with percent emphysema, wall thickness and lung function decline	59
TB PCR in BAL and EBUS-TBNA samples for the diagnosis of pulmonary and mediastinal lymph node TB: retrospective TRiBE study	59
Complex coexistence of COPD and cardiovascular disease	58
Is the provision of a national opt-out tobacco dependence treatment service in acute hospitals in England equitable? A national cohort study	57
Emulated trial investigating effects of multiple treatments: estimating combined effects of mucoactive nebulisers in cystic fibrosis using registry data	55
Ablation for lung cancer: hot or cold intervention	53
Ultra-low-dose CT versus chest X-ray for patients suspected of pulmonary disease at the emergency department: a multicentre randomised clinical trial	52
Neuropsychiatric diagnoses after montelukast initiation in paediatric patients with asthma	52
Ambient heat exposure and COPD hospitalisations in England: a nationwide case-crossover study during 2007–2018	52
British Thoracic Society Guideline for pleural disease	47
Highlights from this issue	47
Correction:RAGE-induced ILC2 expansion in acute lung injury due to haemorrhagic shock	47
Toxic metals and lung health: silent poisons?	46
Differentiation of malignant from benign pleural effusions based on artificial intelligence	45
Delayed presentation of pulmonary Echinococcus in a patient with no major risk factors	45

Paediatric asthma hospitalisations continue to decrease in Finland and Sweden between 2015 and 2020	45
Muscle memory: genetic factors underlying functional impairment in COPD	45
Ageing and ivacaftor: unravelling the long-term effects	45
Short-term exposure to ultrafine particles and asthma hospital admissions in children in Copenhagen, Denmark	44
Prevalence of lung cysts in adolescents and adults with a germlineDICER1pathogenic/likely pathogenic variant: a report from the National Institutes of Health and International Pleuropulmonary B	44
COPD in Africa: risk factors, hospitalisation, readmission and associated outcomes—a systematic review and meta-analysis	44
Association between vitamin D status at 3 years and eosinophilic asthma in 6-year-old children with a history of severe bronchiolitis	44
BTS Clinical Statement on air travel for passengers with respiratory disease	42
Smartphones: a useful option for the pulmonary rehab toolkit?	42
Lung function as independent predictor of cardiovascular disease risk: implications for practice and policy	38
Lower airway microbiota in COPD and healthy controls	38
Intensive care unit interventions to promote sleep and circadian biology in reducing incident delirium: a scoping review	37
Impact of sex on severe asthma: a cross-sectional retrospective analysis of UK primary and specialist care	35
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with suboptimal asthma care in the UK: the SABINA healthCARe-Based envirONmental cost of treatment (CARBON) study	34
Activation of epithelial and inflammatory pathways in adolescent elite athletes exposed to intense exercise and air pollution	34
Implications of the 2022 lung function update and GLI global reference equations among patients with interstitial lung disease	34
Functional impairment in COPD can be predicted using genomic-derived data	33
Past, present and future of conservative oxygen therapy in critical care	33
Air athletes breathe: weighing benefits against harm	32
Correction:British thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2022	32
Smart steps forward: the role of wearables in long-term rehabilitation after lung transplantation	32
Invasive pulmonary infection caused byTrichoderma longibrachiatum	31
Adolescent exercise capacity predicts higher exercise tolerance later in life when compounded by anaemia in patients with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations	30
Case of hot tub lung showing a shadow distribution consistent with unequal ventilation	30
Topological data analysis identifies molecular phenotypes of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	30
Sleep-disordered breathing in children and adults with intellectual disability: mind the gap!	29
A syndrome by any other name: playing the long-term outcome CARDS	29
Testosterone and lung function: bigger lungs, slower decline or some combination of both?	29
Early experience of a new national lung allocation scheme in the UK based on clinical urgency	29
Human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical dysplasia in adult female cystic fibrosis (CF) lung transplant recipients	28
Quantitative BAL: a suitable method for the assessment of epithelial lining fluid in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency?	28
Medical management of inpatients with tobacco dependency	28
Opt-out tobacco dependency treatment for inpatients: confronting entrenched inequalities but under threat	28
Highlights from this issue	28
Recent trends in asthma diagnosis, preschool wheeze diagnosis and asthma exacerbations in English children and adolescents: a SABINA Jr study	27
Parenchymal lung abnormalities following hospitalisation for COVID-19 and viral pneumonitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Web-based physical activity promotion in young people with CF: a randomised controlled trial	27
British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on pulmonary rehabilitation	27
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of biologic and targeted synthetic therapies in sarcoidosis	26
Impact of ambient air pollution on lung function in preterm-born school-aged children	26
Basement membrane repair response biomarker PRO-C4 predicts progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: analysis of the PFBIO and PROFILE cohorts	26
Silicone depositions: an unusual finding in the explanted and newly transplanted lungs	26
Untangling the web between menopause and respiratory disease	25
Management of a complex thoracic infection, one compartment at a time	25
Heat-related hospitalisations for asthma – challenges for research	25
Journal club	25
Blood eosinophils take centre stage in predicting the response to sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT): a familiar twist	24
Effect of simvastatin on postoperative complications in patients undergoing one-lung ventilation during surgery: the Prevention HARP-2 randomised controlled trial	24
MAC attack: MSCs and macrophages join forces against chronic lung infection	24
Effects of traditional mind–body movement therapy on chronic cardiopulmonary dyspnoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis	24

Early prediction of bronchopulmonary dysplasia by urinary metabolomics: a case–control study	23
Why asthma progresses to COPD: environmental and genetic drivers	23
Effects of azithromycin in severe eosinophilic asthma with concomitant monoclonal antibody treatment	23
Association of fluoroquinolones with the risk of spontaneous pneumothorax: nationwide case–time–control study	22
Factors associated with guideline-concordant maintenance inhaled medication for COPD: a population-based, longitudinal cohort study	22
Association between maternal asthma and impaired infant lung function is diminished by inhaled corticosteroid use in pregnancy	22
Understanding the effectiveness of different exercise training programme designs on V̇O2peakin COPD: a component network meta-analysis	22
Comprehensive analysis of environmental exposure to hazardous trace elements and lung function: a national cross-sectional study	22
Peripheral airway balloon dilation: a standalone technique for lung nodule biopsy or just another tool in the armamentarium?	22
Decline in prevalence of tuberculosis following an intensive case finding campaign and the COVID-19 pandemic in an urban Ugandan community	21
Reduced lung function and health-related quality of life after treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in Gambian children: a cross-sectional comparative study	21
Comparing tests in the absence of a reference standard	20
Combined effect of ozone and household air pollution on COPD in people aged less than 50 years old	20
Mediators of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD): systematic review and meta-analyses	19
Searching, again, for answers in all the wrong places	19
Observational UK cohort study to describe intermittent oral corticosteroid prescribing patterns and their association with adverse outcomes in asthma	19
Fixing lung health in the UK: accelerating respiratory research and innovation	19
Inequalities in care and the burden of wheeze and asthma in young children from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds	18
Epithelial damage and ageing: the perfect storm	18
Effect of mesenchymal stem cells on the host response in severe community-acquired pneumonia	18
Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on lung cancer survival in England: an analysis of the rapid cancer registration dataset	18
COPD basal cells are primed towards secretory to multiciliated cell imbalance driving increased resilience to environmental stressors	18
Correction:Impact of COVID-19 national lockdown on asthma exacerbations: interrupted time-series analysis of English primary care data	18
Maternal prenatal carotenoids and child lung function: exploration of modifying factors	17
Variability in sensitivity to inflammation in muscle and lung of patients with COPD may underlie susceptibility to lung function decline	17
MUC5B, telomere length and longitudinal quantitative interstitial lung changes: the MESA Lung Study	17
Evaluation of a health and social care programme to improve outcomes following critical illness: a multicentre study	17
Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation during outpatient-managed acute COPD exacerbation: the latest new PR model?	17
Effect of time of day and seasonal variation on bronchodilator responsiveness: the SPIRO-TIMETRY study	17
Pulmonary arterio-venous malformation on endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy	17
Real-world effectiveness and safety of nirsevimab, RSV maternal vaccine and RSV vaccines for older adults: a living systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Cause-specific mortality in COPD subpopulations: a cohort study of 339 647 people in England	17
Rare case of bilateral lung nodules	17
Journal club	17
Variability in forced expiratory volume in 1 s in children with symptomatically well-controlled asthma	17
Derivation and validation of a simple multidimensional index incorporating exercise capacity parameters for survival prediction in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	17
Haemoptysis in an adolescent post vertebral body tethering surgery for scoliosis	16
Computational fluid dynamics model predictions of inhaled corticosteroid deposition in patients with severe asthma	16
New statement and new hope for patients with refractory chronic cough	16
What’s new in pleural disease?	16
Sex differences in COPD in relation to smoking exposure: a population-based cohort study	16
Circulating miRNAs and childhood asthma ICS response: a stratified analysis in the intervention arm of an RCT with vitamin D effect modification	16
Selective androgen receptor modulation for muscle weakness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised control trial	16
Atopic and non-atopic effects of fish oil supplementation during pregnancy	16
Time to move out of the shadows: ILA in patients with lung cancer	16
Feast of data and methods: how advancing epidemiology brings COPD, diet and plasma proteomics to the table	16
Understanding the bidirectional relationship between chronic respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease using genetic evidence	16
Novel electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy system for the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary nodules: a prospective, multicentre study	16
Does impaired respiratory function lead to sudden cardiac death?	16
Correction: What’s hot that the other lot got	16
Improving lung cancer screening: the role and challenges of risk prediction models	15
Persistent alveolar inflammatory response in critically ill patients with COVID-19 is associated with mortality	15
Classifying ARDS by dynamic or static oxygenation impairment or are other approaches needed for greater value	15
Challenging the gold standard: the limitations of molecular assays for detection ofMycobacterium tuberculosisheteroresistance	15
British Thoracic Society Guideline for diagnosing and monitoring paediatric sleep-disordered breathing	15
Spirometry phenotypes at 8 years in children born extremely preterm or with extremely low birth weight	15
Airflow obstruction and small airway dysfunction following pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross-sectional survey	15
Reversible bronchiectasis	14
Donor lung allocation scheme: how can we measure success?	14
Multiple intrathoracic extramedullary haematopoiesis as visualised on medical thoracoscopy	14
Circulating cell-free double-stranded DNA and metabolic derangements in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a new association	14
Collagen neoepitopes in sarcoidosis: what do they tell us?	14
Journal club	14
High-flow nasal oxygen: benefits are hard to show in COVID-19 patients with mild hypoxaemia	14
To progress or not to progress: new insights into the evolution of pleuropulmonary blastomas come from studying lung cysts in adolescents and adults withDICER1-related tumour predisposition	14
Laryngeal widening and adequate ventilation by expiratory pressure load training improve aerobic capacity in COPD: a randomised controlled trial	14
Identifying a hyperinflammatory subphenotype of ARDS associated with worse outcomes: may ferritin help?	13
Cytisinicline for smoking cessation in individuals with self-reported COPD: a post hoc analysis of the ORCA-2 and ORCA-3 trials	13
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations may be the only clinical criterion present in genetically confirmed hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia	13
Air pollution, genetic susceptibility and risk of progression from asthma to COPD	13
Angiosarcoma of the pulmonary artery as an unexpected evolution of an apparent pulmonary thromboembolism	13
Safety, feasibility and efficacy of exercise as an airway clearance technique in cystic fibrosis: a randomised pilot feasibility trial	13
Lung epithelial cells interact with immune cells and bacteria to shape the microenvironment in tuberculosis	13
Type-2 inflammation: a key treatable trait associated with lung function decline in chronic airways disease	13
Clinical presentation and prognosis of acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism in patients with concomitant upper-extremity versus lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis	13
Symptom-related screening programme for early detection of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension after acute pulmonary embolism: the SYSPPE study	13
Asthma exacerbations are associated with a decline in lung function: a longitudinal population-based study	12
Effects of enhanced recovery after surgery plus pulmonary rehabilitation on complications after video-assisted lung cancer surgery: a multicentre randomised controlled trial	12
Advanced MicroRNA delivery for lung inflammatory therapy: surfactant protein A controls cellular internalisation and degradation of extracellular vesicles	12
Journal club	12

Artificial stone silicosis arrives in the UK: a tragic case of history repeating	12
Improving uptake of lung cancer screening: an observational study on the impact of timed appointments and reminders	12
Assessing causal relationships between diabetes mellitus and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a Mendelian randomisation study	12
Journal club	12
Correction:Night shift work is associated with an increased risk of asthma	12
Disease monitoring using lung function trajectory in lymphangioleiomyomatosis: assessment in two national cohorts	12
Bacterial biofilms predominate in both acute and chronic human lung infections	12
Prevalence and assessment of exercise-induced desaturation in lymphangioleiomyomatosis	12
Role of inflammasomes in acute respiratory distress syndrome	12
Consolidation with pseudocavitation	12
Opportunistic actinomycosis in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis	12
Usual interstitial pneumonia on CT: same pattern, different prognosis	11
Comparative estimate of glucose-lowering therapies on risk of incident pneumonia and severe sepsis: an analysis of real-world cohort data	11
Definition of diaphragmatic sleep disordered breathing and clinical meaning in Duchenne muscular dystrophy	11
Respiratory research in the UK: investing for the next 10 years	11
Combining tuberculin skin test with follow-on interferon gamma release assay markedly improves screening of household contacts	11
Journal club	11
Optimised oxygenation improves functional capacity during daily activities in patients with COPD on long-term oxygen therapy: a randomised crossover trial	11
Automatic analysis of bronchus-artery dimensions to diagnose and monitor airways disease in cystic fibrosis	11
Oscillatory positive expiratory pressure therapy in COPD (O-COPD): a randomised controlled trial	11
Remote vision-based digital patient monitoring of pulse and respiratory rates in acute medical wards	11
How ExACTly does exercise compare as an alternative to traditional airway clearance techniques in people with cystic fibrosis?	11
Improvements of the shape and strength of the diaphragm after endoscopic lung volume reduction	11
Optimising breathlessness triggered services for older people with advanced diseases: a multicentre economic study (OPTBreathe)	11
Risk of hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other interstitial lung diseases following organic dust exposure	11
Journal club	10
Tobacco industry ownership of pharmaceutical companies: an international survey of people with respiratory disease	10
Immediate smoking cessation support during lung cancer screening: long-term outcomes from two randomised controlled trials	10
Mild elevation of pulmonary vascular resistance predicts mortality regardless of mean pulmonary artery pressure in mild interstitial lung disease	10
Bacterial multiplex polymerase chain reaction tests for the diagnosis and management of pneumonia: ready for prime time?	10
Altered purine metabolism at reperfusion affects clinical outcome in lung transplantation	10
Journal club	10
Persistent hypoxaemia and a headache in a previously healthy 11-year-old girl	10
Spontaneous intrapulmonary haemorrhage in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome	10
Impact of COPD on cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in people with established cardiovascular disease	10
Higher SARS-CoV-2 detection of oropharyngeal compared with nasopharyngeal or saliva specimen for molecular testing: a multicentre randomised comparative accuracy study	10
Journal club	10
Impacts of sex and gender on severe asthma	10
Future risk projection to engage �near-miss� individuals in lung cancer screening eligibility: an analysis of ILST data	10
Post-pandemic tuberculosis incidence: potential success of active case finding?	10
Common idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis risk variants are associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis	10
Higher exhaled nitric oxide at 6 weeks of age is associated with less bronchiolitis and wheeze in the first 12 months of age	10
Respiratory and allergic outcomes among 5-year-old children exposed to pesticides	10
Highlights from this issue	9
Environmental pollutants exposure-derived extracellular vesicles: crucial players in respiratory disorders	9
In search of the elusive biomarker(s): a proteomics analysis in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease	9
Extensive airway remodelling in severe COPD imparts resiliency to environmental stressors	9
Decoding pulmonary nodules: can machine learning enhance malignancy risk stratification?	9
Multicentre evaluation of two multiplex PCR platforms for the rapid microbiological investigation of nosocomial pneumonia in UK ICUs: the INHALE WP1 study	9
Patient stratification using plasma cytokines and their regulators in sepsis: relationship to outcomes, treatment effect and leucocyte transcriptomic subphenotypes	9
British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on occupational asthma	9
Rare occurrence of tracheal acinic cell carcinoma causing central airway obstruction in a young adult	9
Tracheal stenosis after endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration	9
High-dose rifamycins in the treatment of TB: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
What shall we learn from TEACH?	9
Antenatal exposures to tobacco and biomass or fossil fuels and wheezing in early childhood in South Africa	9
Chronic berylliosis disease: uncommon pulmonary granulomas beyond sarcoidosis	9
Cost-related non-adherence to medications among adults with asthma in the USA, 2011–2022	8
Understanding the aetiology of lung function impairment: the crucial role of age of onset	8
Impact of radiographer immediate reporting of X-rays of the chest from general practice on the lung cancer pathway (radioX): a randomised controlled trial	8
Examining the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on community virus prevalence and healthcare utilisation reveals that peaks in asthma, COPD and respiratory tract infection occur with the re-emergence of	8
Non-cigarette tobacco products, aryl-hydrocarbon receptor repressor gene methylation and smoking-related health outcomes	8
Nocturnal gastro-oesophageal reflux and pulmonary abnormalities on chest CT in a general population: the Swedish CArdioPulmonary BioImage Study	8
Pulmonary tuberculosis associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a pharmacovigilance study	8
Multimodality curative-intent treatment in NSCLC: an unprecedented era of change 2017–2025	8
Cost-effectiveness of ambulatory care management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: an open-label, randomised controlled trial	8
Serum cytokine biosignatures for identification of tuberculosis among HIV-positive inpatients	8
Chronotherapy in asthma: BD or not BD? That is the question	8
Endobronchial obstruction of the left middle lobe	8
Cardiac MRI in the assessment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and response to treatment	8
All that pops is not necessarily a pneumothorax!	8
Antibiotic pharmacokinetics in infected pleural effusions	8
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: the missing link?	8
Rebound in asthma exacerbations following relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions: a longitudinal population-based study (COVIDENCE UK)	8
Mendelian randomisation of eosinophils and other cell types in relation to lung function and disease	8
Xpert Ultra for diagnosing tuberculosis at bronchoscopy: thoughts on practical applications	8
Pleural and transpulmonary pressures to tailor protective ventilation in children	8
Pulmonary artery angiosarcoma	8
Associations of interstitial lung disease subtype and CT pattern with lung function and survival	8