Respiratory Medicine

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	102
The impact of blood eosinophil count and FeNO on benralizumab effectiveness in clinical practice: An ORBE II subanalysis	84
COVID-19 pulmonary phenotypes and longitudinal patterns in the first wave of the pandemic	76
Mouthpiece ventilation in neuromuscular disorders: Narrative review of technical issues important for clinical success	75
Mental health screening in Cystic Fibrosis as an intervention: Patient and caregiver feedback on improving these processes	62
Does baricitinib reduce mortality and disease progression in SARS-CoV-2 virus infected patients? A systematic review and meta analysis	58
Pulmonary vascular disease and exercise hemodynamics in chronic liver disease	52
Outcomes in lung transplant recipients on azathioprine compared to mycophenolate	50
Clinical characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in never-smokers: A systematic review	50
Evaluating the relationship between the type of rescue medication and the adequacy of asthma maintenance therapy	46
Outcomes of prednisone-tapering regimens for cardiac sarcoidosis: A retrospective analysis demonstrating a benefit of infliximab	45
Candida spp. co-infection in COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia: Prevalence study and associated risk factors	45
Evolving to a single inhaler extrafine LABA/LAMA/ICS – Inhalation technique and adherence at the heart of COPD patient care (TRIVOLVE)	43
A prospective study of switching asthma patients from a Fixed-Dose Combination (FDC) Inhaled Corticosteroid [ICS]/Long-Acting Beta Agonist [LABA] therapy delivered by Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI) to ICS/L	41
Relationship Between Culture Conversion and Clinical Outcomes in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: Narrative Review	40
Responsiveness of the late life disability instrument to pulmonary rehabilitation in people with COPD	39
Identification and validation of SPP1 as a potential biomarker for COPD through comprehensive bioinformatics analysis	39
Mechanical power density, spontaneous breathing indexes, and weaning readiness following prolonged mechanical ventilation	39
Quality over quantity; eosinophil activation status will deepen the insight into eosinophilic diseases	39
Clinical assessment of scannographic markers for sarcopenia in lung transplant candidates	38
Emphysema severity index (ESI) associated with respiratory death in a large Swedish general population	37
Pulmonary rehabilitation for acute exacerbations of COPD: A systematic review	37
STOP-Bang for OSA screening in patients with pulmonary hypertension	37
Virtual reality for COPD exacerbation: A randomized controlled trial	37
Integrating innovations in asthma research into clinical practice	36

Is asthma's heterogeneity too vast to use traditional phenotyping for modern biologic therapies?	35
Prevalence of restrictive lung function in children and adults in the general population	35
A practical approach to pseudoexudative pleural effusions	34
How risky is it to remove an airway stent?	33
Worldwide production on sleep apnea from 2009–2018. Analysis of the ability to secure funding and international collaboration networks	33
Trajectories of COPD patients’ response to repeated pulmonary rehabilitation programs	33
Postoperative exercise training improves the quality of life in patients receiving pulmonary resection: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials	32
Ophthalmologic assessments in patients with newly diagnosed sarcoidosis: An observational study from a universal healthcare system	31
Fractional exhaled nitric oxide and mortality in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a national cohort aged 40 years and older	31
Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cell subsets associate with the disease course in Löfgren's and non-Löfgren's sarcoidosis patients	30
Home-based intravenous treatment with reslizumab for severe asthma in the Netherlands – An evaluation	30
HLA-B54 is an independent risk factor for pneumonia in Japanese patients with interstitial lung disease: A multicenter retrospective cohort study	28
Long-term air pollution exposure and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: A UK-wide cohort study	28
Prevalence of reduced carbon monoxide transfer factor in smokers with normal spirometry	28
Implementation of virtual pulmonary rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences and perceptions of patients and healthcare providers	27
Development of a new aerosol barrier mask for mitigation of spread of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious pathogens	26
Editorial Board	26
Lung ultrasonography derived B-line scores as predictors of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and pulmonary artery wedge pressure	26
Latent class analysis of chest CT abnormalities to define subphenotypes in patients with MPO-ANCA-positive microscopic polyangiitis	26
Airway stenting for liberation from positive pressure ventilation in patients with central airway obstruction presenting with acute respiratory failure	26
The acute effects of endurance exercise on epithelial integrity of the airways in athletes and non-athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis	25
Gastroesophageal reflux and snoring are related to asthma and respiratory symptoms: Results from a Nordic longitudinal population survey	25
Impact of wearing a surgical facemask during exercise on dyspnea in patients with chronic pulmonary infections: A randomized crossover study	25
Tobramycin safety and efficacy review article	24
The influence of the interventionalist's sex on the outcome and complications of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy	24
Comparison of clinical remission criteria for severe asthma patients receiving biologic therapy	24
The effect of heated humidified nasal high flow oxygen supply on exercise tolerance in patients with interstitial lung disease: A pilot study	24
Comparison of the prognostic performance of the CURB-65 and a modified version of the pneumonia severity index designed to identify high-risk patients using the International Community-Acquired Pneumo	24
Sweat metabolomics before and after intravenous antibiotics for pulmonary exacerbation in people with cystic fibrosis	24
Determinants of radiological patterns and severity in immunocompromised adults with Metapneumovirus infection	23
Are biologics effective on lung hyperinflation in patients with resistant asthma?	23
The effect of pleural drainage on pulse oximetry in a post-operative thoracic surgery population	23
Identification of sleep phenotypes in COPD using machine learning-based cluster analysis	23
The detrimental effect of quantity of smoking on survival in progressive fibrosing ILD	23
Obesity and asthma: A focused review	22
Effect of high-flow nasal cannula on mechanical ventilator duration in bronchiolitis patients	22
The long-term clinical and economic benefits of treating advanced COPD patients with single-inhaler triple therapy in Quebec, Canada – The IMPACT trial	22
Using the phase III slope of exhaled methane during a single breath DLCO test to assess ventilation heterogeneity	22
In COPD- right treatment, right patient, right time, right approach?	21
Prescriptions of respiratory medications in children aged 0–10 years: A longitudinal drug utilization study in the POMME database	21
Major adverse cardiovascular outcomes within distinct pulmonary hypertension patterns in advanced chronic kidney disease: A retrospective cohort analysis	21
Factors associated with anxiety and depression among patients with Covid-19	20
The impact of demographic disparities in the presentation of sarcoidosis: A multicenter prospective study	20
Importance of type and degree of IgE sensitisation for defining fractional exhaled nitric oxide reference values	20
The interplay of plant-based antioxidants, inflammation, and clinical outcomes in asthma: A systematic review	19
Airway total bacterial density, microbiota community composition and relationship with clinical parameters in bronchiectasis	19
End-tidal carbon dioxide, a point-of-care biomarker to assess severity in acute asthma: A systematic review	19
New updates on hepatopulmonary syndrome: A comprehensive review	19
Endothelial function provides early prognostic information in patients with COVID-19: A cohort study	19
Chest imaging classification in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia is associated with its clinical features and outcomes	19

A pragmatic screening tool for identification of chronic hypercapnia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	19
Obstructive sleep apnoea-associated factors in children and adolescents diagnosed by polysomnography: A scoping review	18
Risk factors for hospitalization in subspecialty patients with severe persistent asthma	18
Health-related quality of life and symptom concordance between patients and physicians in pulmonary arterial hypertension in the United States, Europe, and Japan	18
Bioinformatics analysis of hypoxia associated genes and inflammatory cytokine profiling in COPD-PH	18
A new standard scoring for interstitial pneumonia based on quantitative analysis of ultrasonographic data: A study on COVID-19 patients	18
Association between calcium channel blocker use and the risk of interstitial lung disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A longitudinal cohort study	18
Interventional pulmonology techniques in lung transplantation	17
The clinical features of asthma exacerbations in early-onset and eosinophilic late-onset asthma may differ significantly	17
Prognostic value of key variables from cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with COPD: 42-month follow-up	17
Advanced emphysema leads to high false positivity rate for pneumothorax in point of care ultrasound	17
Lower respiratory illnesses in childhood are associated with the presence of air trapping in early adulthood	17
Longitudinal changes in lung function following post-9/11 military deployment in symptomatic veterans	16
Relationship between depression severity and respiratory symptoms in US adults: A national cross-sectional study	16
Variability in chest radiology interpretation between thoracic and non-thoracic radiologists: Implications for pulmonary fibrosis care	16
The 1-min sit-to-stand test as a screening tool to assess exercise-induced oxygen desaturation in normoxemic people with interstitial lung disease	16
Pneumothorax and barotrauma in invasively ventilated patients with COVID-19	16
Onion consumption is protective against asthma risk in children: ROAD to health population-based cohort study	16
Benralizumab efficacy and safety in severe asthma: A randomized trial in Asia	16
Abnormalities on baseline chest imaging are risk factors for immune checkpoint inhibitor associated pneumonitis	16
Daily inhaled flow profiles and drug release from dry powder inhalers in patients with bronchial asthma	16
Bronchial thermoplasty improves cough hypersensitivity and cough in severe asthmatics	16
Pulmonary rehabilitation in lung transplant candidates with pulmonary arterial hypertension	16
Radiological and histopathological features and treatment response by subtypes of interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features: A prospective, multicentre cohort study	15
Predictive factors for tuberculous peripheral pulmonary lesions during radial endobronchial ultrasound	15
High arousal threshold is associated with metabolic syndrome in patients with obstructive sleep apnea	15
The minimally important difference in the six-minute walk test predicts clinical worsening in pulmonary arterial hypertension	15
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis radiologic features in interstitial lung diseases	15
Association of computed tomography-derived pectoralis muscle area and density with disease severity and respiratory symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A case-control stud	15
Nasal effects of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children with allergic rhinitis	15
Therapeutic drug monitoring of elexacaftor, tezacaftor, and ivacaftor before, during, and after pregnancy in women with cystic fibrosis: An observational study	15
Practical management of oral treprostinil in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: Lessons from ADAPT, EXPEDITE, and expert consensus	14
A comprehensive assessment of environmental exposures and the medical history guides multidisciplinary discussion in interstitial lung disease	14
Oral treprostinil improves pulmonary vascular compliance in pulmonary arterial hypertension	14
Disease burden in individuals with symptomatic undiagnosed asthma or COPD	14
Qualitative coronary artery calcification scores and risk of all cause, COPD and pneumonia hospital admission in a large CT lung cancer screening cohort	14
Effectiveness of a pharmacist-led intervention on inhalation technique for asthma and COPD patients: The INSPIRA pilot cluster-randomized controlled trial	14
COPD is a risk factor for COVID-19, but does not confer increased severity of the disease	14
Exacerbation history, severity of dyspnoea and maintenance treatment predicts risk of future exacerbations in patients with COPD in the general population	14
Combined assessment of pulmonary arterial enlargement and coronary calcification predicts the prognosis of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	14
Spirometry quality predictors in a large multistate prospective study	14
Clinical outcomes in patients with COPD hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 versus non- SARS-CoV-2 community-acquired pneumonia	14
Efficacy of self-management mobile applications for patients with breathlessness: Systematic review and quality assessment of publicly available applications	13
Autofluorescence imaging-assisted medical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of malignant pleural disease	13
Asthma burden according to treatment steps in the French population-based cohort CONSTANCES	13
Is asthma control more than just an absence of symptoms? An expert consensus statement	13
Clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features and outcomes of pulmonary transthyretin amyloidosis	13
Oxyhemoglobin concentrations do not support hemoglobinopathy in COVID-19	13
Genetics plays a limited role in predicting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatment response and exacerbation	13
A genome-wide association study on frequent exacerbation of asthma depending on smoking status	13
Beyond breathing: Systematic review of global chronic obstructive pulmonary disease guidelines for pain management	12
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is more strongly associated with coronary artery disease than chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	12
Cell free ACE2 RNA: A potential biomarker of COVID-19 severity	12
Urban-rural and socio-economic differences in inhaled corticosteroid treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A nationwide register-based cross-sectional study	12
Lower physical activity levels in youth with Cystic Fibrosis compared to healthy controls: A multicentre comparative study	12
Enhanced prothrombotic and proinflammatory activity of circulating extracellular vesicles in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	12
Anatomical and histopathological approaches to asthma phenotyping	12
Comparison of the diagnostic criteria for progressive pulmonary fibrosis in connective tissue disease related interstitial lung disease	12
Prognostication of co-morbidity clusters on hospitalisation and mortality in advanced COPD	12
Disease diagnosis and severity classification in pulmonary fibrosis using carbonyl volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath	12
Development of a predictive score to discriminate community acquired pneumonia with underlying lung cancer: A retrospective case – control study	12
Editorial Board	12
Epidermal growth factor receptor in asthma: A promising therapeutic target?	12
Efficacy of mometasone/indacaterol/glycopyrronium in patients with inadequately controlled asthma with respect to baseline eosinophil count: Post hoc analysis of IRIDIUM study	12
Comparison of organ involvement clusters in Black and White American sarcoidosis patients from a prospectively collected patient registry	12
Balance measures for fall risk screening in community-dwelling older adults with COPD: A longitudinal analysis	12
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients	12
Association between self-reported falling risk and risk of hospitalization for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	12
Bacterial colonisation doubles the risk of exacerbation in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency	11
Understanding the acceptability of the changing model of care in cystic fibrosis	11
Effect of antifibrotic therapy in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis undergoing lung transplant in the peri and post-operative period	11
Prevalence and prognostic value of malnutrition in patients with IPF using three scoring systems	11
Lung abscess: Clinical characteristics of 222 Danish patients diagnosed from 2016 to 2021	11
A historical cohort study on predictors for successful weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation and up to 3-year survival follow-up in a rehabilitation center	11
Prevalence, incidence, and clinical features of cardiac involvement in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis	11
Lung ultrasound in children with cystic fibrosis – A new promising approach	11
What kind of non-pharmacological strategy for reducing sedentary behavior in COPD? Data from a scoping review	11
Evaluation of continuous positive airway pressure adherence and its contributing factors	11
Appraisal and evaluation of the quality of life in pulmonary arterial hypertension instruments: A systematic review using COSMIN methodology	11
Role of cardiac and lung ultrasonography in predicting weaning failure in patients with acute kidney injury requiring mechanical ventilation: A pilot study	11

Serum IgA levels for predicting the development of rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease in dermatomyositis	11
Vitamin D deficiency and lung function decline in healthy individuals: A large longitudinal observation study	11
Long-term clinical outcomes of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor therapy in adults with cystic fibrosis and advanced pulmonary disease	11
Pulmonary function using impulse oscillometry system and clinical outcomes at age 4 years in children born extremely preterm with or without bronchopulmonary dysplasia	11
Asthma outcomes in a safety net hospital system: A comparative study to a national cohort	11
Maternal and fetal outcomes in multiparous women with Cystic Fibrosis	11
High burden of respiratory allergy in children warrants early identification and treatment with allergen immunotherapy	11
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on RSV outbreaks in children: A multicenter study from China	11
The burden of mild asthma: Clinical burden and healthcare resource utilisation in the NOVELTY study	11
Pulmonary function tests in infants following SARS-CoV-2 infection	11
Evaluation of pulmonary complications and affecting factors in children for repaired esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula	11
High-flow nasal cannula may prolong the length of hospital stay in patients with hypercapnic acute COPD exacerbation	11
Editorial Board	11
Prevalence and significance of pulmonary hypertension among hospitalized patients with left heart disease	11
Severe community-acquired pneumonia in immunosuppressed patients admitted to the ICU	11
Factors associated to physical activity in patients with COPD: An ecological approach	10
Patient and caregiver shared experiences of pulmonary fibrosis (PF): A systematic literature review	10
Prognostic factors associated with mortality in acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Smoking and risk of COVID-19 hospitalization	10
Cellular senescence is a potential severity factor for COVID-19: Suitable targets required to eliminate cellular senescence	10
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: Clinical, radiological and histopathological features	10
Bronchiectasis and inhaled tobramycin: A literature review	10
Oxygen therapy for exercise capacity in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	10
Radiation exposure trends with augmented fluoroscopy and C-arm-based tomosynthesis for navigated bronchoscopy	10
Mental health in patients with asthma: A population-based case-control study	10
Relationship between sputum bacterial load and lung function in children with cystic fibrosis receiving tobramycin	10
Is it preferable to administer a bronchodilator once- or twice-daily when treating COPD?	10
High-intensity interval training improves the outcomes of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	10
Effectiveness of an online asthma education program in adults with asthma in general practice: Results from a cluster randomised controlled trial	10
The role of FeNO in stable COPD patients with eosinophilic airway inflammation	10
The role of oral microbiome in respiratory health and diseases	10
Palliative care interventions in chronic respiratory diseases: A systematic review	10
Efficacy and safety of dupilumab as add-on therapy for patients with severe asthma: A real-world Dutch cohort study	10
Clofazimine serum concentration and safety/efficacy in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease treatment	10
Survival in COPD patients treated with bronchoscopic lung volume reduction	10
COVID-19: Why does disease severity vary among individuals?	10
Mepolizumab effectiveness in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma and co-presence of bronchiectasis: A real-world retrospective pilot study	10
Association between lipid accumulation products and asthma among adults: Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003–2018	9
Association between the triglyceride-glucose index and mortality in the asthma population	9
Editorial Board	9
Prevalence of diaphragm dysfunction in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD): The role of diaphragmatic ultrasound	9
Uncovering undernutrition in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Beyond body mass index	9
Effectiveness of omalizumab in patients with severe allergic asthma: A retrospective study in China	9
Exploring the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation and its determinants in lung transplant candidates with cystic fibrosis	9
Corrigendum to “Nodular-bronchiectatic pattern in pulmonary Nocardiosis: Immune status and treatment outcomes in a multicenter retrospective Study” [Respir. Med. 237 (2025) 107922]	9
Durable medication-free remission of sarcoidosis following discontinuation of anti-tumor necrosis factor-α therapy	9
A patient decision aid for mild asthma: Navigating a new asthma treatment paradigm	9
Paediatric long term continuous positive airway pressure and noninvasive ventilation in France: A cross-sectional study	9
Is the diagnostic yield of mediastinal lymph node cryobiopsy (cryoEBUS) better for diagnosing mediastinal node involvement compared to endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration	9
A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the Leicester Cough Questionnaires based on the COSMIN guidelines	9
Effect of dietary interventions on markers of type 2 inflammation in asthma: A systematic review	9
Editorial Board	9
Cardiac-lung ultrasound and ventilator-weaning: Navigating the nuances	9
The ‘knee’ pattern in spirometry flow-volume curves in children: Does it relate to tracheomalacia?	9
Are we giving too much oxygen to patients at risk of hypercapnia? Real world data from a large teaching hospital	9
Immunomodulatory potential of apolipoproteins and their mimetic peptides in asthma: Current perspective	9
Factors associated with short- and medium-term mortality after hospitalization for COPD exacerbation	9
Advances in co-pathogenesis of the united airway diseases	9
Custom silicone Y-stents for the management of anastomotic stenosis in lung transplant recipients	9
Bronchial thermoplasty attenuates bronchodilator responsiveness	9
Relationship between prior inhaled corticosteroid use and benefits of budesonide/glycopyrronium/formoterol fumarate dihydrate on exacerbations, symptoms, health-related quality of life, and lung funct	9
Sexual activity and respiratory disease: A systematic review	9
Comparison of race-specific and race-neutral GLI spirometric reference equations with an Indian reference equation	9
Expert consensus on oral corticosteroids stewardship for the treatment of severe asthma in the Middle East and Africa	9
Serum cholesterol levels predict the survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A long-term follow up study	9
Global prevalence of fatigue in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Three-year outcome of a very young severe uncontrolled preschool wheezers cohort, a real-life study	9
The impact of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor therapy on the pulmonary management of adults with cystic fibrosis: An expert-based Delphi consensus	8
Sensitive methods for assessment of lung health in welders and controls	8
In memoriam, Claudio F. Donner, MD (1948–2021): respiratory medicine's impresario	8
Bronchodilator reversibility testing in post-COVID-19 patients undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation	8
Defining and predicting progression in non-IPF interstitial lung disease	8
A soft systems approach of asthma management in children based on therapeutic education and e-learning	8
Allergen immunotherapy for allergic asthma: The future seems bright	8
Evaluating the safety of intraprocedural chest tube removal during medical thoracoscopy	8
Low dose lung radiotherapy for COVID-19 pneumonia: A potential treatment	8
Emphysema and interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary hypertension	8
When is cystic fibrosis not cystic fibrosis? The importance of appropriately classifying patients	8
In memoriam, Professor Bo Lundbäck (1948–2022), Respiratory Medicine Associate Editor	8
Determining if the prognostic nutritional index can predict outcomes in community acquired bacterial pneumonia	8
Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis: A multicenter retrospective research network study	8
The role of inspiratory capacity and tidal flow in diagnosing exercise ventilatory limitation in Cystic Fibrosis	8
Clinical features and risk factors of adverse clinical outcomes in central pulmonary embolism using machine learning analysis	8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the airway microbiome: A review for clinicians	8
Disputes over the production and dissemination of misinformation in the time of COVID-19	8
Evaluation of CD8+ response in QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus as a marker of recent infection	8
Clinical spectrum of children with interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features	8
Reviewer Thank You	8
Impact of the spirometric definition on comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	8
Novel pneumonia score based on a machine learning model for predicting mortality in pneumonia patients on admission to the intensive care unit	8
Using short-term prophylactic antibiotics for prevention of infectious complications after radial endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial biopsy	8
Impact of ketamine as an adjunct sedative in acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19 Pneumonia	8
Assessment of a close respiratory follow-up schedule at 3 and 6 months after acute COVID-19 and its related investigations	8
Chronotropic index during 6-minute walk and acute respiratory events in COPDGene	8
Editorial Board	8