Pulmonology

Papers
(The TQCC of Pulmonology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Disease burden, comorbidities and antecedents of chronic cough phenotypes in Australian adults346
Application and internal validation of lung ultrasound score in COVID-19 setting: The ECOVITA observational study. Authors’ reply159
Development and evaluation of spirometry reference equations at high altitude60
Complete response to mTOR inhibitor following JAKi failure in severe pulmonary sarcoidosis: Authors’ reply53
The Legend score synthesizes Wells, PERC, Geneva, D-dimer and predicts acute pulmonary embolism prior to imaging tests51
“Alveolar stem cell exhaustion, fibrosis and bronchiolar proliferation” related entities. A narrative review49
Smoking exposure trajectories and pulmonary function in early adulthood in a Brazilian cohort46
In-hospital mortality of high-risk pulmonary embolism: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Portugal from 2010 to 201844
Weaning from tracheostomy: Trend of decannulation rate over two decades in a respiratory rehabilitation centre44
Application and internal validation of lung ultrasound score in COVID-19 setting: The ECOVITA observational study40
Issue 3—The occupational burden of respiratory diseases, an update38
High-dose inhaled NO for the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia after cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass: A proof-of-concept prospective randomised study36
Low tumour interleukin-1β expression predicts a limited effect of adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with completely resected lung adenocarcinoma: An identification and validation study36
COPD: How can evidence from randomised controlled trials apply to patients treated in everyday clinical practice?34
COVID-19 pneumonia and ROX index: Time to set a new threshold for patients admitted outside the ICU. Authors’ reply33
The Vacinómetro® initiative: an eleven-year monitorization of influenza vaccination coverage rates among risk groups in Portugal32
Correspondence: Exploring the role of nasal high flow therapy in enhancing exercise tolerance in COPD patients30
“ Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres ”: Is it time to divide Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis in three different forms?29
Noninvasive ventilatory support in morbid obesity29
Assisted mobilisation in critical patients with COVID-1927
The rise of old villains: the vaccination downfall worldwide26
The utility of dynamic chest radiography in patients with asthma, COPD, COVID-19 and ILD: A pilot study25
Assessment of the underreporting of rhinitis in patients with asthma: A MASK-air® real-world study25
Smoking-attributable mortality in Portugal and its regions in 201924
Posters23
Mepolizumab in severe asthma exacerbation in a respiratory ICU—a successful off-label use23
Associations of serum sclerostin levels with body composition, pulmonary function, and exacerbations in COPD patients23
Corrigenda 2 to Oral Communications21
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis — A case report21
Azacytidine-induced pneumonitis in acute myeloid leukaemia20
COVID-19 vaccine booster in healthcare workers - reasons for refusing19
Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma: Atypical presentation19
The COPD assessment test and the modified Medical Research Council scale are not equivalent when related to the maximal exercise capacity in COPD patients19
Diagnostic role of internal mammary lymph node involvement in tuberculous pleurisy: a multicenter study19
Use of automatic 6-minute walking test recording system in patients with chronic respiratory diseases19
Sequential use of noninvasive ventilation and high flow nasal therapy after early extubation in chest trauma patients recovering from acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure18
Exercise capacity, lung and respiratory muscle function in substance use disorders18
Indoor environmental quality—Take me where the air is clean17
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, a differential diagnosis of cystic lung diseases17
Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis/veno-occlusive disease diagnosed by transbronchial cryobiopsy17
High-resolution CT features in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and negative nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs17
Biologics and anti-Sars Cov2 vaccination in severe asthma riding the big wave: Unity is strength!16
Can the post-COVID-19 functional status scale discriminate between patients with different levels of fatigue, quality of life and functional performance?14
Comunicações orais13
Diagnosis of COVID-19 by sound-based analysis of vocal recordings13
Multidimensional approach to obstructive sleep apnea13
Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD): May axial myopathy influence respiratory dysfunction?13
Tuberculosis and risk of Parkinson's disease: A nationwide cohort study13
Exuberant endobronchial sarcoidosis – An uncommon form of sarcoidosis13
Exposed posters13
Chronic bronchial infection in stable COPD: To treat or not to treat13
Main bronchus fistula: An open window to the lung parenchyma12
Posters12
Reproducibility, validity, and reliability of the incremental step test for subjects with moderate to severe asthma12
A new gambler at the table of management of COVID-19 associated acute respiratory failure. Changing position to do it better?11
ROS-1 TKI for the treatment of concurrent sarcomatoid transformation and acquired ROS-1 F2004C mutation in a lung adenocarcinoma patient11
Effect of elexacaftor–tezacaftor–ivacaftor modulator on lung structure in cystic fibrosis11
A curious presentation of an endobronchial Hodgkin's lymphoma in a sarcoidosis-lymphoma syndrome11
Multiple system atrophy: Inspiratory sighs as a key polysomnographic sign to early diagnosis?10
Intensity of exercise in people with COPD enrolled in community-based physical activities10
Single breath nitrogen test as predictor of lung function decline and COPD over an 8-year follow-up10
For a patient with severe asthma, every day may be his last World Asthma Day10
A qualitative study of patient and carer experiences with home respiratory therapies: Long-term oxygen therapy and home mechanical ventilation10
How COVID-19 changed our bronchoscopy procedures: A comparison with the Portuguese Pulmonology Society Recommendations10
A snapshot of exhaled nitric oxide and asthma characteristics: experience from high to low income countries9
Predictive equations of maximum respiratory mouth pressures: A systematic review9
Intra- and interobserver agreement of inspiratory capacity during cardio pulmonary exercise test9
Mixed squamous cell and glandular papilloma of the bronchus9
The use of superlatives in news articles pertaining to asthma treatment9
Genetic polymorphisms in MIR1208 and MIR5708 are associated with susceptibility to COPD in the Chinese population9
SARS-CoV-2 as a trigger of eosinophilic pneumonia9
Learning with the COVID-19 pandemic mistakes: Facing the progression of the first cases of Monkeypox in Brazil. Authors’ reply9
By deflating the lungs pulmonologists help the cardiologists. A literature review9
Two years of COVID-19: Trends in rehabilitation9
Distinct TNF-alpha and HLA polymorphisms associate with fibrotic and non-fibrotic subtypes of hypersensitivity pneumonitis9
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Portugal: Trends from the last decade9
COVID-19 pandemic and tuberculosis: How to ensure adequate care in pediatric age9
Issue 2 - “Update on adverse respiratory effects of indoor air pollution”. Part 2): Indoor air pollution and respiratory diseases: Perspectives from Italy and some other GARD countries8
Use of Helmet CPAP in COVID-19 – A practical review8
Publish or perish? Perish to publish? (Unrequested advices to young researchers)8
Clusters of individuals recovering from an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and response to in-hospital pulmonary rehabilitation8
Measures of physical performance in COVID-19 patients: a mapping review8
Continuous noninvasive ventilatory support outcomes for patients with neuromuscular disease: a multicenter data collaboration8
Prevalence of asthma in Portuguese adults - the EPI-ASTHMA study, a nationwide population-based survey8
Severe exacerbations and mortality in COPD patients: A retrospective analysis of the database of the Hungarian National Health Insurance Fund8
Markers of cardiovascular risk and their reversibility with acute oxygen therapy in Kyrgyz highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension8
Concomitant allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis after Aspergillus niger infection7
A real-life study of elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor therapy in people with cystic fibrosis in Brazil7
Predictive role of natural killer cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with sarcoidosis7
Large cell neuroendocrine lung carcinoma – A challenging rare tumour7
Countering antimicrobial resistance7
Diagnostic yield and safety of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for diffuse parenchymal lung diseases diagnosis: Comparison between 1.7-mm and 1.9-mm probes7
Improving non-small-cell lung cancer survival through molecular characterization: Perspective of a multidisciplinary expert panel7
Pregnancy in Alpha 1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency and the role of intravenous AAT therapy7
Geographical variation in lung function: Results from the multicentric cross-sectional BOLD study7
Long-term sequelae of TB and COVID-19 co-infection: Prospective cohort evaluation after 1 year7
Risk factors associated with mortality among elderly patients with COVID-19: Data from 55 intensive care units in Spain7
Diaphragm thickening fraction and inspiratory effort in patients with SARS-COV II pneumonia receiving different non-invasive respiratory supports7
Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for peripheral pulmonary lesions. A narrative review7
Stratifying risk outcomes among adult COVID-19 inpatients with high flow oxygen: The R4 score7
The potential of tumour mechanotargeting in lung cancer therapeutics6
Rehabilitation and physiotherapists in the critical care medicine6
Low tumor interleukin-1β expression predicts a limited effect of adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with completely resected lung adenocarcinoma: An identification and validation study6
T790M-EGFR mutation frequency in advanced NSCLC patients on progression from a previous TKI therapy: results from a Portuguese study6
Blood pressure and sleep during a 12-month stay at Concordia Station (3233 m), Antarctica6
Preaface to the series: How can we do it6
Early effects of acetazolamide on hemoglobin mass and plasma volume in chronic mountain sickness at 5100 m6
Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) with mandibular advancement devices—A statement of the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology, the Portuguese Society of Stomatology and Dental Medicine6
Pulmonary tuberculosis in intensive care setting, with a focus on the use of severity scores, a multinational collaborative systematic review6
Regarding the prognostic factors in patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer treated with crizotinib6
Correspondence: “The One Health concept applied to dirofilariasis—a zoonotic disease”6
Molecular analysis in cytological samples obtained by endobronchial or oesophageal ultrasound guided needle aspiration in non-small cell lung cancer6
Effects of asymmetric nasal high-flow cannula on carbon dioxide in hypercapnic patients: A randomised crossover physiological pilot study6
Ultrathin bronchoscopy-guided small airway biopsy for diagnosing sarcoidosis: A prospective study6
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and Pi*S and Pi*Z SERPINA1 variants are associated with asthma exacerbations6
Practice of tracheostomy in patients with acute respiratory failure related to COVID–19 – Insights from the PRoVENT–COVID study6
Bronchiectasis as long-term complication of acute fire smoke inhalation?6
What do we know about macrolides immunomodulatory therapeutic potential in respiratory disease in 20236
Redundancy in sarcoidosis granulomas5
The public health impact of e-cigarette use: Revisiting Geoffrey Rose's prevention strategies5
Outcomes of COVID-19 patients treated with noninvasive respiratory support outside-ICU setting: a Portuguese reality5
High efficiency particulate air filters and heat & moisture exchanger filters increase positive end-expiratory pressure in helmet continuous positive airway pressure: A bench-top study5
COVID-19 pneumonia and ROX index: Time to set a new threshold for patients admitted outside the ICU. Author's reply5
Differences in exercise capacity and health-related quality of life according to the body mass index in patients with COPD5
Underestimated asthma prevalence in Guarda's district leads to overestimated hospitalizations5
The function of miR-637 in non-small cell lung cancer progression and prognosis5
Foreing body bronchoaspiration in adult: Pharmaceutical blister5
Associations and relative risks of pulmonary hypertension and lung diseases in individuals with methamphetamine use disorder5
Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration biopsy of isolated anterior mediastinal masses5
Influenza vaccination in older adults and patients with chronic disorders: A position paper from the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology, the Portuguese Society of Cardiology, the Portuguese Society of 5
Subpleural curvilinear lines as an early indicator of silicosis in artificial stone workers5
Intermittent versus equivalent constant-load cycle training in COVID-19 patients5
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations’ management in Portuguese hospitals – EvaluateCOPDpt, a multicentre, observational, prospective study5
Posteres5
Impact of the 2022 ATS/ERS update criteria on the bronchodilator responsiveness test result5
Differences in cerebral oxygenation during exercise in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with and without exertional hypoxemia: does exercise intensity matter?5
Dynamic hyperinflation in patients with severe asthma compared to healthy adults5
The scourge of chronic cough5
A curious manifestation of mechanical tension theory in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis5
Is there a place for mechanical in-exsufflator in the emergency department?5
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