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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Rikki Graham, PhD
Welcome to BMC Pulmonary Medicine published by BioMed Central
BMC Pulmonary Medicine is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of pulmonary and associated disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine (ISSN 1471-2466) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :7
More action is needed to prevent exposure to asthma-causing agents in the workplace, as evidence from the literature suggests that 16.3% of all adult-onset asthma is caused by occupational exposures.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :6
Bouros and Makris discuss the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease standard exacerbation definition for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and consider how there is still room for improvement despite this step forward.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :5
Oliver Eickelberg and Dariusz Zakrzewicz review the recent findings of dysregulated arginine methylation in chronic pulmonary diseases, including pulmonary arterial hypertension, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and discuss future directions and possible therapies.
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Lung diffusing capacity for nitric oxide and carbon monoxide in relation to morphological changes as assessed by computed tomography in patients with cystic fibrosis Holger Dressel, Laura Filser, Rainald Fischer, Katharina Marten, Ullrich Muller-Lisse, Dorothea de la Motte, Dennis Nowak, Rudolf M Huber, Rudolf A Jorres BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :30 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Approach to the diagnosis and management of suspected exercise-induced bronchoconstriction by primary care physicians James H Hull, Peter J Hull, Jonathan P Parsons, John W Dickinson, Les Ansley BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :29 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of airway measurements during influenza-induced tachypnea in infant and adult cotton rats Elman L Trias, Arash Hassantoufighi, Gregory A Prince, Maryna C Eichelberger BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :28 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Stem cell factor and its soluble receptor (c-kit) in serum of asthmatic patients- correlation with disease severity Joanna S Makowska, Malgorzata Cieslak, Marek L Kowalski BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :27 (1 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Three years of pulmonary rehabilitation: inhibit the decline in airflow obstruction, improves exercise endurance time, and body-mass index, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease David Stav, Meir Raz, Isaac Shpirer BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :26 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Persistence of oxidant and protease burden in the airways after smoking cessation Noora Louhelainen, Paula Rytil BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :25 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Economic burden of asthma: a systematic review Katayoun Bahadori, Mary M Doyle-Waters, Carlo Marra, Larry Lynd, Kadria Alasaly, John Swiston, J Mark FitzGerald BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :24 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Home exposure to Arabian incense (bakhour) and asthma symptoms in children: a community survey in two regions in Oman Omar A Al-Rawas, Abdullah A Al-Maniri, Bazdawi M Al-Riyami BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :23 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Occurrence of HSV-1-induced pneumonitis in patients under standard immunosuppressive therapy for rheumatic, vasculitic, and connective tissue disease Matthias N Witt, Gerald S Braun, Stephan Ihrler, Holger Schmid BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :22 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Host markers in Quantiferon supernatants differentiate active TB from latent TB infection: preliminary report Novel N Chegou, Gillian F Black, Martin Kidd, Paul D van Helden, Gerhard Walzl BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9 :21 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Arginine deficiency augments inflammatory mediator production by airway epithelial cells in vitro Xiao-Yun Fan, Arjen van den Berg, Mieke Snoek, Laurens van der Flier, Barbara Smids, Henk M Jansen, Rong-Yu Liu, Rene Lutter Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :62 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Does unrestrained single-chamber plethysmography provide a valid assessment of airway responsiveness in allergic BALB/c mice? Qingling Zhang, Kefang Lai, Jiaxing Xie, Guoqin Chen, Nanshan Zhong Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :61 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Efficacy of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate by GOLD stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: analysis from the randomised, placebo-controlled TORCH study Christine R Jenkins, Paul W Jones, Peter M A Calverley, Bartolome Celli, Julie A Anderson, Gary T Ferguson, Julie C Yates, Lisa R Willits, Jorgen Vestbo Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :59 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Airborne particulate matter PM2.5 from Mexico City affects the generation of reactive oxygen species by blood neutrophils from asthmatics: an in vitro approach Martha Patricia Sierra-Vargas, Alberto Martin Guzman-Grenfell, Salvador Blanco-Jimenez, Jose David Sepulveda-Sanchez, Rosa Maria Bernabe-Cabanillas, Beatriz Cardenas-Gonzalez, Guillermo Ceballos, Juan Jose Hicks Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2009, 4 :17 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Protection from pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury by adenosine A2A receptor activation Ashish K Sharma, Joel Linden, Irving L Kron, Victor E Laubach Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :58 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Lymphocyte apoptosis in murine Pneumocystis pneumonia Xin Shi, Nicole J. LeCapitaine, Xiaowen L. Rudner, Sanbao Ruan, Judd E. Shellito Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :57 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Soy consumption and risk of COPD and respiratory symptoms: a case-control study in Japan Fumi Hirayama, Andy H Lee, Colin W Binns, Yun Zhao, Tetsuo Hiramatsu, Yoshimasa Tanikawa, Koichi Nishimura, Hiroyuki Taniguchi Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :56 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Distribution and seasonality of rhinovirus and other respiratory viruses in a cross-section of asthmatic children in Trinidad, West Indies Jason Matthew, Lexley M Pinto Pereira, Tressa E Pappas, Cheri A Swenson, Kris A Grindle, Kathy A Roberg, Robert F Lemanske Jr, Wai-Ming Lee, James E Gern Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2009, 35 :16 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cough and dyspnea during bronchoconstriction: comparison of different stimuli Thais R Suguikawa, Clecia A Garcia, Edson Z Martinez, Elcio O Vianna Cough 2009, 5 :6 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Blockade of advanced glycation end product formation
attenuates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats Lei Chen, Tao Wang, Xun Wang, Bei-Bei Sun, Ji-Qiong Li, Dai-Shun Liu, Shang-Fu Zhang, Lin Liu, Dan Xu, Ya-Juan Chen, Fu-Qiang Wen Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :55 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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