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  1. An Italian sacrifice to the COVID-19 epidemic
  2. Ventilatory support and mechanical properties of the fibrotic lung acting as a “squishy ball”
  3. Baseline Exercise Tolerance and Perceived Dyspnea to Identify the Ideal Candidate to Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Risk Chart in COPD Patients
  4. A case of dyspnea: respiratory failure due to pulmonary arteriovenous malformation
  5. Prognostication by concomitant organ failure in mechanically ventilated patients in ICU: Important issue to face with
  6. Real-life comparison of pirfenidone and nintedanib in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A 24-month assessment
  7. Respiratory Mechanics and Diaphragmatic Dysfunction in COPD Patients Who Failed Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
  8. Prevalence and development of chronic critical illness in acute patients admitted to a respiratory intensive care setting
  9. Gender differences in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Can be the DRG-based diagnosis the best way for a right analysis?
  10. Atypical diagnosis for typical lung carcinoid
  11. European Respiratory Society guidelines on long-term home non-invasive ventilation for management of COPD
  12. Serial ultrasound assessment of diaphragmatic function and clinical outcome in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  13. Arachidonic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid Metabolites in the Airways of Adults With Cystic Fibrosis: Effect of Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplementation
  14. Janus-faced amiodarone-induced pneumopathy
  15. Clinical differences in sarcoidosis patients with and without lymphoma
  16. Do Not Forget to Assess the Muscle Integrity in Patients With COPD
  17. Introduction of the harmonised respiratory physiotherapy curriculum
  18. A guide for respiratory physiotherapy postgraduate education: presentation of the harmonised curriculum
  19. Manual Massage Therapy for Patients with COPD: A Scoping Review
  20. Exercise and Sports Pulmonology
  21. Cardiac disease
  22. Assessment of Symptoms in Patients with COPD: Strengths and Limitations of Clinical Scores
  23. LABA/LAMA fixed-dose combinations in patients with COPD: a systematic review
  24. Breathlessness, but not cough, suggests chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in elderly smokers with stable heart failure
  25. Three-Year Hospitalization and Mortality in Elderly Smokers with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Chronic Heart Failure
  26. An uncommon cause of hemoptysis: aortobronchial fistula
  27. Tai Chi Recreational Exercise Is Not Rehabilitation
  28. Evaluation of health-related quality of life in pulmonary diseases
  29. The encaged lung: rapidly progressive idiopathic pleurisy
  30. Vanishing lung emphysema during chemotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma
  31. Use of adjunct cardiovascular therapy in patients hospitalised for acute exacerbations of COPD
  32. Ultrasound-assessed diaphragmatic impairment is a predictor of outcomes in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing noninvasive ventilation
  33. Pretreatment rate of decay in forced vital capacity predicts long-term response to pirfenidone in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  34. Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: lessons learned from acute respiratory distress syndrome?
  35. Update in rehabilitation of respiratory patients
  36. Looking for a chronic care model in COPD patients
  37. Pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD during and after an exacerbation-related hospitalisation: back to the future?
  38. Incidence, Etiology, and Clinicopathologic Features of Endobronchial Benign Lesions
  39. Conventional Programs: Settings, Cost, Staffing, and Maintenance
  40. Effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with interstitial lung disease of different etiology: a multicenter prospective study
  41. Chronic Respiratory Abnormalities in the Multi-Morbid Frail Elderly
  42. Update on physiotherapy applicable to patients in intensive care. Practical aspects and perspectives
  43. Endothelial dysfunction assessment by noninvasive peripheral arterial tonometry in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease compared with healthy subjects
  44. The potential role of endothelial dysfunction and platelet activation in the development of thrombotic risk in COPD patients
  45. Integrating the care of the complex COPD patient
  46. GOLD 2017 recommendations for COPD patients: toward a more personalized approach
  47. COPD exacerbation and diaphragmatic dysfunction: Conditions with mutual influence influencing outcomes? - Reply
  48. An uncommon cause of pneumonia: The golden diagnosis
  49. Prevalence and outcomes of diaphragmatic dysfunction assessed by ultrasound technology during acute exacerbation of COPD: A pilot study
  50. What is the origin of dyspnoea in smokers without airway disease?
  51. Increasing implementation and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation: key messages from the new ATS/ERS policy statement
  52. Management and Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension: 2016 Update
  53. Ultrasound assessment of diaphragmatic function in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  54. Platelet activation and cardiovascular comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  55. Exhaled and non-exhaled non-invasive markers for assessment of respiratory inflammation in patients with stable COPD and healthy smokers
  56. Organization of a Weaning Unit
  57. La ventilazione non invasiva in Medicina Interna
  58. An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Policy Statement: Enhancing Implementation, Use, and Delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  59. Response to pulmonary rehabilitation: toward personalised programmes?
  60. Chronic critical illness: the price of survival
  61. 8th International conference on management and rehabilitation of chronic respiratory failure: the long summaries – Part 3
  62. 8th International conference on management and rehabilitation of chronic respiratory failure: the long summaries – part 2
  63. 8th international conference on management and rehabilitation of chronic respiratory failure: the long summaries – part 1
  64. Comorbidities in elderly smokers with COPD or CHF
  65. Impaired function in the complex patient with COPD: a matter to be considered
  66. An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD
  67. Clinical highlights: messages from Munich
  68. Development of a syllabus for postgraduate respiratory physiotherapy education: the Respiratory Physiotherapy HERMES project
  69. An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Research Questions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  70. An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD
  71. A Prospective Multicentric Study of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Different Clinical Phenotypes
  72. Symptomatic, frail, elderly patients: the urgent need for comprehensive assessment and management: Figure 1–
  73. A conceptual framework for reporting experience of physical activity in COPD
  74. Pulmonary rehabilitation in Italy: professional barriers to overcome
  75. An official European Respiratory Society statement on physical activity in COPD
  76. A core syllabus for post-graduate training in respiratory physiotherapy
  77. In COPD patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation heart rate variability during the T-piece trial is better after pressure support plus PEEP: A pilot physiological study
  78. Impaired arm activity in COPD: a questionable goal for rehabilitation
  79. Clinical highlights from the 2013 ERS Congress in Barcelona
  80. Rehabilitation and supportive therapy in elderly patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  81. Comorbidities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease from Assessment to Treatment
  82. Differences in content and organisational aspects of pulmonary rehabilitation programmes
  83. Fat-Free Mass Depletion Is Associated With Poor Exercise Capacity Irrespective of Dynamic Hyperinflation in COPD Patients
  84. An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Key Concepts and Advances in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  85. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Metabolic Disorders in Elderly Smokers
  86. Towards health benefits in chronic respiratory diseases: pulmonary rehabilitation
  87. Platelet activation as a novel mechanism of atherothrombotic risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  88. Noninvasive mechanical ventilation with high pressure strategy remains a “double edged sword”?
  89. Systemic Inflammatory Pattern of Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia With and Without COPD
  90. Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, simpler is better Complexity and simplicity
  91. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Is Just One Component of the Complex Multimorbidities in Patients with COPD
  92. Mechanisms of acute exacerbation of respiratory symptoms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  93. Predicting Walking-Induced Oxygen Desaturations in COPD Patients: A Statistical Model
  94. Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Educational Program in Italian COPD Patients Undergoing Rehabilitation
  95. Poor adherence to guidelines for long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) in two Italian university hospitals
  96. Effect of Rehabilitative Exercise Training on Peripheral Muscle Remodelling in Patients with COPD: Targeting Beyond the Lungs
  97. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Improves Cardiovascular Response to Exercise in COPD
  98. Respiratory Muscle Training in Patients Recovering Recent Open Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Randomized-Controlled Trial
  99. Selected clinical highlights from the 2012 ERS congress in Vienna: Table 1–
  100. Efficacy of temporary positive expiratory pressure (TPEP) in patients with lung diseases and chronic mucus hypersecretion. The UNIKO® project: a multicentre randomized controlled trial
  101. Pulmonary rehabilitation following radical chemo-radiation in locally advanced non surgical NSCLC: Preliminary evidences
  102. Clinical highlights from the 2011 ERS Congress in Amsterdam
  103. Anthropometry in Special and Selective Conditions and Circumstances: Anthropometry as Measure of Risk in COPD Patients
  104. Rehabilitation, weaning and physical therapy strategies in chronic critically ill patients
  105. Dynamic hyperinflation is associated with a poor cardiovascular response to exercise in COPD patients
  106. Exercise performance after standard rehabilitation in COPD patients with lung hyperinflation
  107. Co-morbidities in chronic respiratory patients: limitations or opportunities for caring?
  108. COPD and the metabolic syndrome: an intriguing association
  109. Effects of beclomethasone/formoterol fixed combination on lung hyperinflation and dyspnea in COPD patients
  110. Energy Expenditure at Rest and during Walking in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure: A Prospective Two-Phase Case-Control Study
  111. Rehabilitation in COPD patients: evergreen in pneumology and beyond
  112. Safety and Efficacy of Short-Term Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation in Patients With Bronchiectasis
  113. Selected clinical highlights from the 2010 ERS Congress in Barcelona
  114. Complessità del paziente con insufficienza respiratoria cronica associata a BPCO
  115. Functional Recovery Following Physical Training in Tracheotomized and Chronically Ventilated Patients
  116. Non-invasive ventilation in elderly patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure: a randomised controlled trial
  117. Early Rehabilitation
  118. Efficacy of standard rehabilitation in COPD outpatients with comorbidities
  119. Lung function evaluation before surgery in lung cancer patients: how are recent advances put into practice? A survey among members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) and of the Thoracic Oncology Section of the European Respiratory Soci...
  120. Erratum to: Subjective Sleep Quality During Average Volume Assured Pressure Support (AVAPS) Ventilation in Patients with Hypercapnic COPD: A Physiological Pilot Study
  121. Effects of early inpatient rehabilitation after acute exacerbation of COPD
  122. Patients’ characterization, hospital course and clinical outcomes in five Italian respiratory intensive care units
  123. "ERS/ESTS CLINICAL GUIDELINES ON FITNESS FOR RADICAL THERAPY IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS (SURGERY AND CHEMO-RADIOTHERAPY)". A. BRUNELLI, A. CHARLOUX, C.T. BOLLIGER, G. ROCCO, J-P. SCULIER, G. VARELA, M. LICKER, M.K. FERGUSON, C. FAIVRE-FINN, R.M. HUBER, E....
  124. Last 3 months of life in home-ventilated patients: the family perception
  125. Subjective Sleep Quality During Average Volume Assured Pressure Support (AVAPS) Ventilation in Patients with Hypercapnic COPD: A Physiological Pilot Study
  126. Effects of Unsupported Upper Extremity Exercise Training in Patients With COPD
  127. The European Respiratory Society and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons clinical guidelines for evaluating fitness for radical treatment (surgery and chemoradiotherapy) in patients with lung cancer
  128. ERS/ESTS clinical guidelines on fitness for radical therapy in lung cancer patients (surgery and chemo-radiotherapy)
  129. Short-term Efficacy of Upper-Extremity Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Airway Obstruction: A Systematic Review
  130. Use of functional independence measure in rehabilitation of inpatients with respiratory failure
  131. Exercise Capacity as a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Outcome
  132. Home-centred physical fitness programme in morbidly obese individuals: a randomized controlled trial
  133. Role of hyperinflation vs. deflation on dyspnoea in severely to extremely obese subjects
  134. Role of comorbidities in a cohort of patients with COPD undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation
  135. Predictors of 6-Month Mortality in Elderly Patients with Mild Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Discharged from a Medical Ward After Acute Nonacidotic Exacerbation
  136. Home Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Long-Term Oxygen Therapy in Stable Hypercapnic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: Comparison of Costs
  137. Nonpharmacological treatment and relief of symptoms in COPD
  138. Effectiveness of erdosteine in elderly patients with bronchiectasis and hypersecretion: A 15-day, prospective, parallel, open-label, pilot study
  139. Post-operative respiratory rehabilitation after lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer
  140. Effects of a Walking Aid in COPD Patients Receiving Oxygen Therapy
  141. Respiratory muscles training in COPD patients
  142. Intrapulmonary percussive ventilation in tracheostomized patients: a randomized controlled trial
  143. Maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressure measurement in tracheotomised patients
  144. Repeated Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Severe and Disabled COPD Patients
  145. Inspiratory Muscle Training: A Way to Breathe More Easily
  146. EFFECTIVENESS OF A REHABILITATION PROGRAM IN MORBIDLY OBESE SUBJECTS WITH SLEEP DISTURBANCIES
  147. Supported Arm Training in Patients Recently Weaned From Mechanical Ventilation
  148. Early physiotherapy in the respiratory intensive care unit
  149. Length and Clinical Effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Outpatients With Chronic Airway Obstruction
  150. Inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation: does it make sense?
  151. Assessment of Physiologic Variables and Subjective Comfort Under Different Levels of Pressure Support Ventilation
  152. Long-term mechanical ventilation and nutrition
  153. Occupational Therapy and Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Disabled COPD Patients
  154. Effects of Respiratory Therapist-Directed Protocol on Prescription and Outcomes of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD Inpatients
  155. The Italian multicentre study on noninvasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
  156. Exhaled nitric oxide and exercise tolerance in severe COPD patients
  157. In-Hospital Short-term Training Program for Patients With Chronic Airway Obstruction
  158. Erratum
  159. Effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on exhaled nitric oxide in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  160. Exhaled nitric oxide in patients with PiZZ Phenotype-related α 1-anti-trypsin deficiency
  161. The Appropriate Setting of Noninvasive Pressure Support Ventilation in Stable COPD Patients
  162. Endogenous nitric oxide in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF): relation to functional impairment and nitrate-containing therapies
  163. Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Exercise in Stable COPD Patients
  164. Physiological effects of posture on mask ventilation in awake stable chronic hypercapnic COPD patients
  165. DETECTION OF NITRIC OXIDE IN EXHALED AIR OF DIFFERENT ANIMAL SPECIES USING A CLINICAL CHEMILUMINESCENCE ANALYSER
  166. Differences in spontaneous breathing pattern and mechanics in patients with severe COPD recovering from acute excerbation
  167. Outcome of COPD patients performing nocturnal non-invasive mechanical ventilation
  168. Acute effects of deep diaphragmatic breathing in COPD patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency
  169. Breathing pattern and respiratory mechanics in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  170. Evaluation in pulmonary rehabilitation
  171. Acute exacerbations in patients with COPD: predictors of need for mechanical ventilation
  172. Association therapy as a prognostic factor in deep fungal infection complicating oncohaematological diseases
  173. Transcutaneous Partial Oxygen Tension and Lung Mechanics During Methacholine Inhaled Challenge