| EDITORIALS |
| 1144 | Asthma and diabetes: Does treatment with metformin improve asthma? Erick Forno |
| 1146 | A red flag is seen in a perfect asthma storm Peter G Gibson |
| 1148 | Endoscopic valve therapy for emphysema: Patient selection as the Holy Grail to success Arschang Valipour |
| 1150 | The human CO2 market Daniel Rodenstein |
| INVITED REVIEW SERIES |
| Unravelling the Many Faces of COPD to Optimize its Care and Outcomes |
| 1152 | Acute exacerbation of COPD Fanny W Ko, Ka Pang Chan, David S Hui, John R Goddard, Janet G Shaw, David W Reid & Ian A Yang |
| 1166 | HIV and COPD: a conspiracy of risk factors
Umesh G Lalloo, Sandy Pillay, Rosie Mngqibisa, Sabeer Abdool-Gaffar & Anish Ambaram |
| Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia |
| 1173 | Lung transplantation in IIP: A review A Whitney Brown, Hatice Kaya & Steven D Nathan |
| INVITED REVIEW |
| 1185 | Exercise training in COPD: What is it about intensity?
Norman R Morris, James Walsh, Lewis Adams & Jennifer Alision |
| SYSTEMATIC REVIEW |
| 1193 | Beta-lactam plus macrolides or beta-lactam alone for community-acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Nobuyuki Horita, Tatsuya Otsuka, Shusaku Haranaga, Ho Namkoong, Makoto Miki, Naoyuki Miyashita, Futoshi Higa, Hiroshi Takahashi, Masahiro Yoshida, Shigeru Kohno & Takeshi Kaneko |
| POSITION STATEMENT |
| 1201 | Reference values for spirometry and their use in test interpretation: A Position Statement from the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science
Danny Brazzale, Graham Hall & Maureen P Swanney |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| Asthma and Allergy |
| 1210 |
Metformin use and asthma outcomes among patients with concurrent asthma and diabetes
Chun-Yi Li, Steven R Erickson & Chung-Hsuen Wu
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| 1219 |
Reduced transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) in the repair of airway epithelial cells of children with asthma
Kak-Ming Ling, Erika N Sutanto, Thomas Iosifidis, Elizabeth Kicic-Starcevich, Kevin Looi, Luke W Garratt, Kelly M Martinovich, Francis J Lannigan, Darryl A Knight, Stephen M Stick & Anthony Kicic
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| COPD |
| 1227 | Development of a simple screening tool for opportunistic COPD case finding in primary care in Latin America: The PUMA study
Maria Victorina López Varela, Maria Montes de Oca, Alejandra Rey, Alejandro Casas, Roberto Stirbulov, Valentina Di Boscio & on behalf of the PUMA Team |
| 1235 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance patterns and clinical outcomes in hospitalized exacerbations of COPD
Ana Rodrigo-Troyano, Guillermo Suarez-Cuartin, Meritxell Peiró, Silvia Barril, Diego Castillo, Ferran Sanchez-Reus, Vicente Plaza, Marcos I Restrepo, James D Chalmers & Oriol Sibila |
| Critical Care |
| 1243 | Clinical characteristics and factors predicting respiratory failure in adenovirus pneumonia
Hee Yoon, Byung Woo Jhun, Se Jin Kim & Kang Kim |
| 1251 | Need for intensive care in patients admitted for asthma: Red flags from the social history
Fiona Moghaddas, Catherine Smith, David Pilcher, Robyn O'Hehir, Mark Hew & Eli Dabscheck |
| Interventional Pulmonology |
| 1255 | Predictors of clinical outcome in emphysema patients with atelectasis following endoscopic valve therapy: A retrospective study
Daniela Gompelmann, Tobias Hofbauer, Vasiliki Gerovasili, Ralf Eberhardt, Hyun-ju Lim, Felix Herth & Claus-Peter Heussel |
| Lung Function |
| 1262 | Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on diaphragmatic kinetics and breathing pattern in healthy individuals
Eleni Soilemezi, Entela Koco, Christos Tsimpos, Matthew Tsagourias, Savvoula Savvidou & Dimitris Matamis |
| 1270 | Bronchodilator responsiveness of peripheral airways in smokers with normal spirometry
Kanika Jetmalani, David G Chapman, Cindy Thamrin, Claude S Farah, Norbert Berend, Cheryl M Salome & Gregory G King |
| Pulmonary Vascular Disease |
| 1277 | Type 2 diabetes is associated with a higher incidence of hospitalization for pulmonary embolism in Spain: Analysis of hospital discharge data during 2004–2013
Javier de Miguel-Díez, Nuria Muñoz-Rivas, Rodrigo Jiménez-García, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Manuel Monreal, David Jiménez, Ricardo Guijarro & Ana López de Andrés |
| Respiratory Infections |
| 1285 | Upper airway microbial colonization in patients with neuromuscular disorders
Florian Stehling, Nadine Pieper, Anastasios Bouikidis, Joerg Steinmann, Peter-Michael Rath & Uwe Mellies |
| 1292 | Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella longbeachae: Clinical features and outcomes of 107 cases from an endemic area
Heather L Isenman, Stephen T Chambers, Alan D Pithie, Sharyn L S MacDonald, Justin M Hegarty, Joanna L Fenwick, Michael J Maze, Sarah C L Metcalf & David R Murdoch |
| Sleep and Ventilation |
| 1300 | Usefulness of transcutaneous PCO2 to assess nocturnal hypoventilation in restrictive lung disorders
Marjolaine Georges, Danièle Nguyen-Baranoff, Lucie Griffon, Clement Foignot, Philippe Bonniaud, Philippe Camus, Jean-Louis Pepin & Claudio Rabec |
| 1307 | Effects of positive end expiratory pressure administration during non-invasive ventilation in patients affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A randomized crossover study
Grazia Crescimanno, Francesca Greco, Salvo Arrisicato, Noemi Morana & Oreste Marrone |
| 1314 | Association of daytime sleepiness with obstructive sleep apnoea and comorbidities varies by sleepiness definition in a population cohort of men
Robert J Adams, Sarah L Appleton, Andrew Vakulin, Carol Lang, Sean A Martin, Anne W Taylor, R Doug McEvoy, Nick A Antic, Peter G Catcheside & Gary A Wittert |
| Tuberculosis |
| 1322 | Poor agreement between diagnostic tests for latent tuberculosis infection among HIV-infected persons in Hong Kong
Chi Chiu Leung, Kenny Chan, Wing Cheong Yam, Man Po Lee, Chi Kuen Chan, Ka Hing Wong, Pak Leung Ho, Ida Mak & Cheuk Ming Tam |
| SCIENTIFIC LETTER |
| 1330 | Factors associated with abnormal pulmonary function test among subjects with normal chest radiography: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Kum Ju Chae, Keun-Sang Kwon, Gong Yong Jin, Heejung Bang & Juhyung Lee |
