ERJ Open Research

The journal was created to help fulfil the ERS objective to disseminate scientific and educational material to its members and to the medical community, but also to provide researchers with an affordable open access specialty journal in which to publish their work.

October

Original articles

GOLD criteria overestimate airflow limitation in one-third of cases in the general Finnish population Annette Kainu, Kirsi Timonen, Ari Lindqvist, Päivi Piirilä ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00084-2015; 10.1183/23120541.00084-2015
Pneumococcal urinary antigen test use in diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia in seven Utah hospitals Devin M. West, Lindsay M. McCauley, Jeffrey S. Sorensen, Al R. Jephson, Nathan C. Dean ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00011-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00011-2016
Leukotriene B4 levels in sputum from asthma patients Andrew Higham, Paul Cadden, Thomas Southworth, Matthew Rossall, Umme Kolsum, Simon Lea, Richard Knowles, Dave Singh ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00088-2015; 10.1183/23120541.00088-2015
Lower extremity and carotid artery disease in COPD Carmen Pizarro, Fabian Linnhoff, Fabian van Essen, Simon Pingel, Christian Alexander Schaefer, Nadjib Schahab, Rolf Fimmers, Georg Nickenig, Dirk Skowasch ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00037-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00037-2016
Noninvasive ventilation during the weaning process in chronically critically ill patients Jesus Sancho, Emilio Servera, Luis Jara-Palomares, Emilia Barrot, Raquel Sanchez-Oro-Gómez, F. Javier Gómez de Terreros, M. Jesús Martín-Vicente, Isabel Utrabo, M. Belen Núñez, Alicia Binimelis, Ernest Sala, Enrique Zamora, Gonzalo Segrelles, Angel Ortega-Gonzalez, Fernando Masa ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00061-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00061-2016
Total particulate matter concentration skews cigarette smoke's gene expression profile Anna Dvorkin-Gheva, Gilles Vanderstocken, Ali Önder Yildirim, Corry-Anke Brandsma, Ma'en Obeidat, Yohan Bossé, John A. Hassell, Martin R. Stampfli ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00029-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00029-2016
Electromagnetic inductance plethysmography is well suited to measure tidal breathing in infants Mariann H.L. Bentsen, Morten Eriksen, Merete S. Olsen, Trond Markestad, Thomas Halvorsen ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00062-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00062-2016
Distal airway dysfunction identifies pulmonary inflammation in asymptomatic smokers Kenneth I. Berger, Deepak R. Pradhan, Roberta M. Goldring, Beno W. Oppenheimer, William N. Rom, Leopoldo N. Segal ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00066-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00066-2016
Sleep disordered breathing and autonomic function in overweight and obese children and adolescents Annelies Van Eyck, Kim Van Hoorenbeeck, Benedicte Y. De Winter, Luc Van Gaal, Wilfried De Backer, Stijn L. Verhulst ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00038-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00038-2016

Original research letter

The role of complement activation in COPD exacerbation recovery John-Paul Westwood, Alexander J. Mackay, Gavin Donaldson, Samuel J. Machin, Jadwiga A. Wedzicha, Marie Scully ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00027-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00027-2016

Correspondence

Biometric monitoring in silicosis to detect early disease and monitor lung injury: not quite there Daniel Weiler Ravell, Hashem Bishara ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00086-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00086-2016
Biometric monitoring in silicosis to detect early disease and monitor lung injury: not quite there Noa Ophir, Elizabeth Fireman ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00093-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00093-2016