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Featured article: Parasympathetic nervous system and acute lung injury

Induced acute lung injury via hydrochloric acid aspiration to rabbits leads to lung hemorrhage, swelling of alveolar epithelial cells, a decrease in PaO2, and other respiratory impairments.  Activating parasympathetic activity via vagus nerve stimulation, tetrahydroaminoacridine, and stellate ganglion block ameliorates these damaging effects.

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Featured article: Acute respiratory failure in the elderly

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Acute respiratory failure is a frequent complication in elderly patients especially if suffering from chronic cardio-pulmonary diseases.This review reports and critically analyzes the management of acute respiratory failure in elderly people.

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   Cathepsin-S degraded decorin are elevated in fibrotic lung disorders – development and biological validation of a new serum biomarker

   S.N. Kehlet, C.L. Bager, N. Willumsen, B. Dasgupta, C. Brodmerkel, M. Curran, S. Brix, D.J. Leeming and M. A. Karsdal

   Published on: 9 August 2017
3. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Diagnostic value of medical thoracoscopy in malignant pleural effusion

   Yan-Bing Wu, Li-Li Xu, Xiao-Juan Wang, Zhen Wang, Jun Zhang, Zhao-Hui Tong and Huan-Zhong Shi

   Published on: 4 August 2017
4. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Prognostic nomogram for inpatients with asthma exacerbation

   Wakae Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Hideo Yasunaga, Hideyuki Takeshima, Yukiyo Sakamoto, Taisuke Jo, Yusuke Sasabuchi, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi and Takahide Nagase

   Published on: 4 August 2017
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   Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia, and sarcoidosis: more pathological findings in the same chest CT, or a single pathological pathway?

   Fabiano Di Marco, Giuseppina Palumbo, Silvia Terraneo, Gianluca Imeri, Elena Lesma, Nicola Sverzellati, Angela Peron, Lorenzo Gualandri, Maria Paola Canevini and Stefano Centanni

   Published on: 28 July 2017
6. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Air pollution exposure is associated with MRSA acquisition in young U.S. children with cystic fibrosis

   Kevin J. Psoter, Anneclaire J. De Roos, Jon Wakefield, Jonathan D. Mayer and Margaret Rosenfeld

   Published on: 27 July 2017

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