BMC Pulmonary Medicine | Home page

BMC Pulmonary Medicine | Home page





BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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.

Read more

Featured article: Acute respiratory failure in the elderly

Flickr by ResoluteSupport

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.

Read more

Articles

• Recent
• Most accessed

Recent articles RSS

1. 
   
2. 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
3. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Intravenous superoxide dismutase as a protective agent to prevent impairment of lung function induced by high tidal volume ventilation

   Nan-Chun Wu, Fan-Ting Liao, Hao-min Cheng, Shih-Hsien Sung, Yu-Chun Yang and Jiun-Jr Wang

   Published on: 26 July 2017
4. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Prognosis and longitudinal changes of physical activity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

   Thomas Bahmer, Anne-Marie Kirsten, Benjamin Waschki, Klaus F. Rabe, Helgo Magnussen, Detlef Kirsten, Marco Gramm, Simone Hummler, Eva Brunnemer, Michael Kreuter and Henrik Watz

   Published on: 25 July 2017
5. CASE REPORT

   Successful rescue combination of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation and prone positioning for the management of severe methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureuspneumonia complicated by pneumothorax: a case report and literature review

   Hangyong He, Hao Wang, Xuyan Li, Xiao Tang, Rui Wang, Bing Sun and Zhaohui Tong

   Published on: 20 July 2017
6. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Analysis of long term CD4+CD25highCD127- T-reg cells kinetics in peripheral blood of lung transplant recipients

   Davide Piloni, Monica Morosini, Sara Magni, Alice Balderacchi, Luigia Scudeller, Emanuela Cova, Tiberio Oggionni, Giulia Stella, Carmine Tinelli, Filippo Antonacci, Andrea Maria D’Armini and Federica Meloni

   Published on: 18 July 2017

View all articles