A monthly podcast from the European Respiratory Journal, summarising the research findings of a number of papers published in each issue.
As part of the January issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy Chief Editor James Chalmers interviews Alyn Morice (University of Hull, Hull, UK) about the European Respiratory Society’s new guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough in adults and children published in this issue.
As part of the December issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief Editor Martin Kolb interviews Jørgen Vestbo (ERS Advocacy Council Chair) about the European Respiratory Society's position on tobacco harm reduction published in this issue.
As part of the November issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy Chief Editor James Chalmers interviews Sarah Hiles (University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia), Peter Gibson (University of Newcastle, Callaghan, and John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights, Australia) and Guy Brusselle (Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, and Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) about their individual patient data meta-analysis of the use of azithromycin in severe asthma published in this issue.
As part of the July issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy Chief Editor James Chalmers interviews Michael Loebinger (Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London, UK) and Jakko van Ingen (Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands) about five articles on the subject on nontuberculous mycobacteria published in this issue.
As part of the March issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief Editor Martin Kolb interviews Toby Maher (Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London, UK) about two articles in this issue reporting the results of randomised controlled trials in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
As part of the October issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy Chief Editor James Chalmers interviews David Lederer (Editor-in-Chief, Annals of the American Thoracic Society) about the outcome of a recent discussion among respiratory journal editors on the reporting of causal inference studies.
As part of the January issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Section Editor Marc Humbert interviews Nazzareno Galiè (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy) about a collection of articles in this issue arising from the Sixth World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension.
As part of the September issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Section Editor David Gozal interviews Walter McNicholas (St Vincent's University Hospital and University College Dublin, Ireland) about a report by an ad hoc working group of the Sleep Disordered Breathing Group of the European Respiratory Society and the European Sleep Research Society.
As part of the May issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy chief editor James Chalmers interviews Marc Humbert (Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Saclay, and AP-HP, Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, and INSERM UMR_S 999, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France) about omalizumab effectiveness in patients with severe allergic asthma according to blood eosinophil count.
As part of the April issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Martin Kolb interviews Andreas von Leupoldt (University of Leuven, Belgium) and Thomas Similowski (Sorbonne Universités and Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Paris, France) about how observing dyspnoea in others elicits dyspnoea, negative affect and brain responses.
As part of the March issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. To mark World TB Day, chief editor Martin Kolb interviews section editor Giovanni Battista Migliori about the following articles.
Borisov SE, Dheda K, Enwerem M, et al. Effectiveness and safety of bedaquiline-containing regimens in the treatment of MDR- and XDR-TB: a multicentre study. Eur Respir J 2017; 49: 1700387.
Cabibbe AM, Sotgiu G, Izco S, et al. Genotypic and phenotypic M. tuberculosis resistance: guiding clinicians to prescribe the correct regimens. Eur Respir J 2017; 50: 1702292.
Falzon D, Schünemann HJ, Harausz E, et al. World Health Organization treatment guidelines for drug-resistant tuberculosis, 2016 update. Eur Respir J 2017; 49: 1602308.
Guglielmetti L, Jaspard M, Le Dû D, et al. Long-term outcome and safety of prolonged bedaquiline treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2017; 49: 1601799.
Miotto P, Tessema B, Tagliani E, et al. A standardised method for interpreting the association between mutations and phenotypic drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2017; 50: 1701354.
Pontali E, Sotgiu G, Tiberi S, et al. Cardiac safety of bedaquiline: a systematic and critical analysis of the evidence. Eur Respir J 2017; 50: 1701462.
Van der Werf MJ, Hollo V, Ködmön C, et al. Eligibility for shorter treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the European Union. Eur Respir J 2017; 49: 1601992.
As part of the February issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Martin Kolb interviews the Jørgen Vestbo (The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK) about the important difference between standard efficacy trials and real-world effectiveness trials such as the Salford Lung Study.
As part of the December issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert interviews the incoming Chief Editor Martin Kolb and Deputy Chief Editor James Chalmers about the future of the ERJ, and reflects on his own time as Chief Editor.
As part of the November issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the ERS statement on the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary disease caused by α1-antitrypsin deficiency with Task Force chairs Marc Miravitlles (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain) and Robert A. Stockley (Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK).
As part of the November issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the ERS statement on the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary disease caused by α1-antitrypsin deficiency with Task Force chairs Marc Miravitlles (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain) and Robert A. Stockley (Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK).
As part of the October issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the lessons learned from clinical trials in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis over the past 25 years with Prof. Ganesh Raghu from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
As part of the August issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the publication of the results of a trial of fevipiprant, an oral prostaglandin in DP2 receptor (CRTh2) antagonist, in allergic asthma that is not controlled by low-dose inhaled corticosteroids with Prof. Eric D. Bateman from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
As part of the September issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the publication of the results of a survey of patients with severe asthma with Prof. Helen K. Reddel from the University of Sydney, Sydney, and the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Severe Asthma, Newcastle, Australia.
As part of the July issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the publication of the results of a prospective cohort study of the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism in COPD patients with Prof. Francis Couturaud from Hôpital La Cavale Blanche and Université Européenne de Bretagne, Brest, France.
As part of the June issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the publication of an original article on chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in advanced pulmonary sarcoidosis with Prof. David Denning from the National Aspergillosis Centre at the University Hospital of South Manchester and the University of Manchester, UK.
As part of the March issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. On the occasion of World TB Day 2017, chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the publication of a number of new articles on tuberculosis with Prof. G.B. Migliori from the Fondazione S. Maugeri Care and Research Institute, Italy.
As part of the April issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the publication of an ERS technical standard for the measurement of exhaled biomarkers of lung disease with Prof. Ildikó Horváth from the National Korányi Institute of Pulmonology, Budapest, Hungary.
As part of the March issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. On the occasion of World TB Day 2017, chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the publication of a number of new articles on tuberculosis with Prof. G.B. Migliori from the Fondazione S. Maugeri Care and Research Institute, Italy.
As part of the February issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the new ERS task force document, on single-breath determination of nitric oxide uptake in the lung, with Prof. Gerald S. Zavorsky from the Georgia State University, USA.
As part of the January issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses a study of the effects of ambient air pollution and traffic noise on asthma with Drs Yutong Cai and Susan Hodgson from Imperial College London, UK.
As part of the December issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses with Prof. Joachim Müller-Quernheim from the Universität Freiburg, Germany, two major new studies published in the ERJ on the epidemiology of sarcoidosis.
As part of the November issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses with Prof. David J. Lederer from the Columbia University Medical Center, USA, how measurement of high attenuation areas on chest CT imaging might be used to identify community-dwelling adults with reduced lung function, interstitial lung abnormalities, and a higher risk of death.
As part of the October issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses how blood eosinophil count might be used as a biomarker to direct management of patients with airway disease with Prof. Ian D. Pavord from the University of Oxford, UK.
As part of the September issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses research priorities for bronchiectasis with Dr James D. Chalmers from the University of Dundee, UK.
As part of the August issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with an emphasis on its importance for respiratory doctors with Prof. Stephen C. Mathai from the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
As part of the July issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses tuberculosis prevention and control in refugees and its implications for TB control and elimination with Prof. G.B. Migliori from the WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy.
As part of the June issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the effect that anticoagulant therapy can have on survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with Prof. Michael Kreuter from the Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
As part of the April issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses PICADAR, a new diagnostic tool for primary ciliary dyskinesia, with Dr Jane Lucas from the University of Southampton, UK.
As part of the May issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses how resting pulmonary artery pressures can be used to predict abnormal exercise haemodynamics with Dr Edmund Lau, the University of Sydney, Australia.
As part of the March issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the latest report from the Right Heart Thrombi European Registry with Prof. Stavros Konstantinides from the Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
As part of the February issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses treatable traits of chronic airway diseases and precision medicine with Prof. Alvar Agustí from the University of Barcelona, Spain.
As part of the January issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the new ESCMID/ERS guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with Prof. David W. Denning from the University of Manchester, UK.
As part of the December issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert and Prof. Giovanni Battista Migliori from the WHO Collaborating Center for TB and Lung Disease at the Fondazione S. Maugeri, Italy, discuss the new WHO guidelines for management of latent M. tuberculosis infection low-burden countries, published in this issue of the ERJ.
As part of the November issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert and Prof. Mina Gaga from the Athens Chest Hospital, Greece, discuss the new two studies from the European U-BIOPRED study group, both published in this issue of the ERJ.
As part of the October issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts, in which deputy chief editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan discusses the new ESC/ERS guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension with Prof. Marc Humbert.
As part of the September issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts, in which chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the new GINA guidelines for asthma control with Prof. Helen K. Reddel from the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Australia.
As part of the August issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the 56th in its series of podcasts, in which chief editor Marc Humbert discusses genetic aspects of familial pulmonary fibrosis with with Prof. Bruno Crestani, Université Paris Diderot, France.
As part of the July issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the 55th in its series of podcasts, in which chief editor Marc Humbert discusses future trends in cystic fibrosis patient demographics with Prof. Pierre-Régis Burgel, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France.
As part of the June issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the 54th in its series of podcasts, in which chief editor Marc Humbert leads the discussion of recent articles published in the ERJ.
As part of the May issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the 53rd in its series of podcasts. In this month's edition, chief editor Marc Humbert discusses global and regional trends in COPD mortality with Prof. P.G.J. Burney of Imperial College, London, UK.
ERJ Chief Editor Marc Humbert talks to Associate Editor G.B. Migliori about a new framework for eliminating tuberculosis in low-incidence countries.
As part of the March issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the 51st in its series of podcasts, in which chief editor Marc Humbert leads the discussion of recent articles published in the ERJ.
As part of the February issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the 50th in its series of podcasts, in which chief editor Marc Humbert leads the discussion of recent articles published in the ERJ.
As part of the January 2014 issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the 49th in its series of podcasts. In this month's edition, chief editor Marc Humbert discusses lung function and long-term air pollution exposure with Prof. Nicole Probst-Hensch from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
As part of the December 2014 issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the forty-eighth in its series of podcasts, in whichchief editor Marc Humbert leads the discussion of recent articles published in the ERJ.
As part of the November 2014 issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the forty-seventh in its series of podcasts. This month, chief editor Marc Humbert leads the discussion of recent articles published in the ERJ.
As part of the October 2014 issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the forty-sixth in its series of podcasts. This month, chief editor Marc Humbert leads the discussion of recent articles published in the ERJ.
As part of the September 2014 issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the forty-fifth in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert and associate editor Leonardo Fabbri discuss the new State of the Art feature, launched in the ERJ this month.
As part of the August 2014 issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the forty-fourth in its series of podcasts. This month, chief editor Marc Humbert leads the discussion of recent articles published in the ERJ.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the forty-third in its series of podcasts. This month, chief editor Marc Humbert leads the discussion of recent articles published in the ERJ.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the forty-second in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert discuss recent articles on the subject of dyspnoea with Pierantonio Laveneziana.
The European Respiratory Journal the fortieth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert leads a discussion of recently published articles from the journal.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert talks to Hossam Haick about his group's paper 'Detecting active pulmonary tuberculosis with a breath test using nanomaterial-based sensors'.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the thirty-ninth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert leads a discussion of recent articles published in the journal
The European Respiratory Journal presents the thirty-eighth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the ERS/ATS guidelines for severe asthma with Prof. Kian Fan Chung.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the thirty-seventh in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert leads a discussion of current articles published in the journal.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the thirty-sixth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert leads a discussion of current articles published in the journal.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the thirty-fifth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the recent updates to the GOLD classification of COPD with Prof. Peter M.A. Calverley.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the thirty-fifth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert discusses the recent updates to the GOLD classification of COPD with Prof. Peter M.A. Calverley.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the thirty-fourth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert leads a discussion of current articles published in the journal.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the thirty-third in its series of podcasts. In this recording, Prof. Robert Bals talks to ERJ chief editor Marc Humbert about The European Respiratory Society fellowship programme, and how this programme is supporting the careers of and building networks among young scientists and medics.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the thirty-second in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert leads a discussion of current articles published in the journal.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the thirty-first in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert leads a discussion of current articles published in the journal.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the thirtieth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbertleads a discussion ofcurrent articles published in the journal.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the twenty-ninth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, ERJ chief editor Marc Humbert and Prof. Robert Naeije from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, discuss the haemodynamic responses to exercise in patients with COPD.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the twenty-eighth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, chief editor Marc Humbert leads a discussion of current articles published in the journal.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the twenty-seventh in its series of podcasts. In this recording, ERJ chief editor Marc Humbert and Prof. Patrick Levy from the University of Grenoble, France, discuss the recommendations for the management of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and hypertension.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the twenty-sixth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, ERJ chief editor Marc Humbert and Prof. Leo Fabbri from the University of Modena, Italy, discuss studies of anti-IL-13 antibody therapy for asthma.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the twenty-fifth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, ERJ chief editor Marc Humbert and Dr Joanna Pepke-Zaba of the Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust introduce a new series on chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the twenty-fourth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, outgoing ERJ co-chief editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan discusses the future of the ERJ with the new chief editor, Marc Humbert.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the twenty-third in its series of podcasts. In this recording, ERJ co-chief editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan discusses recent ERJ articles on the subject of environmental lung disease, with Isabella Annesi-Maesano.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the twenty-second in its series of podcasts, discussing recent articles published in the ERJ.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the twenty-first in its series of podcasts. In this recording, ERJ co-Chief Editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan discusses recent ERJ articles on the subject of pulmonary hypertension, with Marc Humbert.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the twentieth in its series of podcasts, including a discussion of current ERJ articles.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the nineteenth in its series of podcasts. In this recording, ERJ co-Chief Editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan discusses the effects of environmental pollution with Isabella Annesi-Mesano, to coincide with this month's launch of a new series of articles, “Air pollution and lung disease”.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the eighteenth in its series of podcasts. In this instalment, ERJ co-Chief Editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan discusses sarcoidosis with Vincent Cottin, to coincide with this month's launch of a new series of articles, “Sarcoidosis from bench to bedside”.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the seventeenth in its series of podcasts. In this instalment, ERJ co-Chief Editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan discusses community-acquired pneumonia with Tobias Welte. Particular focus is given to papers on this topic in the May issue of the ERJ.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the presents the sixteenth in its series of podcasts. In this instalment, ERJ co-Chief Editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan discusses MDR- and XDR-TB with Giovanni Battista Migliori. Particular focus is given to papers on this topic in the April issue of the ERJ.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the fifteenth in its series of podcasts. In this instalment, Professor Paolo Palange (HERMES Director for the European Respiratory Society) talks to ERJ co-Chief Editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan about the future of respiratory specialist education. Particular focus is given to Professor Palange's Editorial on this topic in the March issue of the ERJ.
In the February 2012 European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) podcast, ERJ co-Chief Editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan talks to Marc Humbert, Chief Editor of the European Respiratory Review, about three articles in the ERJ that extend our knowledge of the pulmonary circulation.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the thirteenth in its series of podcasts, focussing on a selection of articles in the January 2012 issue of the ERJ.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the twelfth in its series of podcasts. In this instalment, ERJ co-Chief Editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan discusses cystic fibrosis with Professor Peter Sly. Particular focus is given to articles on that topic in the December 2011 issue of the ERJ.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the eleventh in its series of podcasts. This instalment features Professor Joachim Müller-Quernheim who discusses matrix metalloproteinases, with particular focus on the current review series on that topic in the ERJ.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the tenth in its series of podcasts. In this instalment, Professor Enrico Clini discusses novelties in pulmonary rehabilitation, with particular focus the current review series on that topic in the ERJ.
The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) presents the ninth in its series of podcasts. In this instalment, Professor Marc Humbert discusses pulmonary arterial hypertension, with particular focus on several of the articles published in the September 2011 issue of the ERJ.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the eighth in its series of podcasts. In this instalment, Dr Michael Polkey discusses the 6-minute walking test in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Particular focuses are on two articles published in the August 2011 issue of the European Respiratory Journal.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the seventh in its series of podcasts. In this instalment, Dr Mark Woodhead discusses prescribing guidelines with particular focuses on two articles published in the July 2011 issue of the European Respiratory Journal.
The European Respiratory Journal presents the sixth in its series of podcasts. In this instalment, ERJ co-Chief Editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan discusses paediatrics with Professor Jorrit Gerritsen, with reference to articles published in the June 2011 issue of the ERJ.
ERJ associate editor Patrick Levy, of Grenoble University, introduces three articles about obstructive sleep apnoea from the May 2011 journal
Ganesh Raghu, from the University of Washington Medical Center, discusses idiopathic lung fibrosis, progressive interstitial lung disease and its clinical management
Vincent Cottin, from the University of Lyon, France, comments on sarcoidosis and its possible genetic link with inflammatory bowel disease, as featured in the March 2011 issue of the ERJ.
Joan Soriano, director of the International Centre for Advanced Respiratory Medicine in Majorca, Spain, introduces two papers from the February 2011 ERJ, focusing on the genetics and clinical/psychological aspects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
G.B. Migliori, director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases in Tradate, Italy, discusses advances in the diagnosis of TB, introducing two articles focusing on tuberculosis (TB) in the January 2011 issue of the ERJ.