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Highlights from September

This month’s handpicked reading list

ASTHMA

Albuterol-Budesonide Pressurized Metered Dose Inhaler in Patients With Mild-to-moderate Asthma

Original asthma research confirms the contribution of both monocomponents to the lung function efficacy of albuterol-budesonide combination pressurized metered-dose inhaler.


CHEST INFECTIONS

Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Prescription in Patients With COVID-19

A multicenter observational cohort study finds that procalcitonin-guided antibiotic prescription reduces antibiotic prescription rates in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 without major safety concerns.

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CRITICAL CARE

Outcomes in Patients Perceived as Receiving Excessive Care by ICU Physicians and Nurses

In patients without concordant perceptions of excessive care, outcomes are worse in the older patients compared with the younger patients.

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DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE

BAL Fluid Eosinophilia Associates With Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Risk

Original research shows that BAL fluid eosinophilia was an independent predictor of future chronic lung allograft dysfunction risk across a multicenter lung recipient cohort.

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SLEEP

Oronasal vs Nasal Masks: The Impact of Mask Type on CPAP Requirement, Pharyngeal Critical Closing Pressure (Pcrit), and Upper Airway Cross-sectional Areas in Patients With OSA

Landry and colleagues studied how oronasal masks affect upper airway anatomy and collapsibility.

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THORACIC ONCOLOGY

Trends in Smoking-Specific Lung Cancer Incidence Rates Within a US Integrated Health System, 2007-2018

Observed trends underscore the need to elucidate further the cause of lung cancer in adults who have never used tobacco, including why incidence is higher and rising in Asian and Pacific Islander adults who have never used tobacco.

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Cardiac Effort to Compare Clinic and Remote 6-Minute Walk Testing in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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Editor in Chief:
Peter J. Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP

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Archived back to 1935


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Acceptance rate: 9-13% for Original Research

Time to first decision: 3 weeks

Acceptance to publication: 2 to 3 weeks to Online First, 5 months to print

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11.393

Impact Factor

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Impact Factor Rank

3.615

Immediacy Index

.04574

Eigenfactor Score

3.431

Article Influence Score

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