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1Economic burden of asthma: a systematic reviewBMC Pulmonary Medicine2009625
2Attitudes and actions of asthma patients on regular maintenance therapy: the INSPIRE studyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2006430
3Systematic review with meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence relating smoking to COPD, chronic bronchitis and emphysemaBMC Pulmonary Medicine2011339
4Cystic fibrosis lung environment and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infectionBMC Pulmonary Medicine2016336
5Radiation-induced lung injury: current evidenceBMC Pulmonary Medicine2021304
6The six minute walk test accurately estimates mean peak oxygen uptakeBMC Pulmonary Medicine2010262
7The frequency of asthma exacerbations and healthcare utilization in patients with asthma from the UK and USABMC Pulmonary Medicine2017239
8The prevalence of clinically-relevant comorbid conditions in patients with physician-diagnosed COPD: a cross-sectional study using data from NHANES 1999–2008BMC Pulmonary Medicine2012237
9Distribution of sputum cellular phenotype in a large asthma cohort: predicting factors for eosinophilic vs neutrophilic inflammationBMC Pulmonary Medicine2013234
10Creating scenarios of the impact of copd and their relationship to copd assessment test (CAT™) scoresBMC Pulmonary Medicine2011232
11Asthma caused by occupational exposures is common – A systematic analysis of estimates of the population-attributable fractionBMC Pulmonary Medicine2009228
12Post tracheostomy and post intubation tracheal stenosis: Report of 31 cases and review of the literatureBMC Pulmonary Medicine2008218
13Mold sensitization is common amongst patients with severe asthma requiring multiple hospital admissionsBMC Pulmonary Medicine2005214
14Expression of taste receptors in Solitary Chemosensory Cells of rodent airwaysBMC Pulmonary Medicine2011212
15Delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in low-and middle-income settings: systematic review and meta-analysisBMC Pulmonary Medicine2017207
16Timing of noninvasive ventilation failure: causes, risk factors, and potential remediesBMC Pulmonary Medicine2014206
17Geographic variation in the aetiology, epidemiology and microbiology of bronchiectasisBMC Pulmonary Medicine2018200
18Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for mixed pulmonary infection diagnosisBMC Pulmonary Medicine2019200
19Cough aerosol in healthy participants: fundamental knowledge to optimize droplet-spread infectious respiratory disease managementBMC Pulmonary Medicine2012190
20Diagnostic yield and risk/benefit analysis of trans-bronchial lung cryobiopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases: a large cohort of 699 patientsBMC Pulmonary Medicine2019181
21Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in Asian adults: a systematic review of the literatureBMC Pulmonary Medicine2013180
22Can asthma control be improved by understanding the patient's perspective?BMC Pulmonary Medicine2007171
23Chest x-ray findings and temporal lung changes in patients with COVID-19 pneumoniaBMC Pulmonary Medicine2020170
24Barriers to timely diagnosis of interstitial lung disease in the real world: the INTENSITY surveyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2018167
25Efficacy and safety of aclidinium bromide/formoterol fumarate fixed-dose combinations compared with individual components and placebo in patients with COPD (ACLIFORM-COPD): a multicentre, randomised studyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2014163
26Robot-assisted bronchoscopy for pulmonary lesion diagnosis: results from the initial multicenter experienceBMC Pulmonary Medicine2019163
27Long-term (5 year) safety of bronchial thermoplasty: Asthma Intervention Research (AIR) trialBMC Pulmonary Medicine2011162
28Age-specific incidence of allergic and non-allergic asthmaBMC Pulmonary Medicine2020162
29Prevalence of asthma and other allergic conditions in Colombia 2009–2010: a cross-sectional studyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2012157
30Host markers in Quantiferon supernatants differentiate active TB from latent TB infection: preliminary reportBMC Pulmonary Medicine2009156
31The effect of body position on pulmonary function: a systematic reviewBMC Pulmonary Medicine2018149
32Lower mortality after early supervised pulmonary rehabilitation following COPD-exacerbations: a systematic review and meta-analysisBMC Pulmonary Medicine2018149
33Reference values for the 6-minute walk test in healthy children and adolescents in SwitzerlandBMC Pulmonary Medicine2013146
34Efficacy of antifibrotic drugs, nintedanib and pirfenidone, in treatment of progressive pulmonary fibrosis in both idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and non-IPF: a systematic review and meta-analysisBMC Pulmonary Medicine2021145
35Assessing health status in COPD. A head-to-head comparison between the COPD assessment test (CAT) and the clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ)BMC Pulmonary Medicine2012142
362-Aminoacetophenone as a potential breath biomarker for Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the cystic fibrosis lungBMC Pulmonary Medicine2010140
37Prognostic value of extravascular lung water assessed with lung ultrasound score by chest sonography in patients with acute respiratory distress syndromeBMC Pulmonary Medicine2015137
38Pirfenidone attenuates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice by regulating Nrf2/Bach1 equilibriumBMC Pulmonary Medicine2017137
39Improved adherence with once-daily versus twice-daily dosing of mometasone furoate administered via a dry powder inhaler: a randomized open-label studyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2010133
40Pirfenidone inhibits TGF-β1-induced over-expression of collagen type I and heat shock protein 47 in A549 cellsBMC Pulmonary Medicine2012132
41Possible molecular mechanisms linking air pollution and asthma in childrenBMC Pulmonary Medicine2014132
42Altered expression of microRNA in the airway wall in chronic asthma: miR-126 as a potential therapeutic targetBMC Pulmonary Medicine2011131
43Systemic air embolism during percutaneous core needle biopsy of the lung: frequency and risk factorsBMC Pulmonary Medicine2012131
44Risk factors for acute respiratory infections in children under five years attending the Bamenda Regional Hospital in CameroonBMC Pulmonary Medicine2018130
45LncRNA TUG1 alleviates sepsis-induced acute lung injury by targeting miR-34b-5p/GAB1BMC Pulmonary Medicine2020128
46Safety profile and clinical activity of multiple subcutaneous doses of MEDI-528, a humanized anti-interleukin-9 monoclonal antibody, in two randomized phase 2a studies in subjects with asthmaBMC Pulmonary Medicine2011127
47The association between obstructive sleep apnea and metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysisBMC Pulmonary Medicine2015127
48Lung transplantation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review of the literatureBMC Pulmonary Medicine2014124
49Important prognostic factors for survival in patients with malignant pleural effusionBMC Pulmonary Medicine2015119
50Early intestinal Bacteroides fragilis colonisation and development of asthmaBMC Pulmonary Medicine2008116