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1Economic burden of asthma: a systematic reviewBMC Pulmonary Medicine2009580
2Attitudes and actions of asthma patients on regular maintenance therapy: the INSPIRE studyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2006400
3Systematic review with meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence relating smoking to COPD, chronic bronchitis and emphysemaBMC Pulmonary Medicine2011281
4Cystic fibrosis lung environment and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infectionBMC Pulmonary Medicine2016268
5The six minute walk test accurately estimates mean peak oxygen uptakeBMC Pulmonary Medicine2010216
6Asthma caused by occupational exposures is common – A systematic analysis of estimates of the population-attributable fractionBMC Pulmonary Medicine2009214
7The prevalence of clinically-relevant comorbid conditions in patients with physician-diagnosed COPD: a cross-sectional study using data from NHANES 1999–2008BMC Pulmonary Medicine2012212
8Distribution of sputum cellular phenotype in a large asthma cohort: predicting factors for eosinophilic vs neutrophilic inflammationBMC Pulmonary Medicine2013203
9Mold sensitization is common amongst patients with severe asthma requiring multiple hospital admissionsBMC Pulmonary Medicine2005199
10Expression of taste receptors in Solitary Chemosensory Cells of rodent airwaysBMC Pulmonary Medicine2011198
11Creating scenarios of the impact of copd and their relationship to copd assessment test (CAT™) scoresBMC Pulmonary Medicine2011192
12The frequency of asthma exacerbations and healthcare utilization in patients with asthma from the UK and USABMC Pulmonary Medicine2017190
13Post tracheostomy and post intubation tracheal stenosis: Report of 31 cases and review of the literatureBMC Pulmonary Medicine2008183
14Timing of noninvasive ventilation failure: causes, risk factors, and potential remediesBMC Pulmonary Medicine2014178
15Can asthma control be improved by understanding the patient's perspective?BMC Pulmonary Medicine2007167
16Cough aerosol in healthy participants: fundamental knowledge to optimize droplet-spread infectious respiratory disease managementBMC Pulmonary Medicine2012163
17Delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in low-and middle-income settings: systematic review and meta-analysisBMC Pulmonary Medicine2017163
18Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in Asian adults: a systematic review of the literatureBMC Pulmonary Medicine2013159
19Long-term (5 year) safety of bronchial thermoplasty: Asthma Intervention Research (AIR) trialBMC Pulmonary Medicine2011158
20Efficacy 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 Medicine2014156
21Host markers in Quantiferon supernatants differentiate active TB from latent TB infection: preliminary reportBMC Pulmonary Medicine2009150
22Diagnostic yield and risk/benefit analysis of trans-bronchial lung cryobiopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases: a large cohort of 699 patientsBMC Pulmonary Medicine2019147
23Geographic variation in the aetiology, epidemiology and microbiology of bronchiectasisBMC Pulmonary Medicine2018143
24Prevalence of asthma and other allergic conditions in Colombia 2009–2010: a cross-sectional studyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2012133
25Altered expression of microRNA in the airway wall in chronic asthma: miR-126 as a potential therapeutic targetBMC Pulmonary Medicine2011131
26Chest x-ray findings and temporal lung changes in patients with COVID-19 pneumoniaBMC Pulmonary Medicine2020131
27Radiation-induced lung injury: current evidenceBMC Pulmonary Medicine2021131
28Improved adherence with once-daily versus twice-daily dosing of mometasone furoate administered via a dry powder inhaler: a randomized open-label studyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2010128
29Assessing health status in COPD. A head-to-head comparison between the COPD assessment test (CAT) and the clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ)BMC Pulmonary Medicine2012128
30Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for mixed pulmonary infection diagnosisBMC Pulmonary Medicine2019128
312-Aminoacetophenone as a potential breath biomarker for Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the cystic fibrosis lungBMC Pulmonary Medicine2010127
32Reference values for the 6-minute walk test in healthy children and adolescents in SwitzerlandBMC Pulmonary Medicine2013122
33Safety 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 Medicine2011116
34Pirfenidone inhibits TGF-β1-induced over-expression of collagen type I and heat shock protein 47 in A549 cellsBMC Pulmonary Medicine2012115
35Lung transplantation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review of the literatureBMC Pulmonary Medicine2014115
36Prognostic value of extravascular lung water assessed with lung ultrasound score by chest sonography in patients with acute respiratory distress syndromeBMC Pulmonary Medicine2015114
37Robot-assisted bronchoscopy for pulmonary lesion diagnosis: results from the initial multicenter experienceBMC Pulmonary Medicine2019114
38Possible molecular mechanisms linking air pollution and asthma in childrenBMC Pulmonary Medicine2014113
39Efficacy and safety of indacaterol 150 μg once-daily in COPD: a double-blind, randomised, 12-week studyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2010112
40Barriers to timely diagnosis of interstitial lung disease in the real world: the INTENSITY surveyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2018112
41Inhaled corticosteroids for asthma: impact of practice level device switching on asthma controlBMC Pulmonary Medicine2009111
42Systemic air embolism during percutaneous core needle biopsy of the lung: frequency and risk factorsBMC Pulmonary Medicine2012111
43The effect of body position on pulmonary function: a systematic reviewBMC Pulmonary Medicine2018109
44Age-specific incidence of allergic and non-allergic asthmaBMC Pulmonary Medicine2020109
45Hyponatremia and hospital outcomes among patients with pneumonia: a retrospective cohort studyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2008106
46Early intestinal Bacteroides fragilis colonisation and development of asthmaBMC Pulmonary Medicine2008105
47Singing teaching as a therapy for chronic respiratory disease - a randomised controlled trial and qualitative evaluationBMC Pulmonary Medicine2010105
48Risk factors and immunological pathways for asthma and other allergic diseases in children: background and methodology of a longitudinal study in a large urban center in Northeastern Brazil (Salvador-SCAALA study)BMC Pulmonary Medicine2006104
49Circulating surfactant protein D as a potential lung-specific biomarker of health outcomes in COPD: a pilot studyBMC Pulmonary Medicine2007104
50Quality of life is associated with physical activity and fitness in cystic fibrosisBMC Pulmonary Medicine2014104