Prevalence, risk factors, and vaccine effectiveness of COVID-19 infection in thai children, adolescents, and young adults in the omicron era by Chanapai Chaiyakulsil, Paskorn Sritipsukho, Paskorn Sritipsukho, Araya Satdhabudha, Pornumpa Bunjoungmanee, Auchara Tangsathapornpong, Phakatip Sinlapamongkolkul, Naiyana Sritipsukho

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Relationships of Whole-Heart Myocardial Mechanics and Cardiac Morphometrics by Transthoracic Echocardiography with Main Prognostic Factors of Heart Failure in Non-Ischemic Dilated... by Karolina Mėlinytė-Ankudavičė, Eglė Ereminienė, Vaida Mizarienė, Gintarė Šakalytė, Jurgita Plisienė, Vytautas Ankudavičius, Rūta Dirsienė, Remigijus Žaliūnas, Renaldas Jurkevičius

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Hypochromic red cells as a prognostic indicator of survival among patients with systemic sclerosis screened for pulmonary hypertension by Panagiota Xanthouli, Ojan Gordjani, Nicola Benjamin, Satenik Harutyunova, Benjamin Egenlauf, Alberto M. Marra, Simon Haas, Nicklas Milde, Norbert Blank, Hanns-Martin Lorenz, Christoph Fiehn, Silvia Ulrich, Oliver Distler, Ekkehard Grünig, Christina A. Eichstaedt

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Risk of Seven-Day Worsening and Death: A New Clinically Derived COVID-19 Score by Alessia Cruciata, Lorenzo Volpicelli, Silvia Di Bari, Giancarlo Iaiani, Bruno Cirillo, Francesco Pugliese, Daniela Pellegrino, Gioacchino Galardo, Gloria Taliani

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Snoring and nocturnal reflux: association with lung function decline and respiratory symptoms by Össur Ingi Emilsson, Shadi Amid Hägg, Eva Lindberg, Karl A. Franklin, Kjell Toren, Bryndis Benediktsdottir, Thor Aspelund, Francisco Gómez Real, Bénédicte Leynaert, Pascal Demoly, Torben Sigsgaard, Jennifer Perret, Andrei Malinovschi, Deborah Jarvis, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Thorarinn Gislason, Christer Janson

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Skeletal Myosteatosis is Associated with Systemic Inflammation and a Loss of Muscle Bioenergetics in Stable COPD by Persson HL, Sioutas A, Kentson M, Jacobson P, Lundberg P, Dahlqvist Leinhard O, Forsgren MF

“…Hans Lennart Persson,1,2,* Apostolos Sioutas,1,2,* Magnus Kentson,1,3 Petra Jacobson,1,2 Peter Lundberg,1,4,5 Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard,1,5,6 Mikael Fredrik Forsgren1,5,6 1Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 2Department of Respiratory Medicine in Linköping, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 3Department of Pulmonology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden; 4Department of Radiation Physics in Linköping, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 5Centre for Medical Image Science and Visualization, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 6AMRA Medical AB, Linköping, Sweden*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hans Lennart Persson; Apostolos Sioutas, Department of Respiratory Medicine in Linköping, Linköping University, Linköping, SE-581 85, Sweden, Tel +46 0 13 1033621, Email lennart.persson@liu.se; apostolos.sioutas@regionostergotland.seBackground: Common features among patients with more advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are systemic inflammation and a loss of both muscle mass and normal muscle composition. …”
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Predictive clinical and dosimetric parameters for risk of relapse in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer treated by SBRT: A large single institution experience by François Lucia, Carole Mievis, Nicolas Jansen, Bernard Duysinx, François Cousin, Thomas Louis, Manon Baiwir, Christelle Ernst, Michel Wonner, Roland Hustinx, Pierre Lovinfosse, Philippe Coucke

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SIRT1 ISGylation accelerates tumor progression by unleashing SIRT1 from the inactive state to promote its deacetylase activity by Ji An Kang, Yoon Jung Kim, Kyu Yun Jang, Hye Won Moon, Haeseung Lee, Seonjeong Lee, Hyun Kyu Song, Sang Woo Cho, Yoon Sun Yoo, Hye Gyeong Han, Min-Ju Kim, Myoung Ja Chung, Cheol Yong Choi, Cheolju Lee, Chaeuk Chung, Gang Min Hur, You-Sun Kim, Young Joo Jeon

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Gene variants and clinical characteristics of children with sitosterolemia by Rui Gu, Hui Wang, Chun-Lin Wang, Mei Lu, Miao Miao, Meng-Na Huang, Yi Chen, Yang-Li Dai, Ming-Qiang Zhu, Qiong Zhou, Chao-Chun Zou

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Multi-center retrospective study of children with sickle cell disease admitted to pediatric intensive care units in the United States by Nicholas A. Ettinger, Danielle Guffey, Shaniqua J. Anum, Titilope Fasipe, Julie Katkin, Saleh Bhar, Gladstone Airewele, Arun Saini, Venée N. Tubman

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Clinical impact of pharmaceutical consultations in patients treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (BPCObs study) by Djamila Hachemi, Géraldine Leguelinel-Blache, Sophie Bouvet, Clarisse Roux-Marson, Nathalie Plouvier, Jean-Marie Kinowski, Christel Castelli, Florent Dubois

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The Variations’ in Genes Encoding TIM-3 and Its Ligand, Galectin-9, Influence on ccRCC Risk and Prognosis by Anna Andrzejczak, Krzysztof Tupikowski, Anna Tomkiewicz, Bartosz Małkiewicz, Kuba Ptaszkowski, Aleksandra Domin, Tomasz Szydełko, Lidia Karabon

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Conundrum of Classifying Subtypes of Pulmonary Hypertension—Introducing a Novel Approach to Classify “Borderline” Patients in a Population with Severe Aortic Stenosis Undergoing TA... by Elke Boxhammer, Sarah X. Gharibeh, Bernhard Wernly, Malte Kelm, Marcus Franz, Daniel Kretzschmar, Uta C. Hoppe, Alexander Lauten, Michael Lichtenauer

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Increased Creatine Kinase May Predict A Worse COVID-19 Outcome by Daniele Orsucci, Michele Trezzi, Roberto Anichini, Pierluigi Blanc, Leandro Barontini, Carlo Biagini, Alessandro Capitanini, Marco Comeglio, Paulo Corsini, Federico Gemignani, Roberto Giannecchini, Massimo Giusti, Mario Lombardi, Elena Marrucci, Alessandro Natali, Gabriele Nenci, Franco Vannucci, Gino Volpi

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Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis: Endoscopic and Surgical Resection for Ampullary Lesions by Christian Heise, Einas Abou Ali, Dirk Hasenclever, Francesco Auriemma, Aiste Gulla, Sara Regner, Sébastien Gaujoux, Marcus Hollenbach

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Procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide is associated with adverse outcome in acute chest pain of suspected coronary origin by Thomas Andersen, Thor Ueland, Thor Ueland, Thor Ueland, Pål Aukrust, Pål Aukrust, Pål Aukrust, Dennis W.T. Nilsen, Dennis W.T. Nilsen, Heidi Grundt, Heidi Grundt, Harry Staines, Volker Pönitz, Frederic Kontny, Frederic Kontny

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation: analysis of Korean organ transplantation registry (KOTRY) data by Ryoung-Eun Ko, Jin Gu Lee, Song Yee Kim, Young Tae Kim, Sun Mi Choi, Do Hyung Kim, Woo Hyun Cho, Seung-Il Park, Kyung-Wook Jo, Hong Kwan Kim, Hyo Chae Paik, Kyeongman Jeon, the Korean Organ Transplantation Registry Study Group

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Self-Reported Hypertension and Associated Factors Among Adults in Butambala District, Central Uganda: A Community-Based Prevalence Study by Kato AM, Kibone W, Okot J, Baruch Baluku J, Bongomin F

“…Alex Male Kato,1 Winnie Kibone,2 Jerom Okot,3 Joseph Baruch Baluku,4 Felix Bongomin3 1Department of Public Health, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda; 2School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; 3Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda; 4Division of Pulmonology, Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, Kampala, UgandaCorrespondence: Winnie Kibone, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences Makerere University, P O BOX 7072, Kampala, Uganda, Email Kibonewinnie@gmail.comBackground: The prevalence of hypertension (HTN) differs among regions and income groups, showing a substantial increase in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Assessment of right ventricular function in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension-congenital heart disease and repaired and unrepaired defects: Correlation among speckle tr... by Hatice S. Kemal, Meral Kayıkçıoğlu, Sanem Nalbantgil, Levent Hürkan Can, Nesrin Moğulkoç, Hakan Kültürsay

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Validation of days alive and out of hospital as a new patient-centered outcome to quantify life impact after heart transplantation by René M’Pembele, Sebastian Roth, Alexandra Stroda, Tilman Reier, Giovanna Lurati Buse, Stephan U. Sixt, Ralf Westenfeld, Philipp Rellecke, Igor Tudorache, Markus W. Hollmann, Hug Aubin, Payam Akhyari, Artur Lichtenberg, Ragnar Huhn, Udo Boeken

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