European Respiratory Journal

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 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 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 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 inter

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 January issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy chief editor James Chalmers interviews the Anthony De Soyza (Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK) and Timothy Aksamit (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA) about the RESPIRE1 and RESPIRE2 trials of ciprofloxacin in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. These two global phase III trials enrolled a total of 937 and test two dosing regimens tested (identical dose). The range of treatment estimates favours use of a ciprofloxacin dry powder inhaler (DPI), which was overall, well tolerated, with high compliance and an excellent safety profile. The ciprofloxacin DPI 14-day regimen gave a 144-day delay in the to time to first exacerbation and a 25% reduction in the frequency of exacerbations, and the 28-day regimen gave a 138-day delay in to time to first exacerbation and a 28% reduction in frequency of exacerbations.

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 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 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 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 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 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.