Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

An Open Access, Peer Reviewed Journal
NLM ID: 101697971
Impact-Factor: 1.4*
Online ISSN: 2398-3108

Volume 06, Issue 01


A Prospective case study on an obese adolescent with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) before versus One year after bariatric surgery

Basel Habra Jassim Fakhro Ashraf Soliman Abdulla Alhothi

Case Report-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

April 21, 2020


Right heart thrombus - "clot-in-transit"

Husam M Salah Fuad J Habash Angel Lopez Candales

Case Report-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 21, 2020


About Journal


Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted to publishing clinically-relevant Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine research. Pulmonary Medicine Journal provides a forum for the discussion of significant new information in the area of pulmonary medicine. Pulmonary Medicine Journal welcomes submissions on areas covering Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Respiratory Infections; Clinical Practice Management and Critical Care.

Pulmonary Medicine Journal accepts research, reports, editorials, reviews and commentaries on all aspects including chest, pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, paediatric medicine, epidemiology, immunology and cell biology, physiology, occupational disorders and emergency care for the critically ill or injured patient.

Pulmonary Medicine Journal is composed of the following Specialty Sections:

Bronchoscopy

Pulmonary Fibrosis

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Pulmonary Hypoplasia

Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Pulmonary Interstitial Fibrosis

Pulmonary Angiography

Pulmonary Lymphoma

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Pulmonary Neoplasm

Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Pulmonary Parenchyma

Pulmonary Cancer

Pulmonary Thromboembolism

Pulmonary Circulation

Pulmonolgy

Pulmonary Critical Care

Advances in Anesthesia

Pulmonary Dysplasia

Anesthesia & Critical Care

Pulmonary Edema

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia

Pulmonary Effusion

Surgical Anesthesia

Pulmonary Eosinophilia

Vascular Anesthesia

Pulmonary Medicine Journal will feature original research, review papers, mini review, clinical studies, editorials, expert opinion and perspective papers, commentaries, and book reviews. Images providing advances or unusual contributions to the field are also published.

Pulmonary Medicine Journal welcomes direct submissions from authors: Attach your word file with e- mail and send it to submissions@oatext.com alternatively to editor.pccm@oatext.com

Please, follow the Instructions for Authors. In the cover letter add the name and e-mail address of 5 proposed reviewers (we can choose them or not).

Copyright is retained by the authors and articles can be freely used and distributed by others. Articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published by Pulmonary Medicine Journal, is properly cited.

*2019 Impact Factor is the ratio of the number of citations achieved in the year 2019 based on Google Search and Google Scholar Citations to the total number of articles published in the last two years i.e. in 2017 and 2018. Impact factor measures the quality of the Journal. If ‘X’ is the total number of articles published in 2017 and 2018, and ‘Y’ is the number of times these articles were cited in indexed journals during 2019 then, impact factor = Y/X.

Editor-in-Chief


Will be updated soon.

Editorial Board.


Lee M Akst

Department of Otolaryngology
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
USA

Hiroaki Kume

Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, and Community Health Care
Kinki University Faculty of Medicine
Japan

Jennifer Kathleen Quint

Department of Respiratory Epidemiology
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College, UK


Sabina Janciauskiene

Department of Pulmonology
Hannover Medical School
Germany

Ching-Liang Hsieh

Director of the Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine CMU
Center for Clinical Trials in Chinese Medicine
Taiwan

Imran H Iftikhar

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
The Ohio State University
USA


Enrico Heffler

Assistant Professor in Respiratory Medicine
University of Catania
Italy

Fumihiro Oshita

Chief of General Medicine
Kanagawa Prefectural Ashigarakami-Hospital
Japan

I Krivokuca

Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine
MC Zuiderzee Hospital, Lelystad
The Netherlands


Muhammad Ali Javed

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine) Certifications
University of Missouri Kansas City
USA

Sukhen Samanta

Senior Resident (DM)
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Lucknow
India

Dr. Gabriel V. Fontaine

Department of Pharmacy
Intermountain Medical Center
South Cottonwood Street
Murray, UT 84107
USA


Saeed Shoar

Research Fellow
Division of Colorectal Surgery
Houston Methodist Hospital
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, TX
USA

In Press


Influence of underlying lung disease on the progress and outcome of COVID-19 in critically patients

S. Ghalloussi A. Trifi A. Mehdi A. Ouhibi E. Sghir L. Messaoud S. Abdellatif

Research Article

October 11, 2022


Gas exchange after bilateral thoracoscopic lung volume reduction surgery

Jürg Hamacher Peter Ludwig Uz Stammberger Yalda Hadizamani Walter Weder

Research Article

September 15, 2022


Current Issue

Volume 7, Issue 1


The accuracy of laboratory studies in differentiating pulmonary nodules due to Coccidioidomycosis from lung cancer

Catalin Nicola¬ Paul K. Mills Ali Rashidian Michael W. Peterson

Research Articlet-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

December 27, 2021


Predictors of severity and mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in northeastern Taiwan

Chih-Yu Huang Chung-Chieh Yu Huang-Pin Wu1 Chien-Ming Chu Ping-Chi Liu Li-Fu L

Research Articlet-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

February 24, 2022


Archive


Volume 7

The accuracy of laboratory studies in differentiating pulmonary nodules due to Coccidioidomycosis from lung cancer

Catalin Nicola¬ Paul K. Mills Ali Rashidian Michael W. Peterson

Research Articlet-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

December 27, 2021


Predictors of severity and mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in northeastern Taiwan

Chih-Yu Huang Chung-Chieh Yu Huang-Pin Wu1 Chien-Ming Chu Ping-Chi Liu Li-Fu L

Research Articlet-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

February 24, 2022


Volume 6

A Prospective case study on an obese adolescent with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) before versus One year after bariatric surgery

Basel Habra Jassim Fakhro Ashraf Soliman Abdulla Alhothi

Case Report-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

April 21, 2020


Right heart thrombus - "clot-in-transit"

Husam M Salah Fuad J Habash Angel Lopez Candales

Case Report-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 21, 2020


Volume 5

Treatment with Modulators for Extra Rare Cystic Fibrosis Mutation

Ifat Sarouk Bat E Bar Aluma Adi Dagan Yael Bezale Moshe Ashkenasi Shlomit Keller Ori Efrati

Case Report-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

January 03, 2020


Roles of pharmacy agents in asthma care in Africa: Survey of community pharmacists in Libreville

Ulrich Davy Kombila Dieudonné Mounguengui Jean Bruno Boguikouma

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

February 19, 2020


Bronchoscopy: A not-so-innocent invasive examination

Christos Beretas

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 13, 2020


Hypercapnic respiratory failure from skeletal deformities in renal osteodystrophy

Priyanka Bhugra Abhishek Maiti

Clinical Image Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

May 17, 2020


Volume 4

CO2 gas exchange in lungs

Toshio Ohhashi Yoshiko Kawai

Commentary-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 12, 2018


Exocrine gland cysts in tracheal and bronchial walls

Krishtafovich АA Ariel BM

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 19, 2018


Clinical management of common cold in the perspective of primary care

Hiroshi Bando

Short Communication-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 22, 2018


Use of corticosteroids for the treatment of respiratory and other disorders: Estimating benefit to risk relationship

Viktor I Goudochnikov

Review Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 26, 2018


R-value comprehensive evaluation method for the effect and long-term influence of Tiaobu Fei-Shen therapies on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease rats

Jiansheng Li Hongxin Cui Yange Tian Ya Li Yang Xie Yunping Bai

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 27, 2018


Subcarinal bronchogenic cyst requires surgery urgently against respiratory compromise

Semire Serin Ezer

Letter to Editor-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 29, 2018


Treatment of late benign post-esophagectomy tracheal-gastric fistula with tracheal stenting

Aaron Sparks Trevor Beckham James R. Stewart

Case Report-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

April 21, 2018


Gradient of risk of healthcare resource utilization in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Rahul Mukherjee Sushil Agarwal Mansoor Raza Biman Chakraborty Milan Bhattacharya

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

June 26, 2018


Visualization and quantification of nebulized aerosol deposition in mouth-lung casts under healthy and abnormal breathing conditions

Benjamin Wells Nathan Guest Jonathan Martinez Emmanuel Hakizimana Xiuhua April Si Wei-Chung Su Jinxiang Xi

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

June 26, 2018


Non-invasive ventilation for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure unrelated to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Richard Carter Sabba Elhag Thomas Avent Biman Chakraborty Amy Oakes Pearlene Antoine-Pitterson Rahul Mukherjee

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

August 15, 2018


Pleural effusion as a first manifestation of breast cancer

Jan Bronnert Michael Respondek Matthias Grade

Clinical Image-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

August 20, 2018


Effect of Peritoneal dialysis on the dynamic functions of the diaphragm

K Supraja Jayanthi Arulneyam P Rajeevalochana S Sharmila N Karthick Georgi Abraham

Commentary-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

February 21, 2019


Lean muscle mass and bone mineral content are predictors of lung function in ex-smokers with or without COPD

Joanne M Smart Vanessa M McDonald Peter G Gibson Peter AB Wark Lisa G Wood

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 13, 2019


Efficacy of oral montelukast in comparison of inhaled steroids for mild persistent asthma among children aged 1-5 years: A randomized clinical trial in Sri-Lanka

Jayawardena PP Galappaththi J Imalke KACP

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 13, 2019


A mini review of inhaled beta 2 agonists in acute decompensated heart failure requiring respiratory support

Nicholas Germano Douglas Summerfield Bruce Johnson

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 24, 2019


Volume 3

CO2 gas exchange in lungs

Toshio Ohhashi Yoshiko Kawai

Commentary-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 12, 2018


Exocrine gland cysts in tracheal and bronchial walls

Krishtafovich АA Ariel BM

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 19, 2018


Clinical management of common cold in the perspective of primary care

Hiroshi Bando

Short Communication-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 22, 2018


Use of corticosteroids for the treatment of respiratory and other disorders: Estimating benefit to risk relationship

Viktor I Goudochnikov

Review Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 26, 2018


R-value comprehensive evaluation method for the effect and long-term influence of Tiaobu Fei-Shen therapies on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease rats

Jiansheng Li Hongxin Cui Yange Tian Ya Li Yang Xie Yunping Bai

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 27, 2018


Subcarinal bronchogenic cyst requires surgery urgently against respiratory compromise

Semire Serin Ezer

Letter to Editor-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 29, 2018


Thymoma developing 2 years after induction of immunosuppressive therapy for ocular myasthenia gravis

Takashi Iwata Kantaro Hara Kantaro Hara Aya Yamamoto Osamu Mimura

Case Report-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

September 04, 2017


Myocardial infarction: The model of coronary artery ligation in Balb/C mice

Elisa Brosina de Leon Nadja Pinto Garcia Liziara Fraporti Gleicy Francisca Lima Almeida Leandro Eziquiel de Souza
Diego Mendrot Taboas Figueroa José Fernando Marques Barcellos Luciana Botinelly Mendonça Fujimoto Maria Claudia Irigoyen Adriana Malheiro

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

September 23, 2017


A pilot study of lung cancer following chemotherapy and traditional medicine: report of 12 cases

George Zhu Fabio Musumeci Peter Byrne Deepti Gupta Ekta Gupta John Baer

Case Report-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

September 28, 2017


Non-invasive ventilation in hypercapnic COPD exacerbation: Predictors of mortality

August Supervía Oriol Pallàs María Canas Francisco del Baño Isabel Cirera María Luisa Iglesias
Juan Pedro-Botet

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 25, 2017


Vocal cord cavernous hemangioma – Case report

Tengchin Wang Chiehjen Wu

Case Report-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

October 27, 2017


Double fistula between esophagus and mediastinum during chemo-radiotherapy in a patient affected with esophageal cancer

Elena Bolzacchini Alessandro Tuzi Graziella Pinotti

Short Communication-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

November 30, 2017


Analysis of the false-negative results in endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration

Yangli Liu Xiaoran Liu Fengjia Chen Huai Liao Canmao Xie

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

September 03, 2018


Breast sarcoidosis: 3 cases and literature review

Catherine Chapelon-Abric

Case Study-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

September 07, 2018


Biomarker indicators of elastin degradation in asymptomatic alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

Tatsiana Beiko Shuren Ma Charlie Strange Gerard M Turino

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

September 25, 2018


Does esophageal pressure monitoring reliably permit to estimate transpulmonary pressure in children?

Guillaume Mortamet Nicolas Nardi Nancy Poirier Sandrine Essouri Brigitte Fauroux Philippe Jouvet Guillaume Emeriaud

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

September 28, 2018


Tuberculous lymphadenopathy in a dental patient: a review on clinical and diagnostic approach

Suwarna Dangore Khasbage

Case Report-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

April 20, 2018


COPD in China should receive more attraction

Guoqing Qian Fenying Yin Naibing Yang Guoxiang Li

Commentary-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

May 18, 2018


Survey of knowledge about the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis amongst final year medical students and general practitioners in Libreville (Gabon)

Ulrich Davy Kombila Dieudonne Mounguengui Irene Mistoul Jean Bruno Boguikouma

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 25, 2018


A Challenging case of Cardiac sarcoidosis diagnosed by PET scan

Raga Deepak Reddy Palagiri Anusha Jillella Fuad Habash Hakan Paydak

Case Report-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 25, 2018


An unusual occurrence of drug induced non-specific interstitial pneumonia and tracheobronchopathia osteochrondroplastica

Jan Bronnert Christopher McAulay Matthias Grade

Case Report-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

December 22, 2017


The critical illness mortality inflection point during prolonged Surgical ICU length of stay

Niels D. Martin Tara Ramaswamy Emily Moin Joshua A. Marks Tara Collins Nina O’Connor Daniel N. Holena
Jose Pascual Patrick M. Reilly Lewis J. Kaplan

Research article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

January 16, 2018


Making use of the Oxygen Reserve Index (ORiTM): a new parameter of oxygenation reserve potential

Keisuke Yoshida Tsuyoshi Isosu Masahiro Murakawa

Review article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 15, 2018


Nutritional status in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Joaquim Gea Diana Badenes Eva Balcells

Editorial-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 29, 2018


Is supplemental oxygen necessary for intraoperative lung protective ventilation?

Shuji Okahara Satoshi Suzuki Hiroshi Morimatsu

Editorial-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 26, 2018


Volume 2

A syndrome of sleep apnea in morbid obesity

Alberto Herrejón Silvestre Ignacio Inchaurraga Alvarez Eduardo González Constan Carlos Morillas Ariño Rocio Royo Taberner Antonio Hernández Mijares

Short Communication-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

June 26, 2017


Diet in lung cancer: back to natural and healthy food

Laura D. Ciobanu

Review Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

July 28, 2017


Rest and exercise work of breathing calculated from alveolar pressure-volume loops, submersed and at depth

David R. Pendergast Michael Wach Heather Held

Research Article - Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

August 07, 2017


Health warnings on cigarette packages and interest in quitting: findings from five countries conducted the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in 2011-2012

Guat Hiong Tee Tahir Aris Mohd Azahdi Omar Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusoff James Rarick Chee Cheong Kee Sorina Irimie

Research Article - Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

August 08, 2017


Congenital tuberculosis with possible placental transmission and paradoxical reaction to anti-tuberculosis treatment

Lokesh Tiwari Rajesh Kumar

Case Report - Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

August 21, 2017


Exploring the debate on tobacco victims

D. John Doyle

Editorial-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

August 23, 2017


Benefits of the active agents from Yupingfeng for pulmonary fibrosis

Liu-Cheng Li Lian-Di Kan

Letter to the editor-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

May 12, 2017


About idiopathic chylopericardium: a case report

Mirko Barone Marco Prioletta Giuseppe Cipollone Decio Di Nuzzo Pierpaolo Camplese Felice Mucilli

Case Report-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

May 19, 2017


Single or repetitive lung recruitment manoeuvres after cardiac valve replacement surgery

Moussa Riachy Ihab Ibrahim Ghassan Sleilaty Charbel Faraj Georges Khayat Samia Jebara Fadia Haddad Gema Hayek Alexandre Yazigi

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

May 20, 2017


Population pharmacokinetics and Monte Carlo dosing simulations of imipenem in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

Sutep Jaruratanasirikul Wibul Wongpoowarak Monchana Nawakitrangson Suriyan Thengyai Maseetoh Samaeng

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

May 22, 2017


Vildagliptin promotes improvement in pulmonary arterial hypertension: incretin-based therapy at a follow-up of 3 years

Flavio Fontes Pirozzi Guilherme Lima Favaro Danielli Teixeira Lima Favaro Cleber Rinaldo Favaro Mikaell Alexandre Gouvea Faria Luiz Gustavo de Quadros Roberto Luiz Kaiser Júnior

Case Report-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

May 29, 2017


Lung affection in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis

Almeida MSTM Almeida JVM Bertolo MB

Research Article-Lungs and Breathing (LBJ)

May 29, 2017


Maximal and submaximal oxygen uptake efficiency slope: influence of cardiorespiratory variables and maximal dynamic strength

Leonardo A Pasqua Mayara V Damasceno Adriano E Lima-Silva Romulo Bertuzzi

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

August 21, 2017


Neuro-immune interaction during development of pulmonary fibrosis

Ananya Jain and Jerry Yu

Mini Review-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

August 28, 2017


Rhinovirus and COPD airway epithelium

Nicole Owuor Nisha Nalamala Joao Antonio Gimenes Jr Uma S. Sajjan

Mini Review-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

September 07, 2017


Comparison of cardiac output by Fick formula vs. thermodilution, following vasodilator challenge in pulmonary hypertension

Michael Alvarez Mark Rumbak Skai Schwartz Kimberly Cao Chakrapol SriAroon Stephen Clum Karel Calero
Ricardo Restrepo

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

September 29, 2017


Sputum conversion among new smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending tb/dots clinics in Anambra state, Nigeria

Nwachukwu Obiora Ndubuisi Okoronkwo Christopher Uch Onwuchekwa Chuks Elendu Valentine Nnacheta Unegbu

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

October 24, 2017


Lung Involvement of an Infectious Disease Having Increasing Incidence

Lale Sertçelik Tulin Kuyucu Fatma Armagan Hazar Gulgun Cetintas Afsar Semra Bati Kutlu

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 21, 2017


Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome: A work in Progress

Julio E. González-Aguirre Roberto Mercado-Longoria

Mini review-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 23, 2017


Atypical Traumatic of Pulmonary Artery after Rib Fractures

Massine EL Hammoumi El Hassane Kabiri

Case Report-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 24, 2017


Non-neoplastic asbestos-related respiratory diseases: what relationship with other lung diseases?

Sartorelli P Bianchi F Paolucci P

Review Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 28, 2017


Procalcitonin as a Biomarker for Infection and Sepsis: Yet Again

John L Moran Patricia J Solomon

Short Communication-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 30, 2017


Targeted Temperature Management for Survivors of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Alex M. Parker Matthew F. Gottbrecht Lawrence W. Gimple

Mini review -Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

July 27, 2017


A Unique Case of Rapidly Progressive Diffuse Pulmonary Nodules

Madina Weiler Angelica Puopolo William Newmarch Brian Casserly

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 04, 2017


The Association between Elevated Troponin Levels and All Cause 30 Day Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Seen at an Academic Hospital – a prospective cohort study

Jospeh D, Ker J Rheeder P Ueckermann V

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March, 07, 2016


Treatment outcomes of new smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients under directly observed treatment in Anambra state, Nigeria

Nwachukwu Obiora Ndubuisi Onyeagba Reginald Azu Nwaugo Victor Oluoha Okafor Anthony

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 17, 2017


Exhaled breath analysis in lung transplant patients diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome

RM Hettiarachchi C Herbert AR Glanville PS Thomas

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March, 29, 2016


Promoting CPAP adherence in obstructive sleep apnea

Moussa Riachy

Editorial Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

April 26, 2017


Volume 1

Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)
Case Report Outlining the Importance of Urinalysis in Patients Presenting with Pulmonary Cavitary Lesions

Nicole Zagelbaum Zaineb Shamim Aamir Gilani Samer El Zarif Murali G Krishna Vivette D.D’Agati Sergio Obligado

Case Report-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

November 24, 2016


Electroporation Ablation of Bronchial Smooth Muscle Cells: A Novel non-Thermal Asthma Therapy

Jason A. Tri Christopher V. DeSimone Craig Daniels Craig Daniels Roshini S. Asirvatham Susan B. Mikell Dorothy J. Ladewig Kelly Krajnick Samuel J. Asirvatham

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

November 06, 2016


Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Children

Anirban Mandal Puneet Kaur Sahi

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

December 16, 2016


Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy (TBLC) at a Tertiary Referral Hospital: A Two-Year Experience

Prachiti Dalvi Gabriella Kretz Stephen Clum Michael Markow David DiNuoscio Mark Rumbak Devanand Mangar Enrico Camporesi

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

December 28, 2016


S100A8, S100A9 and S100A12 Expression in Myeloid Cells from Whole Blood from Patients with Common Lung Diseases

Mann Ying Lim David Simar Sharron Chow Kenneth Hsu Craig R. Lewis Carolyn L. Geczy Paul S. Thomas

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

February 10, 2017


Diagnosis of Thymoma Metastasis via Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchıal needle Aspiration

Ayperi Öztürk Taha Güllü Aydin Yilmaz Zafer Akta Funda Demirağ

Case Report-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

December 31, 2016


Roscovitine Inhibits Endotoxin-Induced Lung Inflammation in Mice Lacking Peptidylprolyl Cis/Trans Isomerase, NIMA-Interacting 1 (PIN1)

Benjamin W NewellAmelia M Spaulding Nam Y LeeDale G Hoyt

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

July 18, 2016


The Changing Epidemiology of Invasive Aspergillosis in the Non-Traditional Host: Risk Factors and Outcomes

Jose A Vazquez Maria Paula Tovar-Torresi Ameet Hingwe Faiqa Cheema Verna L Welch Kimbal D Ford

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

August 09, 2016


Deployment-related pulmonary symptoms and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in military personnel

Paul D. Hiles William H. Porr William N. Hannah Michael J. Morris

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

August 15, 2016


Anti-Synthetase Syndrome: Validity of ANA as a Screening Tool - The Oxford Interstitial Lung Disease Service Experience

Thomas Nicholson Andrew Woods Joel David Rachel Hoyles

Letter to Editor-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

August 15, 2016


Role of surfactant protein D on in vivo alveolar macrophage phagocytosis of Cryptococcus neoformans by the regulation of p38 MAPK pathway activation

Osama Abdel-Razek Xiaoguang Liu Sara Javidiparsijani Guirong Wang

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

September 14, 2016


Pediatric Adverse Tracheal Intubation Associated Events Following Noninvasive Ventilation Failure

Christina Walsh Josep Panisello Joana Tala Akira Nishisaki Guillaume Emeriaud John S. Giuliano Jr

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

September 30, 2016


Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: Inviting Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Lee M Akst

Editorial-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

April 15, 2016


MAG-DHA, Precursor of D-Series Resolvins, Induces Powerful Resolution of Various Components of Pulmonary Hypertension Induced By Monocrotaline in Rats

Roddy Hiram Caroline Morin Samuel Fortin Eric Rousseau

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

May 11, 2016


Percutaneous tracheostomy without bronchoscopy a safe procedure

Emídio Jorge Santos Lima

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 06, 2016


Consequences of cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator mutations on inflammatory cells

Sandra Grumelli German A Islan Guillermo R Castro

Review Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 10, 2016


Absorption of FD&C Blue No. 1 from enteral feedings: A look back at a patient safety effort with modern relevance

James P Maloney Tracey A Brand

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 21, 2016


Effect of novel adenosine A3 receptor antagonist SSR161421 in allergic sheep models

Endre G Mikus Peter Aranyi Kinga Boer Geza Tímari Michel Finet Anne-Marie Galzin William M Abraham

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

June 25, 2016


Maternal use of montelukast in early pregnancy and infant congenital malformations

Bengt Källén

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 02, 2016


Hemodynamic effects of doxycycline combined with adrenomedullin during acute pulmonary embolism-induced pulmonary hypertension

Thalita L A Rocha Carlos A Dias-Junior

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 05,2016


The importance of applying diagnostic criteria from consensus 2011 to diagnose idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in a referral site

Jose Omar Barreto-Rodriguez Mayra Mejia Ivette Buendia-Roldan

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 08, 2016


In-hospital mortality, length of stay, and charges related to pulmonary fibrosis in the U.S. between 1993 and 2008

Daniel Fioret David Mannino Jesse Roman

Research Article-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 18, 2016


Ganglioside GM1 for ischemic stroke: An update (2005-2015)

Li Li Tianlong Wang

Mini Review-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 24, 2016


Inaugural editorial for pulmonary and critical care medicine

Yassine Amrani

Editorial-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM)

March 24, 2016


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Pulmonary Medicine Journal welcomes direct submissions from authors: Attach your word file with e- mail and send it to submissions@oatext.com alternatively to editor.pccm@oatext.com

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Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is an Open Access journal and we do not charge the end user when accessing a manuscript or any article. This allows the scientific community to view, download, distribution of an article in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited, under the term of "Creative Commons Attribution License". In line with other open access journals we provide a flat fee submission structure on the acceptance of a peer-reviewed article which covers in part the entirety of the publication pathway (the article processing charge). The process includes our maintenance, submission and peer review systems and international editing, publication and submission to global indexing and tracking organisations and archiving to allow instant access to the whole article and associated supplementary documents. We also have to ensure enough investment to secure a sustainable model which ethically, legally and financially stable.

The publication charges for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine are USD 850.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Why are your charges set at these levels?

All articles published in OA Text are open access. Open Access publishing implies that all readers, anywhere in the world, are allowed unrestricted to full text of articles, immediately on publication in OA Text Journals. The Article Publication Charges pay for the editorial and production costs of the journal, for hosting the website, publishing articles online, preparing HTML , PDF and XML versions of the articles and submitting the articles in electronic citation database like CrossRef.

Our financial goals are to:

  • Recover capitalization costs;
  • Produce sufficient revenue to allow for a sustainable and scalable publishing program, under continuous development;
  • Bend the publication-charge cost downward over time.

Who will pay the APC?

Corresponding author or Co-authors has to make the payment on acceptance of the article.

When should I pay?

Corresponding author or the paying institutions should arrange for the payment once they are notified regarding acceptance of the article. APC is exempted for cases in which a wavier agreement has been made in-prior to submission.

*We request an immediate attention towards the payment as the articles will not be published unless the charges have been paid.

How do I pay?

Authors or institutions can make payments by two modes as per their convenience.

  1. Wire/Bank transfer
  2. Card payment

Note: No taxes are included in this charge, taxes will be applicable as per the policies of the country of the payee. Additional transaction charges may be levied on the author.

Can I be eligible for wavier on APC?

The waiver request will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and will be provided accordingly.

*The Waiver requests must be made during the submission process and will not be accepted after  processing of the manuscript.

Do I have to pay if my manuscript is rejected?

No, Article processing charges will not be applicable for articles rejected by the Editorial office.

Withdrawal Charges

Are reprints of my article included in the article processing charges (APCs)?

No, Article processing charges (APCs) do not include the charges for the reprints. Reprints facility is optional and should be order separately.

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