European Respiratory Journal

The European Respiratory Journal presents the sixth in its series of podcasts. In this instalment, ERJ co-Chief Editor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan discusses paediatrics with Professor Jorrit Gerritsen, with reference to articles published in the June 2011 issue of the ERJ.

ERJ associate editor Patrick Levy, of Grenoble University, introduces three articles about obstructive sleep apnoea from the May 2011 journal

Ganesh Raghu, from the University of Washington Medical Center, discusses idiopathic lung fibrosis, progressive interstitial lung disease and its clinical management

Vincent Cottin, from the University of Lyon, France, comments on sarcoidosis and its possible genetic link with inflammatory bowel disease, as featured in the March 2011 issue of the ERJ.

Joan Soriano, director of the International Centre for Advanced Respiratory Medicine in Majorca, Spain, introduces two papers from the February 2011 ERJ, focusing on the genetics and clinical/psychological aspects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

G.B. Migliori, director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases in Tradate, Italy, discusses advances in the diagnosis of TB, introducing two articles focusing on tuberculosis (TB) in the January 2011 issue of the ERJ.

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)...