Summary

EDITORIAL

• Florin Mihaltan

Is Romanian Pneumology in crisis?

REVIEWS

• Antonela Dragomir, Elena Moldoveanu, F. Mihaltan

An update regardind the role of biomarkers in early diagnosis of lung cancer NSSC

• Oana-Claudia Deleanu, Florin Dumitru Mihaltan, Daniela Reisz, Voicu Tudorache, Stefan Mihaicuta

What brings new the polisomnography interpretation according to the revised manual for sleep staging in adults? A comparative analysis

• Florin Mihaltan

Indacaterol - a new hope for maximising bronchodilation?

• Adina M. Turcanu, T. Mihaescu

Pathophysiology and treatment of bronchectasis

ORIGINAL PAPERS

• Cornelia Tudose, Dragos Bumbacea, Miron Bogdan on behalf of BACTRO group

Antibiotic resistance of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae strains isolated from patients with community acquired respiratory tract infections. BACTRO multicenter, multidisciplinary study

• Pedja Kovačević, Mirko Stanetic, Zvezdana Rajkovaca, F. Joachim Meyer, Marija Vukoja

Changes in spirometry over time in uraemic patients receiving longterm hemodialysis therapy

• Claudia Lucia Toma, Tudor Ciprut, Svetlana Bugarin, Dorina Rosca, Miron Alexandru Bogdan

Radiation induced lung injuries secondary to radiotherapy for breast cancer

PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

• Sorin C. Man, Simona A. Tatar

Influence of cheeks support on the results of respiratory resistance measured by the interrupter technique in children

CLINICAL CASES

• Cristian Iorga, Victor Strambu, Cristina Puscu, Silviu Stoian, Petru Radu, Florian Popa

Pulmonary hydatic cyst - a case report

ARTICLE TRANSLATED FROM EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

• P.K. Henneberger, M.C. Mirabelli, M. Kogevinas, J.M. Anto, E. Plana, A. Dahlman-Hoglund, D.L. Jarvis,

H. Kromhout, L. Lillienberg, D. Norback, M. Olivieri, K. Radon, K. Toren, I. Urrutia, S. Villani, J.P. Zock

The occupational contribution to severe exacerbation of asthma