Summary
EDITORIAL
Irina Strambu
"Pneumologia" Journal turns 60!
TUBERCULOSIS IN ROMANIA
• CristianDidilescu
The long way of TB eradication versus TB elimination, from utopia to reality
ORIGINAL PAPERS
• SinzianaLovin, T. Mihaescu, G.I. Pandele, Fl. Mitu
Variability of cardiac rate in patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome
• Rahim Mahmodlou, Mohammad Hossein Rahimi-Rad, HatefAlizadeh
Efficacy and safety of iodopovidonepleurodesis through chest tube in spontaneous pneumothorax
CASE REPORTS
• Marius Toringhibel, Tatiana Adam, Oana-Cristina Arghir, EleonoraGima
Acute massive pulmonary embolism associated with olanzapine therapy and no significant personal history in ayoung male - case report and literature review
• Mohammad Hossein Rahimi-Rad, EffatAlizadeh, Reza Samarei
Aquatic leech as a rare cause of respiratory distress and hemoptysis
• AncaMacri, AndreeaPlesita, TeodoraAlexandru, R.T. Stoica, Fl. Mihaltan
Rare cause of multiple lung nodules - case report
REVIEWS
• RuxandraUlmeanu, RuxandraRajnoveanu, Eugenia Halic, Oana Deleanu, Florin Mihaltan
Natural course of preneoplasic bronchial lesions
• CiprianTomuleasa, Gabriel Kacso, Olga Soritau, SergiuSusman, BobePetrushev, MihaelaAldea, RaresBuiga,AlexandruIrimie
Fundamental mechanisms of metastatic spread and chemotherapy resistance in lung cancer
TO THE PRACTITIONER
• Florin Mihaltan
Asthma patients compliance to treatment - who is to blame?
SMOKING CESSATION
• Lucia Maria Lotrean, AntigonaTrofor, Fl. Mihaltan, Edna ArilloSantillan
School-based smoking prevention programmes: ethical aspects
TRANSLATION FROM EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
• G. Raghu
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - guidelines for diagnosis and clinical management have advanced from consensus-based in 2000 to evidence-based in 2011
ACTUALITIES, CHRONICS, REVIEWS
• Florin Mihaltan
Amsterdam, a new successful meeting in the European battle for tobacco control
• Florin Mihaltan
From exigence to excellence - a different offer in Romanian pulmonology
YOUNG PHYSICIANS' AID
• C. Cojocaru, Elena Cojocaru
How to build up a scientific poster