SUMMARY
EDITORIAL
• Pneumologia renews itself!REVIEWS
• Therapeutic principles in the acute respiratory distress syndrome - the concept of "protective mechanical ventilation"• Alveolar haemorrhage syndrome - a rare side effect during some frequently used therapies
• Ultrasound-guided percutaneous pleural and lung biopsy
ORIGINAL PAPERS
• Prevalence of depressive symptoms in a large series of smokers intending to quit. Effective implications for clinics in the field of internal medicine
• Obesity, exercise capacity and systemic inflammation in severe obstructive sleep apnea
• Prooxidant - antioxidant balance in COPD patients
CLNICAL CASES
• Sarcoidosis or sarcoid-like reaction associated to malignant tumors?
• Accidental discovery of foreign body aspiration through tracheostomy inlet
REVIEWS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE
• Non-pharmacological approach of bronchiectasis - the results of respiratory rehabilitation in two clinical casesRSP ACTIVITY
• Vienna: IASLC Congress - a new perspective, with new strategies• Chronic cough - at the border between specialties
"Young Respiratory Academy" - a new initiative in the Romanian pneumology world
• From exigency to excellence in respiratory pathophysiology