"Pulmonary Emergencies" is now available

"Pulmonary Emergencies", the latest in the ERS Monograph series, is available now. Edited by Leo Heunks, Alexandre Demoule and Wolfram Windisch, it provides a comprehensive overview of pulmonary emergencies, from pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism, right heart failure and haematothorax to acute exacerbations of diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Recent developments in treatment strategies for acute pulmonary problems are also discussed in detail, with chapters on topics such as high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy, extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal and noninvasive ventilation.
Read it online (free to ERS members) or buy your copy.

Read the latest from the ERS journals

The December issues of Breathe, the European Respiratory Journal and the European Respiratory Review are online now, and ERJ Open Research publishes new articles on a continuous basis.

• Breathe: breathe.ersjournals.com
• European Respiratory Journal: erj.ersjournals.com
• European Respiratory Review: err.ersjournals.com
• ERJ Open Research: openres.ersjournals.com

Interviews with ERS editors now on YouTube

The European Respiratory Society Youtube channel now features interviews with the editors of all four ERS journals, as well as the Guest Editors of two recent ERS Monographs.

You can watch them all, along with the latest ERS Vision videos, at www.youtube.com/user/EuropeanRespiratory

ERJ November Podcast: high attenuation areas on chest CT in community-dwelling adults

As part of the November issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief editor Marc Humbert discusses with Prof. David J. Lederer from the Columbia University Medical Center, USA, how measurement of high attenuation areas on chest CT imaging might be used to identify community-dwelling adults with reduced lung function, interstitial lung abnormalities, and a higher risk of death.

 Listen to the podcast 
 Read the article
 Read the accompanying editorial

Pre-order "Pulmonary Emergencies" now!

Pulmonary Emergencies, edited by Leo Heunks, Alexandre Demoule and Wolfram Windisch, will be published in December. It provides a comprehensive overview of pulmonary emergencies, from pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism, right heart failure and haematothorax to acute exacerbations of diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It discusses recent developments in treatment strategies for acute pulmonary problems are in detail, with chapters on topics such as high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy, extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal and noninvasive ventilation.

• Pulmonary Emergencies is available from the ERS Bookshop

• Order your copy by 17 November and save €10

Interviews with the Guest Editors of Controversies in COPD and Imaging

Guest Editors John Hurst and Yvonne Heijdra discuss the necessity of a COPD focused Monograph, citing the widespread and diverse nature of the condition, and the need to raise awareness of COPD.

Read Controversies in COPD here

R. Graham Barr, Jens Vogel-Claussen and David G. Parr, Monograph Guest Editors, detail the aims of ERS's specialised Imaging monograph, and discuss the emergence and rapid development of imaging in recent years.

Read Imaging here

Palliative Care in Respiratory Disease - available now

The new ERS Monograph, Palliative Care in Respiratory Disease, is available now in PDF, ePub, web and print. It provides a comprehensive overview of palliative care in respiratory disease, including coverage of policy variations around the world, epidemiology of advanced respiratory diseases, access to palliative care and the need for care in a range of chronic respiratory diseases from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis to lung cancer and cystic fibrosis. There are detailed sections on breathlessness, focusing on symptom definition, patient and caregiver experiences, physiological mechanisms, measurement and management; and on care for patients with advanced disease who are in the terminal phases of their illness.

• Read it online (free to ERS members)
• Buy a print copy with online access included