BMC Pulmonary Medication warmly welcomes submissions to its new article Assortment on crosstalk between the mind and lungs.

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Mind-injured sufferers usually tend to develop respiratory issues and vice versa as a result of the mind and the lungs talk by means of advanced bi-directional pathways which aren’t but totally understood. There’s a want for elevated data of the neuroanatomical, humoral, immune and metabolic pathways that the mind and lung use to speak to one another. Due to this fact, BMC Pulmonary Medication has launched a name for papers to deliver collectively analysis on the mechanisms underlying crosstalk between the mind and the lungs in addition to research investigating the epidemiology, pathophysiology and administration of lung issues in brain-injured sufferers to create an open entry useful resource for all these within the discipline.
To be taught extra concerning the Assortment’s scope, learn the opening editorial written by the Visitor Editors, which discusses current advances, data gaps and challenges confronted by researchers investigating crosstalk between the mind and the lungs.
Meet the Visitor Editors
Denise Battaglini: Guide in Neuro and Basic Intensive Care, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Italy
Denise Battaglini is Guide in Intensive Care at San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Genoa, Italy. Dr Battaglini is attending a PhD in Translational Medication on the College of Barcelona, Spain. She attended two analysis fellowhips in pneumonia and respiratory physiotherapy on the College of Barcelona, Spain, and in neurological and pulmonary essential care on the Federal College of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is concerned in a number of analysis initiatives relating to essential care administration of sufferers with pulmonary and neurological ailments, neurological issues of COVID-19 ARDS, ventilator-associated pneumonia, respiratory physiotherapy, and lung-and-gut microbiota in neurocritically sick sufferers.
Chiara Robba: Guide in Neuro and Basic Intensive Care, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Italy
James A. City: Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Vital Care and Sleep Medication, Division of Medication, Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Harborview Medical Middle, College of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Dr City is an Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Vital Care Medication on the College of Washington. He works within the Intensive Care Models at Harborview Medical Middle the place he’s additionally the Director of the Medical ICU. His medical and tutorial pursuits are in high quality enchancment, post-cardiac arrest care, bedside ultrasound and medical training.
Sarah Wahlster: Part Head, Neurocritical Care within the Division of Neurology on the College of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Dr Wahlster obtained her medical diploma on the Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, adopted by a post-doc in Epigenetics of Neurodegenerative Illness at Harvard Medical Faculty. She accomplished neurology residency and neurocritical care fellowship at MassGeneral/Brigham in Boston, and is now the part head of Neurocritical Care within the Division of Neurology at Harborview Medical Middle. Her tutorial pursuits embody Mechanical Air flow in Acute Mind Damage, Extubation and Tracheostomy Choices within the NeuroICU, Lengthy-Time period Outcomes of Sufferers and their Households After Extreme Acute Mind Damage, Neuroprognostication after Cardiac Arrest, Neurological Care in Useful resource-Restricted Settings, and Medical Schooling.
Submission Pointers
This Assortment welcomes submission of authentic Analysis Articles. Must you want to submit a special article kind, please learn our submission tips to verify that kind is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Assortment must be submitted through our submission system, Snapp. Through the submission course of you may be requested whether or not you’re submitting to a Assortment, please choose “Mind-lung crosstalk” from the dropdown menu.
Articles will endure the journal’s commonplace peer-review course of and are topic to all the journal’s commonplace insurance policies. Articles shall be added to the Assortment as they’re revealed.
The Visitor Editors don’t have any competing pursuits with the submissions which they deal with by means of the peer evaluation course of. The peer evaluation of any submissions for which the Visitor Editors have competing pursuits is dealt with by one other Editorial Board Member who has no competing pursuits.