ATS Blue Journal

📣Call for Papers! 📣Looking for articles with a focus on interstitial lung disease🫁 Deadline: June 1, 2026 academic.oup.com/ajrccm/pages/c… Submit here: tinyurl.com/3h7dmm2x @atscommunity

🎙️Revisit a podcast from the archives of Out of the Blue Temporary Transvenous Diaphragm Neurostimulation for Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation (RESCUE-3): A Randomized Clinical Trial tinyurl.com/5de73a4d share.transistor.fm/s/b63cb5f2 @atscommunity

Phase 2b trial of inhaled imatinib for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension doi.org/10.1093/ajrccm… @atscommunity

Overweight, obesity, adiposity measures, and asthma endotypes in Puerto Rican youth doi.org/10.1093/ajrccm… @JuanCCeledonMD @YYHan_EPI @K_Gaietto

Echoes from the mine: lung function across a decade following exposure to coal mine fire smoke Exposure to extreme levels of fine particles from a coal mine fire was associated with increased lung stiffness that resolved after 9 years doi.org/10.1093/ajrccm… @Monash_SPHPM

Self-propagating nature of pathogenic extracellular vesicles associated with smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease doi.org/10.1093/ajrccm… @atscommunity

Plasma exchange for severe alveolar hemorrhage in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis: emulation of a target trial academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article… @atscommunity

🎙️Revisit an episode from the archive of Out of the Blue Impact of Environmental Exposures on the Development and Progression of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article… @atscommunity share.transistor.fm/s/1f178b0c

Argatroban in patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation—a randomized controlled pilot trial The first pilot randomized controlled trial of argatroban vs unfractionated heparin in ECMO shows no significant differences in key clinical endpoints doi.org/10.1093/ajrccm…

Recombinant human insulin-like growth factor 1 complex preserves lung development in mechanically ventilated preterm lambs The authors describe a potential way to replenish physiological concentrations of IGF-1 protein in preterm infants at risk of BPD tinyurl.com/57sk2f4h

Improving reporting of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in acute brain injury trials: a methodologic imperative Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment can bias brain injury trials by affecting outcomes post-randomization tinyurl.com/5n94wkpw @shauryataran #NeuroICU

Health care–associated family mental injury Coordinated action from clinicians, healthcare administrators, researchers, funding agencies, and policy makers can reduce the impact of healthcare-associated family psychological injury tinyurl.com/5n7nehrd @atscommunity

Incorporating non-randomized studies into critical care clinical practice guidelines Well-designed non-randomized studies of interventions may augment the certainty or application of evidence to inform guidelines tinyurl.com/3zb74c34 @Bram_Rochwerg @efan75 @atscommunity

The first breaths after birth—early lung function in healthy term infants This prospective observational study examines lung function of the first breaths after birth in healthy newborns academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article…

Lower airway immunophenotyping in severe preschool wheeze reveals distinct clusters described by heterogeneity in neutrophil phenotypes academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article… @atscommunity

Molecular endotypes predict differential response to immunosuppressant therapy in non–idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis interstitial lung disease academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article… @atscommunity

The Blue Journal thanks the Emerging Investigators who contributed to the April issue. Read their biographies here: academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article… @atscommunity

The latest issue of #AJRCCM is now live! Take a look: academic.oup.com/ajrccm/issue/2… @atscommunity

The Blue Journal thanks David Levy, MD, for his contribution to the March issue Early Mechanical Reperfusion in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Supported by V-A ECMO: A Multicenter International Cohort Study academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article…

The Blue Journal thanks Yun Zhang, MB, PhD, for his contribution to the March issue Maternal Smoking and CC-16: Implications for Lung Development and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Across the Lifespan academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article… @FrancyPolverino