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List of works by Alberto Fernandez-Villar

A Pseudo-Outbreak of Pseudomonas putida and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Bronchoscopy Unit.

scientific article published on 15 September 2016

Action levels for indoor radon: different risks for the same lung carcinogen?

scientific article published on 9 November 2017

Alcohol consumption and lung cancer risk in never smokers: a pooled analysis of case-control studies.

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Lung Cancer Risk

scientific article published on 01 September 2015

COPD prevalence and hospital admissions in Galicia (Spain). An analysis using the potential of new health information systems

scientific article published on 05 May 2018

COPD, emphysema and the onset of lung cancer. A systematic review.

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Calprotectin: a novel biomarker for the diagnosis of pleural effusion.

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Cambios en la tendencia sobre la mortalidad por enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica: ¿realidad o ficción?

scientific article published on 02 April 2014

Changes in clinical presentation and staging of lung cancer over two decades

scientific article published on 09 May 2014

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Lung Cancer Patients: Prevalence, Underdiagnosis, and Clinical Characterization

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Cost-effectiveness analysis of transbronchial needle aspiration of pulmonary lesions without endobronchial affectation.

scientific article published on 10 September 2012

Current Management of Pleural Effusion: Results of a National Survey

scientific article published on 16 August 2018

Deletion of GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes and lung cancer survival: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 18 March 2017

Determinants of false-negative results in non-small-cell lung cancer staging by endobronchial ultrasound-guided needle aspiration

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Diagnostic Yield of Semi-rigid Thoracoscopy in the Molecular Characterization of Pulmonary Malignant Pleural Effusions

scientific article published on 05 April 2018

Effectiveness and safety of endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration: a systematic review.

scientific article published on May 2009

Effectiveness of a protocolized system to alert pulmonologists of lung cancer radiological suspicion.

scientific article published on 12 April 2013

Efficacy and safety of the eXcelon transbronchial aspiration needle in mediastinal lymph node enlargement: a case-control study

scientific article published on 23 November 2006

Efficacy of Double Bronchodilation (LABA+LAMA) in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Lung Cancer.

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Endobronchial fibroepithelial polyp

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and EGFR and ALK alterations in never smokers' lung cancer. Results from the LCRINS study.

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Evaluation of Suboptimal Peak Inspiratory Flow in Patients with Stable COPD

scientific article published on 05 December 2020

Evaluation of an automated commercial ELISA method for calprotectin determination in pleural fluid.

scientific article published on 29 November 2016

Evaluation of clinical variables according to follow-up times in COPD: results from ON-SINT cohort.

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Evaluation of the COPD Assessment Test and GOLD patient types: a cross-sectional analysis.

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

Evaluation of the visit frequency and the use of questionnaires and indices for COPD: a national survey from the On-Sint study.

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Excessive dynamic airway collapse in a small cohort of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

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Extraction of airway foreign bodies in adults: experience from 1987-2008.

scientific article published on 2 June 2009

FDG-PET parameters predicting mediastinal malignancy in lung cancer

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Factors associated with inadequate diagnosis of COPD: On-Sint cohort analysis.

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

Glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 null genotypes increase susceptibility to drug-induced liver injury.

scientific article published in May 2009

Guideline on management of solitary pulmonary nodule.

scientific article published on 13 March 2014

HLA-DQ B1*0201 and A1*0102 Alleles Are Not Responsible for Antituberculosis Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity Risk in Spanish Population.

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Hepatitis C virus RNA in serum as a risk factor for isoniazid hepatotoxicity.

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Hepatitis C virus infection and isoniazid hepatotoxicity.

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Highly Sensitive Marker Panel for Guidance in Lung Cancer Rapid Diagnostic Units.

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Hospital Epidemics Tracker (HEpiTracker): Description and pilot study of a mobile app to track COVID-19 in hospital workers

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

HypAir FeNO: an electrochemical sensor.

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

Influence of glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 homozygous null mutations on the risk of antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity in a Caucasian population.

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Influence of the type of emphysema in the relationship between COPD and lung cancer

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

Intra- and interobserver agreement among bronchial endosonographers for the description of intrathoracic lymph nodes.

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Intramural hematoma of the pulmonary artery and hemopneumomediastinum after endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration.

scientific article published on 29 November 2011

Is the Social Component of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a Treatable Trait?

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Isoniazid hepatotoxicity among drug users: the role of hepatitis C.

scientific article published on 15 January 2003

Levels of PEDF in pleural effusions from lung adenocarcinoma and benign disease patients

scientific article published on January 2013

Lichtheimia ramosa: A Fatal Case of Mucormycosis

scientific article published on 29 March 2016

Lung Cancer Unrelated to Smoking.

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

Lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: understanding the complexity of carcinogenesis

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Lung cancer and residential radon in never-smokers: A pooling study in the Northwest of Spain

scientific article published on 06 March 2019

Lung cancer in never-smokers: a case-control study in a radon-prone area (Galicia, Spain)

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Lung cancer screening white paper: a slippery step forward?

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Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT (LDCT), or when a public health intervention is beyond the patient’s benefit

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Management of malignant pleural effusion by an indwelling pleural catheter: A cost-efficiency analysis.

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Methylation Assessment for the Prediction of Malignancy in Mediastinal Adenopathies Obtained by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Patients with Lung Cancer

scientific article published on 20 September 2019

Mixed COPD-asthma Phenotype: ACOS or CAOS? A Reflection on Recent Guidelines and Recommendations

scientific article published on 20 August 2015

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a low-incidence region shows a high rate of transmission

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Multivariate study of predictive factors for clearly defined lung lesions without visible endobronchial lesions in transbronchial biopsy

scientific article published on 25 May 2010

New Uses for Old Biomarkers in chronic obstructive pulmonar disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

scientific article published on 12 January 2017

Occupational and Biomass Exposure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Results of a Cross-Sectional Analysis of the On-Sint Study

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

Overdiagnosis of COPD: precise definitions and proposals for improvement.

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Pediatricians' attitudes and costs of bronchiolitis in the emergency department: a prospective multicentre study.

scientific article published on 26 October 2013

Pleural mesothelioma secondary to radiotherapy: a rare association

scientific article published on 28 June 2012

Predicting delays in lung cancer diagnosis and staging

scientific article published on 03 January 2019

Predictor factors of transbronchial needle aspiration diagnostic yield in sarcoidosis

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Primary amyloidosis involving mediastinal lymph nodes: diagnosis by transbronchial needle aspiration

scientific article published on 17 January 2007

Recommendations of diagnosis and treatment of pleural effusion. Update.

scientific article published on 31 March 2014

Reconsidering lung cancer screening: is biannual screening possible?

scientific article published on September 2016

Redefining Cut-Points for High Symptom Burden of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Classification in 18,577 Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

scientific article published in December 2017

Relevance of matrix metalloproteases in non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis.

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

Reliability and usefulness of spirometry performed during admission for COPD exacerbation.

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Residential Radon and Risk of Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers

scientific article published on 22 February 2017

Residential Radon: The Neglected Risk Factor in Lung Cancer Risk Scores.

scientific article published in September 2016

Residential radon and COPD. An ecological study in Galicia, Spain.

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Residential radon and lung cancer characteristics in never smokers.

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Residential radon and lung cancer in never smokers. A systematic review.

scientific article published on 11 December 2013

Residential radon, EGFR mutations and ALK alterations in never-smoking lung cancer cases.

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Residential radon, genetic polymorphisms in DNA damage and repair-related

scientific article published on 04 July 2019

Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Validity and Reliability of a Portable Device in Non-Specialized Healthcare Settings.

scientific article published on 4 January 2016

Serum calprotectin, CD26 and EGF to establish a panel for the diagnosis of lung cancer

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

Short- and long-term effectiveness of a supervised training program in spirometry use for primary care professionals

scientific article published on 05 March 2013

Significance of endobronchial lesion appearance in the diagnostic value of different endoscopic techniques

scientific article published on 21 May 2010

Small cell lung cancer in never-smokers.

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Social Profile of Patients Admitted for COPD Exacerbations. A Gender Analysis

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Social and clinical predictors associated with prolonged hospital stays for patients with severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

Social and clinical predictors of short- and long-term readmission after a severe exacerbation of copd

scientific article published on 27 February 2020

Spanish experience on the design of radon surveys based on the use of geogenic information

scientific article published on 25 September 2016

Ten Years of Linear Endobronchial Ultrasound: Evidence of Efficacy, Safety and Cost-effectiveness

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The 6-Minute Walk Test as a Tool for Determining Exercise Capacity and Prognosis in Patients with Silicosis

scientific article published on 09 August 2018

The Spanish indoor radon mapping strategy.

scientific article published on 10 July 2014

The endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle biopsy learning curve for mediastinal and hilar lymph node diagnosis.

scientific article published in January 2012

The importance of units specialising in pleural disease for postgraduate training

scientific article published on 01 December 2016

Thoracic ultrasound-assisted selection for pleural biopsy with Abrams needle

scientific article published on 30 April 2013

Training of primary care health professionals and quality in spirometry

scientific article published on 29 April 2014

Transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnosis of mediastinal amyloidosis

scientific article published on 17 August 2010

Update in the extraction of airway foreign bodies in adults.

scientific article published on November 2016

Validation of Calprotectin As a Novel Biomarker For The Diagnosis of Pleural Effusion: a Multicentre Trial

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

Validation of the portable Air-Smart Spirometer.

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

Validity Study of Catalan, Galician and Basque Language Versions of the COPD Assessment Test and Equivalence With the Spanish Version.

scientific article published on 13 December 2016

Viability of lymph node samples obtained by echobronchoscopy in the study of epigenetic alterations in patients with lung cancer

scientific article published on 02 January 2014

Wall abscess due to Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI) in a patient with pneumoconiosis

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

[Assessment of the portable COPD-6 device for detecting obstructive airway diseases]

scientific article published on 08 June 2010

[Available resources for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations in Spain]

scientific article published on 08 September 2018

[Clinical utility of transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph nodes in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis in stages I and II]

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

[Cold abscess of the chest wall 58 years after thoracoplasty]

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

[Cons: Lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography].

scientific article published on 27 April 2016

[Cost-effectiveness study of the diagnosis of pleural effusion in chest diseases outpatient clinic]

scientific article published on 02 August 2010

[Does decapitated parapneumonic pleurisy exist?]

scientific article published on 25 January 2010

[Effect of different bronchial washing sequences on diagnostic yield in endoscopically visible lung cancer]

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

[Excessive dynamic airway collapse: a new disease]

scientific article published on 09 January 2010

[Factors predicting new tuberculosis infections and tuberculin conversions in a contact tracing system]

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

[Meningitis caused by Streptococcus salivarius]

scientific article published on 01 July 1996

[Miliary tuberculosis due to BCG in an asymptomatic patient: initial onset or a condition not yet described?]

scientific article published on 19 February 2010

[Muscle pain and swelling in a HIV-positive patient]

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

[On nurses' understanding of tuberculin testing: the importance of training]

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

[Primary lung adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastasis: a rare presentation of bronchogenic carcinoma]

scientific article published on 20 May 2009

[Pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor: report of 2 cases and review of the literature]

scientific article published on 01 September 1997

[Pulmonary pseudotumor with mediastinal extension caused by actinomyces]

scientific article published on 01 August 1996

[The need for new techniques in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer]

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

[The tuberculin skin test and risk of tuberculosis: size is not the only issue]

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

[Tracheal intubation guided by fibrobronchoscopy in patients with difficult airway. Predictive factors of the outcome]

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

[Transbronchial needle aspiration of diseased mediastinal lymph nodes: predictors of positive findings]

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

[Transudate type pleural effusion as expression of pleural involvement due to amyloidosis]

article published in 2007