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Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, abstract number.

Update on respiratory sounds

Symposium
Chairs: Kostas Priftis (Haidari, Athens, Greece), Luis Garcia-Marcos Alvarez (El Palmar (Murcia), Spain)
Aims: This session will present the results from the ERS Task Force on respiratory sounds. The aims of this session are to: describe the physiology and pathophysiology of respiratory sounds; review the current recommendations regarding lung sound nomenclature; examine the challenges that hamper the achievement of observer agreement on lung sounds; and describe the options for objective acoustical analysis of lung sounds.
Target audience: Clinicians, respiratory specialists and all health professionals who use lung auscultation in their practice.

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Rales and rhonchi: still acceptable in 2015? Paul L. P. Brand (Zwolle, Netherlands)
Potential and limitations of respiratory acoustical analyses Hans Pasterkamp (Victoria, Canada)
Agreeable and contentious respiratory sounds Hasse Melbye (Tromsø, Norway)
Physiology and clinical relevance of lung sounds Paivi Piirila (Helsinki, Finland)