International Congress Amsterdam 2015

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ERS Task Forces and Guidelines: procedures, methodology and publication

Symposium
Chairs: Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France), Marc Humbert (Paris, France)
Aims: To provide insights into the ERS procedures and methodology that are used to develop guidelines and consensus statements, illustrate the role of journals (in particular those within the ERS portfolio) in publishing this information and update the audience regarding the major recent task forces/guidelines in pulmonary hypertension, field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.
Target audience: Respiratory clinicians, nurses, educators, and students.

ERS Statement: Diagnosis and treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax Jean-Marie Tschopp (Crans-Montana, Switzerland)
ERS/ATS Technical Standard: Field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease Sally J. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom)
ERS Statement: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Katerina Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece)
ERS/ISHLT/ATS Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome Allan Glanville (Sydney, Australia)