International Congress Barcelona 2013

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Small airways in asthma: from physiologic measures to clinical relevance

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Chairs: L.M. Fabbri (Modena, Italy), D.S. Postma (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Aims: The objective of this session is to increase knowledge and awareness of the importance of small-airways dysfunction in asthma. The session includes: an overview of the role of small-airway inflammation and remodelling in asthma; a focus on new tools to measure small airways dysfunction and their physiologic background; recent insights developed by novel imaging techniques and the current state-of-the-art role of small airways dysfunction in the clinical management of asthma.

The role of small-airway inflammation and remodeling in asthma T. Mauad (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Physiologic markers of small-airways disease and their clinical relevance G. King (Camperdown, Australia)
The relevance of small-airways dysfunction for patients and doctors in daily clinical management O. S. Usmani (London, United Kingdom)