International Congress Munich 2014

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PG05 Severe asthma – highlights from the ERS/ATS workshop

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: K.F. Chung (London, United Kingdom), W.W. Busse (Madison, United States of America)
Aims: The joint ERS/ATS Task Force on severe asthma has completed its recommendations and has provided a new definition of severe asthma. It has also reviewed the use of the current and new medications for severe asthma, and has given suggestions regarding the definition of new phenotypes of severe asthma. The aims of this session are to:
• Discuss the new definition of severe asthma;
• Review the phenotypic findings and pathobiology of severe asthma;
• Evaluate the recent treatments for severe asthma on the basis of the GRADE approach;
• Examine how severe asthma in children may differ from that in adults; and
• Discuss the way forward over the next 10 years.

HERMES SYLLABUS LINKS
ADULT: Module B.1 Airway diseases
PAEDIATRIC: Bronchial asthma and other wheezing disorders

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Improved definition of severe asthma phenotypes P. Chanez (Marseille, France)
Pathophysiology of severe asthma phenotypes Q. Hamid (Montreal, Canada)
Severe asthma in children: more than little adults A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)
Recommended new therapies for severe asthma and the future I. Pavord (Leicester, United Kingdom)