International Congress Munich 2014

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The ERJ and ERR at the forefront of respiratory medicine: 2014 guidelines

Symposium
Chairs: M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), A. T. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France), V. Cottin (Lyon, France)
Aims: The aims of the session are threefold:
- to impart clinical messages concerning the three important respiratory diseases, namely severe asthma, pulmonary embolism and lung cancer;
- to provide insight into the ERS procedures and methodology that are used to develop guidelines and consensus statements; and
- to provide insight into the role and function of the editorial board of the ERJ in this crucial domain.
The audience will be updated on major recent Task Forces/guidelines in the fast growing fields of severe asthma, pulmonary embolism and lung cancer.

Trustworthy guidelines on severe asthma, thanks to ERS and ATS G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
The 2014 ESC pulmonary embolism guidelines S. Konstantinides (Mainz, Germany)
The European initiative for quality management in lung cancer care M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)