PG11 Update of phenotypes of asthma and COPD

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden), R. Polosa (Catania, Italy)
Aims: Asthma and COPD are not single disease entities. Both asthma and COPD, particularly COPD, include different clinical phenotypes with different risk-factor patterns and clinical presentation and have large variations in prognosis. New data are continuously presented in high-ranked journals. There is also a new debate about revision of the taxonomy of obstructive airway diseases.

HERMES syllabus links: B.1.1 Asthma, B.1.4 COPD/emphysema, B.1.3 Chronic bronchitis, B.6.1 Occupational asthma

Type of course: Case and problem based

How to define clinically relevant phenotypes and endotypes of asthma and COPD B. Lundback (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Clinically important phenotypes of severe asthma S. Wenzel (Pittsburgh, United States of America)
Clinically important major phenotypes of COPD P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway)
The role of cluster analysis in defining phenotypes of obstructive airway diseases: is there a need for a new taxonomy of obstructive airway diseases? R. Beasley (Wellington, New Zealand)