PG7 How to improve research strategies in pneumonia

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: E. Polverino (Barcelona, Spain), M. Bonten (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Aims: to review limitations of pneumonia research and potential advances in this field to improve research and the development of future trials in pneumonia in both community and hospital settings.

Strengths and limitations of clinical trials in pneumonia T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)
Advances in microbiological diagnosis of respiratory tract infections C. Prat Aymerich (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Definition criteria of pneumonia from the perspective of regulatory agencies R. Botgros (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Adaptative trials in respiratory tract infections C. van Werkhoven (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Interactive discussion guided by MCQs T. Welte (Hannover, Germany), R. Botgros (Amsterdam, Netherlands), C. Prat Aymerich (Utrecht, Netherlands), C. van Werkhoven (Utrecht, Netherlands)