ERS statements and technical standards

Session
Chairs: Marc Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain), Marc Humbert (Paris, France)
Aims: To highlight the outcomes of the ERS statement and technical standard documents that were recently developed by ERS task forces.

Update of ATS/ERS standardisation of the single breath uptake of CO in the lung  Brian L Graham (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)
An official ERS technical standard: exhaled biomarkers in lung disease Ildikó Horváth (Budapest, Hungary)
ERS task force on definition, discrimination, diagnosis and treatment of central breathing disturbances during sleep: statement presentation Winfried J. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)
GPS and Rare Lung Diseases (RLDs): an ERS statement  for the development of RLD guidelines for general practice  Bruno Balbi (Veruno, Italy)