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Biomarkers and functional assessment of obstructive lung diseases
Target audience
This course will provide a comprehensive overview of biomarkers and functional assessment of obstructive lung diseases.
Educational aims
Participants on this course will gain knowledge of the:
Indications for detailed functional and biological assessment in asthma, COPD and bronchiectasis (phenotypes);
Methodology on performance of these tests;
Interpretation of the results;
Implication for the management of patients with obstructive lung diseases.
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Programme
What is COPD? What is asthma?
P. L. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
Technical problems with functional measurements: instruments, parameters, standardization of the methods, reference values
V. Brusasco (Genova, Italy)
Role of functional assessment in asthma and COPD
A. Celi (Pisa, Italy)
Potential usefulness of phenotyping in asthma and COPD
P. L. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
Role of biomarkers in the assessment and phenotyping asthma and COPD
E. Bacci (Pisa, Italy)
Technical problems with measurements of biomarkers - induced sputum
C. Cardini (Pontedera, Italy)/S. Cianchetti (Pisa, Italy)
Technical problems with measurements of biomarkers - induced sputum
M. L. E. Bartoli (Pisa, Italy)
Technical problems with measurements of biomarkers - exhaled breath condensate
M. L. E. Bartoli (Pisa, Italy)
Technical problems with measurements of biomarkers - exhaled nitric oxide
P. L. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
Assessment of severe asthma
M. Latorre (Pisa, Italy)
Assessment of severe COPD
D. Nieri (Pisa, Italy)
Clinical cases: asthma
E. Bacci (Pisa, Italy)/S. Bringhindi (Pisa, Italy)
Clinical cases: COPD and bronchiectasis
F. Dente (Pisa, Italy))/M.A. Roggi (Pisa, Italy)
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