Difficult paediatric lung disease

Symposium
Chairs: B. Rottier (Groningen, Netherlands), A. Möller (Zürich, Switzerland)
Aims: to present and discuss: (i) basic treatments for paediatric pulmonary diseases as asthma, cystic fibrosis, (ii) the pulmonary manifestations of extra-pulmonary paediatric diseases, (iii) an update on interstitial lung diseases (iv)

From early origins of adult lung disease to Asthma and COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) K. Rabe (Grosshansdorf, Germany)
The management of children with interstitial lung disease A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)
Lung disease of prematurity – challenges today and tomorrow J. Bhatt (Nottingham (Nottinghamshire), United Kingdom)
Treatment of asthma above and beyond anti IgE: an update for the clinician The use of biologicals in asthma treatment S. Turner (Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire), United Kingdom)