State of the art session: Paediatric respiratory diseases

Symposium
Chairs: S. Turner (Aberdeen (Aberdeenshire), United Kingdom), M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Aims: to provide clinicians with practical take-home messages regarding the key management and health policy issues related to the respiratory health of children and young people; to provide an update on four important topics in paediatric respiratory medicine.

Attenuating future risks in children with active asthma D. Jackson (Madison, United States of America)
Emerging pathogens in cystic fibrosis P. Drevinek (Praha, Czech Republic)
Air pollution and the developing lung P. Latzin (Bern, Switzerland)
Interstitial lung disease N. Nathan (Paris, France)