Lung health and respiratory function at all ages

Symposium
Chairs: T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland), D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
Aims: To describe methods of enhancing lung health and respiratory function at all ages, from neonates to the elderly; to describe new techniques for assessing respiratory function; and to evaluate respiratory physiology in the context of human airway anatomy and its use in assessing respiratory function and lung health in patients.

ERS statement: Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI): Deriving global multi-ethnic reference values for the measurement of lung volumes S. Stanojevic (Halifax (NS), Canada)
The evolution of respiratory function testing in paediatric lung diseases L. Gochicoa Rangel (Ciudad de México, Mexico)
Challenging spirometry with newer lung function tests in adults O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom)
Applying new respiratory function technologies to the elderly and the potential of future lung regeneration A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy)