ERS International Congress 2020: highlights from the General Pneumology Assembly

Luke Daines; Joren Buekers; Beatriz Abascal Bolado; Janwillem W H Kocks; Guido Vagheggini; Vitalii Poberezhets; Ioannis Vogiatzis; Hilary Pinnock; Lowie E G W Vanfleteren

doi:10.1183/23120541.00841-2020

ERS International Congress 2020: highlights from the General Pneumology Assembly

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Feb 8;7(1):00841-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00841-2020. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Luke Daines¹, Joren Buekers^{2

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5}, Beatriz Abascal Bolado⁶, Janwillem W H Kocks^{7

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9}, Guido Vagheggini^{10

11}, Vitalii Poberezhets¹², Ioannis Vogiatzis¹³, Hilary Pinnock¹, Lowie E G W Vanfleteren^{14

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Affiliations

¹ Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
² ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Measure, Model and Manage Bioresponses (M3-BIORES), Dept of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁶ Pneumology Dept, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain.
⁷ General Practitioners Research Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁸ GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁹ Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore.
¹⁰ Chronic Respiratory Failure Care Pathway, Dept of Medical Specialties, Azienda USL Toscana Nordovest, Pisa, Italy.
¹¹ Fondazione Volterra Ricerche ONLUS, Volterra, Italy.
¹² Dept of Propedeutics of Internal Medicine, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine.
¹³ Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
¹⁴ COPD Center, Dept of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
¹⁵ Dept of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Abstract

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) accepted 4062 abstracts for presentation at the ERS International Congress in 2020. Although the conference was held virtually, making it possible to replay presentations, it remains a challenge to keep abreast of all the clinical and scientific advances. Therefore, this article provides highlights from the General Pneumology Assembly. Selected presentations from rehabilitation and chronic care, general practice and primary care, and electronic/mobile health (e-health/m-health) are summarised. The highlights incorporate novel findings from laboratory-based science, randomised controlled trials and qualitative research together with insights from newly available clinical guidelines.