ERS International Congress 2021: highlights from the Clinical Techniques, Imaging and Endoscopy Assembly

Christina Bal; Casper Falster; Andre Carvalho; Nicole Hersch; Judith Brock; Christian B Laursen; Simon Walsh; Jouke Annema; Daniela Gompelmann

doi:10.1183/23120541.00116-2022

ERS International Congress 2021: highlights from the Clinical Techniques, Imaging and Endoscopy Assembly

ERJ Open Res. 2022 May 23;8(2):00116-2022. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00116-2022. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Christina Bal¹, Casper Falster², Andre Carvalho^{3

4}, Nicole Hersch⁵, Judith Brock⁶, Christian B Laursen⁷, Simon Walsh⁸, Jouke Annema⁹, Daniela Gompelmann¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Dept of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
² Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
³ Dept of Radiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Dept of Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Dept of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁷ Dept of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁸ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
⁹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract

This article summarises the highlights from the European Respiratory Society's "Clinical techniques, imaging and endoscopy" Assembly 14 presented at the virtual 2021 European Respiratory Society International Congress. Cutting-edge innovative developments in both diagnostic approaches and therapeutic strategies in patients with lung cancer, interstitial lung disease, obstructive airway disorders and infectious diseases were presented on this year's interactive congress platform. In this article, the Assembly 14 subgroups summarise the key take home messages given new research outcomes and place them in the context of the current knowledge.