RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Selected clinical highlights from the 2012 ERS congress in Vienna
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 1219
OP 1227
DO 10.1183/09031936.00182612
VO 41
IS 5
A1 Maurizio Marvisi
A1 Felix J.F. Herth
A1 Sebastian Ley
A1 Venerino Poletti
A1 Niels H. Chavannes
A1 Martijn A. Spruit
A1 Enrico Clini
A1 Vincent Cottin
YR 2013
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/41/5/1219.abstract
AB This article reviews a selection of scientific presentations at the 2012 European Respiratory Society Annual Congress in Vienna, Austria. The best abstracts from the groups of the Clinical Assembly (Clinical Problems, Rehabilitation and Chronic Care, Imaging, Interventional Pulmonology, Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease, and General Practice and Primary Care) are presented and discussed in the context of the most up-to-date literature. The reviewed topics especially deal with the areas of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (acute exacerbations, comorbidities, prognosis and rehabilitation), the diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, endobronchial techniques in emphysema, functional imaging and issues in respiratory medicine relevant for the primary care setting, including aspects related to end-of-life care and palliation.