PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Martijn A. Spruit AU - Niels H. Chavannes AU - Felix J.F. Herth AU - Venerino Poletti AU - Sebastian Ley AU - Otto C. Burghuber AU - Enrico Clini AU - Vincent Cottin TI - Clinical highlights from the 2011 ERS Congress in Amsterdam AID - 10.1183/09031936.00217111 DP - 2012 Jun 01 TA - European Respiratory Journal PG - 1501--1510 VI - 39 IP - 6 4099 - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/39/6/1501.short 4100 - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/39/6/1501.full SO - Eur Respir J2012 Jun 01; 39 AB - This article reports on selected papers pertinent to the most important clinical problems in the field of respiratory medicine. Expert authors from the Clinical Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) have selected updated reports related to presentations given at the 2011 ERS Annual Congress, which was held in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and attended by more than 20,000 participants. The hot topics and selected abstracts from the scientific groups of the Clinical Assembly are discussed here in the context of recent literature.