The ERS International Congress is the once-a-year occasion during which world’s respiratory professionals and experts meet in a European city to exchange views and share knowledge.

Review of ABSTRACTS AND CLINICAL CASES

In addition to the Congress programme and in recognition of the impact that coronavirus continues to have on the work of the respiratory community, a day’s worth of free online sessions dedicated to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 will be accessible to all before the main event.

The ERS HERMES examinations in respiratory medicine are developed and organised by the European Respiratory Society (ERS). These written, multiple-choice question examinations are based on respective European syllabi and are the main European-level examinations in respiratory medicine.

This course aims to develop practical skills and knowledge in the field of interventional bronchoscopy for practitioners who already have a basic level of training. Participants will be provided with further theoretical background, live demonstrations of procedures, and extensive practical sessions with advanced simulation models including animals. During the course, emphasis will be given to TBNA use (conventional, EBUS-TBNA and b-EUS), rigid bronchoscopy, combined therapeutic techniques, stent placement and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction.

“Hands-on” advanced course on non invasive ventilation and severe respiratory failure.

This is a course with a very important practical component. The theoretical classes in the classroom are complemented by workshops and feedback sessions that give it a very dynamic and participatory structure.

The understanding of new pathophysiological mechanisms, and the advent of innovative drugs with the identification of therapeutic targets for severe asthma, have created renewed interest and greater attention to this important asthmatic disease phenotype.

The purpose of the congress is to reveal the most recent clinical-scientific and technological innovations aimed at modifying clinical activity in this area of pneumology in great expansion. In addition with the contribute of pulmonologist and allergist specialists who are part of the Faculty the congress aims to grow the knowledge of the history of asthma from basic mechanism to pathophysiology in order to be able to address the patient the most appropriate personalized therapy.