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27 Oct 2020

The Treatment of Severe Respiratory Disorders in Challenging Times

Prof Welte described COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus strain severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), as a disease…
7 Mins
27 Oct 2020

Successful Inhalation Therapy in 2020: Patients and Inhalers in Focus

Prof Rabe first showed the current Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) initial treatment guidelines and explained the reasoning…
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27 Oct 2020

The Impact of a Stewardship Programme on Outcomes in Patients Admitted with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of antibiotic prescription, hospital admission, and mortality…
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27 Oct 2020

ERS Congress Interview: Dr Dina Brooks

Dr Dina Brooks | ERS Assembly Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada…
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27 Oct 2020

Treatment Complication Rates in Ongoing Smokers Versus Quitters After a Diagnosis of Lung Cancer: A Cohort Study

Despite technical advances in investigations and treatment, the 5-year survival for lung cancer (LC) remains poor…
5 Mins
27 Oct 2020

ERS Congress Interview: Prof Greet Van den Berghe

Prof Greet Van den Berghe | ERS Gold Medal in ARDS Winner Chair Intensive Care Medicine, UZ Leuven, and Head Laboratory of…
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27 Oct 2020

Importance of Detecting Wheezing in Young Children to Minimise Asthma Exacerbation

In 1819, René Laënnec, inventor of the stethoscope, said that breath sounds were “much more difficult to describe than to distinguish.” Just…
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27 Oct 2020

Dupilumab in Moderate-to-Severe Asthma: Updates from the ERS International Congress 2020

LIBERTY ASTHMA TRAVERSE,9 the first long-term study of the safety and efficacy of dupilumab in asthma, was an OLE study in patients with…
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27 Oct 2020

Dupilumab Improves Outcomes for Patients with Severe Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps Irrespective of the Number of Surgeries and the Time Since Surgery or Diagnosis

Patients with serious CRSwNP or who experience disease relapse following pharmacological interventions may undergo endoscopic sinus surgery…
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27 Oct 2020

Liquid Biopsy in Patients With Adenocarcinoma – Comparison Between Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Blood Samples

In recent years, there has been a revolution in genomic profiling and molecular typing of lung cancer…