Chronic airway diseases
PG6 Postgraduate Course
Assessing and monitoring airway inflammation in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Clinical
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €171 on site, €153 standard.
Aims : Access educational materials here
To provide an update on the methodologies that are used to evaluate airway inflammation in both asthma and COPD; to discuss direct and indirect ways of evaluating airway inflammation; to compare new and old biomarkers to clarify their clinical and research usefulness.
Target audience :
Allergologist, Clinician, Fellow, General practitioner, Immunologist, Junior member, Lung function technician, Pulmonologist, Researcher, Respiratory physician, Scientist, Student
09:30
Overview and history of different ways of assessing and monitoring inflammatory airway diseases
P. Barnes(London, United Kingdom)
COI
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Description
1
23
10:00
Blood biomarkers in asthma and COPD
I. Pavord(Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom)
COI
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Description
2
24
10:30
Group assignment
3
25
11:30
Applications of induced sputum
A. Spanevello(Milano, Italy)
COI
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Description
5
27
12:00
Measurement of exhaled gases in chronic airway diseases
I. Horváth(Budakeszi, Hungary)
COI
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Description
6
28
12:30
Group assignment
7
29
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