ERS International Congress 2017 - Symposium Mission impossible? Implementing a whole package of new reference values for lung function

Chronic airway diseases

Exercise, rehabilitation and physiology

Symposium

Mission impossible? Implementing a whole package of new reference values for lung function Clinical Paediatric

Aims : The symposium aims are (1) to inform the audience about the progress that the Global Lung Function Initiative Taskforce has made so far in terms of developing reference values for spirometry, DLCO, and TLC; (2) to evaluate the process and identify the problems that are expected to arise when implementing these new values; and (3) to explain the need for a data repository.

Target audience : Allergologist, Allied health professional, Clinician, Epidemiologist, Fellow, General practitioner, Junior member, Lung function technician, Nurse, Occupational therapist, Paediatrician, Physiologist, Physiotherapist, Pulmonologist, Researcher, Respiratory physician, Respiratory therapist, Scientist, Student, Thoracic surgeon, Trainee

Chairs

Edegem (Antwerp) (Belgium)

Woudenberg (Netherlands)