ERS International Congress 2017 - GR5 Grand Round Grand Round in Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease

Chronic airway diseases

Interstitial lung disease and vascular disease

GR5 Grand Round

Grand Round in Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease Clinical Smoking prevention and cessation (HLfL)

Aims : The aims of this Grand Round are to present a series of clinical cases linking occupational exposures to respiratory disease. The audience will learn from a range of well-characterized cases implicating inhaled toxicants in the development of respiratory pathologies and be educated about the broader context of these exposure-response relationships. The session will be interactive, engaging the audience with the expert faculty presenters.

Target audience : Allergologist, Allied health professional, Clinician, Educationalist, Epidemiologist, Fellow, General practitioner, Immunologist, Junior member, Lung function technician, Nurse, Occupational therapist, Otolaryngologist, Pathologist, Patient, Pharmaceutical industry representative, Physiologist, Psychologist, Public health official, Pulmonologist, Radiologist, Researcher, Resident, Respiratory physician, Respiratory therapist, Scientist, Social worker, Student, Trainee

Chairs

London (United Kingdom)

Göteborg (Sweden)

10:45

Granulomatous lung disease in two workers making light bulbs B. Nemery(Leuven, Belgium) -

1913

11:15

Respiratory failure in a building renovation worker C. Carlsten(Vancouver (BC), Canada) -

1914

11:45

Progressive dyspnea in a heavy equipment operator P. Blanc(San Francisco, United States) -

1915

12:15

High-altitude pulmonary edema in a miner D. Vinnikov(Almaty, Kazakhstan) -

1916