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<br /> RESPIRATORY<br /> ISSN 2054-3166 Vol 7.1 • November 2019 • emjreviews.com<br /> + Review of<br /> ERS 2019<br /> Madrid, Spain<br /> Contents<br /> + EDITORIAL BOARD 4<br /> WELCOME 7<br /> FOREWORD 9<br /> + CONGRESS REVIEW<br /> Review of the European Respiratory Society International Congress, 10<br /> held in Madrid, Spain, 28th September–2nd October, 2019.<br /> + INTERVIEW<br /> Prof Barbara Hoffmann 25<br /> Prof Daiana Stolz<br /> + SYMPOSIU<a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=1"> RESPIRATORY ISSN 2054-3166 </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=2"> Contents + EDITORIAL BOARD </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=3"> “The peer-reviewed articles in this year’s </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=4"> Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Dr Antonio R</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=5"> Aims and Scope The European Medical Journal (EMJ)</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=6"> IN YOUR PATIENTS WITH SEVERE UNCONTROLLED ASTHMA </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=7"> Welcome I am proud to present to all our readers </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=8"> GET THE LATEST STUDIES AND INSIGHTS NOW ALSO THE </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=9"> Foreword Dear colleagues, Allow me to welcome you</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=10"> 10 RESPIRATORY • November 2019 </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=11"> Congress Review Review of the 29th European Re</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=12"> “The central theme of the congress was preven</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=13"> and sleep-disordered breathing in chronic kidney</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=14"> Exposure to Different Pollutants and Areas in the</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=15"> Professional Drivers Experience Different Lev</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=16"> Truck Drivers at High Risk for Crash-Causing </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=17"> Lung Disease can be Monitored with a </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=18"> Susceptibility to Respiratory Infections in Babie</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=19"> Phenol Exposure’s Impact on Respirato</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=20"> Breathing Difficulty Risk Linked to Polycysti</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=21"> MicroRNA Linked to Respiratory Failure or Sepsis </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=22"> Severe Asthma Patients Found to Take Harmful </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=23"> Good News for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Pat</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=24"> THE POWER OF ONE – full PFT, body plethysmography</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=25"> Congress Interviews T he knowledge surround</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=26"> as our contribution to the ELF project tha</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=27"> “But overall, the associations of air pollution </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=28"> Prof Daiana Stolz ERS Education Council Chair As</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=29"> from disease and drive standards for </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=30"> internationally and which are the local differ</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=31"> Q10 Considering that there is currently n</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=32"> Building Hope by Restoring Breathing in </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=33"> of the disease, and the need to diagnose and trea</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=34"> with time, either because of disease progression </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=35"> vital capacity, 6-minute walk distance test, and </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=36"> Furthermore, the SAD phenotype was associated wit</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=37"> ICS/LABA, corresponding to a 23% reduction in exa</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=38"> considering that in the last years consiste</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=39"> medicine. These studies highlight that ICS- </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=40"> References 1. Agustí A, Hogg JC. Update on t</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=41"> 2019. 43. Hurst JR et al. Susceptibility to </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=42"> Optimising Clinical Outcomes in Asthma and C</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=43"> What Really Matters to Patients with Asthma</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=44"> Technical Characteristics of Inhaler Devices In p</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=45"> A 200 150 100 50 Budesonide delivered dose (</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=46"> of asthma and COPD; however, inhaler technique er</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=47"> Education of Inhaler Technique There are various </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=48"> Use of Maintenance and Reliever Therapy in Mild A</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=49"> delivery: Developments in device design and clini</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=50"> agonist therapy before hospital attendance for se</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=51"> Living with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=52"> Meeting Summary Exacerbations in chronic obstruct</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=53"> Table 1: Anthonisen criteria. Anthonisen criteri</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=54"> implications for clinical management and </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=55"> by a nurse-led practice session on an artificial a</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=56"> like flexibility and convenience together wit</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=57"> the guidelines and there is scarce evidence on th</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=58"> inflammation: Its relationship to colonizing micro</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=59"> Delve deeper into the medical wo</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=60"> Association Between Leukocyte Telomere Lengt</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=61"> functional trajectory in treated patient with IPF</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=62"> METHOD A qualitative study comprising semi-struct</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=63"> Supplemental oxygen </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=64"> vascular degeneration in the retina. At PN40 and </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=65"> submitted work). Dr Hedner has received grants </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=66"> Changes in Biomarkers in Patients with Idiopathi</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=67"> transformed before analysis and estimates of chan</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=68"> dust within the coal industry. CMDLD includes coa</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=69"> Retrospective Validation of the REVEAL 2.0 Risk </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=70"> 100 90 80 70 60 Survival % 50 40 30 Low r</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=71"> hypertension: Insights from the Registry</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=72"> Acute Effects of Noninvasive Ventilation o</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=73"> Conclusions: The RG presented with worse clinical</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=74"> > No occurrence of respiratory infection in the</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=75"> to the test, significant respiratory distress, or </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=76"> Pressure levels were chosen based on a previous s</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=77"> Table 3: Heart rate variability data in the non-r</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=78"> DISCUSSION Exercise-induced asthma is found in 40</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=79"> study, but in a greater number of the children in</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=80"> Techniques and standards (1971), Philadelphia: WB</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=81"> Malignant Mesothelioma Presenting After</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=82"> A chest X-ray was performed and showed a right si</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=83"> After 2 months, his symptoms had completely resol</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=84"> Figure 3: CT scan showing small right effusion wi</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 85" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=85"> clinical-information/mesothelioma/ 4. meso</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 86" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=86"> Unilateral Right Exophthalmia Revealing Systemic </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=87"> INTRODUCTION Sarcoidosis is a granulomat</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 88" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=88"> Figure 2: Chest CT scan revealing numerous calcifi</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=89"> with the case of the present authors’ patient, wh</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=90"> Belge Ophtalmol. 2008;307:47-51. (In </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 91" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=91"> A Case of Empyema and a Review of Practice in </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 92" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=92"> lenticular effusion, and internal loculations (Fi</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 93" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=93"> OUTCOME AND FOLLOW-UP Her white cell count and CR</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 94" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=94"> or monotherapy) was prescribed in over half of al</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 95" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=95"> Pleural ultrasound or procedure No</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 96" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=96"> Respirology. 2017;22(6):1055-6. </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 97" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=97"> Asthma in Children Under 5 Years in Rural K</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 98" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=98"> Abstract Background: Worldwide, asthma is the mos</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 99" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=99"> Commission emphasises that asthma is an umbr</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 100" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=100"> professional, in cooperation between the Kyrgyz a</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 101" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=101"> Box 1: Main themes and findings in children under </a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 102" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=102"> to dependency on medical care and frequent hospit</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 103" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=103"> asthma is an allergic disease, and is not contagi</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 104" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=104"> The caregivers without personal experience had he</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 105" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=105"> interviews; underdiagnosis of asthma in Under- 5s</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 106" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=106"> illness with severe cough and sounds such as nois</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 107" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=107"> also be reduced through early identifications</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 108" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=108"> exploration of the borderland between anthropolog</a> <a title="EMJ Respiratory. 7.1 2019 page 109" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b7bcee?page=109"> Looking for a new job opportuni</a>