CONGRESS GUIDE

ERS International Congress 2016
Room ICC Capital Suite
13
Session 426 13:00 - 14:00
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €100 on site, €90 standard or €70 for early bird
registration.
Meet the expert: ME7 Surgery for lung cancer
Aims : Access educational materials here
To provide an overview of the optimal use of imaging techniques, new generations of chemotherapeutic agents, and new radiation
techniques in surgical candidates; and to emphasise the importance of accurate mediastinal staging and optimal timing of treatment.
Track(s) : Oncology
Tag(s) : Clinical
Target audience : Oncologist, Pulmonologist, Thoracic surgeon
13:00
Surgery for lung cancer
Lorenzo Spaggiari (Milan, Italy)
Room ICC Capital Suite
15
2916
Session 428 13:00 - 14:00
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €100 on site, €90 standard or €70 for early bird
registration.
Meet the expert: ME8 Acute and chronic infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -
FULLY BOOKED
Aims : Access educational materials here
To discuss the main clinical challenges associated with acute and chronic infection in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD).
Track(s) : Infection
Target audience : Clinician, Nurse, Pulmonologist, Physiotherapist
13:00
Acute and chronic infection in COPD
Marc Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain)
Room ICC Capital Suite 7 Session 423 13:00 - 14:00
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €100 on site, €90 standard or €70 for early bird
registration.
Meet the expert: ME13 Smoking cessation in difficult population groups
Aims : Access educational materials here
To identify, analyse and influence individual and social factors affecting special groups of smokers.
Track(s) : Infection Oncology
Tag(s) : Clinical
DETAILED PROGRAMME
MONDAY 05 SEPTEMBER, 2016
Target audience : Pulmonologist, Paediatrician, Psychologist, Oncologist, Cardiologist, Nurse, Allied health professional, Clinician,
General practitioner, Social worker
2918
13:00
COPD, asthma, and lung cancer patients
Christina-Georgia Gratziou (Athens, Greece)
2912
13:30
Psychiatric patients and pregnant smokers
Paraskevi Katsaounou (Athens, Greece)
Room ICC Capital Suite 8 Session 424 13:00 - 14:00
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €100 on site, €90 standard or €70 for early bird
registration.
Meet the expert: ME14 What is sleep apnoea anyway?
Why metrics and definitions matter
Aims : Access educational materials here
To discuss the AHI, ODI, RDI, T90 and other metrics related to sleep-disordered breathing and their predictive values and implications.
Track(s) : Epidemiology / Environment Sleep
Tag(s) : Clinical, Translational
2913
13:00
What is sleep apnea anyway?
Barbara Phillips (Lexington, United States of America)
2914
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