ERS International Congress 2020: highlights from the Clinical Techniques, Imaging and Endoscopy assembly

Abstract

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) congress in the year 2020, a year dominated by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, was the first virtual congress that was ever planned with an innovative and interactive congress programme upfront. It was a large, novel platform for scientific discussion and presentations of cutting-edge innovative developments. This manuscript summarises a selection of the scientific highlights from the “Clinical techniques, imaging and endoscopy” Assembly 14. In addition to presentations on the important role of bronchoscopy, imaging and ultrasound techniques in the field of SARS-CoV-2 infection, novel diagnostic approaches and innovative therapeutic strategies in patients with lung cancer, interstitial lung disease, obstructive airway disorders and infectious diseases were also discussed.

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“…In addition to the reports from the other Assemblies [109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121], we hope that the highlights summarised hereinabove will help update readers with the impressive amount of respiratory research and advances in pulmonary clinical care presented through the sessions from ERS Assembly 1 -Respiratory clinical care and physiology, alongside with suggestions for further investigations. We also hope to have encouraged the readership to contribute to Assembly 1 activities, and to take part to the 2024 ERS International Congress to be held in Vienna next September, where further scientific novelties and clinical developments on these topics will be discussed.…”

ERS International Congress 2021: highlights from the Clinical Techniques, Imaging and Endoscopy Assembly

“…The continued presence of the global SARS-CoV-19 pandemic encourages physicians to seek out ways of improving bedside evaluation, aiding in clinical assessment, diagnosis and prognostication for patients admitted with COVID-19. As predicted in the 2020 ERS congress highlights, the past year has led multiple researchers to explore the clinical utility of lung ultrasound in these patients [ 54 ].…”