ERS International Congress 2021: highlights from the Paediatric Assembly

Abstract

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ERS International Congress 2023: highlights from the Paediatrics Assembly

“…The ERS International Congress 2023 showed that advances in paediatric respiratory medicine are rapidly advancing. In line with previous years [ 82 , 83 ], we present a selection of the outstanding sessions on behalf of Assembly 7 (Paediatrics) in order to inform the reader of the latest developments and encourage participation in future ERS activities [ 84 ]. Overall, it has become evident that respiratory health in early life impacts respiratory health in childhood and adulthood, which underlines the need for collaboration among healthcare providers and researchers from different disciplines.…”

The importance of translational science within the respiratory field

“…To make translational science at the ERS more visible, translational tags were introduced to highlight these sessions and to attract the right audience. Previously, congress sessions were tagged as either basic or clinical to indicate the target audience of each session, as can be observed in previous congress highlights articles [40][41][42]. However, sessions that contain a mix of basic and clinical science are encouraged, as is research that is translational in nature.…”