ERS Task Forces, Guidelines, Statements and Technical Standards at Congress
ERS develops official Clinical Practice Guidelines, Statements and Technical Standards which aim to provide clarity and direction for a number of topics in respiratory medicine.
ERS Task Forces are made up of experts in a specific field of respiratory medicine. Together they address issues related to that topic in detail in order produce official ERS clinical practice guidelines, statements and technical standards.
ERS Guidelines
| Date | Time | Guidelines title | Session title | Room |
| 29.09.2019 | 08:30-10:30 | ERS/ATS guidelines on management of severe asthma | Severe asthma guidelines: update 2019 | 7A |
| 30.09.2019 | 08:30-10:30 | ERS/ESTS/EACTS/ESTRO guidelines on management of malignant pleural mesothelioma | European guidelines for malignant pleural mesothelioma management in 2019 | 9A |
| 30.09.2019 | 14:45-16:45 | ATS/CDC/ERS/ISDA guidelines for treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease | New guidelines for treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease | 9E |
| 01.10.2019 | 08:30-10:30 | ERS guidelines for long-term management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in children | Guidelines for long-term management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in children | 9A |
| 01.10.2019 | 14:45-16:45 | ERS guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough in adults and children | Clinical practice guidelines for chronic cough | 9E |
| 02.10.2019 | 08:30-10:30 | ERS guidelines for long-term non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Guidelines for long-term non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 9F |
| 02.10.2019 | 10:45-12:45 | ATS/ESCMID/ERS/IDSA clinical practice guideline on treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease | Managing drug-resistant tuberculosis: from new guidelines to clinical practice | 7A |
ERS Statements and Technical Standards
| Date | Time | Title | Session at Congress | Room |
| 29.09.2019 | 08:30-10:30 | Chest imaging in acute respiratory failure | Hot topic: acute respiratory failure | 9E |
| 29.09.2019 | 08:30-10:30 | Updated ATS/ERS technical standards for spirometry | Symposium: New insights into quality control of lung function testing | 8C |
| 29.09.2019 | 14:45-16:45 | Introduction on the ESR/ERS statement on the low-dose lung cancer screening | NELSON: the Trafalgar of lung cancer screening? | 9A |
| 30.09.2019 |
08:00-10:20 10:40-13:00 14:30-16:50 |
ERS technical standards for the forced oscillation technique |
Skills workshop: recent advances in oscillometry 1 |
NEPTUNO |
| 30.09.2019 | 10:45-12:45 | Key messages from the ERS statement on tracheobronchomalacia in children | Hot topic: tracheobronchomalacia in children | 9C |
| 30.09.2019 | 10:45-12:45 | Sleep disorders and stroke | State of the art: Sleep and breathing disorders | 7A |
| 30.09.2019 | 14:45-16:45 | ERS/TSANZ statement on the management of reproduction and pregnancy in women with airway diseases | State of the art: airway diseases | 8B |
| 01.10.2019 | 14:45-16:45 | ERS statement on respiratory muscle testing at rest and during exercise | Clinical year in review | 7A |
| 01.10.2019 | 14:45-16:45 | Standardisation of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic lung diseases | Clinical year in review | 7A |
| 01.10.2019 | 14:45-16:45 | ATS/ERS statement on occupational burden of respiratory disease | Occupational and epidemiology Grand Round | 9A |
| 01.10.2019 | 14:45-16:45 | ERS/EAACI statement on severe exacerbations of asthma and how to deal with non-allergic severe asthma | Pathophysiology and clinical insights into severe non-allergic asthma | 9C |
Are you interested in developing an ERS Clinical Practice Guideline, Statement or Technical Standard?
Applications for ERS Task Forces aimed at producing an official ERS Clinical Practice Guideline, Statement or Technical Standard are accepted twice a year: on 1 February and on 1 June. ERS also now offers the opportunity to develop short Statements and Guidelines which are designed to respond very quickly to the release of new evidence that could lead to marked changes in clinical practice. These documents are intended to be completed within one year. Applications are accepted at any time of the year. All ERS members are eligible to apply for funding to set up a Task Force. Check our Task Forces web page for more information about upcoming deadlines and on the type of documents developed by ERS.