PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Ioannis Vogiatzis AU - Maurizio Marvisi AU - Johan Coolen AU - Stefano Gasparini AU - Katerina M. Antoniou AU - Bjorn Stallberg AU - Anders Bjerg AU - Felix J.F. Herth AU - Enrico Clini TI - Clinical highlights: messages from Munich AID - 10.1183/23120541.00002-2015 DP - 2015 May 01 TA - ERJ Open Research PG - 00002-2015 VI - 1 IP - 1 4099 - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/1/1/00002-2015.short 4100 - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/1/1/00002-2015.full SO - erjor2015 May 01; 1 AB - This article reviews a selection of presentations in the area of clinical problems that were presented at the 2014 European Respiratory Society International Congress in Munich, Germany. We review the most recent and relevant topics of interest in the area of clinical respiratory medicine, encompassing novel reports and studies that are of particular interest to healthcare professionals. Topics ranging from basic science to translation research are presented and discussed in the context of the most up-to-date literature. In particular, the reviewed topics deal with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (pathogenesis and therapy), advances in functional chest imaging, interventional pulmonology, pulmonary rehabilitation, and chronic care.Clinical highlights from the 2014 ERS International Congress in Munich, Germany http://ow.ly/MwUMg