title: Clinical highlights from Amsterdam.
abstract: This article contains highlights and a selection of the scientific advances from the Clinical Assembly that were presented at the 2015 European Respiratory Society International Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The most relevant topics for clinicians will be discussed, covering a wide range of areas including interventional pulmonology, rehabilitation and chronic care, thoracic imaging, diffuse and parenchymal lung diseases, and general practice and primary care. In this comprehensive review, exciting novel data will be discussed and put into perspective.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jouke T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Annema
authors.affiliation: 1st Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Dept of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vogiatzis
authors.affiliation: Dept of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany; Radiological Practice Homburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grgic
authors.affiliation: Dept of Thoracic Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Antoniou
authors.affiliation: Dept of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ställberg
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Felix F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Herth