title: Paediatrics: messages from Munich.
abstract: The aim of this article is to describe paediatric highlights from the 2014 European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress in Munich, Germany. Abstracts from the seven groups of the ERS Paediatric Assembly (Respiratory Physiology and Sleep, Asthma and Allergy, Cystic Fibrosis, Respiratory Infection and Immunology, Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care, Respiratory Epidemiology, and Bronchology) are presented in the context of the current literature.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Paediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Midulla
authors.affiliation: Dept of Paediatrics, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.affiliation: Dept of Paediatrics, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marielle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pijnenburg
authors.affiliation: Dept of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Ian M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Balfour-Lynn
authors.affiliation: Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University, London, UK.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grigg
authors.affiliation: Dept of Neonatology, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Kajsa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bohlin
authors.affiliation: Unit of Epidemiology, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Franca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rusconi
authors.affiliation: Dept of Paediatrics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pohunek
authors.affiliation: Respiratory and Allergic Disease Division, Dept of Paediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eber