title: Key paediatric messages from Amsterdam.
abstract: The Paediatric Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) maintained its high profile at the 2015 ERS International Congress in Amsterdam. There were symposia on preschool wheeze, respiratory sounds and cystic fibrosis; an educational skills workshop on paediatric respiratory resuscitation; a hot topic session on risk factors and early origins of respiratory diseases; a meet the expert session on paediatric lung function test reference values; and the annual paediatric grand round. In this report the Chairs of the Paediatric Assembly's Groups highlight the key messages from the abstracts presented at the Congress.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Child Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grigg
authors.affiliation: Division of Paediatric Pulmonology, Children's Hospitals of Eastern Switzerland, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jürg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barben
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatrics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Kajsa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bohlin
authors.affiliation: School of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Everard
authors.affiliation: Telethon Kids Institute, Subiaco, Australia.
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Mariëlle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pijnenburg
authors.affiliation: Children's Respiratory and Allergy Unit, Third Dept of Paediatrics, "Attikon" Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Kostas N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Priftis
authors.affiliation: Unità di Epidemiologia, AOU Meyer, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Franca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rusconi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Pediatria e Neuropsichiatria Infantile, Ospedale Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Midulla