title: Clinical highlights: messages from Munich.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Sotiria Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; First Dept of Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Centre, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vogiatzis
authors.affiliation: Dept of Internal Medicine and Pneumunology, Clinica Figlie di S. Camillo, Cremona, Italy.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marvisi
authors.affiliation: Dept of Radiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coolen
authors.affiliation: Dept of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, Ancona, Italy; Pulmonary Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gasparini
authors.affiliation: Dept of Thoracic Medicine Department and Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Pneumonology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Katerina M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Antoniou
authors.affiliation: Dept of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Bjorn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stallberg
authors.affiliation: University of Gothenburg, Krefting Research Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bjerg
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Felix J F
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Herth
authors.affiliation: Dept of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Modena-Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Clini