Barcelona 2026: United for better breathing
Med årets tema, tillsammans för bättre andning, vill ERS belysa vikten av samverkan mellan patienter, vårdprofessionen och forskningen. God vård förutsätter att den viktiga relationen mellan professionen och patienterna fungerar, enligt ERS som lyfter fram tre nyckelbudskap:
- Patienten bidrar – patienten är en jämlike som ska ges möjlighet att aktivt forma sin egen vård genom delade beslut och ömsesidig respekt.
- Lyssna först – identifiera och möt patienternas faktiska behov.
- Upptäck tillsammans – Forskning som bygger på samverkan kan driva verkliga vetenskapliga framsteg som omsätter forskningsupptäckter till bättre hälsa.
Programmet är också framtaget i samarbete med det europeiska patientnätverket ELF, European Lung Foundation. Det finns dessutom en kompletterande webbinarserie i sex delar som är tänkta att ge en bättre förståelse för hur ökat patientinflytande kan ge mer hälsa. Du hittar den på ersnet.org/webinars.
Vårt medicinska team fanns på plats och delar här med oss av sammanfattningar från intressanta sessioner!
Sammanfattning från sessioner under ERS 2026
What we eat, what we breathe: a collaborative fight for better breathing
The session was an impactful demonstration of how our eating influences both the air we breathe, and how healthily we breathe. It covered all from the impact of diet, malnutrition Läs mer
Beyond the drug – why inhalation technique and device choice matter
Inhalation technique is a critical step to effective treatment. During recent decades, scientists and engineers have developed innovations resulting in highly sophisticated inhalation devices for improving drug delivery to the Läs mer
Crosstalking circuits of the gut-metabolic-lung-brain axis
Can a healthy gut shape lung immunity? Can the gut communicate with the lungs, and if so, how? This was covered in a session about the cross-talking circuits of the Läs mer
Sammanfattning från sessioner under ERS 2026
Breathing through climate change
For Europeans, the impact of climate change is increasingly tangible, with multiple heatwaves and wildfires in the past summer. In fact, Europe is the fastest-warming continent according to the Copernicus Climate Läs mer
Seeing the person, not the disease: a holistic approach to lung disease.
On the congress theme, patient centricity, patients and healthcare professionals shared perspectives on what holistic care looks like in the session “Holistic approaches in lung disease: addressing physical, emotional and Läs mer
Why Real-World Evidence and Nordic quality registers matter in achieving optimal COPD control
Randomized controlled trials remain the gold standard for demonstrating the efficacy and safety of treatments. However, they are purposely simplified to reduce complexity, excluding more complex clinical cases. Real-World Evidence Läs mer
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Why Real-World Evidence and Nordic quality registers matter in achieving optimal COPD control
Randomized controlled trials remain the gold standard for demonstrating the efficacy and safety of treatments. However, they are purposely simplified to reduce complexity, excluding more complex clinical cases. Real-World Evidence Läs mer
Seeing the person, not the disease: a holistic approach to lung disease.
On the congress theme, patient centricity, patients and healthcare professionals shared perspectives on what holistic care looks like in the session “Holistic approaches in lung disease: addressing physical, emotional and Läs mer
Breathing through climate change
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Crosstalking circuits of the gut-metabolic-lung-brain axis
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Beyond the drug – why inhalation technique and device choice matter
Inhalation technique is a critical step to effective treatment. During recent decades, scientists and engineers have developed innovations resulting in highly sophisticated inhalation devices for improving drug delivery to the Läs mer
What we eat, what we breathe: a collaborative fight for better breathing
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Breakthrough in COPD treatments
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COPD diagnosis: moving towards a multidimensional approach
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Asthma care: Better outcomes begin when patients are on board
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Palliativ vård vid KOL
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Astma på arbetsplatsen
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Allergen immunotherapy in asthma
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Primary prevention of COPD starts earlier than you think
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Patients. Do they know enough to take control?
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Body, mind and spirit: Lung conditions are not just somatic
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Respiratory health, comorbidities and mortality
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Eosinophils in COPD: part of the pattern or misclassified asthma?
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Improving outcomes in asthma and COPD through optimized inhaler use
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Redefining Remission in Severe Asthma: A New Framework
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Role of biological sex in asthma and COPD
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Fighting global threats to respiratory health
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Act before damage occurs – early disease in COPD
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The exposome and respiratory health: key takeaways from ERS 2025
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Single inhaler triple therapy improved adherence in COPD patients: Evidence from a nationwide Danish cohort study
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Are all COPD the same?
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Self-management of asthma
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Consequences of vaping and e-cigarette smoking in children and adolescents
Elif Daglis föreläsning om e-cigaretter väckte ett stort intresse under frågestunden och det är tydligt att vi just nu har fler frågor än svar om långsiktiga risker och vad som kan göras för att stoppa trenden. Läs mer
Lung health starts early
The foetal lungs develop in five different stages before birth, so the timing and type of insults to this development will determine the impact. New data shows that antenatal insults may impact lung function over decades. Läs mer
Preschool wheeze
Preschool wheeze is a heterogenous condition with multiple underlying pathophysiological mechanisms that result in similar clinical manifestations. Frequent severe exacerbations is linked to high risk of developing asthma. Läs mer
Innovating in rehabilitation
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Global burden of COPD
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Asthma comorbidities
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Let the music play – music therapy as an adjunct to clinical care
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Inhaler Technique – Tricky to Master
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Towards health equity in 2050
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