Chair(s): Thomas Gille, Hilary Pinnock, Karl Sylvester
Session type: Symposium
Georgios Kaltsakas
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Melanie Konigshoff
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Respiratory function in the ageing respiratory system
Georgios Kaltsakas
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Lowie E.g.w. Vanfleteren
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Lies Lahousse
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Session aims
to explain the cellular, structural and functional changes that take place in the ageing lung; to evaluate the physiological and immunological changes in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and interstitial lung disease compared with their healthy age-matched counterparts; to familiarise participants with the diagnostic approach as well as the available therapeutic interventions to combat the consequences of the ageing lung; to explain chronic respiratory diseases across the life course and their associations with frailty.