International Congresses Vienna 2024

The ERS Congress 2024, Vienna

This annual event brings together the world's respiratory experts to showcase all the latest advances in respiratory medicine and science.

Chair(s): Michael Kreuter, Nazia Chaudhuri

Session type: Pro-Con debate

Paolo Spagnolo

Session content


Con: I would not start therapy in an asymptomatic patient with mild systemic sclerosis-associated ILD

Paolo Spagnolo

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Slides



To highlight some of the emerging themes and controversies regarding the early treatment of interstitial lung diseases; to discuss the common clinical dilemmas and misconceptions that occur in clinical practise regarding the influence of age and comorbidities on the decision to start anti-inflammatory or antifibrotic treatment; to explore the role of risk stratification and early treatment in connective tissue diseases.