International Congresses Amsterdam 2025

The ERS Congress 2025, Amsterdam

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

Chair(s): Francesca Polverino, Augusta Beech

Session type: Hot topics

Kian Fan Chung

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Call for action: chronic cough is a disease

Kian Fan Chung

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Renata Pecova

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to highlight chronic cough as a distinct disease that requires greater recognition and understanding; to explore the complexities of clinical drug trials and the balance between efficacy and placebo effect in cough management; to address the multifaceted nature of "upper airways cough syndrome", by sharing global consensus on optimising chronic cough care in the clinical setting; to provide the latest evidence-based insights and practical strategies for accurately phenotyping cough and delivering personalised, outcome-oriented treatment.