Chair(s): Monika Gappa, Andre F.S. Amaral
Session type: Hot topics
Obianuju Beatrice Ozoh
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Peter Burney
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Shyamali Dharmage
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Small lungs: implications for low- and middle-income countries
Obianuju Beatrice Ozoh
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Christer Janson
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Session aims
Aims: to provide an expert overview of the importance of non-specific restrictive lung function impairment (small lungs) and how, until recently, this has been ignored epidemiologically and often confused with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (airflow obstruction); to highlight what we have learned about small lungs, especially from research in low-income countries; to describe the evidence for the developmental origins of small lungs, the predominant association of restrictive spirometry with cardio-metabolic abnormalities, poor prognosis and low survival, and the clinical implications for respiratory medicine and general practice, and particularly for practice in low-income settings; to conclude each talk with take-home messages.