ERS International Congress 2022: highlights from the Sleep Disordered Breathing Assembly

Abstract

During the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2022 in Barcelona (Spain), the latest research and clinical topics in respiratory medicine have been presented. The sleep medicine-focused presentations and symposia provided novel insights into the pathophysiology of sleep-disordered breathing, its diagnostics and new trends in translational research and clinical applications. The presented research trends focused mainly on the assessment of sleep disordered breathing-related intermittent hypoxia, inflammation, and sleep fragmentation and their implications, especially cardiovascular. The most promising methods for assessing these aspects encompass genomics, proteomics and cluster analysis. The currently available options include positive airway pressure and a combination of it and pharmacological agents (e.g.sulthiame). This article summarises the most relevant studies and topics to this extent presented at the ERS International Congress 2022. Each section has been written by Early Career Members of the ERS Assembly 4.

ERS International Congress 2023: highlights from the Respiratory Clinical Care and Physiology Assembly

“…Although the virtual platform allows presentations to be replayed, it can be challenging to keep up to date with all the scientific and clinical advances. That's why, every year, the Early-Career Members Committee coordinates reports summarising the most significant presentations from each Assembly [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. This article, therefore, aims to share some of the highlights from the Respiratory clinical care and physiology assembly.…”