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INTERAIRWAYS Interactions between the upper and lower airways WHO Workshop, February 2007

INTERAIRWAYS Interactions between the upper and lower airways WHO Workshop, February 2007. Nikolai Khaltaev GARD Meeting ERS Congress 3 September, Munich. Overview. Background Goals of the Workshop Format of the Workshop Other partners. Background.

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INTERAIRWAYS Interactions between the upper and lower airways WHO Workshop, February 2007

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  1. INTERAIRWAYS Interactions between the upper and lower airways WHO Workshop, February 2007 Nikolai KhaltaevGARD MeetingERS Congress3 September, Munich

  2. Overview • Background • Goals of the Workshop • Format of the Workshop • Other partners

  3. Background Interactions between lower and upper airways are well known: • Allergic and non-allergic rhinitis and asthma. • Occupational upper and lower airway diseases. • Rhinosinusitis, nasal polyposis and lower airways diseases. • Infections of the upper respiratory tract and lower airway diseases.

  4. Guidelines and Position Papers exist, but they all have some defects:

  5. Goals of the Workshop Interactions between lower and upper airways will be reviewed in order to: • Develop an evidence-based global document on a key problem of respiratory medicine including diagnosis, epidemiology, common risk factors, management and prevention. • Propose education materials for health care professionals and the patients. • Meet GARD objectives. • Focus particularly on CRD prevention. • Highlight gaps in our knowledge, in particular in developing countries.

  6. The final document will: • Update existing fragmented documents (e.g. ARIA, rhinosinusitis documents). • Develop new documents on current gaps in our knowledge (e.g. occupational airways diseases, upper and lower airway infections).

  7. Format of the Workshop • A WHO Workshop will be organized by WHO/HQ in conjunction with the AAAAI Annual Meeting in San Diego. • Duration: 2 days

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