The European Lung Foundation (ELF)Founded by ERS in 2000, ELF brings together patients and the public with respiratory professionals to positively influence lung health.Visit the ELF site
ERS Lung Science ConferenceJoin us for this year’s virtual event (11–12 March). The theme is ‘Repair and regeneration in chronic lung disease and lung cancer’.Find out more/register
Sleep and Breathing 2021Taking place in April, this is the largest pan-European meeting of its kind and offers an integrated approach to the investigation and treatment of sleep disorders.Find out more/register
ERS Task Forces work to produce official guidelines, statements and technical standards on specific topics in respiratory medicine, in order to guide other respiratory professionals in their clinical practice.
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Task Force Number
Task Force Name
Task Force Chairs
TF-2020-14
ERS Guidelines for Management of COVID-19
Nicolas Roche, James Chalmers
TF-2020-13
ERS/ESC Guidelines on Pulmonary Hypertension
Marion Delcroix, Stephan Rosenkranz
TF-2020-11
ERS/ESTS Statement on management of pleural infection
ERS Statement on airway clearance techniques in adults with bronchiectasis
Arietta Spinou, Beatriz Herrero-Cortina
TF-2020-02
Technical standard on nasal nitric oxide measurement in children for the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesis
Jane Lucas, Nicole Beydon
TF-2020-01
Developing Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) reference equations for multiple breath washout
Alexandre Horsley, Kathryn Ramsey
TF-2019-21
Updated Technical Standards for the Measurement of Lung Volumes
Bhakta Nirav, Aisling McGowan
TF-2019-18
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) “ An Update of diagnosis and treatment recommendations: Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guidelines
Ganesh Raghu, Carey Thomson
Martine Remy-Jardin, Luca Richeldi
TF-2019-16
Technical Standards on Scoring of respiratory events using Type III devices for the diagnosis of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Adults and Children
Renata Riha, Winfried Randerath
TF-2019-14
ERS/ESTS/ESTRO/ESR/ESTI Statement on Management of Incidental Findings from Low-Dose CT screening for Lung Cancer (MILCa)
David Baldwin, Gilbert Massard
TF-2019-12
Statement on Management of Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Alexander Mathioudakis, Jens-Ulrich Jensen
TF-2019-09
Guidelines on Transbronchial (cryo)biopsy and surgical lung biopsy in interstitial lung diseases
Venerino Poletti, Jouke Annema
TF-2019-05
Guidelines on Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Najib Rahman, Guiseppe Cardillo
TF-2019-03
Statement on Dyspnea in acutelly ill mechanically ventilated patients
Alexandre Demoule, Leo Heunks
TF-2019-01
Statement on Pediatric long-term NIV
Brigitte Fauroux, Stijn Verhulst
TF-2018-15
Statement on treatment of Lung Cancer Stage 1A
Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Nir Peled
TF-2018-14
Statement on Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE)
Vincent Cottin
TF-2018-11
Updated Technical Standards for Interpretive Strategies for Basic Lung Function Tests
Sanja Stanojevic, David Kaminsky
TF-2018-15
Statement on Lung Cancer Stage 1A
Nir Peled, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor
TF-2018-08
Statement on Diagnosis and investigation of central sleep apnoea in children aged 1 month to 18 years
Hui-Leng Tan
TF-2018-07
Techincal Standards on Developing Lung Function Initiative (GLI) reference equations for exhaled and nasal nitric oxide
Anh-Tuan Dinh-Xuan, Graham Hall
TF-2018-04
Statement on Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Marion Delcroix, Gerald Simonneau, Mayer Eckhard
TF-2018-02
Guidelines on Diagnosis of Asthma in adults
Louis Renaud, Usmani Omar
TF-2018-01
Guidelines on Non-CPAP Therapies for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Winfried Randerath, Johan Verbraecken
TF-2017-06
Guidelines on Diagnosis of asthma in children aged 5 to 16 years
Erol Gaillard, Alexander Moller
TF-2017-03
Guidelines on Management of severe Community acquired pneumonia
Antoni Torres, Ignacio Martin-Loeches
TF-2016-10
Guidelines on Sarcoidosis treatment
Bob Baughman, Dominique Valeyre
TF-2015-16
Statement on Understanding of and Adherence to International Guidelines in the Management of Stable Asthma by Non-Specialists. Indications for Specialist Referral
Mathioudakis Alexandros, Olympia Tsilochristou, Christer Janson, Ioana Agache
TF-2015-06
Statement on Severe asthma exacerbations, facts, priorities and key research questions
Mina Gaga
For latest published documents, visit the Guidelines section
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