EDITORIAL
BTS Winter Meeting 2005
British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2005
Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr T M A Wilkinson
Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London NW3 2PF, UK; tomw1970@hotmail.com
An overview of some of the key topics presented at the BTS Winter Meeting held in London in December 2005
Keywords: British Thoracic Society; Winter meeting 2005
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The annual winter British Thoracic Society (BTS) meeting held in London on 7–9 December 2005 combined a fascinating retrospective of past achievements in respiratory medicine while looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead. The meeting provided, as usual, a vital platform for clinicians to share best practice and to keep abreast of the rapidly advancing speciality. A highlight was the celebration of the 20th anniversary of British Lung Foundation, with a review of the major advances in respiratory medical research made in recent years.
The priority given to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at this meeting reflected both the clinical burden of disease and the current interest in terms of clinical and basic research in this field. In a lively "pro-con" debate, some of the more controversial issues in disease management were addressed. Arguments included the new BTS President Professor Peter Calverley’s persuasive case that
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