ERS International Congress 2022: highlights from the Respiratory Intensive Care Assembly

Area of Science:

• Critical Care Medicine
• Pulmonology
• Respiratory Medicine

Background:

• The 2022 European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress convened in Barcelona, Spain.
• Early Career Members of Assembly 2, focusing on Respiratory Intensive Care, participated.
• The congress agenda addressed critical aspects of acute and chronic respiratory failure.

Purpose of the Study:

• To summarize key sessions relevant to respiratory critical care from the 2022 ERS International Congress.
• To highlight advancements in understanding and managing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and other respiratory failures.
• To provide insights into innovations in mechanical ventilation and post-critical care for ARDS patients.

Main Methods:

• Review of state-of-the-art sessions on respiratory critical care.
• Analysis of journal sessions (ERS/Lancet) focusing on ARDS phenotyping and precision medicine.
• Summary of symposia on acute respiratory failure in COPD and mechanical ventilation innovations.

Main Results:

• Discussions covered the state-of-the-art in respiratory critical care.
• Advances in ARDS phenotyping for precision medicine were presented.
• Specifics of coronavirus disease 2019 ARDS, post-critical care, and COPD management were addressed.
• Innovations in intensive care unit (ICU) and home mechanical ventilation were reported.

Conclusions:

• The 2022 ERS Congress provided valuable updates on respiratory intensive care.
• Key areas of focus included ARDS, respiratory failure management, and mechanical ventilation.
• These insights are crucial for early career professionals in the field.