Abstracts are now being accepted for the 2019 Congress to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, 14-17 November 2019, and online registration will be open soon.

Keep checking apsr2019.com regularly for updates.

You can submit your abstract through Online Submission. Deadline for submission: 23:59 Vietnam time (UTC +7) on 15 July 2019.

• There is no limitation on how many abstracts an author may submit.
• Abstracts must be submitted in English.
• Duplicate abstracts will not be accepted.
• Abstracts must be submitted online. Submissions via fax, email, post, etc., will NOT be considered.
• It is the responsibility of the presenting author and submitting author to ensure that all authors have given their consent to be listed on the submitted abstract.
• Authors must declare that the material in the presentation is original, and declare that the material will not be published in any publication or presented elsewhere before the APSR Congress 2019.
• Abstracts supported in whole or in part by tobacco or tobacco related industry will not be accepted. Authors are required to complete a Declaration of Interest.
• The Abstract Title must be UPPERCASE and a maximum of 25 words.
• The Abstract Body must be a maximum of 300 words. (title, author information, tables and images are excluded from the 300-word count).
• An abstract must have the sub-headings: Background and Aims, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
• Authors must choose one category from the following:
  • Clinical Respiratory Medicine
  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Allergy and Immunology
  • Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology
  • Respiratory Infections (non-tuberculous)
  • Tuberculosis
  • COPD
  • Lung Cancer
  • Asthma
  • Respiratory Neurobiology and Sleep
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques
  • Paediatric lung disease
  • Respiratory Structure and Function
  • Pulmonary Circulation
  • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Other
• An abstract can have a maximum of two images, JPG, PNG and GIF format ONLY, including figures, tables and images.
• The recommended image sizes for optimal resolution is
  • A table: up to 5 columns x 8 rows
  • A graphic: 192 pixels wide, 288 pixels high (print size 508 mm (2 inches) wide by 762 mm (3 inches) high and 300 DPI)
• Authors may request their preferred presentation method to be oral or poster or either. Please be reminded that the Scientific Committee will take the request into consideration but will ultimately decide which method will be allocated to the abstract.
• ONLY Presenting Authors can apply for an award for the Congress.
• Please make sure all contents are correct before you Submit your abstract.
• An abstract submitted can be edited at any time until the abstract submission deadline date. Please click Edit to change a submitted abstract.
• The Scientific Committee reserves the right to accept or reject an abstract
• ONLY the Presenting Author will receive abstract correspondence and the presentation confirmation, which will be sent by email.
• Presenting Authors will be notified of the status of their abstract, session formats, and scheduling of presentations in September 2019.
• Abstracts accepted and presented during the Congress will be published in a supplement of Respirology, known as the Abstract Book. At least one author of an abstract must register for the Congress before the abstract can be published in the Abstract Book or Congress Guide.

The APSR and the ISRD (International Symposium on Respiratory Diseases) invite you to the 5th Joint APSR-ISRD Session at the prestigious American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, 11:00–16:15, Saturday 18 May 2019 in Dallas Ballroom D (Level 3), Omni Dallas Downtown.

The session includes excellent presentations of top-ranked scientific Oral and Poster abstracts submitted to the ATS Conference by young investigators in the Asia-Pacific region.

Faculty includes:

• Prof. Chunxue Bai (ISRD President)
• Prof. Kwun Fong (APSR President)
• Prof. Yoichi Nakanishi (APSR Secretary General)
• Prof. Lynn M. Schnapp (ATS Secretary-Treasurer)
• plus Young Investigator speakers from China and the APSR

Please make a note of the day and we really look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely yours,
Kwun Fong
President, APSR

Programme

For a limited period only, we are able to share videos of some of the most popular sessions at the APSR Congress in Taipei, 30 November – 2 December 2018.

The videos are streamed, which means you can see them directly – you do not need to download them.

As an APSR member you can see these videos at no charge. Further description of each video and the current access password is shown at apsresp.org/congress/apsr2018/streaming.php.

The January 2019 issue of the APSR Newsletter includes glowing reports from last year's award winners.

Enjoy similar rewards yourself by taking advantage of the following opportunities:

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  APSR / APTA Young Investigator Award

  Awarded to an APSR Young Investigator from an Asia-Pacific LMIC who is presenting the best overall paper at the APSR Congress.

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  APSR / KYF Geriatric Respirology Young Investigator Award

  Awarded to an APSR Young Investigator who is presenting original work on geriatric respirology at the APSR Congress. Preference will be given to those from Asia-Pacific LMICs

• 

  APSR / Malcolm Winterburn Lung Cancer Young Investigator Award

  Awarded to an APSR Young Investigator from an Asia-Pacific LMIC who is presenting original work on lung cancer at the APSR Congress.

• 

  APSR / Norbert Berend COPD Young Investigator Award

  Awarded to an APSR Young Investigator from an Asia-Pacific LMIC who is presenting original work on COPD at the APSR Congress.

• 

  APSR / Paul Zimmerman Physiology Young Investigator Award

  Awarded to an APSR Young Investigator from an Asia-Pacific LMIC who is presenting original work on physiology at the APSR Congress.

• 

  APSR / Peter Sly Paediatric Young Investigator Award

  Awarded to an APSR Young Investigator from an Asia-Pacific LMIC who is presenting original work on paediatric respiratory medicine at the APSR Congress.

• Awards and opportunities for APSR Assembly members

  Awards are presented on an ad hoc basis by Assembly Heads, with various prizes for various achievements. Assembly Heads will notify their members of opportunities that arise.

• and...

  ...further new awards may become available before the congress.

Continuing this series we are delighted to share a tribute to Prof. Teresita De Guia, prepared by the PCCP.

This series complements our APSR Members' Honour Roll, on which as a member, you are welcome to add your appreciation of your mentor(s) at any time.

Prof. De Guia

A tribute to Prof. Teresita De Guia

The April issue (Vol 11.4) features ARDS and Critical Care:

• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Second Edition
• Tissue Perfusion and Prognosis in the Critically Ill-Is Renin the New Lactate
• The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Bundle: 2018 update
• Restricted fluid resuscitation in suspected sepsis associated hypotension (REFRESH): a pilot randomised controlled trial
• Fever control in critically-ill adults: An individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
• Is your smartphone the future of physiologic monitoring?
• The rise of ward monitoring: opportunities and challenges for critical care specialists
• What's new on emerging resistant Candida species
• Does this critically-ill patient with delirium require any drug treatment?
• Adaptive designs in critically-ill patients: principles, advantages and pitfalls
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) phenotyping

The following cases have been selected for inclusion in the new July 2019 Respirology Case Reports, Volume 07 Issue 5

Case Reports

Regarding recent discussions over the issue of heat-not-burn products and e-cigarettes, the Hong Kong Thoracic Society has reiterated its anti-smoking stance against all heat-not-burn products, herbal cigarettes and other similar products.

The Society firmly believes that:

1. Any partial or non-comprehensive regulations the HKSAR Government might implement on these tobacco products which allow their future sale and use in Hong Kong are totally inadequate.

2. A TOTAL BAN of all e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn products and other new tobacco products by legislation is the only solution to safe-guard the public especially young people against their harmful effects on health.

Dr Lam

Dr David C L Lam
President, Hong Kong Thoracic Society

Dr Jenny C L Ngai
Hon. Secretary, Hong Kong Thoracic Society

Click here for HKTS Statement.

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The 3rd symposium of the Environmental Lung Disease research group of the KATRD was held on 23 March 2019 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Air pollution and humidifier-disinfectant associated respiratory diseases were discussed with researchers in these fields.

Professor Dean Schraufnagel, the director of FIRS, gave a special talk on "International acts on clean air and role of respiratory societies". The talk traced the recent activities of FIRS, its interaction with WHO and the UN, and how it strives to improve global respiratory health.

The 12th Congress of the Asociación Latinoamericana del Tórax (ALAT) will take place at the ATLAPA Convention Center in Panama City 3–6 July 2019.

By the kind invitation of Congress Scientific Committee, Dr Kwun Fong (APSR President) and Dr David C L Lam (Immediate Past Chair of the APSR Education Committee) will be the APSR's representative speakers at the Congress.

The symposium APSR–ALAT–WHO essential medicine for respiratory illnesses: unique window of opportunity to address global equity, will be held on 08:00 – 10:00 on 6 July in La Huaca Room of the conference centre:

• "Access of essential medicines in smoking cessation"
  Dr David C L Lam
• "Access of essential drugs in COPD: LAMA"
  Dr Rogelio Perez Padilla
• "Access of essential medicines in lung cancer"
  Dr Kwun Fong
• "Access of essential medicines in Asthma: LABA / ICS"
  Dr Federico Daniel Colodenco
• Q&A

The APSR is looking forward to collaborating further with the ALAT in the future.

For many people in the Asia-Pacific, "News from Europe" evokes thoughts of the recent fire at Notre-Dame Cathédral or the burning issue of Brexit.

Repairing the structure of the Cathedral could be as monumental as restructuring Europe after Brexit.

In both cases, how that restructuring is done will naturally determine the result.

And this leads us to the appropriate title of a European article on lung health, published in the latest copy of Respirology: How structures condition outputs.

In addition to the article's focus on the structures and policies of respiratory societies, a wise footnote reminds us that the involvement of "young respiratory physicians ... is of utmost importance as they represent the future".

To this end, the APSR is paying increasing importance in encouraging early-career members to attend the annual congress and workshops, through the various annual awards and scholarships.

Read Letter from France: How structures condition outputs at 10.1111/resp.13535

This position statement has been prepared by members of the Respiratory Infections Assembly and is now published in the latest issue of Respirology:
"Emerging respiratory infections threatening public health in the Asia-Pacific region: A position paper of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology"; Sunghoon Park, Ji Young Park, Yuanlin Song, Soon Hin How, Ki-Suck Jung. First published 15 April 2019 10.1111/resp.13558

The TSANZ are now streaming the following webinars for public viewing:

• The Human Respiratory Virome
• NIV Therapy – viewed via a community lens
• Accelerated Silicosis, kitchen benchtops and the emerging epidemic
• Research Techniques To Study Respiratory Diseases
• What's in a cough? Implications for the care of people with flu and MROs
• Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: Common symptoms from an uncommon condition
• The Impact of Climate Change on Respiratory Health
• What we have learned about children who present to hospital with acute wheeze
• How respiratory specialists can best assist smoking patients to quit

To access any of the above, click www.thoracic.org.au/events/category/past-tsanz-webinars-on-demand-recordings. Note that for non-TSANZ members, some of the above webinars require payment of a A$10 (plus A$1 GST) pay-as-you-view fee to the TSANZ.

have kindly sent their donations towards the Society's goals, as outlined at apsresp.org/members/donors.php.

The APSR is profoundly grateful for their generosity.

Congratulations to the following members who have recently become APSR Fellows.

• Dr Fitri Indahyanti FAPSR (Indonesia)
• Dr Suryanti Dwi Pratiwi FAPSR (Indonesia)
• Dr Ngakan Putu Parsama Putra FAPSR (Indonesia)
• Dr Hendri Wiyono FAPSR (Indonesia)
• Dr Dwi Yuliati FAPSR (Indonesia)

We are pleased to report the successful publication of a position paper by the Respiratory Infections Assembly.

The paper Emerging respiratory infections threatening public health in the Asia-Pacific region was prepared by Dr Sunghoon Park, Dr Ji Young Park, Dr Yuanlin Song, Dr Soon Hin How and Dr Ki-Suck Jung, and published 15 April 2019 in Respirology: 10.1111/resp.13558

We are looking forward to seeing publication of further papers from this and other Assemblies in due course.

We are also pleased to announce a new Assembly Newsletter has been uploaded to the Respiratory Neurobiology and Sleep Assembly webpage, giving some important news for early-career doctors.

A warm welcome to the following members who have recently joined APSR assemblies. They will undoubtedly enjoy working with and networking with their assembly colleagues.

If you have news or announcements that may be of interest to other APSR members, please send details to Bulletin Coordinator Dr Arata Azuma (a-azuma@nms.ac.jp) or APSR Bulletin (bulletin@apsresp.org).