Contributions from theEuropean Respiratory Monograph: a new series in the journal

Abstract

The European Respiratory Monograph is an educational publication of the European Respiratory Society that started in 1995. Since 1995, 15 Monographs have been published on various topics including: Carcinoma of the lung, AIDS and the lung, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, New diagnostic techniques in paediatric respiratory medicine, Clinical exercise testing, Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Mechanical ventilation from intensive care to home care, Pulmonary endoscopy and biopsy techniques, Respiratory disorders during sleep, Occupational lung disease, Respiratory mechanics, Pulmonary rehabilitation, Interstitial lung diseases, and Respiratory epidemiology in Europe. An average of three Monographs per annum have been published for the last five years. These Monographs had 8–26 chapters and 22–55 authors per issue. The Monographs provide an excellent state-of-the-art overview of a particular disease, a particular diagnostic or therapeutic technique or a particular field of interest. They are primarily targeted at residents in training and in that sense they are teaching publications, but also established chest physicians as well as academic physicians might find that the publications provide them with …