Asthma 308 Bianca Beghé, Leonardo M. Fabbri and Paul M. O’Byrne Bronchitis 320 Koliarne Tong and Peter Wark COPD and emphysema 324 Emma Burke and John R. Hurst Exacerbations of COPD 332 Marc Miravitlles Extrapulmonary effects of COPD 339 Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner and Klaus F. Rabe Pharmacology of asthma and COPD 344 Peter J. Barnes Bronchiectasis 353 James D. Chalmers Rare airway diseases 358 Mouhamad Nasser and Vincent Cottin Congenital airway disease 364 Ernst Eber 8 – Respiratory infections Upper respiratory tract infections 372 Gernot Rohde Pneumonia 377 Gernot Rohde and Mark Woodhead Hospital-acquired pneumonia 383 Francesco Blasi, Andrea Gramegna and Marta Di Pasquale Pneumonia in the immunocompromised host 388 Santiago Ewig ERS_Handbook.pdf 7 ERS_Handbook.pdf 8/30/2019 2:11:39 PM 8/30/2019 2:11:39