{"id":2527,"date":"2023-06-04T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2023-06-01T10:57:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T10:57:46","slug":"whats-hot-and-whats-new-reflections-from-the-american-thoracic-society-annual-conference-ats-washington-dc-may-19-24-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/2023\/06\/04\/whats-hot-and-whats-new-reflections-from-the-american-thoracic-society-annual-conference-ats-washington-dc-may-19-24-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s hot and what’s new?: reflections from the American Thoracic Society Annual Conference (ATS), Washington, DC May 19-24 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

In our new ‘What’s hot and what’s new?’ blog series for Evidence Based Nursing, we share reflections on the latest news, research and updates to clinical practice and guidelines from different areas of healthcare and topics.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

This week, Dr Nicola Roberts (@DrNRoberts) from Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom shares her insights and reflections for nurses from the recent American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in Washington, DC.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/a>The American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference is a multidisciplinary conference, attracting health professionals, researchers and scientists with a wide range of experience from newly qualified staff to senior staff (registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, respiratory therapists, and hospitalists), as well as medical students and postgraduate students.<\/p>\r\n

Every May, approximately 14,000 delegates attend, present, and learn about the latest respiratory advances, with around 40% attending from outside of the USA. The program includes a mix of clinical, basic, and translational science in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, postgraduate courses and sessions on the latest guidelines and developments in clinical practice. There are also \u2018meet the expert\u2019 sessions which offers an opportunity to directly interact with recognized leaders in the field.<\/p>\r\n

There are 14 Assemblies with the ATS, focusing on key areas: Allergy, Immunology, and Inflammation (AII); Behavioral Science and Health Services Research (BSHSR), Critical Care (CC), Clinical Problems (CP), Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH), Nursing (NUR), Pediatrics (PEDS), Pulmonary Circulation (PC), Pulmonary Infections and Tuberculosis (PI-TB), Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR), Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (RCMB), Respiratory Structure and Function (RSF), Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (SRN), Thoracic Oncology (TO).<\/p>\r\n

The Nursing Assembly is led by Professor Jill Guttormson from the Marquette University College of Nursing in Milwaukee, United States. Its common interest is to improve the health of those with respiratory disease and their families, and local communities through research, practice, education, training, and support. There are two active interest groups related to Integrative Therapies and Supplemental Oxygen. The nursing year in review can be found here: https:\/\/conference.thoracic.org\/program\/resources\/2023\/nyir.pdf<\/p>\r\n

Some of this year\u2019s highlights and key presenters from a nursing perspective included:<\/p>\r\n