Respiratory clinical care:

• Asthma, allergology and immunology
• COPD
• Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and rare pulmonary diseases
• Palliative care

Oncology, endoscopy, pulmonary intervention:

• Thoracic oncology
• Endoscopy
• Thoracic surgery

Intensive care, respiratory failure and sleep medicine:

• Intensive care medicine and acute respiratory failure
• Chronic respiratory failure and home mechanical ventilation
• Sleep-disordered breathing
• Respiratory therapy and allied respiratory professionals

Basic and translational lung research, infectiology and environmental noxins:

• Infectiology and tuberculosis
• Basic and translational lung research
• Occupational health, environment and aerosols, epidemiology and populations health

Pathophysiology and functional disorders:

• Cardiorespiratory interaction and pulmonary hypertension
• Lung function testing and pathophysiology
• Tobacco prevention and health care
• Pulmonary rehabilitation

1. Please be sure to use the template "Abstracts_Template.docx" provided when submitting. There is no fixed structure.
   
   
2. Maximum number of characters per abstract: 2,000 characters excluding spaces.
   The title and authors of the abstract are requested separately, i.e. they should not be part of the actual abstract. If repeated in the abstract, the title and authors of the abstract are counted accordingly.
   Graphics and tables are permitted and will be counted.
   
   
3. Please pay attention to spelling and grammar, abstracts are not proofread before publication in the abstract volume.
   The abstract texts must not be submitted exclusively in capital letters. This also applies to headings.
   
   
4. The abstract can be submitted in German (preferred) or in English.
   
   
5. Each abstract must be assigned to a scientific category.
   The categories correspond to the new scientific sections of the DGP, please assign the abstract accordingly.
   
   
6. Choose the type of presentation you prefer: poster or free lecture.
   
   The decision on acceptance and assignment as a poster for the poster walk or as a free lecture is the responsibility of the speakers of the respective scientific section and the program committee at the DGP.
   
   
7. Conflicts of interest must be disclosed when submitting and later also when uploading the lecture or on the poster.
   
   
8. Encore abstracts are permitted.
   
   
9. The abstracts will be published in the supplement of the journal “Pneumologie” published by Thieme Verlag (online and print) and on the abstract stick for the congress.
   
   
10. Abstracts for marketing purposes or company presentations are not permitted. Scientific papers or studies are not affected by this.
    
    
11. Accepted abstracts from industrial companies may only be presented by scientific authors named in the submission. Presentations by company employees are not permitted.
    
    
12. By submitting, the authors assume responsibility for the accuracy of the data submitted. The responsibility for clarifying any third-party copyrights regarding the contents of the abstract lies with the authors.