The aim of this article is to describe paediatric highlights from the 2014 European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress in Munich, Germany. Abstracts from the seven groups of the ERS Paediatric Assembly (Respiratory Physiology and Sleep, Asthma and Allergy, Cystic Fibrosis, Respiratory Infection and Immunology, Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care, Respiratory Epidemiology, and Bronchology) are presented in the context of the current literature.

Blizard Institute Queen Mary University London UK

Dept of Neonatology Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden

Dept of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine Royal Brompton Hospital London UK

Dept of Paediatrics 2nd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Dept of Paediatrics Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital Florence Italy

Dept of Paediatrics Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital Rotterdam The Netherlands

Dept of Paediatrics Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy

Respiratory and Allergic Disease Division Dept of Paediatrics Medical University of Graz Graz Austria

Unit of Epidemiology Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital Florence Italy

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