FOREWORD

Abstract

The International Congress of Pediatric Pulmonology (CIPP), the only global meeting entirely devoted to pediatric respiratory medicine, in its 20th edition, is virtual this year, because of the COVID‐19 pandemic. CIPP has acquired a reputable status as the forum for new information, treatment guidelines, interactions, and exchange of ideas between leading specialists and practitioners in Pediatric Pulmonology from both developed and developing countries. Through a continuing partnership with Pediatric Pulmonology, the only International Journal devoted to pediatric lung diseases, the abstracts of papers that will be presented in the 20th CIPP will reach a wider audience. These presentations cover areas of concern such as poorly controlled asthma, respiratory infections (including the COVID‐19) and their complications, neonatal lung diseases and their outcomes, cystic fibrosis, sleep‐disordered breathing, critical care, rare lung diseases, and new treatment options. As a collection, they reflect the current developments in the field and the global perspective of the Congress.