Using This Template (Article – general)

 

Thank you for using this template to prepare your abstract for submission to Congress ERS 2020.

 

You should overwrite (or copy and paste (paste special – unformatted text)) the body text with the corresponding section text for your abstract. Obviously, you should delete the examples and unnecessary text. Please adhere to the font size and type. Please use British English spelling, eg: tumour, colour, analyse

Running title:

Provide a short comprehensive title of no more than 50 characters, e.g.:

RCT Rapid Rhino versus Netcell

 

Abstract Categories (choose one)

CRS - diagnosis and investigations / Epistaxis and HHT / Lacrimal Surgery / Rhinoplasty / CRS - medical management / Nasal and facial trauma / Technological advances / Facial Plastic surgery beyond the nose / CRS - surgical management / Paediatric rhinology / Imaging and investigations / Allergic Rhinitis / CRS – pathophysiology / Pituitary Surgery / Smell and taste/ Non-allergic rhinitis / CRS - outcome assessment / Skull base surgery / Facial Pain / Granulomatous diseases of the nose / Benign nasal tumours / CSF leaks and management / Snoring and OSA / Rhinology – miscellaneous / Sinonasal malignancy / Orbital surgery / Septal and turbinate surgery / Acute Rhinosinusitis

 

Title

The title (font 14) should be specific to the study yet concise. It should be comprehensible to readers outside your field. Avoid specialist abbreviations if possible. Present this in Sentence case, capitalising only the first word or names, and abbreviations.,

E.g.: A randomised controlled trial comparing Rapid Rhino Mannheim and Netcell series 5000 packs following routine nasal surgery.

 

Authors (font 12)

Provide the first names or initials (if used), middle names or initials (if used), surnames, and affiliations ^{(use numbers in superscript when more departments have been involved)}. Do not add any degrees, e.g. MD, PhD. Separate author names with a comma.

E.g.: Valerie J. Lund¹, W.J. Fokkens²

 

Affiliation (font 10)

Department, university or organization, city, state/province (if applicable), and country - for all authors.

 

Abstract

The abstract should not exceed 200 words. The abstract is conceptually divided into three or four sections.

Background: include here a statement of the main research question.

Methodology/Principal: include here the techniques used without going into methodological detail.

Results: give a summary of the most important findings with key numerical results given, with measures of error and not just p values.

Conclusions: concisely summarise the study’s implications.

Please do not include any citations in the abstract. Avoid specialist abbreviations if possible

Key words: Provide up to 5 key words using Mesh terms for indexing purposes

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