美国胸科学会(ATS)2002年第98届国际会议于2002年5月17日～22日在美国亚特兰大举行。来自世界各地从事呼吸病与危急重医学的临床医师及研究人员参加了本次会议。中国大陆有七位呼吸与危急重症医师与会。 本次会议是呼吸与危急重症专业的一次重要国际性会议。会议内容涉及肺炎、支气管哮喘、危重症监护、结核、小儿呼吸病学、睡眠障碍、环境与职业性肺病、护理研究、细胞 The American Thoracic Society (ATS) The 98th International Conference in 2002 was held in Atlanta, USA on May 17-22, 2002. Clinicians and researchers from all over the world engaged in respiratory diseases and critical care medicine attended the conference. Seven Chinese Respiratory and Critical Care Physicians attended the meeting. This meeting is an important international conference on respiration and critical illness. The topics covered were pneumonia, bronchial asthma, critical care, tuberculosis, pediatric respiratory medicine, sleep disorders, environmental and occupational lung diseases, nursing studies, cells