Miravitlles, Marc, Alcázar-Navarrete, Bernardino, Alvarez Gutiérrez, Francisco Javier, Bazús, Teresa, Calle Rubio, Myriam, Casanova, Ciro, Cisneros, Carolina, De Torres, Juan Pablo, Entrenas, Luis M., Esteban, Cristóbal, García-Sidro, Patricia, Cosio, Borja G.., Huerta, Arturo, Iriberri, Milagros, Izquierdo, José Luis, López Viña, Antolín, López-Campos, José Luis, Martínez-Moragón, Eva, Pérez de Llano, Luis, Perpiñá, Miguel, Ros, José Antonio, Serrano, José, Soler-Cataluña, Juan José, Torrego, Alfons, Urrutia, Isabel, Plaza, Vicente, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, [Miravitlles,M] Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. [Miravitlles,M, López-Campos,L] CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES) Madrid, Spain. [Alcázar,B] Respiratory Department, Hospital de Alta Resolución de Loja, Granada, Spain. [Alvarez,FJ, López-Campos,L] Medical-Surgical Unit of Respiratory Diseases, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Biomedicine Institute of Seville (IbiS), Seville, Spain. [Bazús,T] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Ovido, Spain. [Calle,M] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. [Casanova,C] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. [Cisneros,C] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa/Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IIS-IP), Madrid, Spain. [De Torres,JP] Pulmonary Department, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. [Entrenas,LM] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain. [Esteban,C, Urrutia,I] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain. [García-Sidro,P] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario de La Plana, Vila-Real, Spain. [Cosio,BC] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Son Espases IdISPa, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. [Huerta,A] Sección Urgencias Medicina - Neumología, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain. [Iriberri,M] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Bilbao, Spain. [Izquierdo,JL] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain. [López-Viña,A] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. [Martínez-Moragón,E] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain. [Pérez de Llano,L] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain. [Perpiñá,M] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain. [Ros,JA] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrinxaca, Murcia, Spain. [Serrano,J] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Comarcal de Inca, Inca, Spain. [Soler-Cataluña,JJ] Department of Pneumology, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova-Liria, Valencia, Spain. [Torrejo,A, Plaza,V] Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Institut d'Investigació Biomédica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain., and Marc Miravitlles has received speaker fees from Almirall, Boehringer Ingelheim, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Chiesi, Esteve, GlaxoSmithKline, Menarini, Grifols, and Novartis, and consulting fees from Almirall, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cipla, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Gebro Pharma, CLS Behring, MediImmune, Takeda, Teva, Novartis, and Grifols. Bernardino Alcázar reports personal fees from Novartis AG, Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Almirall, AstraZeneca, and grants and personal fees from Menarini. Teresa Bazús has received honoraria or funding for attending scientific meetings from GSK, Chiesi, and Teva. Ciro Casanova has received speaker fees from AstraZeneca, GSK, Novartis, and Almirall y Gebro Pharma and consulting fees from Almirall, Novartis, and GSK. Carolina Cisneros has received speaker or consulting fees from AstraZeneca, GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Takeda, Vifor Pharma, Chiesi, Orion, and Mundipharma. Luis M Entrenas has in the last 3 years received honoraria for speaking at sponsored meetings from Alter, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Esteve, Ferrer, GSK, Menarini, MSD, Mundipharma, Novartis, Pfizer, and Teva, as a consultant for Chiesi, Mundipharma, and Novartis, and has received funding/grant support for research projects from not-for-profit foundations, as well as Novartis. Patricia García-Sidro has received fees for scientific meetings, scientific advice, and participating in clinical studies or writing for publications from Almirall, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Esteve, Ferrer, Gebro, GlaxoSmithKline, Menarini, MSD, Mundipharma, Novartis, Pfizer, Rovi, Takeda-Nycomed, and Teva. Borja G Cosio has in the last 3 years received honoraria for speaking at sponsored meetings from Chiesi, GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, and Pfizer, consultant fees from Pfizer, Chiesi, and GSK, travel grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, and Chiesi, and received unrestricted funding/grant support for research projects from a variety of government agencies and not-for-profit foundations, as well as Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, and Menarini. Arturo Huerta has received personal fees from GSK, Novartis, Takeda, Menarini, and Boehringer Ingelheim. José Luis Izquierdo reports personal fees for consulting and lectures from Almirall, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda-Nycomed, Pfizer, and Menarini. Antolin López-Viña has in the last 3 years received honoraria for speaking at sponsored meetings from Chiesi, GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, and Pfizer, as a consultant for Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Novartis, has received assistance to meet travel costs from Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Teva, and Chiesi, and has received funding/grant support for research projects from a variety of government agencies and not-for-profit foundations, as well as Chiesi and Menarini. Eva Martínez-Moragón has in the last 3 years received honoraria for speaking at sponsored meetings from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Mundipharma, Teva, and Pfizer. Luis Pérez de Llano has in the last 3 years received honoraria for speaking at sponsored meetings from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Menarini, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Teva, Almirall, Mundipharma, Esteve, Novartis, and Pfizer, as a consultant for Mundipharma, Pfizer, Ferrer, and Novartis, has received assistance to meet travel costs from GSK and Novartis, and has received funding/grant support for research projects from SEPAR and SERGAS. Juan José Soler-Cataluña has received speaker fees from Almirall, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Esteve, Ferrer, GSK, Merck, Menarini, Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Takeda, and Pfizer, and consulting fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, AstraZeneca, Ferrer, Novartis, Almirall, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Takeda. Vicente Plaza has in the last 3 years received honoraria for speaking at sponsored meetings from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Mundipharma, and Pfizer, as a consultant for Mundipharma, Orion and Teva, received assistance to meet travel costs from Boehringer Ingelheim and Chiesi, and received funding/grant support for research projects from a variety of government agencies and not-for-profit foundations, as well as Chiesi, Menarini, and Merck. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.