The speciality of respiratory medicine is both wide and diverse; hundreds of papers are published on this area every year making it very difficult for medical practitioners to keep up to date with all the latest developments. The Year in Respiratory Medicine Volume 3 presents an overview of the latest developments in asthma, COPD, relevant infections, sleep disorders and lung cancer along with new reviews of pulmonary embolism and interstitial lung disease. Doctors will find that the selection of landmark papers and the expert commentary form a helpful and wide ranging update on their field within the bounds of one volume.