Conferences

Noninvasive ventilation and high flow nasal therapy (HFNT)

Symposium
Chairs: L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands), L. Piquilloud (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Aims: To describe the indications and standards of practice for NIV and HFNO in different clinical situations.

The role of high flow nasal oxygen therapy in hypoxemic respiratory failure E. Morawiec (Paris, France)
NIV in hypercapnic acute respiratory failure: COPD S. Nava (Bologna (BO), Italy)
NIV in hypercapnic acute respiratory failure: non-COPD P. Navalesi (Padova, Italy)
High flow nasal therapy in hypercapnic acute respiratory failure A. Demoule (Paris, France)
NIV use post-extubation L. Brochard (Toronto (ON), Canada)
NIV in palliative care A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)