Conferences

Chronic ventilatory support in different diseases: Is one way fitting all?

Meet the Experts
Chairs: M. Duiverman (Groningen, Netherlands)
Aims: To learn about initiation and titration of chronic non-invasive ventilation in COPD, OHS, and NMD To learn about the rationale for different modes and settings in different diseases To learn about adjunct therapies to improve ventilation, problems encountered in bulbair NMD and reasons for and against a long-term tracheostomal ventilation in NMD.

Titration of chronic non-invasive ventilation in COPD and OHS: How do we succeed? M. Patout (Paris, France)
Chronic ventilatory support in NMD: How to make NIV work and what if NIV is not successful? J. Winck (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
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