Conferences

Ventilatory management of severe acute exacerbation of hypercapnic respiratory failure

Symposium
Chairs: A. Demoule (Paris, France), A. Jonkman (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Aims: To provide an update on the management of the ventilatory support in patients with acute hypercapnic failure

Noninvasive ventilation: when to start & when to stop P. Navalesi (Padova, Italy)
High flow nasal therapy A. Carlucci (San Donato Milanese (MI), Italy)
Extracorporeal CO2 removal C. Karagiannidis (Cologne, Germany)
Discussion and Q&A