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Clinical challenges in COPD: a bedside teaching course

Target audience

Pulmonologists
Emergency medicine doctors
Respiratory therapists
Respiratory physicians
Clinical researchers
General practitioners
Trainees

Educational aims

The aim of this postgraduate course is to discuss clinical challenges in COPD within a true clinical environment involving both a short theoretic and a practical part. Topics included:

Clinical relevance of and specific treatment of co-morbidities
Clinical signs and symptoms of acute exacerbated COPD
Indications and methods of non-invasive mechanical ventilation
Indications and methods of invasive mechanical ventilation

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Pulmonary and extrapulmonary morbidity and mortality in COPD A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria)**
Patient case with stable COPD and co-morbidities M.K. Breyer (Vienna, Austria)
Patient case with acute exacerbated COPD A. Valipour (Vienna, Austria)
Patient case with acute on chronic respiratory failure due to exacerbated COPD receiving invasive mechanical ventilation G-C. Funk (Vienna, Austria)
Reference article: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in the acute care setting: where are we? N. Ambrosino and G. Vagheggini
Reference article: NIV in the acute setting: technical aspects, initiation, monitoring and choice of interface S.M. Maggiore, G. Mercurio, C. Volpe
Reference article: A chart of failure risk for noninvasive ventilation in patients with COPD exacerbation M. Confalonieri, G. Garuti, M.S. Cattaruzza, J.F. Osborn, M. Antonelli, G. Conti, M. Kodric, O. Resta, S. Marchesee, C. Gregoretti and A. Rossi, on behalf of the Italian noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) study group
Reference article: Artificial lung as an alternative to mechanical ventilation in COPD exacerbation S. Crotti, A. Lissoni, D. Tubiolo, S. Azzari, P. Tarsia, L. Caspani and L. Gattinoni
Reference article: Managing severe acute exacerbations in COPD, including mechanical ventilation N. Ambrosino

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