Courses

Noninvasive ventilation (advanced)

Target audience

Pulmonologists
Intensivists
Emergency medicine physicians
Physiotherapists

Educational aims

Following this course, participants will be able to treat patients of different severity in varying settings. They will be updated about new trends and future perspectives of NIV and improve their ability to face and overcome several factors influencing NIV outcome, also in patients with high complexity.

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Treating the acute patient in the proper location F. Abroug (Monastir, Tunisia)
Setting up a long-term NIV program A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Choosing the interface and the ventilator: do bench and physiologic studies help? P. Navalesi (Vercelli, Italy)
Interfaces, ventilators and mode of ventilation in the home setting: what’s new? W. Windisch (Cologne, Germany)
Interfaces, ventilators and mode of ventilation in the acute setting: what’s new? L. Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Long term application of NIV in COPD - PRO & CON W. Windisch (Cologne, Germany), P.J. Wijkstra (Groningen, Netherlands)
NIV and pneumonia - PRO & CON S. Nava (Bologna, Italy), F. Abroug (Monastir, Tunisia)
NIV in COPD: acute exacerbation and beyond P.J. Wijkstra (Groningen, Netherlands)
NIV and weaning: the odd couple M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)
NIV to avoid re-intubation P. Navalesi (Vercelli, Italy)
Long term NIV A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
NIV in hypoxemia P. Pelosi (Genoa, Italy)
Clinical cases M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain), F. Abroug (Monastir, Tunisia), P. Pelosi (Genoa, Italy), L. Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
NIV for invasive endoscopic procedures L. Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Timing of NIV in neuromuscular disorders A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
NIV in postoperative patients P. Pelosi (Genoa, Italy)
NIV for symptoms palliation S. Nava (Bologna, Italy)
NIV and physiotherapy M. Gonçalves (Porto, Portugal)
NIV and obesity: in the acute setting S. Nava (Bologna, Italy)
NIV and obesity: in the long-term setting P.J. Wijkstra (Groningen, Netherlands)
NIV failure in the acute patient M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)
Long-term NIV failure M. Gonçalves (Porto, Portugal)
Preventing NIV failure P. Navalesi (Vercelli, Italy)