Courses

Paediatric noninvasive ventilation

Target audience

Clinicians (paediatricians, intensive care doctors, pulmonologists)
Respiratory therapists

Educational aims

Following this course, participants will understand:

The indications, benefits, limits and side effects of CPAP and NIV for children with OSAS, neuromuscular and lung diseases
How to initiate, monitor and withdraw CPAP and NIV in children
The different CPAP and NIV modes, as well as the different interfaces available for children, including their advantages and limits
Practical aspects of cough-assisted techniques in children with neuromuscular disease, as well as swallowing and speech problems
Alternatives of CPAP such as high flow nasal cannula
The usefulness of CPAP and NIV in simple, basic but also complex clinical cases or conditions such as palliative care

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Introduction Brigitte Fauroux (Paris, France)
The place of CPAP in the current guidelines for OSAS treatment in children Stijn Verhulst (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Is there an optimal CPAP mode for OSAS? Brigitte Fauroux (Paris, France)
Which therapeutic options when CPAP fails? Alessandro Amaddeo (Paris, France)
CPAP for non-OSAS indications: heart failure, lung diseases Brigitte Fauroux (Paris, France)
Monitoring of CPAP: poly(somno)graphy and/or in-built software? Alessandro Amaddeo (Paris, France)
Benefits of NIV for children with neuromuscular disease Uros Krivec (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Is there an optimal NIV mode for children with neuromuscular diseases? Brigitte Fauroux (Paris, France)
Monitoring of NIV children with neuromuscular diseases Renato Cutrera (Roma (RM), Italy)
Swallowing and speech in children with neuromuscular diseases Hélène Prigent (Garches, France)
Mouthpiece ventilation in children with neuromuscular diseases Hélène Prigent (Garches, France)
Is there a place for invasive ventilation in children with neuromuscular diseases? Renato Cutrera (Roma (RM), Italy)
NIV for children with cystic fibrosis Brigitte Fauroux (Paris, France)
Practical problems and side effects of CPAP and NIV Stijn Verhulst (Antwerpen, Belgium)
NIV as a transition from the ICU to the home Uros Krivec (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
CPAP and NIV in infants Alessandro Amaddeo (Paris, France)
How to improve compliance with CPAP/NIV? Stijn Verhulst (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Workstation 1: Interfaces Brigitte Fauroux (Paris, France), Uros Krivec (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Workstation 2: Improving cough Hélène Prigent (Garches, France)
Workstation 3: CPAP cases basic Sonia Khirani (Paris, France), Alessandro Amaddeo (Paris, France)
Workstation 4: CPAP cases advanced Stijn Verhulst (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Workstation 1: Therapeutic education Brigitte Fauroux (Paris, France)
Workstation 2: NIV cases basic Stijn Verhulst (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Workstation 3: NIV cases advanced Sonia Khirani (Paris, France), Alessandro Amaddeo (Paris, France)
Workstation 4: How to set up a NIV center Uros Krivec (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Workstation 1: PG in built software Alessandro Amaddeo (Paris, France), Sonia Khirani (Paris, France)
Workstation 2: Mouth piece ventilation Hélène Prigent (Garches, France)
Workstation 3: CPAP/NIV in infants Brigitte Fauroux (Paris, France), Stijn Verhulst (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Workstation 4: CPAP/NIV ethical cases Uros Krivec (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Renato Cutrera (Roma (RM), Italy)