Annual Congress Barcelona 2010

Saturday, 18.09.2010
Sunday, 19.09.2010
Monday, 20.09.2010
Tuesday, 21.09.2010
Wednesday, 22.09.2010

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, abstract number.

Material from 2010:

4910 Abstracts
646 Slide presentations
250 Webcasts
97 Handouts
2124 e-posters
250 Multimedia files

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Noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure outside the intensive care unit

Symposium
Chairs: W. Windisch (Freiburg, Germany), P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)
Aims: Description of advantages, disadvantages, indications and contraindications of the early use of noninvasive ventilation in the ward to avoid further clinical deterioration and need for ICU admission. Identification of the patients who are likely to benefit from early NIV in the ward and those who might be harmed. Information on the quality of NIV delivery in the ward. What set-up is needed to apply NIV in the ward for patients with acute respiratory failure will also be covered.

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Is it really worth it? M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Good and bad candidates for the application of noninvasive ventilation in the ward L. Brochard (Creteil, France)
Setting up a noninvasive ventilation programme for the ward: staff, equipment and monitoring E. Clini (Modena, Italy)